The passing away of Wishvas Rane or Bapu brought back memories of the various initiatives in which we were involved together since the late 1970s, and his mature, honest, rational approach from which we learnt so much. I got acquainted with Bapu in the late '70s when the Aarogya Dakshata Mandal, ...

Pramod Karan Sethi was born on November 28, 1927, the sixth of eight children of Nihal Karan Sethi (professor of physics in Varanasi) and his wife Maina. His choice of medicine as a career was prompted by his lack of talent for mathematics. He graduated from Sarojini Naidu Medical College in Agra...

On February 9, 2008, Murlidhar Devidas Amte, better known as Baba Amte, passed away in Anandwan, Warora, in Maharashtra, India. He was 94 years old. If his death was at a time of global terrorism and war, his birth, too, was at a time of political, social and intellectual turbulence as India soug...

I am deeply saddened that Dr Antia has passed away. I had an extremely warm and friendly relationship with him, for he was unique. He was difficult but accessible and, above all, lovable.

In 1981 I went to the Foundation for Research in Community Health with an economist friend who had applied for a job as a researcher there. He came out of the interview impressed with Dr Antia and suggested that I see him. I walked in uninvited and in two minutes flat Dr Antia offered me a job to...

June 20, 2006 brought shocking news and it brought to an end a relationship of more than 20 years. Vijay Kanhere was a friend, philosopher and guide and I am incredibly fortunate to have had his affection for so many years.

My introduction to Dr Pai was as a telephone voice. Although he had become so familiar with Sahyog and with us, for a long time, I never met Dr Pai face to face. Through a mutual friend, he had organised some donations for our school and clinic at Sahyog.

Dr Burjor Nusserwanji Colabawalla, husband of late Mehroo, father of Khorshed and Kershaw, father-in-law of Ruiynton and Vanessa, grandfather of Fram, Friya and Mitali passed away peacefully on 23 September 2002 after a long illness borne with courage and dignity. Cremation: Chandanwadi on the mo...

"All (that researchers) are concerned about are their results and research. They do not know what it means for the women, practically. For example, for an anaemic woman a contraceptive means 20 days of bleeding. She is bound to feel sick, even though she may be very keen to have a contraceptive. ...