India, April 26 -- By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD

After having narrated in my past three articles, the tales about the role of statues that are erected to commemorate the memories of distinguished personalities, I would like to tell you about how the trend has now changed.

Whether this is for good or bad is for you to decide, although to me it seems most unusual and even ridiculous.

In the past, if you were somebody worth having your statue installed somewhere, you had to first exit this world honourably, leaving behind a sense of loss in the minds of the people to whom you mattered.

There were almost no instances of statues being erected of living people because this practice, although centuries old, was always reserved as a way of hono...