My first publication in an international medical journal!

Dear Friends,

At the outset, let me wish you all a very Happy New Year for welcoming 2010!

At the fag end of 2009, I am very glad to share with you that my second medical article (first in an international journal) has been published in the January 2010 edition of the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology.

The article is titled 'Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Disease in Type 2 Diabetes: The Indian Scenario'. At this moment, I thank my teacher Prof V Mohan for including me in the writing of this article. This article will be available only by paid download from the journal's site for a period of one year from the date of publication.

However, the abstract of this article is available free of cost. The direct link is http://www.journalofdst.org/January2010/Abstracts/VOL-4-1-ORG10-MOHAN-ABSTRACT.pdf. I would be happy if you could read the article and give me your valuable feedback. Comments are suggestions are welcome.

With thanks & regards,
Vijay.

Love civilized the world and the Mankind in it

Dear Reader,

Happy New Year! We start this year's first post with the poem that we wrote for printing in our wedding reception invitation! Though it didn't find a place in the invitation, it is finally published today, after three years of hibernation, on this blog! We would be glad to know what you feel about our thoughts and words!

With thanks & regards,
Vijay & Harrini.

Love welcomed Mankind to this Earth!
Love made pairs out of men & women;
Love made families out of groups;
Love, in its course, created civilization!

Love defined the kith & kin!
Love taught acceptance of each other;
Love determined the basis of humanity;
Love, in romance, evolved to Marriage!

Marriage united lovers in Life's journey!
Marriage made relatives out of strangers;
Marriage made parents from couples;
Marriage meant happiness for the families!

Marriage transformed dreamers to achievers!
Marriage succeeded when spouses were friends;
Marriage glorified companionship for life;
Marriage, thereby, immortalized Love!

SMS Poem - 1 - Life, The Teacher

Hi All,

I am back to blogging after a long time! I didn't want 2008 to end incompletely and hence, thought of marking this return on 31-Dec-08 itself, by publishing this 'SMS Poem' that I wrote quite long ago! I call this an 'SMS Poem' as it was first written as a short message on my mobile phone and more so because it consists exactly of 160 characters, as in a regular SMS. I have some more of them in stock and intend to publish them if readers find this one interesting. Now, here is the first 'SMS Poem', which I've titled as 'Life, The Teacher' as I type this post:

Years leapt fast; metamorphoses came in;
Trials passed struggles as verdicts;
Maturity was the gain & limitation, the lesson.
Still, the heart aims to be ideal!

Please let me know your comments and thoughts! I wish all the readers a very Happy 2009!

With thanks & regards,
Vijay.

My first medical article published in JAPI!

Dear Friends,

I am very happy to share with you all that my first medical article has now been published in the June 2008 edition of the Journal of the Association of Physicians of India (JAPI). The article is about challenges in diabetes care in India. I am glad to have been one of authors of this article which has three internationally acclaimed opinion leaders in medicine, Dr Shashank R Joshi, Dr Ashok Kumar Das and Dr V Mohan, as its lead authors. At this moment, I thank my professor Dr V Mohan for including me in the writing of this article. You can access the article at the JAPI website www.japi.org. The direct links are http://www.japi.org/june_2008/u-443.pdf (PDF format) and http://www.japi.org/june_2008/u_443.html (HTML format). I would be happy if you could read the article and give me your valuable feedback. Comments are suggestions are welcome.

Yours Always Musically,
Vijay.