Volume 13 Issues 2 February, 2023 Looking back, I am amused and astounded by the myriad of paths I crossed to be where I am today. I was born in an Agricultural Family in which my father put a premium on education and came to work as a teacher in Dunlop Estate, a township developed […]
Down the memory Lane
Norman Sartorius: A personal history of psychiatry
Down the Memory Lane Volume 13 Issues 1 January, 2023 AbstractAs part of the intention to document the recent and current history of psychiatry, I was asked to present memories of my involvementin psychiatry over the past 50 years. Reviewers suggested that I should start this personal history of psychiatry with a summary of mycurriculum […]
Curd rice and MINDS Newsletter
Down the Memory Lane Volume 12 Issues 12 December, 2022 That was the summer of July 2011; I rushed to get some quick bits for lunch; I opened my lunch box and saw cold Upma, which I got packed from the hostel mess. Getting a packed breakfast from the hostel mess and having it in […]
The Amazing Teaching Skill of the Student !!
Dr Kishor M Volume 12 Issues 11 November, 2022 Down the memory lane The class began for final-year medical students; as previously notified to them, I called the student who was assigned a five-minute presentation on the topic. As the student initiated the session and concluded enthusiastically, I was stunned by the student’s ability to […]
Down the memory lane
-Dr M Kishor Volume 12 Issues 10 October, 2022 As a young psychiatry teacher in a medical college more than a decade ago, I looked at many ways to engage medical students. There were hardly any efforts before made in that institution. Months later, a medical student came to me and was eager to hand […]
A Glimpse of NewspaperÂ
Down The Memory Lane Volume 12 Issues 9 September, 2022 As I was travelling a long distance to medical college, I would strive hard to keep myself engaged throughout the journey because I am among those who can’t doze off during travel! Occasionally reading newspaper &  every word  in it , was a time killer strategy more […]
Going Down The Memory Lane
Down The Memory Lane Volume 12 Issues 8 August, 2022 Going down the memory laneThere has been happiness and painReflecting back on our lifeIt has been a lovely driveAmazing great times we hadSome moments did make us sadYet we did not give up so fastPersisting till the very lastLots of hard work we had to […]
My Initial Years in Medicine and Psychiatry
Down Memory Lane Volume 12 Issues 7 July, 2022 The year was 1971. Medical education was highly coveted in India. Kerala had only three Medical Colleges at that time- Trivandrum, Calicut and Kottayam besides the private TD Medical College, Alleppey (which was later taken over by the Govt in 1973). Kerala had only 400 medical […]
Short story of translation and validation study
Down The Memory Lane Volume 12 Issues 6 June, 2022 In 2014, at the department of child and adolescent psychiatry, Institute of child health, Chennai, it was decided to translate a holistic ADHD parent rating scale VADPRS [ Vanderbilt ADHD parent rating scale] into Tamil language as it was a gold standard rating scale used […]
The psychiatry training: Indian perspective
Down The Memory Lane Volume 12 Issues 4 April, 2022 The fruition of psychiatry training went paralleled the history of psychiatry and was influenced by the policies and political conditions of the time. Historically, psychiatry training was confined to the mental hospitals, and integration of psychiatry services was encouraged at various levels of the health […]