A blog by Dr. Anuj Kumar
I have been a reasonably good science student in my college days. Biology was my forte, that eventually channelized me to opt for Medicine. Great that I became a surgeon. Physics was my favorite and I scored the maximum in this subject during my secondary’s. Chemistry was Ok types. Scored decently not that I liked …
I know it’s painful to accept but now I have begun to believe that I live in a so called Metropolitan which is none other than an URBAN VILLAGE. I used to think that a bunch of World Heritage Sites will make my city the most modern and a place worth mentioning and living.Well the …
I often wonder what is that one thing that a person uses most in his life and that too most intimately. Nothing else came to my inquisitive mind; but the pillow. There is a deep seated connect or to say an affinity with the pillow. I must have voted for the undergarments. But then, they …
Nothing in this world is immortal or so to say imperishable or permanent. God is, they say. But who has seen God, to believe in His immortality. There is a shelf life of everything around us. Every living thing carries a tag of stipulated time. Yes we all agree to that for sure. But , …
It’s OK if you are 80 year old It’s perfectly fine with me , if your plaster gives way, walls corrode with moisture, or the roof leaks with the torrential precipitation. It’s acceptable that I have to spend a fortune in painting you, in maintaining your ages old architecture. I accept it all. How can …
Go around the city, anytime of the day and you will surely come across young girls in twenties or may be early thirties, riding two wheeler as the driver or pillion, with a funny looking scarf wrap around, the neo, purdah system, cult. Now, I feel that, this ‘purdah’ is to protect the delicate skin …
As a kid I remember of going to a temple near my house. The Awdhoot Mandal Temple in Hardiwar. It was a very quaint and peaceful place where even as a kid I would find solace in the cool and clean marble floor in the corner. Just few Deities were kept in the small premises …
Those extra ‘few’ pounds that stick to your belly or hips or thighs are the magic reserves….don’t waste your hard earned money to melt those extra pounds of fat ,in the heat of the exotic gyms and superfluous trainers. After attaining 50, when you are prone to all kinds of infections and diseases…remember that it’s easy …
I noted the first strand of greying, a while ago. Welcome the evening! I think I was in my late forties. I distinctly remember that I was grossly upset and palpably depressed. Me! greying? was not my cup of tea. Brimming with youthful energy, virile galore and a self proclaimed Adonis persona. Signs of ageing …
Sitting on a bench by the side of a company garden, I watched two small children play on a swing. One child went up, the other went down, and vice versa. My eyes were glued to the swing on the colourful and joyful side of my greying sixties, but my mind worked in endless …