Daily Archives: 03/12/2025
Dr John Langdon Down
FROM MONGOLISM TO DOWN SYNDROME – A LESS KNOWN JOURNEY You’ve heard of Down Syndrome. But do you know why it’s called that?Most people assume it’s descriptive. Something about “down” or delayed development.They’re wrong.The name honors a man who changed everything for people society had written off as worthless. John Langdon Down was 29 years […]
Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey
The doctor who saved a generation of children did it by saying one simple word: no.When the sedative thalidomide swept through Europe in the late 1950s, it was praised as safe, modern, and perfect for easing morning sickness. Drug companies rushed to expand its market, and by 1960 an American manufacturer submitted it to the […]
Echoes of the Taj: The Unbreakable Spirit of Dr. Sanjay Nijhara
Picture this: It’s 1979, and the sun-baked streets of Agra hum with the chaos of monsoon puddles and the distant call of a muezzin. The Taj Mahal stands eternal in the haze, but for a lanky kid from a modest family in the heart of Uttar Pradesh, the real marvel is the sprawling campus of […]
A Life of Quiet Wisdom: The Story of Dr. Arun Nagrath
In the shadow of the Taj Mahal, where the Yamuna whispers secrets of enduring love, Agra has always been a city of quiet miracles. It was here, in the late 1940s—precisely 30. June 1949 if family lore holds true—that Dr. Arun Nagrath entered the world, not with a cry, but with the steady rhythm of […]










