"Deta kiti gheshil..." ( When God gives... how much can you take!"

  My maternal grandfather, Naik, was Deputy collector at Vidisha, near Bhopal. Being the first, I was born there in Vidisha. I don’t know any further details… when we came to Indore. But I consider Indore as my birthplace.   Jailroad in Indore was not as crowded as it's now. Marathi was the official language, since it was a Holkar state. Indore had a ‘Marathi’ culture then. Many brahmin marathi families live here. Marathas were from Raje (Royal) family. Many brahmin marathi speaking families had good connection with each other. We used to have regular festivals like Ganpathi, Shravani, Diwali, Holi in a traditional way.   Holi was celebrated with traditional Rangoli at the front door after sprinkling water. Sugarcane bamboos were arranged along with few dry wood sticks from the neighbours, cow dunk cakes were arranged and laid. Guruji was invited to perform traditional pooja of ‘Holikadevi’ and then the fire was lit. No ruckus or noise… no danga… only quiet Pooja. E...

  Dr Santosh Kumar(SK) Mukherjee, MRCP, a very renowned physician of Indore was my teacher in medical college. He was considered a ‘God’ of medicine by all in and around Indore city. Any patient and his/her relatives were not satisfied unless Dr Mukherjee has seen the patient once. His was the last word in medicine during his tenure during 1930- 1990. He was very soft spoken, kind hearted, brilliant physician. Full of empathy and love for his patients, never bothered about the money. A true ‘Dhanvantari’. I feel honoured to be his favoured student, he was an excellent teacher, always emphasized the importance of understanding all the details about the patient in order to come to diagnosis.   Dr BB Ohri, FRCS, was 100% Surgeon, a great personality, handsome, authoritative, a perfect Surgeon. He believed in perfection, and followed it to the end. During my training period with him, he was a hard task master, but I was his favourite student/assistant. And I benefited a lot....