Science, Stories and Sevagram: A Physician-Teacher's Reflections
Reflections on family life, personal hobbies, and the intersection of poetry and medicine.
Reading Time: 4 minutesSatyamev Jayate Even before the first ball of the World cup final was bowled, the entire world witnessed a bizarre happening. Dhoni flipped the coin in the air for Sangakkara to call. Sangakkara mumbled his call, and had apparently lost the toss but the toss ended up being disputed – the first time such an … Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesDhoni winning the toss Chasing 250+ in a World Cup semi-final is not an easy task. The Mohali pitch was not ugly, but contrary to what most Pundits – Saurabh dada included- had predicted, it not a batting beauty either. As the inning progressed, the pitch turned slow, the balls stopped, and the batsmen found … Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesPaisa Vasool! The fate of the second one-day match between India and Australia was almost decided even before Australian openers took guard. 350+ was too good a total for a very ordinary Australian batting line-up. This is a match Ponting would quickly like to forget: his bowlers gave away over 100 runs in the last … Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesDear Friends, It was the best of times; it was not the worst of times. My Berkeley stint is fast approaching an end. On May 24, I will touch Sevagram! A year at Berkeley – educating, entertaining, exciting and at times exasperating- would come to an end! Last fall, I came to the University of … Read more