Department: Microbiology

He had spent four years as a medical officer at a primary health centre in Sauja — a village of under a thousand people, seventy-eight kilometres from Chandigarh, poor road connectivity, unreliable electricity, the nearest bus stop reachable only by scooter. Five kilometres of bicycle riding at the far end. This was his daily commute … Read more

Microbiology lectures at MGIMS were scheduled after lunch. Post-lunch drowsiness was a known hazard. Dr. Pratibha Narang’s sharp eyes and, as Dr. Prabha Desikan recalled, her impeccable aim were the corrective: a piece of chalk flying through the air with precision, waking the unfortunate student before she had registered what had happened. The chalk landed. … Read more