Spend on health care first and then on disease care
DR. P. K. SASIDHARAN
We are not really afraid of typhoid, tuberculosis, leptospirosis, diabetes, HIV, malaria and a host of other infectious and non infectious diseases which are flourishing in our country. The apathy towards the basic issues in health care is really appalling. Why should we […]

DR. B. M. HEGDE
There seems to be a tsunami in the medical field vis-À-vis the new swine flu, an insult to that poor animal! Every article and blog tells us about it but does not answer many questions. I think this is an opportunity to ask those questions. I am looking for answers, not knowing […]

A. ALEXANDER MOHAN
Notwithstanding the elevation of Dalits to high public offices, we find reports of atrocities against them appearing in the media with alarming frequency. They point to the continuing social injustice in a system that perpetrates what is perhaps the worst form of discrimination against a group of people born into a community or […]

Conflict between human rights and religious faith
ALOYSIUS D. FERNANDEZ
The recent Delhi High Court verdict legalising gay rights in India has become a subject of open discussion, getting more and more momentum. I think the issue of legalising the lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT) relationship is to be looked at from different angles.
The (LGBT) […]

MATHEW V. KUZHUVELIL
Lesbigayism is the behavioural pattern of libertines. To the libertine it may be natural, but not for others. It is an exceptional sexual behaviour developed due to various psycho-biological factors like inherent inclinations or abuse by others. Homosexual relations have to be recognised sympathetically. Society has a responsibility to provide therapeutic facilities such […]

SABAREESH GOPALA PILLAI
Celebrations broke out in the streets of Delhi when the Delhi High Court ruled that Section 377 of the IPC which criminalises homosexuality is unconstitutional and thereby void as it violates Articles 14, 15, 19 and 21 of the Indian Constitution. The liberals hailed it as ‘true freedom’.
On the other hand, Islam and […]

R. VENKATARAMAN
What’s so magical about the number three that it has been all pervasive and dominant number for decades? Psychologists feel that the human mind often looks at pattern recognition and ‘three’ is probably the number that creates a pattern. An interesting observation is that this “Rule of Three” has a lot to do with […]

There are thousands of children craving for their fundamental right of basic education
NEHA THOMAS
Years ago the policy in education was that “if you are good enough then you are in.” But in recent years it is the “show me the money” trend. Are deserving students actually set aback? Statistics show that over the past few […]

Need for a paradigm shift from a regulatory to a developmental approach
R. SETHURAMAN
The University Education Commission (1948-49), the Kothari Commission (1952) and the Education Commission (1964-66) recognised the importance and significance of teacher education. Based on the Education Commission’s recommendation, the non-statutory National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) was formed in 1973. Given statutory status […]

BIJOY JOSEPH
It is good to reserve seats for women in buses and trains if society so demands. (In many countries there is no such need). In the practice of management, leaders need to gain the goodwill of their subordinates through a system that builds on consensus, when equity is the sine qua non. However, good […]