Dhirendra Nanji Lakhani

Dhirendra Nanji Lakhani (“Dhiru”) was born in in Porbandar, India. His early years were spent in Calicut, where his father was a forester. Independent and strong willed as a youngster, Dhiru went against his family’s expectations of him joining the family business and decided to apply to medical school. He gained admission to Kasturba Medical College and qualified from Manipal University in 1974. During his undergraduate training, he met his future wife, Chetna, and they began planning their life together.

Dhiru was innately curious and obsessed with the English language. He would read a newspaper word for word from front cover to back. He was infamous on university campus during his …