Western movies

 As a child, I saw many western movies ... The good, the bad and the ugly was definitely my favourite. But those days, there were no subtitles and the dialogues were very hard to understand.  Everyone was seen killing each other... It's actually very difficult to know who's the good guy and who's the villain. All were good looking guys unlike Bollywood movies... You can easily make out who's the Hero. Many years later, once my nephew Akshit asked me, uncle, who's the bad guy in the movie... My answer was... I'm trying to figure out myself 🙂Col Pradeep Pendyala

Nostalgia

 We all miss our childhood but more so, people of my contemporary age. I can never forget the lovely Circus I saw as a child. I miss my picnics and the fairs which we attended so very often. I miss my simple and humble teachers teaching on the blackboard. I definitely miss the magical feeling of Sankranti and Durga Puja. I'm actually nostalgic for the simpler days and simpler people and friends 🙏🏼🙂Col Pradeep Pendyala

Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa

 Field Marshal Kodandera Madappa Cariappa sir is known to me. I'm sure, you must be surprised by this revelation. I was posted at Command Hospital Air force Bangalore between 1989- 1992 and I used to work regularly as a Duty medical officer... almost once every month and one of the charter of my duties as a DMO was to meet the Field Marshal personally and to enquire about his health and do the basic monitoring of his vitals and know about his fresh complaints/ symptoms. Those days, he's given a separate room for his quasi permanent stay in the command hospital Bangalore during his last days. I used to wait eagerly to meet him in the evening... The time scheduled for his visit used to be 8pm. Whenever I met him, I found  him very cheerful and extremely friendly and he had always offered me  a drink as a mark of courtesy which I always refused, firstly, being a teetotaller and secondly being on duty. His only complaint used to be "  Doctor.... Phain.... ( Pain ... He used to speak British English) here and I've phain here ... Do something. And yes, he used to talk about his paltan days very fondly and used to tell me never to accept a second prize in any competition... Because, in a war, a soldier never gets a second prize and yes, in war, there's no second prizes ever. I still follow his advice till date and I've never accepted a second prize in any competition till now 🙂🙏🏼Col Pradeep Pendyala, Professor of Anesthesiology!!

Walking in the rain

 Yes I'm walking in the rain

I'm walking in the campus

As I walked in the cricket ground I saw some birds going back to their nest in a jiffy

I saw contentment in leafs of the trees

My life's sweet short and quiet

But this rain has brought a whistle of soft hum

Let me enjoy my feet in the mud

Let me enjoy my dance in the rain without tripping

Let me enjoy looking at the animals taking refuge in the shadows of a tree

Let me enjoy a rainy day

... Col Pradeep Pendyala🙂🙏🏼❤️

Military Hospital Agra Days

 Lieutenant Akshit ( name changed to protect identify please 🙂) I was posted at Military Hospital Agra in 1995 and was staying at officers' Mess along with my family before allotment of a permanent accommodation). I was working there as graded specialist in Anesthesiology. Life was going on as usual. Lieutenant Akshit was posted there along with three more interns from Armed Forces Medical College for their one year internship. I was a bit close to all of them. One of them was Lieutenant Pipariya ... He's excellent in Surgery... I always encouraged him to do more surgery under supervision of the Senior Surgeon Wg Cdr Ray. I must have given myself anaesthesia to many cases operated upon by lieutenant Pipariya under supervision of senior surgeon of course. Much later, after many years, I came to know that Lieutenant Pipariya opted for some other branch other than surgery... I was hugely disappointed. Well that's life. To make my Blog a bit interesting let me share with you one more incidence of the same period. As I have mentioned earlier about Lieutenant Akshit, it's related to him. Even in those days, I was very good at Mimicry. I called lieutenant Akshit on landline once posing as a reporter of Dainik Bhaskar who wants to interview him on his fabulous work at military hospital Agra. He's convinced that I was actually a reporter. Next day, we were all getting ready in the morning to go to the hospital for work but Lieutenant Akshit was well dressed and waiting eagerly to meet the Dainik Bhaskar reporter 🙂Col Pradeep Pendyaja... This blog is only in a lighter vein please 🙏🏼🙏🏼

PS. Lieutenant Akshit ( name changed please) is presently a well known Dermatologist at AFMC Pune 🙂

ISA cultural club

 I'm a proud member of an elite group... ISA Cultural Club... It's a brainchild of Dr Naveen Malhotra sir. It's approximately hundred like-minded members. All are very talented and were handpicked by the admin. We enjoy sharing our creative work everyday. I usually make two new videos everyday and share them in this group. Besides this, the thing that keeps me going is teaching. I love teaching Anaesthesiology. This year, we'll have two more batches of NEET qualified post graduate students. What else do I need at my age ... Col Pradeep Pendyala 🙏🏼🙏🏼

True Leaders

 Have you ever seen a MBA degree holder being a very successful corporate leader. Have you ever seen a topper of the university being very successful in real life. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Dhirubhai never had big degrees but look at the heights they could reach. Leadership can't be taught, explained or instilled... It comes naturally. With the rise in cutthroat competition in almost every field, we need natural leaders, skilled people, not MBA graduates or University toppers. We need people with excellent communication skills, inspiration excellence and people who can influence the society. Let's build a better society with better leaders... 🙏🙏Col Pradeep Pendyala. 

PS. Wishing you all a Happy Holi 🙏🏼🙏🏼