Dr. Ramakanta

A Nursery Rhyme that reminds us a Devastating Pandemic

Ring-a-ring-o’-roses’Ring-a-ring o’ roses,A pocket full of posies,A-tishoo! A-tishoo!We all fall down… This all time favourite nursery rhyme ‘Ring-a-ring-o’-roses’ reminisces about a begone days when a Pandemic Pneumonic Plague rampaged Britain and Europe. Please read again with the meaning as given below. ( a link is given below) https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/did-you-know-popular-nursery-rhyme-ring-a-ring-a-roses-originated-during-a-pandemic-2688411.html The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 It wasContinue reading “A Nursery Rhyme that reminds us a Devastating Pandemic”

ଡାକୁ ମିଶ୍ର ଓ ଜହ୍ନ

Medical Collegeରେ ସାର ମାନେ ଯେତେ ଯେତେ ନାଁ କମାନ୍ତି, ସେଇ ଅନୁପାତରେ ତାଙ୍କ ନିନ୍ଦୁକ ସଂଖ୍ୟା ବି ବଢି ଚାଲେ। ଏଇ ଯେମିତି ସନାତନ ରଥଙ୍କୁ ‘ଶୟତାନ ରଥ’, କୁଳମଣି ମିଶ୍ରଙ୍କୁ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧା ରେ public ‘ଡାକୁ ମିଶ୍ର’ କହିଥାନ୍ତି। ଆମେ ପଢିଲା ବେଳକୁ ପୁରୁଣା physiology building ଟା ବିପଦସଙ୍କୁଳ ଘୋଷିତ ହେଇ ସାରିଲାଣି। ୪୦ ବର୍ଷ ତଳର କଥା। Old Gents hostel ସାମ୍ନାରେ ଦୁଇଟା ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ କୋଠା ଥିଲା। ଧୂସରContinue reading “ଡାକୁ ମିଶ୍ର ଓ ଜହ୍ନ”

How big is the Why in you ?

Lata Bhagwan Khare is a 65 year old farm labor in a small village in Buldhana district in Maharashtra. She and her husband worked very hard throughout their lives. They were real poor and the only aim of their life was to marry off their 3 daughters. All the small money which they gathered overContinue reading “How big is the Why in you ?”

The 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology and medicine

In September 1928, Dr Alexander Fleming returned to his lab after one month of vacation. Every thing inside the lab was in disarray as if the cleaning staff had not entered his lab for ages. He set upon throwing away the garbage when he found out that the set of Petri dishes that he hasContinue reading “The 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology and medicine”