By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Very recently, there was a front-page news report in Star of Mysore about the sad state of a very recently erected statue of our former Chief Minister, late D. Devaraj Urs, that now stands in front of the new Office of our Deputy Commissioner. It appears its fallen metal…
Sagely Advice and Wisdom from a Train Journey
March 22, 2026By Dr. K. Javed Nayeem, MD There are so many memories of my travels by train that it is a very difficult task to decide which ones to talk about and which ones to leave out. But here are a couple of them which my readers might find interesting. As it happens in the lives…
Runaway reminiscences of rail travel and rail travel reading!
March 15, 2026By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In this fourth episode of the reminiscences of my rail journeys from the past, I would like to point out that I am finding it rather difficult to stop my ramblings on this topic, for the simple reason that many readers have kept urging me to write more on…
My Romance with Rail Travel
March 8, 2026By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Going by the responses I have been getting for my last two articles, travelling by train seems to hold a great enchantment to most people. So many people have written or messaged to say that they have so many happy memories of rail travel from their childhood, that I…
Revisiting my most memorable rail journey!
March 1, 2026By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last weekend, I had written about how I made a friend while travelling on a train by exchanging books with her and then tragically lost her too. I had also asked my readers to stay tuned to the remaining part of my narration about another memorable train journey and…
A Revisit to my days of Rail Travel
February 22, 2026By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Just a few days ago, I read a short piece on an online national news channel, about a small bit of controversy that had been created by a family that had decided to make its own sandwiches, while on board the train that they had been travelling in. As…
My tryst with Mark Tully & the Radio!
February 16, 2026By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Sir Mark Tully, undoubtedly the ‘Grand Old Man’ of news broadcasting, said his last ‘Good Night’ to this world last month, on 25th January, though not over the radio, over which he had said whatever he had to say, over thirty long years. An Indian-born British journalist, he joined…
De-drugging our youth
February 8, 2026By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Without seeming to realise what we are heading into, we as a society, seem to be walking head on, into a very major catastrophe, that is going to impact and even drastically alter the state of our happiness and the state of our civilisation too, in the very near…
The best birthday gift for our cops!
February 1, 2026By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD I was overjoyed to learn a couple of days ago that Dr. M.A. Saleem, the DG&IG of our Police Force, has announced that all our cops will henceforth become eligible to get leave on priority, to celebrate their birthdays and anniversaries, with their families. Nothing else could have been…
Hyder Ali Road: The Conundrum Continues!
January 25, 2026By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Very recently, all Mysuru-loving Mysureans were rudely jolted awake after a clandestine midnight operation by the authorities felled forty fully grown copper pod trees on the stretch of Hyder Ali Road running between the Police Quarters and the Karnataka Police Academy. Outraged citizens even held protests, upon which they…















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