A blog by Dr. Anuj Kumar
It seems to be a state of emergency. MeToo. There is so much pandemonium and utter confusion over the issue of sexual abuse, assault, insult, harassment etc. as many synonyms you can fish out in the Oxford. Who defines, when a social gesture done in the most couth and refined way will be labelled as …
I slept late at night, following a small party with the usual razzmatazz. I had barely doused in my much awaited slumber when my cellphone rang, showing an unknown number. There was a desperate person speaking in local dialect. ‘Is it Dr.Anuj?’ ‘Yes, it’s me’ ‘doctor sahab, my daughter’s hand his crushed in the table …
The Enigma – Destiny or God? I am a God fearing person, doing worship (Pooja) everyday in the morning, for the last how many years, don’t remember. However, I also very strongly believe in the constraints of destiny and abide by the protocol and the happenings. To the extent that I must have consulted myriad …
Wonder what would happen if the sky was white and the soil black?. What if nature was white and the water black? What if there were no shades of life? I sat down in my black chair with white cushions in a room that was painted white with a black ceiling fan overhead. There …
I was sitting on the porch, looking at the sprawling greens of my lush garden, when suddenly a small patch of plaster fell from the overhead roof, near my chair. Gosh! I was saved. The house that I live in is an ancestral, ethnic building that was built by my grandfather in the early …
I was sitting in a government office trying to deal with some red tape issues with a babu, who was in the worst of his moods and stature. There I came across another middle-aged man, in his late forties, sitting beside me. He had not shaved his salt and pepper shave for several days, …
I was sitting in the chamber of my Microsurgery Centre one evening, and there was a sudden commotion outside. A villager dressed in very rustic and filthy attire was standing with a small child in his lap. There was a dirty linen bag that showed bloodstains. The child was in a whining frenzy and …
I am driving and a misguided missile like scooter hits my new sedan, without any of my faults. What am i supposed to do? Greet him with courtesy or give him my piece of mind. My six years old child breaks my expensive chinaware in his frenzy. Again, should I cajole him and produce another …
From the busy running around and exhaustive day schedule, I finally sat down in the lonely corner of my sprawling lush green garden under the big swaying ‘Khajoor’ tree. In the slow moving breeze I was watching the frolics of a small butterfly on one of the blooming Ixora bushes. What is the relationship of …
Standing on the platform while waiting to receive someone, I was squashed by a million heads. I saw a million human skeletons running amuck. So many faces wearing so many colours and features, no one alike. Oh dear, who architects so many heads, that no one looks alike. I, as a so called author and …