Dr S Ranganathan

Modi has adopted Noah’s ark method to deal the spread of Corona virus in India.   Noah’s ark is biblical story where Noah was told by God to build a box like, water proof, huge ark with several layers of rooms to store food, water, various species of animals etc.   Gold told Noah that he would cause huge flood and would destroy the entire world and hence Noah should stuff the ark with pairs of all animals (male and female), sufficient food etc., in the ark and the door of the ark must be closed later.   When god causes flood, the flood would destroy the world but not the ark so that all life forms on earth shall be saved and preserved for the future.   Corona came to the world like either wild fire or uncontrollable flood.   How to deal the situation and save the country must been the genuine concern of Modiji.   The curious question is why Modi adopted Noah’s ark approach than the approach of Lord Krishna who saved his people, livestock an...

The medical fraternity and the epidemiological circuit buttressing around PMO perhaps would have given their thought to our Prime Minister to go for lock down for 21 days as only option to prevent Corona spread in India.   From the so called scholarly lot with predominantly western mind set has every right to limit their suggestion on how to prevent the spread of COVID19 (western recipe) that is shut down India for 21 days, never mind the consequences.   But the elected government should have applied also its political mind before lock down without any adequate preparation. It looks like the central government was left with no or limited choice and hence dared to lock down.   The medical fraternity and the administrative intelligentsia must realize the bitter truth that anything that works against a bacteria or fungi or virus or parasite will not become a drug however superior the given substance may show such activity at the lowest concentration possible. ...

Tamil Nadu has shown an exemplary leadership quality, character and scientific temperament to cub COVID 19 reaching third and fourth state as described by epidemiological intelligentsia.   From the day one our Honourable Chief Minister E Palanisamy popularly called as EPS and our Honourable Health Minister Dr. Vijayabhaskar exhibited high level of sensitivity, responsibility and did everything to save people from the possible Corona attack.   The measures taken by EPS government made people of Tamil Nadu to think and feel that the state is still ruled by MGR and Amma because EPS reflected the not just the commitment of MGR and Amma to people of the state but reflected that he is the true guardian of the soul mission and ambition of Amma in making Tamil Nadu an exemplary state.   Door to door check, testing, providing best medical assistance, creating adequate awareness in the society, putting necessary norms for social distancing without affecting the life and li...

How should an Indian be in the modern India that is ruled by Modi; be rich or poor or be a middle income person?   Rich will have lots of problem in India because they have to pay super rich tax, their conscience will be ploughed regularly to do charity and always tax authorities shall remain as third eye to book them for some tax evasion cases.     Middle income, especially the tax paying middle income are the most succulent fruit for any government in the centre to juice maximum by way of new taxation, cess and the possible inflation of various essential commodities due to all wrong politics and programmes of the government.   The poor are although celebrated by every political party during election season are the most neglected lot in our country.   In a sense, the poor shall remain as poor to get remembered again by our politician during next election season.   So far no one had done anything great to the poor people and middle income and sim...

Preventive measures to stop the spread of Corona is inevitable and no sensible Indian would disagree to the measures taken by the government.  But the measures however necessary it may be must equally protect the livelihood of millions and millions of Indians otherwise the measures would pose bigger threat than corona.   People in general feel that the lock down of India for 21 days without adequate preparations by Modi government is quite sickening and Modi has let down millions and millions of Indians who voted him to power.  Doing the inevitable alone is not enough but the while doing, how we can minimize the harm of the measures also needs to be understood.  The spread of Corona is difficult to predict because the spread of a virus in India is extremely difficult to predict due to multi various issues that Indians face and hence at least the measures must be humane and must support large section of people.  But it looks like the measures were eith...