Last year, Karan Gupta signed up to take the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, named Covishield in India. The 41-year-old Pedder Road resident volunteered during the trials and took the mandatory two shots.

Gupta, who took both shots of the vaccine in September 2020 within a span of three weeks at Nair hospital, recalls that landmark moment in his life while speaking to mid-day. He also talks about self-doubt then, those who dissuaded him but with good intent, and his philosophy on vaccines.