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Village Life

Bharit, Bhakris and the Fire Within

“Stop this vomiting,” she said firmly, her voice steady enough to make even the nurse stop fidgeting with the clipboard. “Ease the pain a little. Once I gather some strength, I’ll take you to my village. You’ll sit on the mud floor, eating from banana leaves. Hot jowar bhakris, fresh off the chullah, with just … Read more

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Dr. S. P. Kalantri

Physician–Teacher
MGIMS, Sevagram

Four decades of clinical practice, teaching, and writing at the crossroads of medicine, memory, and institutional history.

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Sevagram
A physician’s memoir
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An Institutional History

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