Madonna. A 16th century Italian word.
‘Ma’ meaning ‘My’ and ‘donna’ meaning ‘Lady’.
‘My Lady’. The image of this pure, chaste mother has been depicted in art many times over the centuries; in paintings and in sculptures. Many galleries exhibit them. Cradling the baby Jesus in her arms, she smiles serenely. A scene...More
PRAKASH DAS was born in the Jessore district of undivided Bengal, now part of Bangladesh. He is the eldest son in a family of two girls and five boys.
Following his study of medicine in Dhaka, he practised and taught medicine in the UK, the Netherlands, the USA and Malawi and has written for a considerable number of publications on the subject of haematology and transfusion medicine.
He has previously written and published three books: ‘Small Steps’ - which describes a number of voluntary projects active in different parts of the world; ‘Searching for Clues: A Journey Around Medicine’ - a collection of previously unpublished medical articles and most recently ‘Didi’s Journey’ an intimate memoir of his beloved older sister....More
PRAKASH DAS was born in the Jessore district of undivided Bengal, now part of Bangladesh. He is the eldest son in a family of two girls and five boys.
Following his study of medicine in Dhaka, he practised and taught medicine in the UK, the Netherlands, the USA and Malawi and has written for a considerable number of publications on the subject of haematology and transfusion medicine.
He has previously written and published three books: ‘Small Steps’ - which describes a number of voluntary projects active in different parts of the world; ‘Searching for Clues: A Journey Around Medicine’ - a collection of previously unpublished medical articles and most recently ‘Didi’s Journey’ an intimate memoir of his beloved older sister. Please visit www.smallstepsonline.net to find out more.
Combining academic and scientific research on to the front line of medical practice and to be of some assistance to the local community has always played a major role in his life.
He has received a Knighthood for his work in the Netherlands. Now retired, he lives with his wife, Margaret, in Stirling, Central Scotland.
Book Summary
Madonna. A 16th century Italian word.
‘Ma’ meaning ‘My’ and ‘donna’ meaning ‘Lady’.
‘My Lady’. The image of this pure, chaste mother has been depicted in art many times over the centuries; in paintings and in sculptures. Many galleries exhibit them. Cradling the baby Jesus in her arms, she smiles serenely. A scene representing the universal love and devotion a mother feels for her child. Safe, protected, loved. A Mother’s love. The strongest bond.
But what if that child should be cruelly taken away from her? Snatched? Abducted? Stolen? How could one hope to imagine the heartache, the suffering, the agony she would suffer?
As a guest speaker at a medical conference in Washington DC in the early 1970s, retired Medical Doctor Prakash Das had one such bizarre, unforgettable encounter. The memory of it still haunts him to this very day. It changed him.
The events of that day have remained untold for almost fifty years. Until now. But the story doesn’t end there. Included in this book are a number of short essays, candid observations and thoughts inspired by the fascinating places and the unusual men and women he’s met on his travels in this land of opportunity. A land where anything is possible. Or so they say. In his search to find the ‘American Dream’.
Prakash Das
