Author: Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

‘Breast reconstruction is an aesthetic failure achieved by surgical compromise’ – British journal of Plastic Surgery (1980) Some days ago the American actress Angelina Jolie – yes, she

A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the eating habits of human beings, in which I noted that ‘in a spectrum from the ant to the

In French novelist’s Jules Vernes book published in 1873 we are introduced to Fogg, a very precise man who regularly goes to the Reform Club every evening. At

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee In Curepipe at least. Call it anti-cyclone or whatever, the fact of the matter is that after a week, I really mean seven days,

Dr R Neerunjun Gopee “The carry-home lesson is that many accidents and incidents are preventable by means and measures that are not necessarily of the rocket science type,

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee The caption by the side of his photograph in the latest issue of the National Geographic magazine begins as follows: ‘Caruso walks on his

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee A remark by Indian filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, namely, ‘If Adam and Eve were Chinese, we would still be in paradise because they would have

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee There is an interesting anecdotal story that goes as follows: A giant ship’s engine failed. The ship’s owners tried one expert after another, but

The pachadi of Ugadi with six flavours, is meant to symbolise ‘that it is only when one goes through grief or anxiety that one can enjoy the sweetness

Dr R Neerunjun Gopee   The bit of information that Reunion had had 400mm of rain and yet there was not a single death took me back to

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee   The year was 1975, probably around July, and the venue was the doctor’s mess at Victoria Hospital. It was packed to capacity, with

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee I have come across many people who believe that after a certain age, every additional day they get to live is a bonus.

There is much that is good and of great value in European culture, but as Horace Alexander advocated, we must shed our lop-sided views and bring to bear

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee The other day I was watching an Indian movie about farmers in the State of Maharashtra – a part of which is going through

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee