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Not a question so don't answer. But nice surprise you read my review! I note you retired Nov '15. I'm retiring next month as maths professor at Cambridge. I was particularly interested to read you describe the steps of a nephrectomy and say urology is most complex of surgeries. I've had nephrectomy for pT4 RCC a year ago and am fortunately free of recurrence. Best wishes and thanks, Richard Weber rrw1@cam.ac.uk ?
Gautam Das How could I not be anything but greatly chuffed with the generous words of a Cambridge University professor of mathematics. I've taken the liberty of writing more to your email.
My regards,
Gautam Das
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If you could travel to any fictional book world, where would you go and what would you do there?
Gautam Das I would go back to College Street, on which stands the University of Calcutta as well as the Medical College, Calcutta. The linked bookstores that line College Street are a treasure trove for the bibliophile. First, you stand and gape like Howard Carter, then you tentatively pull out a volume and experience the sensuous pleasure of riffling through the pages. You ask the storekeeper if he's heard of an eighteenth-century novel or an exotic treatise. In twenty minutes, the bush telegraph will put it in your hands!
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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?
Gautam Das To find the genesis of loneliness. The emptying feeling that obstinately persists despite family, friends work . . .
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What’s the best thing about being a writer?
Gautam Das Quite simply - it keeps your mind sharp, and gives you a reason to see, to reflect, and to live.
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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?
Gautam Das You have to read, read and read. And also have the discipline to write every single day.
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What are you currently working on?
Gautam Das A sequel to 'Tender is the Scalpel's Edge.' Another taut story straight from the operating theatre - 'One organ, two lives.'
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How do you deal with writer’s block?
Gautam Das By the method of distraction - going for a long walk, on my own, is an effective restorative.
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