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ਹੀਰ ਆਖਦੀ ਜੋਗੀਆ ਝੂਠ ਆਖੇਂ, ਕੌਣ ਰੁੱਠੜੇ ਯਾਰ ਮਿਲਾਂਵਦਾ ਈ । When Waris Shah wrote these lines three centuries ago, times were different. He didn’t have access to phones, FaceTime,…

While 2003 was a tough year personally – as my 18 year marriage had almost but ended. I was living alone trying to survive that turbulent time in my life,…

Fifty years ago, in the biochemistry lab of Government Medical College, Amritsar, I, a bewildered newcomer, had a memorable encounter. A handsome, fair “Munda” brushed past me, accidentally nicking my…

1974 Batch of GMC Amritsar is in fact a posse of achievers. While my wife Romy is packing our bags for our journey to Amritsar to attend the much-awaited Golden…

ਹੁਣ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦੂਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁਣ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦੂਰ ਨਹੀਂ ਅੱਧੀ ਸਦੀ ਬੀਤ ਗਈ ਪਤਾ ਹੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਚੱਲਿਆ ਕਦੋਂ ਬਚਪਨ ਜਵਾਨੀ ਤੇ ਬੁਢਾਪਾ ਆ ਗਿਆ ਹਰ ਕੋਈ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਕੈਰੀਅਰ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਵਿੱਚ…

As the Golden Jubilee Meet scheduled in February 2024 draws closer, I have a couple of blogs to complete. I will try to share these blogs with you in coming…

“Garam Garam Bhuje Badaam leh lo Ji…”  That sound from the 1970’s still resonates in my ears!  The “Rehriwalas” with unshelled warm moongfali on Majitha Road would try to outshout…

In July of 1974, on the day of our medical exam, I had stood in front of the administrative building, reading on it's frontispiece the name Glancy Medical College. .…

Laziness, thy name is Baldev! Oxford medical dictionary defines laziness as: “quality of being unwilling to work or use energy”. I believe the definition needs to be modified. My personal…

Rewind to summer of 1974 and here we are being called “doctor sahib” by mess staff, pampering our ego. Land up in the hostel with Baldev as my room mate.…