Tag: Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

Everybody is free to choose his poison. But one thing is certain, both from a medical point of view and our overall experience as human beings: vegetables can

Compared to my article of last week, ‘Medical encounters of the drugs kind’, this one is a bit trickier. ‘Political’ here not only refers to politicians of all

Not all stories will be pleasant, but there probably will be cases that, like the lady I treated, have also been redeemed. Each stakeholder has his role to

If there was no struggle for Independence, that it was a ‘give-away’ by a British government, then what was the reason for all the frenzy that kept convulsing

From how life began to its definition and whether there is any meaning to (human) life: these and other aspects of the phenomenon of life have engaged the

Lucky are the elderly who live with family or have ready family support at hand in our contemporary world. It is a fact, and a hard reality of

‘To those who participate in these beautiful Hindu celebrations, individuals and organisers, for heaven’s sake please do your homework ahead of the festivals so that you give a

The basic truism is that our needs turn into wants, which is fair enough within limits. But the tipping point comes when need becomes greed, and that’s when

‘Getting old is mandatory. Feeling old is optional’ ‘Frailty, thy name is woman’ is a well-known Shakespearean saying. Frailty implies being weak, delicate, breakable, and women in patriarchal

Everything boils down to leadership, trust and integrity In the Hindu epic Ramayana, which is about the life of Prince Rama of Ayodhya and what an ideal society

We may look back over our past in years but we can only look to the future one day at a time, a day that also begins the

A man should not be judged by the nature of his duties but by the manner in which he does them. – Swami Chinmayananda In other words, it

From time to time there comes a film from Bollywood which is not of the usual song-and-dance type and which one can watch without having to ‘leave your

The world is now supposed to be a global village, a term which perhaps means that just as in a village we get to know what’s happening to

In Mauritius, we have all the ingredients to be healthy even if not materially wealthy