Jonas Salk became a God in America for creating the first Polio vaccine. Albert Sabin became world famous as the father of Oral Polio Vaccine. Koprowski, the pioneer of Polio vaccination is a forgotten man. The day God wanted that Polio should vanish from the face of earth. Hillary Koprowski was standing on the pierContinue reading “Hillary Koprowsky”
Category Archives: Biography
My second letter to my son
To my son It is already one year since you have left the high school when I wrote you my first letter. You look so much stressed at this tender age. I presume the cause of your strain is the coming JEE MAIN.And you are in a hurry to clear it in this year itself.Continue reading “My second letter to my son”
The Green In-land letter
This is the story of a sheer coincidence that made sure that I would continue in IRHS ( Indian railways health services) till today. it is worth recounting now, as I think the context of sensitiveness of information is lost after 30 long years. It is said that ”A man’s destination is not his destiny.”Continue reading “The Green In-land letter”
The Grief Cycle.
[ Dr Elisabeth Kübler-Ross is a Swiss Psychiatrist. Here I have tried to illustrate one of her complex psyche theory from her famous treatise ‘Death and Dying’ with a real life example- DrRkm ] Stage-1. …DENIAL It was a December night, 18 years ago. I was on duty at the hospital that night. In theContinue reading “The Grief Cycle.”
The Alma Mater
“Alu paratha, Anda bhujia.” I mumbled bellow my breath and let those 4 nostalgic words hang in the air in between us. As if on queue, he echoed: “दो Alu paraNtha, दो Ande ki bhuruji aur Chai, 40 rupees, 11 number” and moved on to the next customer. 11 is the serial number of myContinue reading “The Alma Mater”