Shodhanchya Navalkatha - Sanjay Pathak

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Biographie:
A doctor and psychologist by training and temperament Dr. Sanjay Pathak was born in 22nd February 1963 to family of village artisans who had humble social standing . However his father struggled poverty and caste discriminations and acquired Masters in Mathematics and became college teacher and rose to the position of Director of Education in the state of Himachal Pradesh in India. Dr. Sanjay Pathak has worked as doctor in various government hospitals for two decades. He then occupied positions as health administrator and presently working as Senior Medical Superintendent at Himachal Hospital for Mental Health and Rehabilitation, Boileauganj Shimla, He is also Chief executive officer of HP State Mental Health Authority . He is married to Lalita Pathak who gave up her job with life insurance to become whole time mother and a homemaker . They have a daughter and a son together who are pursuing medical studies. Caste besides is largely autobiographical account, fictional at places to cover up for the missing links. It is story of trials and tribulations of experiences of caste in India, as divisive and offensive social phenomenon over five generations starting with the grandfather of his father....