Sitting in my OPD, after seeing my last patient, on a winter afternoon, I was contemplating on scheduling two days leave for Christmas and to celebrate my son’s birthday on Boxing Day. Like every year, we usually plan to celebrate his birthday out of town amidst nature in pristine, off beat locations. ThisContinue reading “MANIFEST”
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No time like the present
Over the past three decades, she would give me a call when she passed through my city and I would make it a point to go meet her wherever she was staying. We would spend a few hours catching up, speaking heart to heart so that even though the meetings were infrequent, the bond remainedContinue reading “No time like the present”
A humble tribute to Mrs. Joan Manuel
Five years ago, I made a decisive journey, which became a turning point not just in my professional life as a doctor, but also in my personal growth when I began looking at life from a totally different perspective altogether. It was the beginning of a phenomenal unraveling of a myriad of life-changing experiences. IContinue reading “A humble tribute to Mrs. Joan Manuel”
An Ode to Papa…. Sri. J. C. Mahanta
It was thirty-five years ago when I first heard about my to be father-in-law, an alumni of the prestigious IIT Kharagpur in those days. Back in the eighties, things were quite different, and the prospect of marriage into a family steeped in traditions, where Papa was revered as the patriarchal head, did create some amountContinue reading “An Ode to Papa…. Sri. J. C. Mahanta”
