Doctors Who Go Way Beyond The Call Of Duty—from Saving Heart Patients In Remote Areas To Giving Voice To Those Who’ve Lost It To Saving The Girl Child
Dr Sandeep Chhatwal, 48
Founder, Nanhi Jaan, Chandigarh
Project ‘Nanhi Jaan’, launched in 2011 by Dr Sandeep Chhatwal’s ‘Veeranwali Foundation’, has over the years set up a playroom, donated two ventilators, an ABG (arterial blood gas) machine, 35 baby warmers, incubators and much other material to the children’s wards of PGI and GMCH (Government Medical College and Hospital) in Chandigarh. A private practitioner for 20 years, Chhatwal became a changed man after seeing the selfless work being done at PGI Chandigarh when his son was rushed to the paediatric unit there eight years back after a case of febrile illness got complicated. “I saw how the doctors and nurses worked day and night to save him. It stunned me. I knew there and then that I owed it to do something substantial for the institution and the thousands of underprivileged children being treated in government-run hospitals,” he says. ‘Nanhi Jaan’ has benefitted more than 20,000 children till now.
—Sukant Deepak
THE ‘C’ FACTOR
Dr Priyanjali Datta, 24
Founder, Aarogya, Delhi
S he goes door to door to spread her message: that eight out of 10 women in India die of an eminently treatable scourge, breast cancer, because of late diagnosis. Just because of taboos,
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Killer Stress
Unhealthy work practices in Indian companies are taking a toll on employees, triggering health issues and sometimes even death
Shuttle Star
Ashwini Ponnappa was the only Indian to compete in the inaugural edition of BDMNTN-XL, a new international badminton tourney with a new format, held in Indonesia
There's No Planet B
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AMPED UP AND UNPLUGGED
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A Musical Marriage
Faezeh Jalali has returned to the Prithvi Theatre Festival with Runaway Brides, a hilarious musical about Indian weddings
THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
Nikhil Advani’s adaptation of Freedom at Midnight details our tumultuous transition to an independent nation
Family Saga
RAMONA SEN's The Lady on the Horse doesn't lose its pace while narrating the story of five generations of a family in Calcutta
THE ETERNAL MOTHER
Prayaag Akbar's new novel delves into the complexities of contemporary India
TURNING A NEW LEAF
Since the turn of the century, we have lost hundreds of thousands of trees. Many had stood for centuries, weathering storms, wars, droughts and famines.
INDIA'S BEATING GREEN HEART
Ramachandra Guha's new book-Speaking with Nature-is a chronicle of homegrown environmentalism that speaks to the world
