A fine balance between a career and a calling!
Rohini designed this as the front cover A while ago a news item caught my eye! “ Bhopal gas victims : SC panel to discuss future of BMHRC today. TNN Mar 7, 2013. ‘The committee headed by Lt Gen (Retd) Dr D Raghunath , principal executive (Retd.) Sir Dorabji Tata Centre for Research in Tropical Diseases has been constituted by the apex court to look into the functioning of BMHRC and recommend to improve its efficiency as a super specialty medical centre .’” It felt good to see my friend’s name as the head of a committee dealing with the fallout of a national tragedy. Raghu, is the first in our small community of Hebbar Iyengars to reach the top of his cadre and become the Director- General Armed Forces Medical Services- the senior most medical doctor in the Armed forces. (DGAFMS.) To the best of my information he is the only Kannadiga to have achieved this distinction. An impressive record! When Tara asked me to go back to blogging I thought it was a