Debabrata Roy

Dec 7, 2024 | garhwalpost.in | Debabrata Roy

By Prof (Dr) Debabrata Roy If you are from or have lived long enough in northern India (read Hindi heartland), it’s highly unusual that you haven’t either known or run into the very ubiquitous ‘Bangali Daktar’, that is, a lowly, unassuming man, mostly from rural/peri-urban Bengal with a quintessential ‘Bangali’ surname- Biswas, Bhadra, Majumder, Sen, even Roy (but not necessarily the lingo/speech and mannerism of a Bengali though)- with barely any formal education except that he may have a...

Sep 18, 2024 | garhwalpost.in | Debabrata Roy

By Dr Debabrata RoyA presumably enzootic virus, SARS-CoV-2 (and a host of other such ones) morphed, jumped ‘species’, and broke the ‘symbiotic equilibrium’ as a desperate ploy in a ‘survival game’, as it were, causing unprecedented disease and destruction. Humankind too, for its part, adopted unheard of livelihood & behavioural traits in its social dynamics to ‘outdo’ the virus.

Aug 2, 2024 | garhwalpost.in | Debabrata Roy

By Dr Debabrata Roy Many among us are at some point or the other on the road from denial to acceptance; blessed is the one who holds on to this challenging road with grit and quiet resolve and does eventually breast the tape, that is, accept him/herself ‘wart & all’ (whatever one was, is or shall be), being rewarded in the process with a benediction of self-love and introspective wisdom, a faith as well, that he/she is unique in the Grand Creator’s scheme of things and He (God as one believes...

Jun 7, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Debabrata Roy |Gilles Montalescot |Daniela Pedicino |Iacopo Fabiani

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