Life inside a doctor’s consulting room is sometimes stranger than fiction. This writer’s father, a senior physician, was once offered two shiny hens by a patient under the influence of toddy in exchange for saving his life. These bizarre anecdotes often don’t make it past dinner table conversations. Dr Tushar Shah, 64-year-old general physician, would beg to differ. His stories have travelled far and wide, from The Great Indian Laughter Challenge, to the Royal Albert Hall in London.