Part 1: Roots and Wings The Early Years (1957–1973) Family, schooling, and growing up in small-town India.
Part 2: The Crucible The Making of a Physician (1973–1982). From classrooms to crowded wards—education, apprenticeship, and first encounters with illness and suffering.
Part 3: Sevagram: The Arrival Finding an Anchor (1982–1990). Teaching students, caring for patients, and the beginning of a lifelong commitment to Sevagram.
Part 4: Widening Horizons A Tryst with Science (1990–2004) Research methods, epidemiology, and a gradual awakening to Evidence-Based Medicine.
Part 5: The Art of Healing The Clinical Years (2000–Present) Teaching rounds, clinical judgment, uncertainty, and the enduring privilege of patient care.
Part 6: From Paper to Pixels The Digital Revolution (2004–2015) Building systems, embracing technology, and transforming care in a resource-limited setting.
Part 7: The Administrator’s Chair Medical Superintendent (2009–2022). Balancing patient care, teaching, and leadership—decisions that shaped a hospital and its people.
Part 8: The Covid Years A Trial by Fire (2020–2022) Pandemic medicine, oxygen crises, moral distress, and leadership under relentless pressure.
Part 9: Autumn Years Reflections & Farewells (2022 onwards). Stepping away from roles, embracing family, and reflecting on medicine, meaning, and time.