Author: Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

If we only go by the overwhelmingly negative headlines that crowd the media space on a 24/7 basis, we can be forgiven for being pessimistic about the future

The latest issue of the American TIME magazine shows on the cover a picture of a roll of butter with a caption ‘Eat butter,’ below which are the

The Hollywood actress and UN special envoy Angelina Jolie was in London three days ago to open a four-day summit on ending sexual violence during war. The summit

I can still remember the 70-year old lady who I had operated on for a fracture of the hip when I was working at Victoria Hospital in the

With hope against hope, I am willing to accept that perhaps there is more good than bad happening around the world. The puzzle remains, though, that when we

A New Dawn For India

I first tasted Sindhi curry when I was in the UK doing my specialization nearly forty years ago. My late wife’s mamiji (wife of her mother’s brother: mama

It has rained the past few days all over the island, and no need to say that in Curepipe we are especially privileged! Frankly, on Wednesday morning I

A special report in The Economist (March 29-April 4, 2014) about the rise of robots took me back to an article I had written in December 2010 about

Earlier this week I chanced upon the Bollywood 2003 movie Baghban showing on TV, when it was nearing its end. Several friends and relatives (ladies in particular) who

Tree of Knowledge

No. There will always be a need for teachers, especially good teachers. As human beings, we are led to action by our emotions, will and intellect, in that

Tree of Knowledge

There is a time for everything. More importantly than coming in, there is a time to go, to shed illusions and delusions of grandeur and invincibility… ‘You’re sure

Tree of Knowledge