Dr. Hardial Singh
Hardial Singh danced bhangra in his MGIMS admission interview in 1969—because Dr. Sushila Nayar asked him to, and he had no reason not to. Born in Amritsar, raised in Delhi, and the son of a forest contractor settled in Warora, he arrived at Sevagram as one of three Sardars in khadi, chosen for the founding batch to reflect the soul of India. After graduation and work in the WHO smallpox campaign in Bihar, he spent thirty-four years at ESI Hospital in Delhi, retiring as Medical Superintendent. Each year, the surviving members of the 1969 batch gather and raise a silent toast to those who are gone.
