Making Excellence a Habit: The Secret to Building a World-Class Healthcare System in India
By Dr. V Mohan,
Penguin Random House
One of India’s leading diabetologists, Dr V Mohan writes in his memoir about the fundamentals that according to him, make a person achieve meaningful success and conquer fear about failure. He lists hard work, passion for what you do, and focus as a winner s secrets, among other qualities. The book is a handy guide to success based on his personal anecdotes about perseverance, determination, resilience and dedication.As someone who has contributed to research, education and charity, his emphasis on empathy and spirituality arepart of the narrative. From planning diabetes exposandconducting countrywide studies ata time when people were largely ignorant about the lifestyle disease, DrMohan shares his unusual ideas and experiences that made the world take notice.The book, he says, is aimed at igniting aspark in students, young and future doctors, scientis
Sunday, 11 April 2021 - 9:48
Leading Aircraftman Roshan Abeysundara, a promising swimming start from the SLAF set a new world record. Roshan swam from Mannar to Danuskodi, Rameshwaran in India and back, covering a distance of 59.3 Kms.
It took him a record 28 hours, 19 minutes and 58 seconds to swim from Thalaimannar to the coast of Danuskodi, Rameshwaran in India.
He will enter the Guinness World Record Book as he renewed V.S. Kumar Anandan s 50-year-old record which was set in 1971 by swimming the Palk Strait in 51 hours.
The leading Aircraftman has now conquered the seas a domain of the Navy.
In line with his special effort, Leading Aircraftman Abeysundara called on the Commander of the Air Force, Air Marshal Sudarshana Pathirana today (09 April 2021) before departing for Mannar to embark on his record-breaking mission. The Commander gave the brave and daring Airman words of encouragement and also presented him with a thermal swimming kit which would assist heavily duri
The Monday Q&A: Josh Chandulal-Mackay on Barack Obama, Whanganui s future and Elton John
11 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Josh Chandulal-Mackay was elected to the Whanganui District Council in 2016 at the age of 21. Photo / Bevan Conley
Josh Chandulal-Mackay was elected to the Whanganui District Council in 2016 at the age of 21. Photo / Bevan Conley
Josh Chandulal-Mackay has a passion for Whanganui and he s a bit keen on politics too. Logan Tutty fired 10 questions at the Whanganui district councillor to find out what makes him tick.
Where did your passion for politics start and how old were you when you realised this is what you wanted to do?
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In most musical Passion settings, the role of Jesus Christ is sung by a baritone or a bass.
But in William Cooper’s new Passion, Jesus will be played by a soprano.
“I thought giving the role of Jesus to a high soprano would set the character apart from the others and mark the character as being divine and other,” Cooper says.
He wanted to feature a female voice in his setting because women are largely silent in the Biblical texts.
“I was looking through the cast of characters in the gospel account,” he explains, “and all of the big speaking roles are male.”