Sandip Roy has broken new ground in this tale of the modern Indian family. A lovely read
ABRAHAM VERGHESEBy visiting patients in their home, by helping them come to terms with their illness, I could heal when I could not cure.
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There is a point when grief exceeds the human capacity to emote, and as a result one is strangely composed-
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I’ve always wanted to write a book like that, with the sense that you are contributing to the discourse in middle America,
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By visiting patients in their home, by helping them come to terms with their illness, I could heal when I could not cure.
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A beautiful literary collection that tells of today’s country doctor, somewhat removed from our romantic black-bag image of days gone by, but still fulfilling an essential need in caring for spread-out populations.
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If ‘ecstasy’ meant the sudden intrusion of the sacred into the ordinary, then it had just happened to me.
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We come unbidden into this life, and if we are lucky we find a purpose beyond starvation, misery, and early death which, lest we forget, is the common lot.
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It’s an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
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Not only our actions, but also our omissions, become our destiny.
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Pray tell us, what’s your favorite number?”… “Shiva jumped up to the board, uninvited, and wrote 10,213,223″… “
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Wasn’t that the definition of home? Not where you are from, but where you are wanted
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Be careful! Travel expands the mind and loosens the bowels.
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I was taking care of people my age who were dying. The constant feeling, hearing from them, was that life is transient and can end very quickly, so don’t postpone your dreams.
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Geography is destiny.
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I think we can see how blessed we are in America to have access to the kind of health care we do if we are insured, and even if uninsured, how there is a safety net.
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I joke, but I only half joke, that if you come to one of our hospitals missing a limb, no one will believe you till they get a CAT scan, MRI, or orthopedic consult.
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