love bites....

“tune jo na kaha, baat woh sunta raha…
Khamakha bewajah khwab bunta raha…”

Doesn’t this sweet mistake (god gairsamaz) happen with everyone in love…!!!

Sach ka saamna….is it worth the money???

A new tv serial ‘Sach Ka Samna’ is running currently wherein people are asked questions regarding themselves and are expected to say the truth which is matched with a polygraph test… they win money if it matches… the questions involved are so private and intimate that the answers involved are definitely going to lead to lots of hassles and feuds between relations…. I mean everyone has secrets in their lives… secrets which are best remained hidden, lest they cause unnecessary problems… is the money won in the show worth it??? I mean relations may be spoilt because of the answers… is money worth that much??
Someone should survey and ask all the participants couple of weeks after the show whether it was worth it??

Thodasa ‘problem’….

I had a patient today…a 71 yr old man with high myopia… number in both eyes of -11 and -14… he came for a check of his glasses… I asked him if he was otherwise medically fine… he replied “doctor I am very fine… I just have thodasa diabetes and thodasa heart blocks…baki I am perfectly fine!!!” I told him tht tht thodasa which he had was more then enough… pat came his reply “now I have lived a long life… if I keep on thinking about these problems I will increase my stress… doc says they cant operate on me without risk.. so I said jaude… kai hoil te baghu…” as a doc someone may feel wht a careless fellow… he has such major problems of health… but if u think about it wht he said made sense… he was already 71… had lived the major part of life in health… now if at all he undergoes tht surgery with due risk and smething happens…either he can die on table or live a bad quality life… of course if everythin goes fine then he may live much longer… but at a major risk… his decision of living with it, a very bold one was I feel the correct one….

Ganpati festival.....

Just as we take name of Ganpati before any good work… the festive season starts with the arrival of Ganpati in our homes… one can feel the start of all festivals in the atmosphere… the presence of Ganpati in our homes alters the atmosphere in our homes… peace, happiness, joy prevails everywhere… there is a sense of security.. of joy…of renewed energy in us… to start the long list of festivals like dasera, diwali, ets to follow… wishing everyone a very happy ganpati festival…

Folly of creators of religion…

Today when people fight endlessly over the name of religions, I ponder over the initiation of it… I mean people initially were clustered in areas across the world… scholars in each of those areas created religions in order to keep a check on the people… to prevent them from vices and to help them lead a pious life… little did they knw that when people from each of those areas came in front of each other clashes would result from the little ‘opposites’ mentioned in the holy books of each religions…by opposites I mean while sme religion considers a particular animal as holy the other religion eats it and considers some other animal holy which is further eaten by a third religion… so with such small opposites clashes were bound to happen… and with power hungry people around in all ages these ego clashes have now progressed to this present scenario… I personally feel that its now time to come up with a different religion of ‘HUMANITY’ involving all the people of the world irrespective of their present religion, so that we may live in a peaceful world… I know what I think would be considered by most of you as ‘FICTION’… still its human to hope… no religion prohibits it…

Yin and Yang about Swine Flu!!!

Theres an old Chinese saying “theres a yin and yang to everything”. All things have a positive and a negative side. Lets take a look at the latest.. ‘Swine Flu’… while it has proved to be a menace and killing disease with lots of deaths , at the same time it has profited chemists, some doctors (as some themselves got affected by it), makers of cleaning and sterilization products.

SPANDAN Foundation

Since last couple of years I had started developing a zeal of social service… initially I did it myself… but it was a limited affair... so I got involved with a couple of NGOs like UDAAN foundation and ROTARY international… both do a lot of social service and charity… but them being an international foundation with lots of money needed for things other than pure charity like ads and promotion. Ofcourse a big organization like them need it.. I wnt say it a waste of money…but there are matters of red tape involved… I wanted something where I could do service without any hassles involved… and the day I was thinking about this my friend Vikram came and asked me wether we can start an NGO…it was a grt coincidence tht we both had the same thought at the same time… and then with a couple of meetings SPANDAN came into existence… lets hope we can take SPANDAN the distance…J

breath holding experience....

Last night as I was returnin from a dinner meeting an elderly gentleman who is very particular, self esteemed type of a person asked me for a lift. we sat in the car with the music n AC blowing with the windows closed. At a point about 200 mts from his house tht elderly gentleman farted and the whole car was filled with a really bad odour. The genltman kept on talking as if nothing had happened.. I thought if I open the windows he might be embarrassed or feel awkward… so I held my breath, stopped breathing and increased the speed of the car… in 15 seconds I was at his doorstep. But those 15 seconds were horrible as I had held my breath… as soon as he got out n said thnx I opened all the windows and took a deep breath of fresh air… man I decided tht day that if I ever have to drop someone after a dinner meeting I am not going to put on the AC and would be keepin all the windows open…hehehehe….

rains - happiness or pains !!!

Rains bring a mixed feelin… I mean when they relieve us of the prolonged summer heat we long for some more… but when they wet my shoes and pants when I am off to my hospital I really get pissed… anyways the joys of havin rains around us far exceeds the troubles it causes… I sign off wishing for more rains…

Veterinary consultation

I recently had the opportunity to check the eyes of a dog on request of a vet… I was pretty excited bout the same… but my joy was short lived when I saw the dog… he had a malignant tumor of the eye which had eroded into the oral cavity… when we confronted with the owner about the same he asked the vet to put the dog to ‘sleep’… it was a very brave decision on the owners part as the dog was with them for 6 7 yrs… but rather than putting the dog to future suffering they decided to kill him… I witnessed a mercy killing for the first time… I couldn’t see it… I stood outside while it was done… the end was sad… but necessary for the dog… may its soul get peace and attain heaven….

patient for tuboplasty

Swapna had a patient in between for tuboplasty (it’s a procedure involving reversal of a sterilization operation known as tubal ligation). Reason for tuboplasty – she had a son 12 years old who died in an accident. Husband wants another child from her…and if she fails to deliver he is going to marry another woman…!!! Now who is to blame… that man who wants a child… one can argue that he can adopt a child… that maybe a decision to be taken following the results of tuboplasty… or God who took away the couples beloved child and left the family in shambles… who is to blame for the present situation of that poor woman… I can understand how difficult it must be for her… she has lost a child… and now husband has put forth this condition. The stress she would be in may alone hamper her chances of re-conceiving… lets pray for the woman and hope she conceives again…

greivin old lady...

An old lady comes to me since last 1 year… comes alone… has a married son…  comes to me with complaints of giddiness… with no findings on examination… always said no one brings her… n no one takes care of her… I always felt pity on her and cursed her son for not taking care of her… today I came late to my clinic as a car stopped in my path… n to my surprise tht old ladys son dropped her in his car… she walked alone without any signs of discomfort till my clinic not knowing tht I was behind her… after she entered my clinic she came to me and again had the same complaint… severe giddiness… she showed difficulty while walking from my clinic door to the seat..and again complained no one looks after her and she came alone… I cursed myself for having cursed her son… and thought this was may be some kind of presentation of some psychiatric or geriatric (old age) problem… maybe the old lady needed company or someone to listen to her… and me being a very patient listener of all the home problems of many of my patients, maybe I was the one she looked for some kind words…

2 things out of this… never judge anyone over only one sided hearing… and hope I don’t have such a geriatric situation in future J              

politics - we do n we oppose...!!!

Many times we feel very bad about politicians interferin in others lives or showing their high handedness over things… many of us curse these politicians a lot when we see on tv or read in papers about how they exploit other people… but then giving it a thought haven’t we all done or atleast wanted to get things done through political intervention???  If we have atleast one done or even thought about gettings things done our way through political intervention then I personally feel we have no right to criticize them now… its because of our small things tht these politicians get courage to go for bigger exploits… we feed them when they are small so we have no right to curse them when they go out of hand…  comments are most welcome… debatable issue..!!!

am back....

Its been days since I wrote my blogs… and now am back at it again… I was so pleased to see people asking me to start writin my blogs again… but I was a bit lazy to pen down my thoughts… but have again decided to start all over again…. Thanx to all those who have been an inspiration… 

CHOICE...

Many times in ur life u may have come across situations where u have to make a choice… and then later on said that “well I had to do it…I had no CHOICE”…. Coming to think of it retrospectively if u give a thought then u will see that one always has a choice… the choice may be selfless or selfish, good or bad… but then u always have a choice… the choice u make may be good for u and bad for others or vice versa… what decision u take at the moment is left to u… whn u make selfless choice then its good… but when u make selfish choices then u r wrong when u reason with the sentence ‘I had no choice’…
So always remember.. u always have a choice… what choice u make is ur decision… !!!

HOPE

Daily u come across many quacks, the ‘baba bangali’s’ claimin to cure terminal cancers and AIDS... all of them have flourishing business… I mean people knw tht while the world is spendin millions n billions of dollars tryin to find a cure for these diseases but still they go to these quacks… I was wonderin wht makes them go…??? Well I realized that its HOPE tht makes them go to these quacks n get themselves fooled… people with terminal diseases know tht they are goin to die soon… and its human nature to want to live more.. so whnever they see such ads statin cures for cancer n HIV, a HOPE arises in their minds… a HOPE tht maybe they might get cured.. a HOPE tht maybe the babas medicine may do some miracle and cure them…
I came across a known person whos suffering from a terminal disease.. he came to us askin our opinion about one such baba frm a distant place claimin to cure such terminal diseases with herbs… I studied the persons face… behind the pitiful face were 2 reactions waitin… I guessed… there was HOPE lurkin behind… he was waitin for me to say yes… if I said yes then there would be happiness all over his face…n if I replied in negative then sadness… I thought for a moment n said yes… yes because I wanted him to experience more happiness than sadness in whtever days he has got to live… he would have HOPE by his side until he takes tht babas medicines… tht HOPE will bring happiness on his face…
So indirectly I too ended up supporting the quack baba… I knew tht baba was goin to pocket money playin with patients feelings… but I guess all that money was worth as it brought a HOPE back into the patient and with HOPE came HAPPINESS…!!!

'HORN'less driving

For last couple of days my cars horn went silent… n lazy as I am I drove around without any horn in my car… I was expecting a bad time with the traffic… but to my surprise I didn’t at all encounter any difficulty… I mean wht I experienced was, because there was no horn I as it is drove with a reduced speed…and it wasn’t very difficult drivin around…
Tht time I realized how much noise pollution we increase because of constant honking… everyone is in a hurry to reach their destined place… if at all, the horns of all cars were to be banned then we would have a safer quiter city… safer because ppl wont drive fast…
I would ask all the readers of this blog to try n compete with urself… count the number of times u blow the horn everyday when u drive… and try and reduce the number each day… try to minimize blowin horns… even u will realize what I experienced… at the end of the day if u ‘win’ am sure there will be a smile across ur face…a smile of content… content that u have started contributing towards a noiseless city…
And today the garagewala fixed the horn… n to my surprise he replaced it with a scooter or bike horn which goes “peeeeeeeep” everytime I blow it…n tht too at the lowest decibel… well thts one more way of reducing noise pollution J