The Wordsmith

Yet another shocking case of medical negligence came to fore in Gurugram where the doctors risked the life of a patient in an attempt to hide their folly. The doctors punctured the left kidney of a patient, who was diagnosed with stones in her right kidney. Having realised their mistake, the surgeon then operated her right kidney to remove the kidney stone. Due to the callousness of the hospital and the patient started bleeding profusely but the hospital administration continued to hide the entire issue until the case went out of their hands. Realizing the gravity of the situation, the family members of patient shifted to another hospital Medanta, the family was shocked to know about Pushpanjali hospital's blunder and their attempts to cover up. The patient, Sheela Devi - who is a resident of Rohtak - and her husband registered a complaint with the police and the Health Minister of Haryana about the gross medical negligence and sought justice. Sheela Devi...

Aaj Tak Anchor Anjana OM Kashyap While studying in Kota (Rajasthan), I once encountered an incident in a city shopping mall that left a lifelong imprint on my mind. A specially-abled person was trying to get out of an elevator. It was a compartment loaded with around eight-nine persons going towards the ground floor. Carrying a black folding cane in his left hand, the man, probably in his 40s, was set up to get out.   I was standing on the adjacent right-hand side to that man, noticing every detail of how he maneuvers normal routine chores at such ease. As soon as the lift would approach the concourse, a gentleman standing behind offered him a helping hand. The elevator hit the ground, people behind pushed us, the crowd waiting outside tried to forcibly get in even before the lift was not vacated and the guy with the cane fell on the ground. It left the man, who was helping the specially-abled guy, red-faced. He abused the culprits and reprimanded them saying, “Andhe ho ...

The world loves to read, watch and listen to the success stories beaming out of the lap of adversity, poverty, and oblivion. Being oblivious for years a person may turn a believer, a believer is a dreamer and a dreamer is an achiever. Those who transcend the border of scarce resources and turn things around by their grit and determination are hailed as achievers and considered successful in life.  With great success comes the criticism and I believe it is a natural phenomenon, humans are made that way, they have to deal with it. At the same time, there are a few who despite having immense talent and accomplishment are lost in the dark with the passage of time. They are forgotten. Time forgets them. 11 years ago, a 35-years-old Mathematician, Anand Kumar became a household name in the state of Bihar, the Beemaru Rajya. One afternoon in the month of April 2008, around 1200 kms away from Patna, the factory of nurturing IITians (Kota) was about to celebrate Bansal Class...