Posted By
Anoop Kohli
29 July 2010, 02:51 PM IST
Some years ago, a month after I relocated back home, my chairman in the US, joyously wrote, "A new Fellow recently joined the department. He is an Indian too."
I wrote back, "Not surprised. Simple Law of Brownian motion." With 17.3% of...
Posted By
Anoop Kohli
21 July 2010, 10:41 AM IST
'I must acknowledge, once and for all, that the purpose of all diplomacy is to prolong a crisis.' - Star Trek When talks fail, they become the basis of holding further talks. Failed diplomacy, therefore, has reasons to continue. That talks will continue is...
Posted By
Anoop Kohli
14 July 2010, 01:21 AM IST
Advised to avoid stress, he did not open the envelope carrying the medical bill!
Last week, the trivially existing medical insurance administrators in India raised their hands, causing, so to say, bubbles in an overloaded syringe. That this happened is...
Posted By
Anoop Kohli
01 July 2010, 09:38 AM IST
"Perfection of means and confusion of ends seem to characterize our age."
- Albert Einstein
Prime Minster Man Mohan Singh's presence at international...
Posted By
Anoop Kohli
23 June 2010, 12:14 PM IST
Imagine a parliamentary debate on the ministry of surface transport taking over the Indian Railways, because by definition 'surface transport' covers all vehicular movement on the ground. Actually, the debate can further infringe on the civil aviation ministry...
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Anoop Kohli
17 June 2010, 07:14 AM IST
A month ago, the Medical Council of India (MCI), the constitutionally mandated highest body for regulation and recognition of medical training and qualifications was done in. It all began with the resignation of its president facing allegations of corruption,...
Posted By
Anoop Kohli
09 June 2010, 11:15 AM IST
There are ‘banana peels’, ‘air pockets’, ‘pocketsful of carbonated air’, and then there are ‘slippery’ balls. A certain disarray spreads in the air as well as on the ground. The Adidas ‘Jabulani,’ irrespective of its jubilant sound, and exciting ‘perfect’...
Posted By
Anoop Kohli
04 June 2010, 01:20 AM IST
At times, the preamble to an event exceeds the essence of the real event. The 'inclusive' policy of delegating powers to personalities for civil causes as announced by the UPA chairperson a few days prior to the report card ceremony has been an exceptional...
Posted By
Anoop Kohli
19 May 2010, 10:24 AM IST
It's the language. No one's fault. Certainly not the maulana's. The official terminology of the national carrier for a 'flight' is 'udaan'. Besides, a soul leaning into spirituality, has a right to a laconic phrase here and there, though in this case it wasn't...
Posted By
Anoop Kohli
12 May 2010, 11:03 AM IST
The Calico Mills compound, having come under the hammer, would now give place to a housing complex in Ahmedabad. The chimney will be retained as a heritage, for the erstwhile textile capital of the East. If you want to invest in the project, go for the flat...
Posted By
Anoop Kohli
04 May 2010, 09:57 AM IST
Six weeks ago, the full back page of a daily carried an ad for a healthy heart, a brand of oats and the honourable sponsors that shared the expenses for the worthy information. Oats actually have nothing in them that should bother the heart, but that...
Posted By
Anoop Kohli
28 April 2010, 08:41 AM IST
Quotes are specific to time, person and circumstance. Beyond that they may actually not be so true, though the fact that they are engraved in history, makes them quotable. President Truman's famous plaque on his table in the Oval office was a remarkable...
Posted By
Anoop Kohli
20 April 2010, 09:52 AM IST
Poets, vain men in their moods, Travel with the multitude, Never heed them, I aver That they are all wanton wooers ...
Posted By
Anoop Kohli
16 April 2010, 11:21 PM IST
Mad Hatter: Do you care for tea? Alice: Why, yes…I’m very fond of tea. March Hare: If you don’t care for tea, you could at least make a polite conversation. &...
Anoop Kohli is a senior consultant neurologist at the Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. His interests go far beyond his chosen profession. For him, it's just one game of life so interesting to study for all its themes and aberrations. He also dabbles in script-writing and recently got a membership of the Bombay Film Writers' Association. In this blog, Masquerader, expect from him anything from H1N1 to Heena.
The views expressed in Masquerader are the author´s own.
