Dr. Man Singh Nirankari: A Tribute

The noted surgeon and scholar Dr Man Singh Nirankari was a many-faceted personality, equally at ease with his scalpel as well as directing the spiritual and religious issues with a sharp and incisive mind. A friend of my parents, I first met Dr Man Singh and his wife Phool ji in Amritsar in the 1970s where we were treated to a High Tea which I still recall. Our association continued after he shifted to Chandigarh and we became neighbours. We would all meet regularly, the extended families, and his wife were wonderful host, aided considerably, no doubt, by the affection and love of their daughter Neelam Mansingh and her husband Pushy, who looked after them with devotion and selflessness that is as rare as it is precious. Phool ji left us in 2006, and Doctor Sahib, as I called him, on Monday. We will all miss the wonderful man who left his mark on those who met him, and even those who heard about him from others.