A proud Mysurean, who regularly reads Star of Mysore from the United States, was impressed with another Mysurean Dr. Manik Bengeri’s Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav series on veterans from defence forces settled in Mysuru. “The feature on late Brig. Dr. M.A. Gokhale in SOM dated Aug. 17, 2022, brought back great memories. In fact, we were good friends of Brig. Gokhale. We were introduced to the Brigadier by my maternal uncle, Surgeon Commodore Dr. C. Vasant Rao, AVSM, who were close friends in Mumbai,” says Prof. Dr. K. Sandeep Prabhu, who has sent this article from the US.
“Surgeon Commodore Dr. Rao was one such individual who served in the Army and then Navy. He was always fond of his days in Mysuru and visited Mysuru whenever he had a chance to meet his parents, siblings, relatives and friends. He was notorious for his ability to gather everyone around the dining table with his stories from his days in the defence service. In fact, while at the Command Hospital in Pune, he once operated on Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa and that story captured the Field Marshal’s reputation for keeping the time. I thought of contributing this piece about Dr. Rao to be part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav series,” says Dr. Sandeep Prabhu. Now read on...
