Author: daktre
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VU2TS, silent key*
It was late evening on a cloudy day in our village. I had seen the last patient off and I hoped that there wont be others. As an intern posted to the VGKK tribal hospital in BR Hills, I had travelled some 80-odd km south of Mysore (where I had recently completed my final year…
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The inconspicuous intangibles
The inconspicuous intangibles the unknown unknowns of the internal workings of the human mind; Our infinitely spectacular agency Manifesting from a physico-chemical tangibleGiving forth irreducible intangiblesJoy and tear, cheer & fearA shared structure, a tangible formGives deities & deviantsShapes tools and implements That one day, unhinderedly reach withinOur mind’s tools turn upon its makerDerive ways…
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Early childhood development & education | ಆರಂಭಿಕ ಬಾಲ್ಯ ಬೆಳವಣಿಗೆ ಮತ್ತು ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ
This Kannada article appeared in ಅನುಭವ, a monthly magazine in its April 2023 edition. The magazine is produced by Deenabandhu Trust as a resource for teachers across the state. Article was invited to focus on the importance of early childhood development on education. Some of the reflections in the article are both from clinical practice…
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Dignity
At a recent workshop for south Indian Adivasi writers, Werner Soors (of Les Petit Roberts fame) wrote this poem rather spontaneously based on a brainstorm of potential themes of interest for writing. He set it to a blues rhythm on his Ukulele and even sang it but meanwhile the English text of the song of…