Ramblings and Musings (Book) http://www.Writing.Com/main/profile.php/blog/drtaher I am glad to say that my overall experience with a premium membership has been positive. I am still figuring out the new privileges that come with the new membership, but all in all, the right-side bar, the quick-scrolling and the discounts at the store have all been excellent to use. I do not know how to compose HTML web-pages ... so that is one thing t...[Read Full Post] Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:49:55 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/569087 The recent mail in which [Link To User storymaster] invited me to upgrade to "premium" membership was so tempting, that I clicked on the store button and went ahead and took a premium membership. I just want to say this: sometime last year, I had resolved to leave WDC as I had got disenchanted with the fact that even after five years of mem...[Read Full Post] Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:14:23 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/568859 I am a member of an internet mailing list called nukkad. This list is archived at [Link: 'http://www.mumbai-central.com/nukkad']. One can join the list by entering one's email address in the box provided on the page and after a confirming link into one's inbox, one can participate in the discussions. I advise readers to certainly look at ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 15 May 2007 09:40:00 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/508480 Today is the birthday of Bapu, or Mahatma Gandhi as he is called. I still wonder about his relevance in today's violent and tempestuous world. Perhaps, he is even more relevant than before. In times when humanity is caught in a whirlwind of terrorism, natural calamities, corruption, greed for power, neo-colonisation (of the Asian countries by America...[Read Full Post] Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:35:40 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/458620 Hello all. I am returning to this blog after a long gap of nearly two months. Things have been hectic as my daughter has joined Junior College and is pursuing science as her subject of choice. In between, she was involved in a romantic liaison with a boy whom we did not approve of. She got punished for that; in fact, we nearly removed her from college on...[Read Full Post] Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:26:01 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/458619 I was invited by the principal of "St. Xavier's Boys Academy", an ICSC school located near Churchgate, to address first, a body of parents, and next, a group of children on "Basic Health Issues". This invitation was coordinated by Dr. Mustufa Bapai, a friend and well-wisher of mine whose son studies in Std. II of the same school and w...[Read Full Post] Thu, 13 Jul 2006 08:32:03 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/440273 I am writing this entry to inform all my readers and well-wishers about a few things. First out, sorry to all those who feel that they are missing out on a slice of my story due to my infrequent entries. Believe me, I have grown a bit sick of WDC because of the complete disdain with which I have been treated out here. And this is despite all the good wor...[Read Full Post] Sun, 09 Jul 2006 03:07:17 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/439285 Ya, so I got a family. There's me, of course, and my significant other, my wife, Nishrin, to whom I am married for the last 16 years, 5 months and 9 days (LOL, did you say?). I am a Pediatrician, while my wife is a beauty salon owner and runs a flourishing business in Mumbai city where we live. See the picture? We recently took a holiday to Kashm...[Read Full Post] Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:44:50 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/437024 As I wrote earlier in one of my weblog entries, Inas' school certificate examinations got under way last week, and she has already completed six of the ten papers that she has to give. She claims to have done very well in five of those six papers, but is not so sure about Geography. Today is her birthday. I gifted her a holiday for four nights an...[Read Full Post] Wed, 15 Mar 2006 05:14:12 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/413123 I love to write long blogs. I enjoy writing blogs. I spend hours writing blogs. I know what ye be thinking. This doctor has lost his marbles. This Indian has become a lunatic. Nothing of the sort. I am just trying to psyche myself so that I take a lesson from all this and write a good blog! Well, last Saturday while riding a two-wheel...[Read Full Post] Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:30:02 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/409644 Yes, there are so many things to say, but I have been just delaying saying them. About ten days ago, our school organised a re-union of all past and present students at a local entertainment hall. The organisation was wanting and done quite haphazardly. Not even 5% of old boys were contacted. I received a phone call to purchase one of the high denomin...[Read Full Post] Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:15:56 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/403200 [Link To User intuey] has started a really great discussion forum and I am proud to be a part of it! She has featured my port this week and I am looking forward to reading reviews! In the meantime, I have also put up an India Crossword in my port. Let's see how *that* turns out ... Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:54:17 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/399972 It seems like just yesterday that I was wondering what I could do to reactivate my writing on WDC. Then, suddenly, two ideas came to me simultaneously: I started a Reviewing item where I shall be charging a small amount of GP's to review poems and stories and what have you. I have also announced an India Quiz which will open on Monday at 06:00 a.m...[Read Full Post] Sun, 08 Jan 2006 09:44:10 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/397716 It appears that my previous two blogs have hardly had any views. Is this because of the season? In any case, Christmas has come and gone, and we now wait to usher in the New Year. How good or bad will it be? My feeling is that Global-Warming-induced changes that the world saw in 2005 will be even more acute in the coming year, with more floods, drough...[Read Full Post] Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:17:27 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/395123 Attention: After ten days of keeping the baby on the ventilator, we allowed him to die by turning off the life-support system. It happened like this: a Pediatric neurologist was consulted on day 8, and his opinion tilted the thinking in favour of discontinuation of the life-support. He felt that the scan actually had been mis-reported and that the scan d...[Read Full Post] Mon, 26 Dec 2005 06:35:10 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/394724 Inas will soon appear for her last school exam of her life. This will be so as she is in her last school year and will move on to college if she passes in her board exams of the Secondary School Certification Board (the SSC board). These exams would be held in March 2006. Depending on the percentage of marks that she secures for herself, she will gain a...[Read Full Post] Mon, 26 Dec 2005 06:24:26 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/394723 Hello friends! As is by now my trademark, here I am to write the sporadic blog on a Sunday, the only day when I am able to sit and write in Peace. My week has been more or less ordinary, but there were a few extraordinary events, and it is these that I will share with you. Unlike the American system of Medicine where the State can order the treatme...[Read Full Post] Sat, 17 Dec 2005 23:07:17 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/393301 It's been a long time since I have visited or entered in my Blog book, but it was [Link To User vjanczuk] 's e-mail to us cancelling the Mini Port Raid of departed writer [Link To User verysara] that prompted me to write this. I have been an admirer of Veronica for several reasons, and not the least because she is, like my elder daughter, f...[Read Full Post] Fri, 09 Dec 2005 06:57:36 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/391433 I must say, rather penitently that the writing muse is still eluding me. What with a hectic off-line schedule, I barely get the time to sit in front of my comp, let alone stare at the screen for inspiration of any sort. Ennui, you may call it but I call it lack of adequate stimuli. Yes, I agree that real life throws up hundreds of small situations which can all act as...[Read Full Post] Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:12:39 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/387162 As readers can see for themselves, this blogger is a rare visitor to his own blog. However, today, I am gonna share some random thoughts with you all. A couple of months ago, I had the pleasure of working on the health check-ups of street children. It came about like this: an Indian doctor, who has qualified from the US has initiated a program for Indian doctors...[Read Full Post] Sun, 13 Nov 2005 08:08:06 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/books/entry_id/385794