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Madras; Hotel; Dosa; idli

A Taste of Nostalgia: Madras Hotel in Sevagram

Babulal Ganvir and Jagdish Chandra Bose. Since the early seventies, they held sway in Sevagram for a span of thirty years. Babulalji’s Aaloo Bonda was an irresistible treat, and Jagdish’s Masala Dosa was no less mouth-watering. Babulalji ran his canteen on credit, while Jagdish mostly relied on cash. Babulalji spoke Marathi with a soft-spoken tone, … Read more

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Dr. S. P. Kalantri

Physician–Teacher
MGIMS, Sevagram

Four decades of clinical practice, teaching, and writing at the intersection of medicine, memory, and instituional history.

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