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My online photo exhibition in Dermanities

Just came to know that Dermanities(USA and Canada) has carried an online exhibition of my photos in their recent issue.

* For this issue Click on : www.dermanities.com
* The page link is: http://www.dermanities.com/detail.asp?article=299

These are old images...most of you have seen these already...

Still enjoy...as a new bottle of old wine :-)

The Photography of Dr. Koushik Lahiri

Koushik Lahiri
Dermanities July 15, 2010; 6(2)

The Photography of Dr. Koushik Lahiri

Dr. Koushik Lahiri is a consulting dermatologist from Kolkata (Calcutta), India. At present, he is the executive editor of the Indian Journal of Dermatology and in the recent past was the National General Secretary of one of the biggest dermatological societies in the world, the Indian Association of Dermatologists, Venereologists and Leprologists(IADVL). He is a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and one of the Advisors of the National Vitiligo Foundation, USA. He has contributed several chapters in a few books and more than seventy articles in various journals. He has edited one book in Dermatology and has penned three books on dermatology for the general public; he has also written many travelogues in various magazines in Bengali. He suffers from wanderlust and has traveled almost all the corners of the globe. He is a passionate photographer and his photos are included in Dermatlas, Google earth. His travel photos have won prizes and have also been selected to promote tourism by the department of tourism in his state. Other than clinical photographs, he loves to click nature and portrait photography.

About his photography: http://koushiklahiri.blogspot.com/search/label/My%20cameras

Baba, in remembrance

It was 5th August 2006.
I had to leave for Hyderababd to attend the central council meeting of IADVL which I was organizing as the National Secretary. Baba was in Santiniketan with Ma. He suffered from a massive but silent myocardial infarction the same day and left us at 3.20 pm on his way to Burdwan. Nothing could be done. Ma, my sister Mumu(Sudeshna) and brother in law(Debasish) were there with him. I was 1200 km away when it happened.
Came back late that night. Alone.
Looking at his face I realised that we do not control anything and nothing really is in our hands.I knew that everything is temporary. Even our existance.

I have never felt sad, impatient or disturbed after realising this.
Not for a single moment.

This was published in the journals as obituary. Dr. Arijit Coondoo wrote this piece.
Dr. Bhabesh Chandra Lahiri was born on 11.8.1932 at Natore (now in Bangladesh) in an affluent zamindar family. His father was a renowned physician. A brilliant student, he passed his Matriculation (School Leaving Examination) at the tender age of 14 years. Subsequently he passed the I.Sc examinations from Rajshahi College and B.Sc. from City College, Calcutta before obtaining his MBBS degree from NRS Medical College, Calcutta in 1957. He took his training at the School of Tropical Medicine in 1959 for a special fellowship in Leprosy. Subsequently, he passed the D. Dermat examination of the Calcutta University in 1967.

He joined the West Bengal Health Services in 1962 and after passing the D. Dermat examinations he was posted at Bankura Sammilani Medical College where he was instrumental in starting the Department of Dermatology in 1969. He was later transferred to Burdwan Medical College in 1973. Here again he was the first teacher in the Department of Dermatology of Burdwan Medical College and was intensely associated with all the academic and teaching activities in the department till he retired in 1990. His lucid teaching, polite behavior and inherent humbleness attracted many brilliant students to the subject of dermatology. His administrative acumen was also evident when as a senior member of the faculty he served as Deputy Superintendent and Acting Superintendent in the same hospital with effortless ease. His firmness and practical approach helped him tide over many a crisis during this period.

From 1973 onwards he developed a fabulous practice in Burdwan and soon his name became synonymous with dermatology not only in Burdwan but also in all the adjoining districts of South Bengal. A founder member of IADVL, his devotion to the Association was evident from the fact that he attended almost every national, state and zonal conferences of IADVL. Due to his introvert nature he was always averse to pushing himself into the limelight. However, he had a keen intellect and an intense interest in the affairs of IADVL and was always ready at hand to advise his son Koushik when the latter was elected as the Honorary General Secretary of IADVL. Unfortunately he could not see his son complete his term. He passed away on the afternoon of August 5, 2006 after suffering a silent myocardial infarction earlier in the day. Besides Koushik, he is survived by his wife Suchhanda, a renowned Rabindrasangeet singer and daughter Sudeshna, a doctor and hospital administrator. May his soul rest in peace.