With the passing away of famous sexpert Dr Mahinder Watsa on Monday, December 28, we have listed the top ten facts about the 96-year-old deceased who always had the last word on sex and questions regarding the same.
- Dr Mahinder Watsa’s career started as a columnist in the 1960s when he was providing medical advice in a women’s magazine.
- He wrote for several women's magazines, such as Femina, Flair, and Trend, into the 1970s.
- In 1974, while working as a consultant for the Family Planning Association of India (FPAI), Watsa proposed that a sexual counselling and education program should be introduced.
- Watsa left his practice for counselling and education in the early 1980s.
- In 2005, aged 80, Watsa began writing a column called Ask the Sexpert for the newspaper Mumbai Mirror.
- Even though Watsa was born in Kolkata, he grew up all across in then-undivided India.
- For the first 40 years of his career, he practised as a gynaecologist and obstetrician.
- As a doctor, he chose to specialize as an obstetrician/gynaecologist which led him to counsel several women during the course of his career.
- During his time at a medical college in Mumbai, Watsa stayed with friends of his family.
- While studying in Mumbai, he met his future wife Promila.
Share
Tweet
