Author: Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

‘All the strength and succour you want is within yourselves. Therefore, make your own future’ – Swami Vivekananda This applies to individuals as well as countries, of course,

One does not even have to know about, believe in, or understand ‘climate change’ to accept the reality of the shifts in weather that are taking place, and

Success is no doubt exhilarating, but even more so is overcoming the hurdles on the way, each one in its own time. Until the last one, and we

Following the Brexit vote, I came across the term ‘Disunited kingdom’ in an online post commenting on the UK leaving the European Union.

During the manifestations against a new ‘loi du travail’ that the government was seeking to introduce in France, some ‘casseurs’ present among the crowd on June 14 attacked

What prevents mankind from distributing happiness to all around is the inflated ego of its warriors, both civilian and military, a number of them in the garb of

In my article of last week I pointed out that we should be thankful that we live in a country which has a robust democratic tradition and that,

When we look around at many countries in our vicinity and elsewhere as well, we will realise that we have little to envy compared to even some of

In 1980, on a flight from New Delhi to Mumbai (then Bombay), I was seated next to a very nice young Swiss couple in their late twenties. We

In the ongoing advisories meted out by health professionals to their peers and the public at large, the focus has been on the content and type of food

In many ways becoming old in today’s world is easier than it was several decades ago, when the means of living were scarce and limited, housing facilities were

An article posted on the website Indiadivine.org titled ‘Benefits of Eating Banana Flower’ triggered some reflections in me about the banana, a fruit which I relish: I eat

Growing up in the days of the British Empire, perforce it left its imprint on many of us, especially those who came to be associated with it directly

One of the most well-known maxims supposedly from the Oracle at Delphi in ancient Greece is ‘Know Thyself’.

Senior students of biology will be familiar with the ‘Tree of Life’ diagram that accompanies this article. Based on Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, it shows the three major