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ਹੀਰ ਆਖਦੀ ਜੋਗੀਆ ਝੂਠ ਆਖੇਂ, ਕੌਣ ਰੁੱਠੜੇ ਯਾਰ ਮਿਲਾਂਵਦਾ ਈ । When Waris Shah wrote these lines three centuries ago,

While 2003 was a tough year personally – as my 18 year marriage had almost but ended. I was living

Fifty years ago, in the biochemistry lab of Government Medical College, Amritsar, I, a bewildered newcomer, had a memorable encounter.

1974 Batch of GMC Amritsar is in fact a posse of achievers. While my wife Romy is packing our bags

ਹੁਣ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦੂਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁਣ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦੂਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਅੱਧੀ ਸਦੀ ਬੀਤ ਗਈ ਪਤਾ ਹੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਚੱਲਿਆ ਕਦੋਂ ਬਚਪਨ ਜਵਾਨੀ ਤੇ

As the Golden Jubilee Meet scheduled in February 2024 draws closer, I have a couple of blogs to complete. I

“Garam Garam Bhuje Badaam leh lo Ji…”  That sound from the 1970’s still resonates in my ears!  The “Rehriwalas” with

In July of 1974, on the day of our medical exam, I had stood in front of the administrative building,

Laziness, thy name is Baldev! Oxford medical dictionary defines laziness as: “quality of being unwilling to work or use energy”.

Rewind to summer of 1974 and here we are being called “doctor sahib” by mess staff, pampering our ego. Land

I want to share the beautiful story of my friendship with Billa, which has been one of the most meaningful

It was October of 2022. I went to Amritsar for an ophthalmology conference. In the evening, my wife and I

Vijay Bhalla brought a semblance of calmness, peace, tranquility, rationality and centration to this restless bunch of musketeers, Mavericks, eccentrics

I have always thought of a ‘warrior’ and a ‘gentleman’ as mutually exclusive words. We can either be one or

My dear friend Vijay, though you are no longer with us physically, you’ve left an ocean of memories behind. I

ਰੱਬਾ ਤੂੰ ਮੇਰੀ ਜਵਾਨੀ ਲੌਟਾ ਦੇ ਮੈਡੀਕਲ ਕਾਲਜ਼ ਚ ਐਡਮਿਸ਼ਨ ਕਰਾ ਦੇ ਕੀਰਤੀ ਕੋਹਲੀ ਤੇ ਬਲਦੇਵ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਗੋਪਾਲ ਨਗਰ

Like everyone else, I have many memories from our GMC days. This story goes back to the time when we

Sports and me Sports is what binds us together – our batch was one of the best ! Emmanuella Grace, Voice

Friends, I have on purpose chosen to give you all a peek into our daily life at the women’s hostel

ਕਿਸੀ ਕੇ ਜਾਨੇ ਕਾ, ਇਤਨਾ ਗਮ ਭੀ ਕਮ ਨਹੀ, ਮਗਰ ਬਹੁਤ ਕਰੀਬ ਸੇ, ਉਠ ਕਰ ਚਲਾ ਗਿਆ ਕੋਈ ॥ Heartbeat