A Scottish Sari at the IDRF President's Dinner and Ceilidh
At the Independent Doctors Federation’s President’s Dinner and Ceilidh in London, Dr Minha wore her ‘Scottish sari’ – Indian heritage, Scottish home.
Not every occasion is a conference. Some are simply a celebration, and the Independent Doctors Federation’s President’s Dinner and Ceilidh, held in London in early 2025, was exactly that: a Scottish ceilidh brought to the heart of the capital. The IDRF is the UK’s leading membership body for independent doctors, and the black-tie evening drew more than 200 guests from across the independent medical sector. Dr Minha is pictured with Ms Susan Alexander, consultant shoulder surgeon and President of the Federation.
She wore something no one else in the room could: her “Scottish sari.” The tartan cloth was a gift from her Scottish adoptive parents, the Dundee neighbours who took her into their family, which she paired with an Indian sari to create a garment that tells her whole story in a single length of fabric: Indian heritage, Scottish home.
Beyond the dancing, the evening captured something Dr Minha holds dear, the quiet power of connection and community, and the value of belonging to a network of colleagues across a profoundly multidisciplinary profession. Or, as she puts it herself: the power of connection, community, and women power. Independent practice can be isolating; evenings like this are a reminder that it need not be.
That instinct, that medicine is stronger when it is connected, collegiate and human, is woven through everything at Curaidh Clinic, from its collaborative care model to the wider ecosystem of practitioners Dr Minha continues to build across Scotland and beyond.
