Dr Anil Sharma

The first time I met Anil was in the winter of 1973. In August 1973, I got into Government Medical College, Nagpur and used to commute from my room to the college on a second-hand bicycle. In November, as I returned from the Anatomy Dissection hall, I found that my cycle was missing from the … Read the essay

Dr ML Sharma

Dr ML Sharma, one of the greatest teachers at MGIMS, died at his home after a prolonged illness on August 10, 2015. He was 85. Associated with MGIMS almost right from its inception, Dr ML Sharma taught Pharmacology to a generation of medical students. Medical students at MGIMS (batches from the early 1970s to late … Read the essay

Minions: Fun and Pleasure!

Ninety minutes- filled with pure fun and humour. Yesterday evening little did I realize when my son drove our family to Nagpur that a movie could be so rib-tickling. Indeed, I enjoyed the movie as much as Diti— my two-and-half-year old granddaughter—did. We spent Saturday evening in Nagpur watching Minions, a 3-D computer-animated comedy movie … Read the essay

Tryst with Gandhi Ashram

I wish I could have captured his photograph. Two days back, I was strolling along the Dean Office road at Sevagram where I live. I stopped when I saw a teenager- with a bucket in right hand and a sleeping bag in the left- running towards me. Panting, and perspiring profusely, he gathered his breath … Read the essay

The GMC Nagpur Hostel (1975-1978)

GMC didn’t offer hostel accommodation to the first-year students because the number of boys outnumbered the hostel rooms. So, we were forced to form our self-help groups and rented rooms near the GMC campus till we took first MBBS examination. We moved into small flats and rooms in Raghuji Nagar, Reshimbag, Rambag Road, Ajni, Dhantoli … Read the essay