Medicine, Memory, and the Science of Life: A Physician’s Perspective.
Medicine, Memory, and the Science of Life: A Physician’s Perspective.
(12 July 1942-17 November 2025) In the Sevagram of the early 1970s—when nights seemed darker, trees stood taller, and time itself moved at an unhurried pace—a young man arrived with a small kitbag, a quiet smile, and a heart that beat for badminton. His name in the school register read Bhaskar Marotrao Tupkar. But for generations of students at MGIMS, …
𝗗𝗿. 𝗥𝗮𝗷𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮 𝗞𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗲 (12 January 1956 – 1 November 2025) Our GMC Nagpur batch of ’73 is a little emptier today. We’ve lost one of our own: Dr. Rajendra Kokate, our dear batchmate from B Batch, Roll No. 117. That small stretch of dissection hall benches, where Pramod Mahajan stood just ahead and Dilip Tikkas right behind him, feels silent …
Dr. Anita Borges passed away yesterday. A heart attack took her from us. What a remarkable pathologist she was. I never met her, but in 2017 I watched her hour-long YouTube talk, “𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘆𝘂𝗴𝗮”. Professors are often stubborn, their egos rarely allowing them to acknowledge mistakes in public. She was the exception. She could say without hesitation that …
This Sunday, Dr. Sudhakar Joshi passed away. An alumnus of the GMC Nagpur class of 1969, he was four years senior to me. Between 1979 and 1982, during our postgraduate years in Medicine at Government Medical College, Nagpur, we found ourselves gravitating more toward the residents and lecturers than the professors. They were closer to us in age, but light …
This morning, my friend Ramesh Mundle called to inform me that Dr. H.C. Attal, former Professor of Medicine at GMC Nagpur, passed away yesterday at the age of 86. He taught us medicine during our residency at Government Medical College, Nagpur, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. He led one of the six medicine units and was known for …
(December 9, 1931 – April 19, 2025)Dr. Keshao Narayan Ingley—known to all as Dr. K.N. Ingley—was born on December 9, 1931, in the dusty heartland of Buldhana. As the eldest of five siblings, he learned early what it meant to lead, to share, and to wait his turn. The home was always full—voices echoing through the corridors, meals shared on …
Physicians vary greatly: some prioritize art, others science; some are humble, others overconfident; some are bold, others cautious; some trust intuition, others data. Where did Dr. A.P. Jain fit among them? Nowhere and everywhere. He was art and science, instinct and intellect. He revered the power of physical signs but never dismissed modern technology. He could be warm and indulgent, …
On July 5, 1929, in the remote village of Vidul, Yadavrao and Renukabai Deshmukh welcomed a son, whom they named Purushottam, meaning ‘the supreme man. Vidul, a tiny hamlet of 400 people in Umarkhed taluka, Yavatmal district, had little to offer beyond a fifth-grade education. When Purushottam lost his father at four, and with his mother unable to read or …
Dr. B.J. Subhedar, the legendary physician, passed away at 96, marking the end of an era. How do you sum up the impact of such a life? His legacy is deeply ingrained in medical history, and his passing brings back many memories of how he shaped the careers of countless young doctors. I still remember the 1970s, when he would …
(1936-2024) It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of Dhirubhai Mehta, President of Kasturba Health Society, Sevagram, who left us this morning. He was just about to turn 88 this weekend. Born on April 27, 1936, in Songadh, a village 28 km west of Bhavnagar, Gujarat, Dhirubhai came from a middle-class family. His upbringing was influenced by …