Salutations to the spirit of the Forces

Staying cocooned in the comfort of a lab and schooling atmosphere, thousands of miles apart from my homeland, I did feel the rush of Kargil fever bursting again in my head, when I saw the visuals of Mumbai mayhem captured on live TV.

I am proud of my many batch mates ( Armed Forces Medical College) who have selflessly joined the forces and continue to serve under difficult, and sometimes, almost inhospitable conditions. I salute the spirit that burns brightly within each of them, and feel that my success here is miniscule compared to the sacrifice and service that each one of them is doing to the country.

Let us apply these same principles of selfless dedication and service and believe that an equitable society wherein access to health care is given to each child and adult in India, through our public health education efforts ( very much acheivable...though the odds are stacked against it).
With Best Regards
Raghupathy Anchala

Why we crave love

One of the reasons we crave love, and seek it so desperately, is that love is the only cure for loneliness, and shame, and sorrow. But some feelings sink so deep into the heart that loneliness can help you find them again. Some truths about yourself are so painful that only shame can help you live with them. And some things are just so sad that only your soul can do the crying for you.(Shantaram…By Gregory David Roberts)

The reason love does apart is that it fluctuates vacuously within our self exiled self inflicted wounds that never tend to heal. Sore wounds need a meticulous way of manicuring which comfort and succor rarely provide…

The beauty of imagination lies not in accumulating dreams that are unfulfilled but dreams that will always remain as dreams…achievable, tangible yet always distant (Raghupathy)