"Breath and Beyond" is a compelling moving story of a renowned doctor who not only turned adversity into action and childhood struggle into an everlasting service to humanity. Dr. Rajendra Nanavare's journey-from studying under streetlights of Mumbai, living in a chawl to becoming an Internationally recognized chest physician, especially the dreaded M.Tuberculosis expert, and public health administrator, policy maker, and a champion of Poor patients rights His journey is nothing short of an extraordinary struggle of reclaiming human personality. Through his unwavering dedication to marginalized patients, pioneering work in drug-resistant tuberculosis, and tireless efforts in health awareness, this book becomes a mirror to the soul of socially committed mind in medicine. It is a must-read for every vivid reader, young doctors, policymaker, and citizen who believes that true service begins where comfort ends. - Dr. Tushar Jagtap Dermatologist, Convenor "Healing Hand's"