Daily Archives: 06/12/2025

Mary Ann Bickerdyke

In the filthy chaos of a Union military hospital in Cairo, Illinois, in 1861, a 44-year-old widow named Mary Ann Bickerdyke stepped off a steamboat with crates of supplies—and into a nightmare. Wounded young soldiers, barely more than boys, lay moaning on blood-soaked cots. The air reeked of infection and waste. Surgeons operated with unwashed […]

The Quiet Revolution: A Biography of Dr. Mrugesh Vaishnav

By Dr. P.K. Gupta, Dehradun – reflecting on a colleague whose calm belies a storm of change In the world of psychiatry, where minds tangle like monsoon-kissed vines, Dr. Mrugesh Vaishnav stands as a steady anchor – a man whose voice soothes like a Sabarmati breeze, yet whose vision has reshaped how India talks about […]

The Relentless Optimist: A Biography of Dr. Sumit Khatri

By Dr. P.K. Gupta, Dehradun – with a nod to our shared misadventures across the Atlantic If psychiatry is the art of untangling the human mind, then Dr. Sumit Khatri is its most energetic curator – a whirlwind of empathy, quick wit, and unflappable humor who turns crises into camaraderie. Born in the early 1980s […]