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The Ps…

The corridors of the Medicine Department in Sevagram in the early 1980s pulsed with an odd sort of rhythm, a melody not of footsteps or hurried whispers, but of letters. Not just any lettersโ€”๐™‹s. I arrived in the summer of 1982, stepping into a world where initials carried more weight than full names, where the …

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Holi and Dr. M.L. Sharma

Holi in Sevagram always brings back memories of Dr. M. L. Sharmaโ€”the man who taught pharmacology with flair and led MGIMS through its formative years, shaping the college well beyond its adolescence. In the classroom, Dr. Sharma was a performer. Anyone who learned pharmacology from him will tell youโ€”it wasnโ€™t just a subject; it was …

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What is in a Name…

In todayโ€™s world, naming a baby is almost a competitive sport. Parents meticulously curate lists, debate meanings, consult astrologers, and even conduct online polls before settling on the perfect name. But in the 1970s, in the sleepy yet bustling medical campus of Sevagram, things wereโ€ฆ different. Dr. Shashi Prabha Ahujaโ€”better known as Dr. S.P. Ahujaโ€”was …

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When Medicine Lost, Obstetrics Won!

The girl was born in Gondia, the youngest of six, the apple of her fatherโ€™s eye. While her family thrived in business, she set her sights on medicine. She pursued her MBBS at Government Medical College, Nagpur. The year was 1966. During her undergraduate years, one man recognized her brillianceโ€”Dr. G.S. Sainani, the head of …

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Can One Conversation change the Destiny?

Can a doctorโ€”a family friendโ€”steer you from engineering to medicine? Can a few words make you trade certainty for the unknown? Yes. Dr. R.V. Wardekar did just that. But he was no ordinary doctor. In the 1940s, he left the bustling metropolis of Mumbai for the quiet simplicity of Sevagram โ€”and reshaped public health. In …

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๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฌ๐˜€: ๐—•๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€

That old black phoneโ€”solid, heavy, a relic of a time when voices travelled through wires, not airwaves. Each number on its dial, a small circle, waiting for a finger to spin it. No speed dial, no saved contactsโ€”just memory and precision. Calls were brief, words measured. Every minute cost money. The phone perched on a …

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๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐—š๐—œ๐— ๐—ฆ: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ

In 1970, a young man arrived at Gandhijiโ€™s ashram in Sevagram. A year later, he joined a medical college, not as a student but as an artist. Although he left the college after twenty-five years, he left behind footprints in the black cotton soil of Sevagram. The medical institution was ๐— ๐—š๐—œ๐— ๐—ฆ, and the young man …