Dr Chiranjeeb Kakoty began the Northeast Society for the Promotion of Youth and Masses (NESPYM) in Guwahati to spread awareness about AIDS. He has helped form collectives of women. The NESPYM has worked closely with sex workers. He is also providing geriatric care. He has shown that a doctor can provide a healing touch for society’s ills.
Below is a piece that appeared in Civil Society's September-October 2012 edition. Read on.
As news arrives of more than 8,000 children waiting for. . .