Mother's cuisine...

I'm very much used to five star food but how come I'm so happy and satisfied with the mess food at the college campus where I live these days. There's a very popular Chinese restaurant at a stone's throw away distance from my residence where I stay at the college campus. But there's a controversy that increasing number of people are falling prey to stomach cancer due to ajinomoto a salt of mono sodium glutamate which is often added to most of the Chinese food. Interestingly, Rasam is served at our mess on a daily basis and Rasam is known for improving our immune system to even fight  microorganisms and viruses which cause dengue, H1N1 and now even being recommended for Corona virus although not proven. At our mess I usually have meddu vada/ garelu, idli, sambar, coconut chutney and sambhar as breakfast or else puliharam, upma, dosas and puri. Lunch consists of mudda pappu made of toor dal, bendakaya vepudhu... lady's fingers, steamed rice, vankay repudhu, goru chikkudhukay vepudhu, perugu with mango pickle and dondakai pachchadi, and not to forget jilakara miriyalu Rasam and occasionally we have semiya payasam. We do get chicken curry three times a week. But most importantly this traditional food which I eat here always reminds me of my mother's cuisine...same taste...same spicy and delicious taste.

Who conspires ??

Paulo Coelho believed that when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it. Kehte hain agar kisi cheez ko dil se chaho toh poori kainath use tumse milane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai...
I strongly believe this philosophy
I was very keen to become a professor of Anaesthesiology and to have plenty of post graduate students whom I could teach. After my retirement from Army Medical Corps where I served for 33 years, my first priority was to become a professor with lots of post graduate students. And all the professionals whom I met in my journey towards my goal kept helping me directly or indirectly without their knowledge in achieving my goal. Some strongly believed that they're causing obstacles for me in my progress but interestingly whatever they did for me actually helped me profusely in achieving my goal. I must thank all my supporters and detractors for helping me directly or indirectly in achieving my goal and yes, I thank that super power without whose permission nothing happens to us.

Life at 64...

Hi friends, Om Sai Ram. Just now got up for a fresh day. I'm 64 running... retired from Army Medical Corps five years ago. I haven't taken a single leave after retirement from Army life which I served for 33 long years. I wish, I had served it more but the retirement age is 58 and I'm supposed to be old at 58. I joined Malla Reddy institute of medical sciences the very next day of my retirement and later I worked at Mediciti institute of medical sciences, Hyderabad and now I'm a professor of Anaesthesiology at Alluri Sitarama Raju Academy of Medical Sciences Eluru but I haven't taken a single leave. Every day I jump out of my bed to greet a fresh day and welcome one more beautiful day. I love to play tennis and volleyball which I do almost everyday. I spend time in the library reading professional books and spend as much time in the library as a final year post graduate student does. I don't know why I never felt like taking a long leave and go on pilgrimage or sight seeing of foreign locales which my colleagues do so often...strangely, I'm so contented with my present life. Col (Professor) Pradeep Pendyala, Anaesthesiologist.