Reflections on Medicine and Life by Dr. S.P. Kalantri
SP Kalantri, a physician at MGIMS, Sevagram, founded in 1969, studies 3,978 alumni names over 55 years and discovers how first names changed over the last two decades.
Read →Dr ML Sharma, one of the greatest teachers at MGIMS, died at his home after a prolonged illness on August 10, 2015. He was 85. Associated with MGIMS almost right from its inception, Dr ML Sharma taught Pharmacology to a generation of medical students. Medical students at MGIMS (batches from the early 1970s to late … Read more
Ninety minutes- filled with pure fun and humour. Yesterday evening little did I realize when my son drove our family to Nagpur that a movie could be so rib-tickling. Indeed, I enjoyed the movie as much as Diti— my two-and-half-year old granddaughter—did. We spent Saturday evening in Nagpur watching Minions, a 3-D computer-animated comedy movie … Read more
I wish I could have captured his photograph. Two days back, I was strolling along the Dean Office road at Sevagram where I live. I stopped when I saw a teenager- with a bucket in right hand and a sleeping bag in the left- running towards me. Panting, and perspiring profusely, he gathered his breath … Read more
GMC didn’t offer hostel accommodation to the first-year students because the number of boys outnumbered the hostel rooms. So, we were forced to form our self-help groups and rented rooms near the GMC campus till we took first MBBS examination. We moved into small flats and rooms in Raghuji Nagar, Reshimbag, Rambag Road, Ajni, Dhantoli … Read more
Federer vs. Djokovic. Tomorrow. Center Court. Wimbledon. A battle of pure poetry vs. pristine prose. I love both but have lost my heart to Djokovic. Let me tell why. Not that I love Federer less, but I love Djokovic more. Federer’s backhand against Murray is so sexy, that “you need to be above 18 to … Read more