Dr M. R. Rajagopal grew up in Muttacaud, a village on the outskirts of Trivandrum, Kerala. He studied medicine at the Government Medical College in Trivandrum and received his MD from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. An anaesthesiologist-turned-palliative care doctor, he is the founder of Pallium India, an organization that works towards a pain-free India. Dr Rajagopal lives in Trivandrum with his wife, Dr Chandrika. He has two sons—Abhilash and Anuroop—and is a doting grandfather to three grandchildren—Keertana, Dev, and Naina. He loves to walk and revisit P. G. Wodehouse novels.