Obituary

First of all, this is the 1^st obituary am writing.. and m neither fond of obituary columns in news papers, so dunno how exactly it is suppose to be..anyway, here it goes..

    This is in fond memory of my beloved friend, Aragog.. for those who don’t know my friend, he was a giant spider, my fellow room mate or rather ‘loo mate’ for past 2 years. . I first saw him one fine morning when I stepped into my bathroom..he instantly caught my attention for he was huge!! Black in colour, with hairy body, long legs, big eyes..hmm..he looked weird..but he dint disgust me. instead i found him interesting, coz he was the first creature who dared to invade my space .. And his very look instantly made me call him Aragog, the blind acromantula owned by Hagrid in Harry potter.. since then every morning, Aragog use to be the 1^st living being I see..i do wish him a ‘good morning’, and start brushing..and he use to simply sit near my mirror, watching me..But silently or many a time loudly we used to communicate, I use to blabber about my worries regarding the day, pending works, disturbed sleep, scary dreams…& he use to listen them silently..but he never had any complaints!!!! Days and months went by..i saw him grow,i saw his wife..His kids and them grow.. Still, every morning he use to be there with me, to hear my woes.. but yesterday morning when I opened my sleepy eyes I dint see him near my mirror.. Instead he was lying in the floor near door..i bend down and tried to move his limb, but it was rigor mortised.. sad, he went without saying a good bye to me..

  So friend, where ever you are, always remember this loo mate of yours.. I will never forget you, Aragog.. and I will miss you, especially when I brush my teeth..May your soul rest in peace..

Juz nother xmas…

Well well well…so that was the 22^nd Christmas of mine..but it was nothing mentionable..just an ordinary day as any else..The fun part being helping out my friend and her nieces in baking a tandoori chicken for their Christmas lunch.. & rest of my day was with ‘3 idiots’, a truly Indian movie, which made me laugh my heart out..and now as I was lying back in my bed thinking about the day, I was wondering whether Santa came down last night or not..sure, I dint find any presents beneath my pillow and there is no fireplace at my home for me to search further!! May be I am no more there in his lists of children!!As a kid I always wished to meet santa :) it was not to request for any presents or wishes..but just to see him..plump, jolly, white bearded man in red suit..he looks adorable..i wanted to feel his pot belly and snowy white beard..hmm..like many other kids, I also wished to write him a letter or to pay him a visit at north pole, so that I can meet mrs.claus and magical elves and flying reindeers..but…sigh…its just a fairy tale.. still, if somebody had met him yesterday night, just let me know.. I wish to hear more about charming mr.claus :)

Happy Feet..

It was outta blue I felt like searching my little treasure chest today evening…well,it had everything under the sun inside…from paper chits to cartoons, magazines, letters, photographs, cards blah blah blah… I was or rather AM a bit nutts to keep this kinda stuff!!! But all of them has some memorable moment associated with it.. that’s when I found out this sketch of Happy feet! About which me and most probably its creator as well, had forgotten... frankly I dun remember when i was gifted this.. but it definitely is a precious gift from my beloved friend.. that’s why it gained a special place inside my lil chest.. so I decided to put up this pic here as  my token of gratitude for the talented artist behind this drawing ..&  I always loved the movie, Happy Feet.. may be that’s why this sketch of Mumble and gang seems a bit more cute for me… :)

        PS: sorry, I couldn’t scan the image..so the clarity is a bit poor! :)

My best friend’s wedding

  Dreaming about this day for over an year, and counting down days past few months, it finally arrived, the day when all her dreams are coming true. Like a perfect fairy tale, our little princess is getting married to her sweetheart today..  Will it be as per what we imagined..No, it’s much more perfect than that.. She is the most beautiful bride I ever saw..And the groom her perfect other half..& as they take vow to be together forever tonight, I wish her all the happiness in this world, but even that won’t be enough.. Congrats both of you and I wish you nothing but success and happiness and love and money and kittens and candy and…oh, and a lifetime of heather, off course :) 

Situs inversus totalis

Day had started turning boring for me in that general surgery ward by the time I finished talking to first patient!! I was unusually lazy today because world around me was spinning with very same pace as yesterday, as last week, as last month…. Although I got accustomed to this routine of my life, I was bored.. i was sick of the same countenance I am seeing these days…sighhh..
I moved to my second patient.. I addressed her with a forged smile as my first attempt to create a rapport, and started talking. i asked her complaints and course of illness..and from the typical history this “fatty fertile female of forty” gave, I straight away made a diagnosis of Cholilithiasis ie stones in gall bladder..But only thing that puzzled me was site of her pain! it was in left side where as the classical pain must be in right side as gall bladder is an organ situated in right!!! I asked her about pain in detail, still the site of pain didn’t change!!! So I got up and said a thank you to her though I was totally confused!i thought over it again! but that only doubled my perplexity !!so I concluded that either I am wrong with my diagnosis or patient is confused about her pain!!! Leaving behind that thought i moved to next patient..
About an hour later while I was arguing about something totally irrelevant with my colleague , another fellow came and told us in excitement , “I heard there is a situs inversus patient in our ward!!!” ..it took a speck of moment for me to assimilate what I heard… OH MY GOD… and suddenly my baffled thoughts got lucid. Neither that patient was confused about her pain nor was I wrong with my diagnosis!! Its just that her body was mirror image of a normal human body! so that the normal gall bladder to be situated in right side is on left side of her body!! I had a rush of mixed emotions then, But above all, I was happy..
Situs inversus is a condition seen in less than 0.01% of world population, which doesn’t cause a major ailment of its own to the person other than making them rare and special..The American basketball player, Randy Foye was diagnosed with situs inversus and he has suffered no discernible complications because of this, instead he is a well established professional athlete!
I went back to that patient and examined her..& for the first time in my life I heard a heart beating in right side of the body. I felt unusually happy at that moment and told her that I am really glad to have met her. To my surprise, she said I am not the 1st person to tell her that. Doctors whom she consulted before as well told the same. Also her treatments in previous hospitals were at no cost for the very reason that she is unique! i looked at her radiographs and the completely swapped internal anatomy of hers amused me.. I smiled and thanked her again for letting me examine her.. and also for making my usually boring day an unusually exciting one..

GROWING UP or NOT!!!!

Why do people always expect us to behave with MATURITY of AGE!?! Won’t a little lenience in that be exonerated!! Because I fail to do so many a time!! Though it sounds weird, it’s a candid confession..

     It is usually said that there is a child inside everybody who refuse to grow up with age.. I definitely have one inside me! Well, I behave as a mature human majority of time, but there are moments when I love to unleash that child inside me..who has no worries about her life, who can run in the rain aimless, who can play in the mud no matter how dirty her dress may get, who can sing a loud, who can talk gibberish, who can laugh out loud in crowd, who can sleep in her mother’s lap ,who can cry to get things done her way… Sadly all these are not appreciated by the society we live in because we are expected to behave with the maturity of age!!!!But then can anyone define the fringe of childhood and adulthood! Are we suppose to behave like a grown up the day we step out of teens!?!

  But fortunately or unfortunately , I am still a student who hasn’t tasted the bitterness of  ‘responsible individual life’ & I am totally dependent on my parents for  livelihood !! so I get to spend time with my friends as much as I wish, get to do all the crazy stuff that I want.. Factually I can be that immature child inside me when I am with them, same goes for them as well.. We talk & laugh loud in public places as if the world around us doesn’t exists. That gifted us many ‘fixed stares’ from auntiji’s  around! Also the stock line “GROW UP” has been darted against me several times!! but then who cares!!! These days are never gonna come back in our life, so why not live it the way we like..

  When I accidently trip up upon an old schoolmate in streets with their burden of family and life on shoulders, I thank god for making me pursue this career which gave me only the burden of a back pack at this age!!!! I know all these will change after a while, me too will have to take up the responsibilities of life, but till then I can enjoy this extended childhood of mine..

   Being immature or crazy isn’t a crime, also it is endearing up to an extent.. I strongly believe in that. Just recall the craziest thing you last did..Else try one of your childhood instincts and you will know how true it is :)

 

Meaningful Ads

It’s been 1 or 2 months since ‘Hindustan times’ started promoting their daily newspaper publication through ads along with a new tag line ‘it is time’. These ultra short ads of about 15 secs each, without any dialogues are indeed mentionable because the message they convey is worth appreciating. The campaign hits right in your head, literally! & are stressing more on the stigmas and ignorance of Indian society. Concepts are mainly based on a youngsters point of view as over panicking about swine flu, gay couple, breaking of laws, blind worship of politicians and many more..all those are undeniably relevant in current scenario! Still they are crisp, hilarious & intresting..And if these petite ads could bring a little change in mind set of our citizens around , that will be a job well done.

 check out these ads in youtube here