God gave my wife and me the privilege of taking time off and spending a fortnight in Sri Lanka with friends. Dr Merle Fernando and his wife Betty, during their visit last year, invited us to their home. We took up the invitation and we have been here for a week. They both studied in …
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I wanted to post this blog some time back. I made some mistake with posting, so it just stayed in the draft posts. I am reposting the same I had always wanted to share similar information contained in this guest post. Now that an ortho specialist has articulated this very descriptively, I am sharing this …
This message is to wish you a very happy, fruitful and prosperous new year IN 2025. Many of us will try to make New Year’s resolutions so that we do better than the year passed. I am aiming to do more blogging this year. I have been promoting my book through free downloads as well …
I have used my birthday each year to make my ebooks available for free download. This year is no exception. Somehow I have been lethargic this year with my blogs. I was progressing well with my book on development economics. Then a publisher entered the scene and challenged me as to how I a doctor …
Belated greetings for the new year. I wish you all God’s rich blessings. Earlier I had mentioned that I am writing my next book on development economics. It is progressing and I hope to complete it soon. There is one area I would value inputs from experts in economics. I have prepared a table comparing …
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================== I could not hesitate to share this piece from Chennai. Hope this motivates you to be helpful in situations like these wherever it may occur. While the entire nation is debating on the “Non-sense” called “Intolerance”, there is humanity at its best in Chennai. I can tell this for sure because, I stay in …
I did not want to let the passing days of the new year go by without wishing all of you a very happy new year 2023 with all the new possibilities at the door of each one. I have stated that my busy commitments made me go slow in my postings. With the end of …
This is my second visit to Hong Kong (HK) after 25 years. The transfer from the UK to China was taking place just then. In spite of the transfer the change seem to be gradual. Two years ago when I wrote the small booklet on Covid, I started with Hong Kong’s experience. Now I can …
This is an online survey being carried out by NCERT in planning a new curriculum. As I believe it is important that many people participate in this survey, I am posting it here. Click on the link to go to the survey.
It’s becoming more routine. Many who don’t wear their car seat tend to die in an accident. He need not have fded. His co-passengers who wore their seat belts escaped death. The message is clear. Do I have to say more?
Rajaratnam Abel 