samuel gnanaduraiWill my son ever know my mom?‘Appa’, my son ‘K’ had an exciting tone! He had just recognized me in a picture. It was one of those family pictures that most Indian…3 min read·Mar 22, 2024----
samuel gnanaduraiWhen an air ambulance team went the extra mile!Some stories are hard! Painful! The pain of the oppressed and the anger against the systemic flaws overshadows the heroism of the…3 min read·Nov 9, 2023----
samuel gnanaduraiIn Dad’s shoes!Every time when someone says ‘K’ looks exactly like you, my heart misses a beat. I gulp! That strange feeling of not wanting your child to…3 min read·Aug 23, 2023----
samuel gnanaduraiHow did it feel to be 20?‘Sam Chithapa’ my nephew repeated the word for the umpteenth time. He was showing me around his university campus. I was following him…3 min read·Jul 2, 2023----
samuel gnanaduraiWhat does it mean to be in a PNG village?It was a chance meeting. He had come to this small town in PNG for a week’s health workers training and is ready to carry back his…5 min read·Jun 21, 2023--1--1
samuel gnanaduraiFlying past the mountains, into the world of the needy!“Kaakurus”,” Kaakurus”, yelled the pilot from the flight looking out of his window. He was about to take off. I looked around as the…3 min read·May 26, 2023--1--1
samuel gnanaduraiMeasuring life!“There was a private jet waiting for me, as I finished my lunch; Does it mean I have finally arrived in life?” I was just joking in the…2 min read·May 20, 2023--1--1
samuel gnanaduraiOne year of fatherhoodI was flying way above the African continent, sitting right next to the pilot, asking him all sorts of questions. We were doing Monrovia to…3 min read·May 17, 2023----
samuel gnanadurai20 years since the day that broke my heart!Time flies! Yet memories linger on, like the afterglow of the sun lingering on the horizon. I can recall the day like it just happened…3 min read·Mar 23, 2023----
samuel gnanaduraiMedical camp in an East African village“We walk two days to sell the cows in the market; these days the cows are so skinny and tired that after two days of walking nobody is…4 min read·Feb 16, 2023----