Dr Riaz Mehdi is a professor of Hematology at Era’s Lucknow Medical College and is currently the Dean of the Department of Allied Health Sciences. ‘The Circumstantial Doctor’, his Autobiography, captures various interesting and inspiring aspects for any reader. This book is a product of a long-time desire to carve insignificant life into a limestone block. Not being a celebrity but a common doctor and yet deciding to write his autobiography might be a good reason to attract a different set of readers. These readers may be able to connect more with a fellow commoner, a non-celeb who is an underlined specialist in his field, and he promises to reveal his life’s moments honestly. And beyond the doctor’s prescription, what else have you read that has been written by a doctor? What circumstances influenced a boy from a very modest background to opt for a career in Medicine?