 A path breaker is driven in his work by a superseding sense of altruism, hence bringing about a new beginning, a renaissance. The seeds were sown, the path chosen was tough, but my growing up at Sevagram had taught me how to cope. Bapu's teachings were my very foundation, and I was only too glad to have found a wife in Rani who despite her privileged upbringing had similar beliefs as mine, but the journey was not to be an easy one. The death of the little girl could have been averted. I was right here and yet couldn't save her. What use was my medical education? I don't know if Dr. Kaka was sad or angry, but he definitely looked determined to solve the problem he had come to know about. Small small babies dying. My mother told me they call it child mortality and so Dr. Kaka and Kaki started the hospital in Argachiroli. They talked to all aunties who were to become mummies and who had small small babies. They also talked to mummies whose babies had died, you know, and they did all this to find the problems. Why were so many new, new children dying? But that was easier said than done. Nearly 92% of the women had gynecological problems. 40% of child deaths were caused by pneumonia. We doctors could treat it. But how could only two of us reach so many sick children? There was only one way out. When we came back to this, this was the beginning of getting pregnant. This was the beginning of getting pregnant for one minute. We had to start getting pregnant in the morning. After 10 weeks, we had to give birth in one minute. So, in one minute, we had to give birth in a red color. So, what did we have to explain to the baby? Good. Now you are a doctor. This way, illiterate birth attendants in villages were trained to diagnose and treat pneumonia in children. So, they could save their own children. This was aarok desvaraj, which meant people's health. In people's hands, such a simple idea notai the breath counter. With this machine, they saved many, many lives. And you know what? To make each one, it only cost rupees 12. In 1992, the Bung's research and their achievements were published in The Lancet, the most esteemed medical journal worldwide. What we wanted to know is how they brought the infant mortality rate down from 121 deaths per 1,000 births and what we saw amazed us. These community health workers in remote areas with few means at hand were no less than city gynecologists.