Series
Roots
Khadur Sahib, the Majha, and Amritsar before the internet. 26 essays.
I
Roots — Khadur Sahib and the Majha
12 essays- 001Khadur Sahib: Where the Story BeginsFamily roots, place, and what remains after you leave.
- 002The Town That Learned to WriteGurmukhi at Khadur Sahib and what a faithful script has to do with a faithful chart.
- 003Mata Khivi’s KitchenLangar as the oldest equity policy I know.
- 004The Wrestling GroundThe akhara and the idea that the body deserves attention.
- 005A Hundred Moons, a Thousand SunsOne verse from Ang 463, carried from childhood to the clinic.
- 006Succession1539: what it means to hand a teaching from one person to the next without losing it.
- 007The Majha in SummerHeat, wheat, canals, and a landscape that stays in the body.
- 008What the Village Knew About IllnessFolk remedies, the compounder, and how a village cared for its sick.
- 009Going BackWhat a place of origin looks like through a physician’s eyes.
- 010The Names on the Gurdwara WallMemory as a public institution.
- 011Punjabi as a First Language of MedicineWords for pain, fever, and worry that English never quite translates.
- 012Chai, Rotis, and the Family TableFood memory and the beginning of a lifelong interest in nutrition.
II
Amritsar — Growing Up Before the Internet
14 essays- 013Growing Up in AmritsarStreets, routines, and small memories that stay for decades.
- 014The City of the Fourth GuruLiving in a place founded by the Guru whose name my medical school would carry.
- 015Spring Dale School and the Years Before MedicineTeachers, classmates, and ordinary school days.
- 016Seven Children and a SchoolHow a small experiment became the institution I attended.
- 017Where Knowledge Lived: Amritsar, 1995Studying before smartphones and instant answers.
- 018The Encyclopedia SetThe family reference shelf as a first database.
- 019The Teacher Who Made Chemistry Make SenseExplanation as an act of generosity.
- 020The Library DeskRetrieval was expensive, so memory was valuable.
- 021Cricket, Radio, and Long AfternoonsWhat a childhood contains when it is not on a screen.
- 022The Day I First Thought I Might Become a DoctorBefore the white coat, medicine as an idea.
- 023Doctors I Saw as a ChildWhat a doctor’s authority looked like to a child in an earlier era.
- 024The Golden Temple at DawnSilence, water, and the discipline of getting up early.
- 025Winter Fog on the Grand Trunk RoadWeather, roads, and the shape of a Punjabi year.
- 026What Amritsar Taught Me About CrowdsA city that is never empty, and a clinic that never is either.