Abraham Verghese

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Abraham Verghese



Not to be confused with Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone.

Dr. Abraham Verghese has been an entomologist for the last 35 years in ICAR. He has primarily worked in fruit entomology, developing economically and ecologically viable management strategies for all the major pests of mango, grapes, acid lime, pomegranate, jackfruit, anona, etc. both in north and south India. In early 2013, he took over as the Director of the National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, Bangalore and is administering research on Biosystematics, Biocontrol, Bioinformatics and Barcoding of insects.
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“Why was it one had to leave something, or have it taken away, to really appreciate it?”
Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“Fiction is the great lie that tells the truth about how the world lives!”
Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

“....sometimes when your are most afraid, when you feel most helpless, that is when God is pointing out a path for you.”
Abraham Verghese, The Covenant of Water

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