This was not what I had in mind to write this time. With the whole world focused on this disease, I thought of sharing my thoughts on this disease. This disease has caught the whole world by surprise. Economic plans, travel plans, marriage plans, educational plans have all gone awry. The pace at which it …
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I wanted to share my thoughts on Covid 19earlier. Dr Devadas’ article has made me write my thoughts on this now. I do not want to go into health aspects of Covid and the strategies being implemented to contain the disease in India. Most of you are well versed on these. In 2005 the whole …
I came across this type of image shown below when I was medical student over 50 years ago. Now with the focus on safe distance between individuals, this image would explain why that advice is sound. Just a look at ths image would influence people to maintain a safe social distance. Rajaratnam Abel
A well written post by Dr Prabir Chatterjee. This certainly needs wider dissemination. Please share it widely adding your own comments. Patients suffering from cough and cold stand in a queue outside an OPD to get checked during coronavirus pandemic, at Government JP hospital in Bhopal, Monday, March 23, 2020. (PTI Photo)A notable aspect of …
God has been good to me in teaching students in a participatory manner. I thought it would be useful to apply this to the many unanswered questions that people are grappling with. I do not have the answers for these questions. However when addressed and participatively through the social media we may learn some answers. …
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Rajakumari Stephen 6 March at 08:58 · Steve Stirland28 February at 12:19 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT – CORONAVIRUS I received this information from my sister Rajakumari. I thought that this message provided simple but useful info. I am sharing it. Please share it if you find it useful. Last evening dining out with friends, one of their uncles, who’s …
At last the Indian version of Businessmen for the Poor is available online. I am happy to announce that it is available in the following link. https://notionpress.com/read/businessmen-for-the-poor-1330766-1330766 Till now only the Amazon.com version was available from the US at Dollar prices. I needed an Indian priced book to be made available for my Indian friends. …
As you tread on the gate of the year 2020, I wanted to leave with you a poem written by Minnie Louise Haskins. I read this first in the devotional by Mrs Charles Cowman. I always liked these words, the first five lines of a longer poem. May our loving Master be the light to …
I want to take this opportunity to close the year 2019, recognizing and thanking our loving Master for all His blessings during this year. By His sheer grace, I have completed one complete year after having had a bypass surgery in Dec 2018. I narrowly missed very severe complications of a drug reaction to one …
This summer we struggled with water as Chennai was water starved. So when we had rains this Novemebr it was very refreshing. Now all the water bodies near our home are full. This has enabled us to get good water supply through our bore wells. Last summer at the height of drought, our bore well …
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