After years of cancer research work in England and discovering novel human proteins involved in cancer progression, Dr. Mehrotra returned to India in 2012 to join The Centre for Chemical Biology and Therapeutics at National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, India – a joint initiative of the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom and the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. His work revolved around discovering new therapeutic interventions for breast cancer patients. As he visited the oncology OPDs, he noticed women wearing sarees draped (pallu in hindi) on either the right or the left side. This observation made him inquire an elderly couple about the reason for the same to understand the situation. Both the husband and wife with a white tika on their forehead were visibly tired of waiting for their turn. The wife did not talk at all and...Read more