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kalavya is a character in the amous epic o India,Mahabharata. He is ocused and dedicated pupil o his guruDrona. He is taken as an example or hard work, perseveranceand sacrice. Though his guru denies to teach him the art o archery, Ekalavya excels in it with concentrated and dedicatedpractice o archery in ront o the statue o his guru. But whenhis guru comes to know o his skills, he demands Ekalavya’sthumb as gurudakshina (ee) so that ekalavya cannot surpassArjuna, the avoured pupil o Drona. Hence Ekalavya is otenquoted as an epitome o virtuous, unselsh and dedicatedpupil. Every one o us may not have the opportunity to learnrom great gurus in our Plastic and Cosmetic surgery. Some o us have the ortune o working with such gurus, some may haveaccess to literature written by them ew may have access to theprocedures in the orm o videos and I am sure some may onlyhear directly or indirectly about certain procedures. I chose thelogo which says “Sel learning or perection” only to encourageourselves towards dedicated learning and pursuit o perectionlike Ekalavya.It may be easy to record the procedures and techniquessurgeries done, but it is dicult to quantiy the eorts orthe achievements. Following the oot steps o late Pro. C.Balakrishnan I would like to pass on what I had learnt romhim and the messages given by him or plastic surgeons beorethey are washed o by the tide o time. The most preciouslesson one can learn rom a senior colleague o his stature inplastic and cosmetic surgery is the way to nd a solution to aparticular problem or a cosmetic need taking into considerationthe social, cultural and nancial background o the patient. Oneshould be able to visualize the three dimensional view o tissuesto be altered and rearranged with an ability to analyse the
Dr. Lakshmi Saleem
MS, MCh.
Editor-cum-President
Ekalavya
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