Normally it’s believed that Goddess of Wealth ‘Laxmi’ and Goddess of Knowledge ‘Saraswati’ do not come together. Their blessings are seldom showered together on a person. If it happens it’s very rare. In other words people who are very wealthy do not have children who are good in studies and on the other hand those whose children are good in studies are seldom effluent.
One of the persons that I have come across in my life upon whom both these Goddessess were merciful was Dr. Uday Kumar Sahu. I met him way back in 1983 at SCB Medical College, Cuttack. He was in second year MBBS alongwith my childhood friend Dr. V.S.V. Prasad.
I had gone to Cuttack to pursue my PG in English Literature in Ravenshar College.
Instead of staying in the hostel of Ravenshaw College, wherein I was enrolled, I was fortunate to stay at Dr. Prasana Kumar Prusty’s (Proff. of Medicine at SCBMCC) house along with my classmate Shivendu Sen who was from Anantpur, Odisha.
Prasad was the most brilliant among all my school mates and college mates. He had qualified for pursuing MBBS in the year 1982 itself. Because of his presence in Cuttack I was permitted to do my PG in Cuttack which was around 500 Kms away from Jeypore, our native place.
As I stayed in the residence of Dr. Prusty I used to have my food in the Medical College mess, which was run by Vishwanath, instead of Ravenshaw College mess.
Shivendu Sen and me used to spend most of our second half in the medical campus. Due to this I could befriend various medicos of SCBMCC which included Dr. Uday Kumar Sahu. He was allotted a room in the New Boys Hostel but used to be in Prasad’s room very often.
One of his paternal uncles Amar Kumar Sahu was a renowned person of Jeypore.
Uday belonged to a family involved in liquor business both Desi and Foreign in two states, i.e., Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. His father had unfortunately met with an untimely death. He could have easily joined his family business empire but he preferred to go in for doing his MBBS. Moreover, we used to appreciate him all the more because of the fact that he had cleared the competition and had qualified for the seat in SCBMC Cuttack and had not got in through any unfair means.
His family used to live in Titlagarh. His mother out of pure love had sent a new Contessa Car for him. Instead of feeling happy Uday had rather felt embarrassed and had sent the car back by giving the excuse that Cuttack lanes were too narrow for a big car. His mother had immediately sent a replacement in the form of a Fiat (small) car for him. He already had a Bajaj Chetak, best two wheeler of those days. Instead of parking the car in the Medical Campus he preferred to keep his car in their ware house which was situated in Cuttack itself so that he could avoid embarrassment.
Uday seldom took his scooter out when we all friends used to go out. As we all moved on our bicycles he too used to join us on a bicycle or hop on one of ours.
Once I remember he had asked Shivendu Sen and me. "How much amount do you spnd in a month?" On being told that we were managing with about Rs. 400/- to Rs. 500/- per month, he too had tried to do so. How many rich brats will do this ?
I can also recall the few journeys that we had taken in his Fiat car to Puri and Nua Nui beach. He used to make us all pay for the fuel charges on contributory basis. However, after reaching Puri he used to give us all a lavish lodging boarding facility in his family Guest House of Puri.
I had the opportunity of meeting Uday way back in December of 1994 when I had gone to Hyderabad to get trained by CIEFL and Plymouth England faculty members as ELT Resource Person of CBSE. He had not changed a bit. He had completed his PG in Pediatrics and was working as CMO of CDR Hospital, Hyderabad.
He still resides in Hyderabad along with his beautiful and smart wife Abhilasha and two naughty and cute teen aged boys.
Dr. Uday Sahu has proved himself to be one of the renowned Pediatrician of South India.
His family still awaits him to join their business empire but his love for the noble profession that he is in is not deterring him from his path. May God bless him and his family and may his tribe increase.
One of the persons that I have come across in my life upon whom both these Goddessess were merciful was Dr. Uday Kumar Sahu. I met him way back in 1983 at SCB Medical College, Cuttack. He was in second year MBBS alongwith my childhood friend Dr. V.S.V. Prasad.
I had gone to Cuttack to pursue my PG in English Literature in Ravenshar College.
Instead of staying in the hostel of Ravenshaw College, wherein I was enrolled, I was fortunate to stay at Dr. Prasana Kumar Prusty’s (Proff. of Medicine at SCBMCC) house along with my classmate Shivendu Sen who was from Anantpur, Odisha.
Prasad was the most brilliant among all my school mates and college mates. He had qualified for pursuing MBBS in the year 1982 itself. Because of his presence in Cuttack I was permitted to do my PG in Cuttack which was around 500 Kms away from Jeypore, our native place.
As I stayed in the residence of Dr. Prusty I used to have my food in the Medical College mess, which was run by Vishwanath, instead of Ravenshaw College mess.
Shivendu Sen and me used to spend most of our second half in the medical campus. Due to this I could befriend various medicos of SCBMCC which included Dr. Uday Kumar Sahu. He was allotted a room in the New Boys Hostel but used to be in Prasad’s room very often.
One of his paternal uncles Amar Kumar Sahu was a renowned person of Jeypore.
Uday belonged to a family involved in liquor business both Desi and Foreign in two states, i.e., Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. His father had unfortunately met with an untimely death. He could have easily joined his family business empire but he preferred to go in for doing his MBBS. Moreover, we used to appreciate him all the more because of the fact that he had cleared the competition and had qualified for the seat in SCBMC Cuttack and had not got in through any unfair means.
His family used to live in Titlagarh. His mother out of pure love had sent a new Contessa Car for him. Instead of feeling happy Uday had rather felt embarrassed and had sent the car back by giving the excuse that Cuttack lanes were too narrow for a big car. His mother had immediately sent a replacement in the form of a Fiat (small) car for him. He already had a Bajaj Chetak, best two wheeler of those days. Instead of parking the car in the Medical Campus he preferred to keep his car in their ware house which was situated in Cuttack itself so that he could avoid embarrassment.
Uday seldom took his scooter out when we all friends used to go out. As we all moved on our bicycles he too used to join us on a bicycle or hop on one of ours.
Once I remember he had asked Shivendu Sen and me. "How much amount do you spnd in a month?" On being told that we were managing with about Rs. 400/- to Rs. 500/- per month, he too had tried to do so. How many rich brats will do this ?
I can also recall the few journeys that we had taken in his Fiat car to Puri and Nua Nui beach. He used to make us all pay for the fuel charges on contributory basis. However, after reaching Puri he used to give us all a lavish lodging boarding facility in his family Guest House of Puri.
I had the opportunity of meeting Uday way back in December of 1994 when I had gone to Hyderabad to get trained by CIEFL and Plymouth England faculty members as ELT Resource Person of CBSE. He had not changed a bit. He had completed his PG in Pediatrics and was working as CMO of CDR Hospital, Hyderabad.
He still resides in Hyderabad along with his beautiful and smart wife Abhilasha and two naughty and cute teen aged boys.
Dr. Uday Sahu has proved himself to be one of the renowned Pediatrician of South India.
His family still awaits him to join their business empire but his love for the noble profession that he is in is not deterring him from his path. May God bless him and his family and may his tribe increase.
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