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April 22. One Year.

22nd April. One Year. Exactly a year ago, in the quiet hours of the morning, Dhirubhai left us. He was 86. It still feels unreal. Time slows when I think of him. When Dr. Sushila Nayar invited him in 1982 to take charge of MGIMS, he hesitated. โ€œI couldnโ€™t even pronounce the names of half …

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Dr. K.N. Ingley

(December 9, 1931 โ€“ April 19, 2025)Dr. Keshao Narayan Ingleyโ€”known to all as Dr. K.N. Ingleyโ€”was born on December 9, 1931, in the dusty heartland of Buldhana. As the eldest of five siblings, he learned early what it meant to lead, to share, and to wait his turn. The home was always fullโ€”voices echoing through …

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The Mother and the Daughter

Once, in the bustle of Ashok Nagar, Wardha, near the now-quiet ruins of the old Model High School, lived a woman named Pramila. Born on October 3, 1976, in Gondia, she grew up like many othersโ€”wrapped in the routines of daily life, with little warning of what lay ahead. She married Ramesh, a mason with …

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Sketching Silence: Remembering Dr. Kush Kumar

When Dr. Kush Kumar first walked into Sevagram in the blistering summer of 1976, conversations stopped mid-sentence. He was hard to missโ€”tall, broad-shouldered, eyes probing behind thick spectacles. His English was flawlessโ€”precise when he spoke, elegant when he wrote. On rounds, his questions made residents squirm. In the OR, he moved like a man in …

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Prabhakarji

Shri Prabhakar Joseph, affectionately known as Prabhakarji, was a beacon of humility, dedication, and unwavering commitment to Gandhian principles. His journey from a modest background in Andhra Pradesh to becoming a pivotal figure at Sevagram Ashram is a testament to the transformative power of selfless service. Born into a community where meat consumption, including carrion, …

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From Healer to Healed

Friday, 26 January 2024. Republic Day. Dawn broke, quiet and cold. I woke up at 5 a.m., as I always did. Ashwini had taken a late-night flight from Pune, delayed for hours. His plane finally touched down in Nagpur at 3:30 a.m. By the time he reached home, it was 5. I was already at …

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RIP, USAID.

USAID, born in 1961, is no more. Its fate was sealed by President Trump, one of the many sweeping decisions he made soon after ascending to power. Why should this news bother MGIMS or Sevagram? It should. MGIMS was born in 1969, but without USAIDโ€™s help, it might have perished in infancyโ€”struggling to survive, gasping …