Dr. M. C. Gupta's Journal (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/books.php/item_id/1508363-Dr-M-C-Guptas-Journal FOOLS RUSH IN WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD (US INVASION OF IRAQ) [USA has been too busy attacking others than minding its own business at home.] The following news item set me thinking: --[Link: 'http://www.zeenews.com/news686413.html'] I have reproduced it below. It merely confirms what sages have said for centuries-"Pride hat...[Read Full Post] Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:15:59 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/717593 THE REASON AND PURPOSE OF LIFE All of us are sometimes confronted with the question-"What is the reason of life and what purpose does it serve?" Let us try to answer it. The above question can be approached in three distinct ways: 1. SCIENTIFIC PROOF APPROACH: Science cannot prove there is a god. Science therefore believes th...[Read Full Post] Mon, 10 May 2010 16:01:04 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/695781 WHAT IS THE NAXAL-MAOIST PROBLEM? [Causes of and suggestions for the Naxal-Maoist uprising in India.] This brief, not in-depth write up, is meant to state my views and to invite discussion. WHAT IS THE REASON THAT NAXALISM-MAOISM PERSISTS? The root cause is the shameless neglect of tribals and their exploitation by non-tribals, including th...[Read Full Post] Sun, 02 May 2010 11:29:46 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/694949 MEDICAL CARE IN INDIA AND THE USA [Medical care facilities in India and the USA are different. The Indian model is more cost effective.] I recently toured the USA for three months. I received a query on an e mail list regarding medical care in the USA. The query and my answer are given below. QUESTION-You have been to the USA. While there, d...[Read Full Post] Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:11:08 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/691116 OUTSOURCING OF AMERICAN MEDICAL EDUCATION TO INDIA: a proposal I think the authorities in USA should seriously consider opening a medical school in India, primarily for the benefit of USA, where medical education is very costly and the number of US citizens graduating in medicine is insufficient, leading to dependence upon foreign medical gradu...[Read Full Post] Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:34:25 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/691018 ABOUT WORLD RELIGIONS AND CULTURES [The ills associated with a particular religion basically reflect the mindset of the followers. Culture determines the behavior of a society / nation.] Those who insult religious leaders act wrongly. They wrong humanity itself. Religious leaders have a large human following and shape the course of human dest...[Read Full Post] Sun, 27 Jun 2010 00:14:59 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/667632 AM I A WORTHY CHILD? IS SUCH A QUERY UNCHRISTIAN? [Analysis of a religious concept; a reader's comment and my response.] 1--I once wrote a poem titled "LONG WALK HOME", [Link To Item #754196] . A reader ABC commented: "I like it. I don't know if you just chose the word to rhyme, but the last line of the first stanza doesn'...[Read Full Post] Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:45:15 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/653901 DOES THE WORLD BELONG TO THE YOUNG? [Is this statement true?] Sometime ago I wrote the sonnet MAKING WAY FOR THE YOUNG: a sonnet- [Link To Item #1356705] . A reader while reviewing it and rating it 5 stars, sent the following query: "Do you believe this to be true? You said: The world belongs to those who're young, not old." This ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 26 May 2009 14:30:05 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/651706 E- MAILS [The various types of mails we get.] Some mails are like gems. They come from one who has genius. They deserve to be read, stored and reread. Some mails are like pearls. They come from one who has knowledge. They deserve to be pondered and understood. Some mails are like beads. They come from one who is good. They deserve to be re...[Read Full Post] Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:44:45 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/642736 SUICIDE: A DISEASE WITHOUT CURE? [A brief, quick comment on suicide.] INFORMATION-- (Times of India, Delhi, 23 March 2009) A-Yashveer Singh, a 28 year old computer operator in Delhi shot himself dead after his girlfriend married another. B-Amit Singh from Patna, employed as a salesman for a well known private company, son of a senior offi...[Read Full Post] Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:40:22 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/641776 WHY WOMEN CAN'T DRIVE IN SAUDI ARABIA? [How the Muslim mind might work when confronted with this question.] This query occurred to me when I read the following news item: [Link: 'http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/05/saudi.arabia.woman.driver/index.ht...'] (CNN) -- Police in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca Wednesday...[Read Full Post] Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:41:14 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/639069 A MAIL ABOUT USA AND MY RESPONSE TO IT [Who is an American?] The following is an actual correspondence, dated 26 January 2009. The mail in question was posted on a list of AIIMS doctors settled in USA. My riposte was posted there. I am reproducing here for those who might like to view it. THE MAIL- "To Kill an American" You...[Read Full Post] Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:46:27 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/638888 HERD MEMORY [Ethics, morals and herd memory] While commenting upon my item [Link To Item #1535241] , a reader, who is a pediatrician, commented: "I do not think morals and ethics have anything to do with formal religion. They (i.e. the morals and ethics) are basic stuff inbred within mankind, and could be offshoots of herd memory." ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:57:35 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/638883 PANTHEISM: A REVIEWER'S COMMENT ANSWERED A reviewer sent me a query which is of general importance. Hence I am appending below the query and my response to it. Others' comments are welcome. BACKGROUND--I wrote a poem "I AM ASHAMED", [Link To Item #1366465] to express my anguish about bombing of Iraq, killing a large number of c...[Read Full Post] Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:19:38 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/625723 I am an MBBS and MD [Medicine] from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, where I was additional professor till 1991. From there, I joined as professor at the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, where I later became the Dean. I have been a post-doctoral fellow of the United Nations University, Tokyo. I have work...[Read Full Post] Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:15:01 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/625722