Health card is not enough, facilities must also improve
By Vijay Darda | 04-10-2021 During the Covid-19 pandemic, everyone has been a witness to how health services crumbled and therefore, concrete measures are necessary for the future. Vijay Darda I know some doctors who have returned to India after practising for years in developed countries. You don’t need to carry documents and other […]
How can GDP of a nation whose health is not good, be healthy?: Darda
Date: 15-05-2021
The year that held the mirror to mankind
By Vijay Darda | 28-12-2020. The year 2020 was a dreadful year but it also taught humanity a lot The year 2020 is coming to an end. Hardly anyone would like to remember this year, but it is also true that history will not forget it. It created and instilled such a terror in everyone’s […]
Can Imran build ‘New Pakistan’?
By Vijay Darda | 30-07-2018 Imran has emerged as a great hope for youths and his victory has come with a big responsibility to change the destiny of the country I have met Imran Khan twice. On both the occasions, I met him in London. The first meeting took place about 22 years back […]
If we continue to trifle with nature, disaster is imminent!
By Vijay Darda | 04-06-2018 Land is turning barren, rivers going dry, forest getting denuded, air getting polluted, things are not hunky-dory any more! Alarming as it is, a recent report by the Centre for Science and Environment has shocked me. The report states that by 2030, 21 cities in India will be ‘dead […]
Non-serious approach over air pollution is dangerous
By Vijay Darda | 07-05-2018 Will the Indian government wake up from its slumber after the latest report of World Health Organisation? The latest report of the World Health Organisation on pollution in our country comes as no surprise to me. I keep touring the world and naturally know how serious the problem of […]
Rural India is our true wealth
By Vijay Darda | 05-02-2018 Enough of announcements… Now it’s time to do something..! Irrigation, healthcare and education are the basic problems of the villages The BJP government has made several important announcements in its last full Budget, especially for the villages and the farmers. It’s a good development. A majority of India’s population […]
Why hunger, poverty do not infuriate us?
By Vijay Darda | 11-12-2017 Petty issues are blown out of proportion but no sensitivity is shown on serious matters! We are passing through a strange phase where there is no such thing as sensitivity. There are tall talks. Figures of millions and billions are being bandied about. Tall claims are being made about […]
Isn’t even a single death from hunger a stigma?
By Vijay Darda | 23-10-2017 Amidst tall claims of development, the death of a girl due to hunger in Jharkhand has horrified India The death of Santoshi, an 11-year-old girl from Simdega in Jharkhand, due to hunger has horrified the entire nation. The tall claims and promises of development are causing indignation. What kind […]
Why are children’s lives so cheap?
By Vijay Darda | 21-08-2017 As usual, the country will forget the inglorious chapter of Gorakhpur deaths but the question will continue to haunt! Some four years back, there was a huge hue and cry when 35 children died within five days at BC Roy Hospital in Kolkata. Four years later, hardly anyone remembers […]