Welcome“Urine!” boomed Madam Hutoxi Madan’s voice. “Although an excretory product…is a byproduct of the body’s metabolic processes.” Her sharp intake of breath was clearly audible over the microphone as she paused, her pronouncement having immediately had the desired effect of silencing the babel of voices. Another day, another lecture theatre. Rahul had marked his attendance on the sheet of paper placed on a small table at the entrance, and filed in with the others to take his seat. The Physiology lecture theatre was less cavernous than the Anatomy lecture hall. It was housed in another section of the monolithic grey stone building that was the territory of the first year students. This was their first lecture in Physiology by the head of the department, Madam Hutoxi Madan. They had atte

