Voices in the Waiting Room

By Mayank Gupta

Five doctors. One hospital. A cacophony orchestrated by forced silence, ruptured memories and the quiet fight to belong.

When Dr Silva receives a bangle, it threatens to unravel the life she has so carefully constructed. Around her, four colleagues carry burdens of their own.

There is Dr Ankit, who fled a broken system in India and is now struggling to find a sense of home in a country that sees him as a stranger; Dr Pooja, poised on the outside but aching beneath the surface; Dr Shashi, brilliant yet adrift in the ubiquity of human connections; and Dr Jindal, a pillar of the diaspora, undone by a grief too vast to articulate.

In the antiseptic corridors of a hospital in the United States, these voices intersect and intertwine, bound together by the universal need to be seen, understood and remembered.

Voices in the Waiting Room is a powerful, multi-perspective debut by Mayank Gupta about identity, displacement and the fragile bonds that tether us to one another. As each voice rises, falters and finally finds its place, Gupta crafts a chorus that is both intimate and resonant.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9370032185
• ISBN13: 9789370032187
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Rupa Publications India
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.1" x 7.8"