More is not always better

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAtul Gawande, the surgeon-researcher-public health activist in his recent essay describes the current medical practice so succinctly : “Millions of people are receiving drugs that aren’t helping them, operations that aren’t going to make them better, and scans and tests that do nothing beneficial for them, and often cause harm.” Once a  test or a … Read more

Bevan Congdon

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBevan Congdon died today. I remember his two towering sixes in the 1969 Nagpur test (India vs. New Zealand) – incidentally, the first cricket match that I saw live at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur. A connoisseur’s dream, he scored match-winning sixty-plus in the first inning and had no problems reading the variations in … Read more

Vidarbha wins Ranji trophy

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteVidarbha did it! What a victory! This day reminds me of Kapil Dev lifting the 1983 World cup in England: the Vidarbha team was as much an underdog as the Indian team was in 1983. Thirty-five years ago, a bunch of Indian players took over the mighty West Indian team and made history by defeating … Read more

Vidarbha inching towards a victory

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteRajneesh Gurbani seems to be in sublime form! This morning, he scythed through Delhi’s middle and tail for a hat-trick against Delhi— no mean achievement in a Ranji Trophy final— and went on to claim four wickets in just six balls. He bowled intelligently today: neither Mishra, nor Saini, nor Shorey could read his incredible … Read more

Dr Sushila Nayar

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Reading Time: < 1 minute26 December brings vivid memories of Dr. Sushila Nayar—fondly called Badi behenji—across the kaleidoscope of mind. She was born on this day—103 years ago. Five decades ago, she began working to implement mission impossible—designing a medical school in Sevagram. She fought all odds, relentlessly and ensured that her dream of starting a rural medical school … Read more

Vidarbha in Ranji trophy final

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhat an exciting victory! Vidarbha in Ranji Trophy final! Absolutely unbelievable! Vidarbha cricket’s finest hour! The teams were so closely matched and the result so incredibly close! The way Vidarbha held its nerves in what turned out to be a nail biting finish and snatched victory from the tightening jaws of defeat makes me very … Read more

Madhukar Anant Mehendale

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Reading Time: 2 minutesDr Madhukar Anant Mehendale. This 98-year-old living legend defies his age. Whenever we see him strolling in our colony in Sevagram, he reminds us of his wit, intelligence, sense of humour and deep love for languages and history- qualities that leave us mightily impressed. We have one more reason to be proud about: his son, … Read more

MGIMS alumni

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSadhana Bose and Dipali Trivedi (MGIMS Alumni 1985 batch) visited Sevagram recently. While Sadhana was busy monitoring the educational activities and shaping the career prospects of the school children she is closely associated with, Dipali took some time off and requested me to give her a guided tour of the hospital. This is the first … Read more

Today Reddy would have turned 61

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Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday Reddy would have turned 61. More than a professional colleague or a next-door neighbour, he was a friend I could always count on. Beginning 1982, when I first met him, we developed a deep bond that kept on growing with the passage of time. Whenever we met—and we did so almost daily—we would open … Read more