"It was a wonderful experience interacting with you and appreciate the way you have planned and executed the whole publication process within the agreed timelines.”
Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh Pal
It all started casually by the end of March 2020, when The Government of India declared total lockdown in the entire country because of impending Covid-19 virus pandemic. My hospital job was also got suspended. I thought of penning few lines on my experiences gained, mostly during my stay in army, as a measure of some creative work!
I poured out memoirs one after the other. Friend’s appreciation and encouragement prompted me to write more. Few of my elders, friends, colleagues, and well-wishers gave me the idea to compile all these memoirs in a book form.
This book is a collection of multiple brief memoirs, mostly, of my army days, which I posted in social media during the last one-and-half years. I have decided to keep few of the comments, notes and appreciations posted by my social media friends, in preparing the final draft of the present book.
I hope and pray that my dear readers will find these memoirs and the format of presentation an interesting one. Positive comments from my readers will give me the impetus to write few more such memoirs of my life the coming days.
Major ( Dr ) Tapas Kumar Aich
Major (Dr) Tapas Kumar Aich is currently working as a professor and the Head of the Department of Psychiatry, at Baba Raghav Das (BRD) Medical College, Gorakhpur, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Dr Aich struggled hard to reach to this stage in life. His father was a semi-skilled worker in Rourkela Steel Plant, Odisha. His mother was a well-read lady with deep knowledge in all our ancient scriptures like Ramayana, Mahabharat and Bhagawat Geeta. Dr Aich learned about the stories from all these books, even before he started his schooling years.
Dr Aich had a good academic carrier and choose to get into the medical science after completing his intermediate examination in science stream. After completing his MBBS he decided to serve army as a Short Service Commissioned (SSC) officer in Indian Medical Corps (AMC), for a period of 5 years. Present memoirs are a collection of various anecdotes happened during his army-life.
Subsequently, he did his postgraduation (Diploma in Psychological Medicine as well as MD in Psychiatry) from the Central Institute of Psychiatry (CIP), Ranchi, in the state of Jharkhand. After completion of his postgraduation he chooses teaching job, initially in a medical college in Nepal and subsequently at the BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur, UP in India.
Dr Aich has more than 40 scientific research articles, review articles, book-chapters publications to his credits, till date, besides attending more than 50 conferences and seminars, presenting his research articles and/or giving guest lectures, chairing seminars, etc.
Present book is the first foray into the field of biographical writing by Major (Dr) Tapas Kumar Aich and we hope the readers will accept the book whole-heartedly.
