Man of eyes, and vision
By Vikas Vaidya Talking to Dr S S Badrinath, a global guru of Ophthalmology, is an experience that will remain etched in memory forever. His simplicity and modesty defy his fame, and deny people a realisation of his worth. Ever since he became a student of Ophthalmology more than 50 years ago, Dr Badrinath has made the eyeball his lifetime mission. That is why, interaction with this eminent ophthalmologist does not only involve the eye but also the vision -- of life and its expanded circle of excellence. What triggered the quest for excellence in this man of world repute? Dr Badrinath was blessed with an awareness right from Day One that excellence is a never-ending journey, without destination, and without culmination. It was this point that led him to delve ever deeper and rise ever higher in understanding the complex simplicity of human eye. This awareness also led him to go beyond the machines that dominate ophthalmology today and made him rely more on a super-fine human ju