Dr Anita M Borges <i>(19 November 1947–18 September 2025)</i>

returning to India in 1981 and working at the Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) for nearly a quarter of a century.She was no stranger to the TMH.Her father, Dr Ernest Borges, had been a pioneering cancer surgeon in the same hospital from the 1940s to 1969 and had also been its Superintendent.Anita's reputation and the quality of her work, right from when she was a student, were such that she was allowed that rare distinction-she was permitted to work in the USA without the need to appear for the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) examination.She also turned down job offers from both foreign institutes, one of which was in 1985, well after her return to India.Her plan was to pursue the humanities after retirement from TMH.However, retirement from TMH was followed