Converting thoughts into words

Atherosclerosis is inevitable. Simply speaking it is the buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on the artery walls leading to narrowing of arteries and resulting in blocking of blood flow thus culminating in what we call as Heart Attack. It begins very early in life (normally in the teens), and takes a while to manifest. But the so-called manifestation period is these days frightfully shortening, to say the least!  Check this out Nirmal Pandey (50), Sidharth Shukla (40), Raju Shrivastava (58), Om Puri (66), Farooq Shaikh (65), KK (53), Raj Kaushal (50) all from bollywood, Puneeth Kumar {Tollywood} (46), Vikram Kirloskar {Businessman} (58), Ambareesh Murty {Co-founder Pepperfry} (51), Atlas Ramachandran {Businessman} (65), Ranjan Das CEO SAP (42), Gaurav Gandhi {Cardio Surgeon} (41), Devendra Rajput {Friend} (50) & Deepak Anand {Friend} (55). Check the average age and it will indeed scare you, the latest in the list is Ambareesh, an avid biker, who died in Leh...

Mohali (Punjab) 28th April 2021 Supreme Court says National Crisis, can't be mute spectators. Election Commission says enforcing curbs is not it's job. Wah-bhai-wah... these are the headings of news appearing on the front page of The Tribune (Chandigarh Edition)! Where have we reached? Is there any more depth we can fall to? Can we ever rise yet again? Sarcastically speaking - Yes, farmers have a right to protest; Yes, state assembly elections (not one but 3 of them) should be held even during a pandemic; Yes, sanskar (values) and sanskriti (culture) are important and so Shahi Snan and Kumbh mela is unavoidable while Markaz (remember Tabhligi Jamaat?) of thousands was considered a super-spreader event in Delhi in March 2020 and were rightly blamed by all of us. And oh yes, yes, cricket is a spectator sport and fans were allowed into the world’s biggest cricket stadium at Ahmedabad (total seating capacity for 110,000) to witness international matches between India and England du...