Attack on doctors, Can it be justified anywhere?

A couple of days back, a mob of around 50 people entered the father muller's hospital premises and attacked the staff on duty in the female ward. This, according to them was in retaliation to the passing away of a girl admitted with complaints of kerosene poisoning. Her death was very sad and occurred despite the best efforts of the doctors concerned. In the ensuing melee, a couple of doctors got hit badly, a lady intern got hit on her face, which lead to her bleeding from her nose, a pregnant nurse got hit so badly that she had to be admitted with complaints of vomiting. This is besides the deep emotional scars one develops when faced by mob fury. We all believe the mob comprised of elements who were bent upon attacking the hospital for political reasons known to many. Is it justified at all. In all our hearts the public does know that no doctor ever wants his patient to die. That is sacrosanct to all of us, and its the most evil of minds who could ever think otherwise. Then why so many attacks on doctors everywhere? Is it the lack of money or the belief that after spending so much money, if the patient dies the relatives tend to be more frustrated. I also believe it is the guilt feeling among the relatives who have never helped the patient when they needed it, but just as their patient dies try to come to the rescue apparently by creating a scene and blaming the doctors concerned. It is so pathetic that people search for reasons to accuse the doctors.
No one becomes a doctor without a service mentality, especially in those specialities with direct contact with the public, and after undertaking so many sacrifices, mentally and financially, when such incidents occur, it takes away the satisfaction we feel after treating a patient.
I have never seen the press openly come in support of doctors anywhere, that is so tragic, as each of those press people have sometime in their life, for however little a time, may have felt indebted to a doctor for having helped them.

There can never be any justification for these happenings

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Positively "rocked on"

When the critics declared "Rock on" to be 'must watch' movie, i was thrilled to bits. Ever since the music of the movie was launched and especially after i saw the band "magik" appear in an interview on channel V, i have patiently waited for the movie to be released and now after reading the reviews, i was pleased as a punch. i was waiting desperately to be free from work and catch the movie ASAP.

The opening fifteen minutes of the movie including the song gives you a tingling sensation that just doesnt go away even when you leave the 'show'. A must have movie experience is how i would deem it. I have never seen a hindi movie ever like this one. How many times have you hummed lines strumming an imaginary guitar? If you have, just like me, every time magik breaks into a song, you will be captured into a tremendously satisfying music experience. A story line that is a bit too predictable may be the only jarring note, but trust you me, it does not take away what you feel at the end of the movie.
Farhan Akhthar is a total rock star, he sings and dances away on stage -straight into the annals of hindi filmdom, which i am sure will mention him as one of the unparalleled superstars of this generation. A director who made movies which spurned an entire generation of followers, now shows he can emote as well as he could direct, but what surprises , shocks and for sure thrills is his singing. That, for me is the highlight as much as anything else. shankar, ehsan and loy have again come up with a chart bursting album which will be talked about for years to come, no doubt. Arjun Rampal slipped into his character with consummate ease, Purab and luke were extremely competent.

Overall a movie experience to be fully savoured.

Eragon- fantasy reborn

i must admit, i am a die hard fan of the "lord of the rings" series of novels as well as the movies, i am yet to write anything on those epics, someday i have promised myself -i will. Today i want to talk about a new fantasy series i have been introduced to - ERAGON. The movie 'eragon' was released a few months back, truth to say, i wasn't impressed enough to go watch it, because of the similarity between the title and a popular character in the lord of the rings named Aragon. Myself thought- it must have been a cheap gimmick to just attract the fans of the book. But when i recently read the novel, i was impressed enough to read the second book in the series " ELDEST". AND the books are anything but a cheap imitation. Written by a very young author, just out of his teens, the books hold you captive throughout the narrative and delves deeply into the psyche of the beings of the world that is created.. Fantasy works for me for the very reason every kid loves a fairy tale, - for the world that it creates -but with human emotion and gumption. And this tale about humans, elves,dwarves, an evil king and a dragon definitely works for me.

all lovers of fantasia- will savor this new hero

dearth of ideas or the death of "freed" thought?

i never thought i would sit in front of the comp.. and wonder what i want to write about.. but that's exactly the situation i'm in right now.
Since joining as an Asst prof in muller's, i feel a bit settled in life, but i wonder will this short term peace drive me away from what i really want to do in life? By the way, even that is a bit of a question within a question. Do i really know what my long term plans are? I dont !!! thats the truth.. I know i wanna be a cardiologist. but why do i want to be? Just because there is something called 'super-specialization' in my field and seemingly appears to be the next logical step or is it because i dont imagine myself as anything but a cardiologist. Truth is --bit of both. and that i feel has been the essence of my existence. I want a bit of everything, a bit of freedom, a bit of happiness, a bit of togetherness, a bit of power, a little more than a bit of money(ofcourse, just a bit of this cannot do, {or can it-i dont know})seemingly so, that my life has bits and pieces of everything. That's how i have been living my life. Now to become whatever it is that i want to be, i need to forget this bits and pieces and 'gather myself' to be what i have never been before - the best. anything less, and i will remain just where i am today - a bits and pieces man.

hey, what's this we have here!!!!!! bit by bit, i seem to have garnered for myself a paragraph- fit enough to be called my new blog

until next time , with further details on my "gathering" program, i bid adieu

Time's eye ( a time odyssey)

Just wanted to write a quick post on this new ( atleast for us) series written by Arthur C Clarke in collaboration with stephen Baxter. It does make for compulsive reading and has given us something new in the genre of science fiction. It is an "orthoquel" of the original odyssey series and steps into a new world created by aliens (firstborn) made up of different pieces (literally) of earth since humanity began, each piece a representative of different time periods on earth. How?, why? and do the humans survive on this abnormal planet? is the centreplot of this series. i really liked the first book, and i am keenly looking forward to the second (sunstorm).

I am pretty sure all science fiction fans are going to love this book.

why i liked jaane tu ya jaane na ..

when i watch a movie,i expect it to entertain me, make me happy, or make me think, make me wonder or fascinate me.
Of course i am not going to say the movie "Jaane tu ya jaane na" did all that to me, but it did leave a sweet feeling at the end. Attention to detail is something i really enjoy in a movie, and this movie, along with other things had ample doses of that. For instance, when in Jiggi's party, the couple starts to dance, he motions to his friend " hey ramesh, dim the lights" That really caught me and left me impressed. That's how it usually happens, isnt it? in real life. These things don't happen automatically, somebody has to go and do it. the movie mostly was like that. an extremely likeable star cast with a lovely screenplay and dialogues made it a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Of course AR rehman's music once again leaves you wanting more. (but i think its a good thing he works for a few selected movies only). All the songs are very enjoyable and you can keep listening to them over and over again.

Imran is the next generation version of aamir khan, and is a delight. Genelia is a very pretty, bubbly 'phenomenon', and i am sure most of the youngsters would be wishing for a girl friend just like her ( well! of course they will wish for her first). i do want to mention here(scream out! would be a better word) that - "god! she's got pretty eyes!!!!!

it is already the years biggest blockbuster..and its gonna keep doing well.

anonymous huh??? SUPER COOL aint it?

Well ..thats a real cool thing - to have an anonymous friend leave a comment on your blog.. I kinda have an idea as to who it is. but hey!lets keep up with the game for the moment atleast..

well, for now, friends, the season indeed is over..and i have come out a bit wiser on where i stand. perhaps thats a good thing to know when you are faced with extreme competition. if we take it the right way, kinda steels one up for the future.

i am planning to shift back to mangalore soon. As much as i miss the comfort of home and friends, i really do miss home- cooked food. Staying alone means that you have to constantly think about your next meal, perhaps not as much as where it is coming from, but rather how are you going to eat it. i do like north indian food a lot, but eating from a hotel day in - and day out really puts you off the idea of FOOD entirely.
I do plan to keep studying, cos i dont feel like giving up this soon.
lets see how its gonna go.

the sea is getting rough

a few more exams have gone gone by.. the going seems to be very very tough.. or perhaps am not doing my basics right.. when i got 48th rank at G B pant, i felt that it was just about at par.. considering the fact that there were only five seats and maximum number of candidates had appeared for it.. but in the two exams following that, i havent been able to lift my performances from there.. feel a bit let down by "myself". Crazy huh? but thats how i feel at the moment.. in a bit of semi paralytic state where i am just going with the flow..
i just have got to turn it around... i know..hopefully i can do that before (in sports parlance) the season ends.

adios

My review of Sarkar Raj

The keenly awaited film that it was, directed by the much pilloried RGV following HIS AAG, got me interested in watching sarkar raj. i caught the evening show at PVR, after my exam in the morning(needed a bit of stress busting).
The movie started pretty well.. showing abhishek in his natural form as an intense, brooding actor. Amitabh seemed to be quite content at taking the back seat once ashwairya entered the scene.. the scenes were well shot, the dialogue writer seemed to be in excellent form, but somehow i never felt the intensity that i was expecting. The last half hour seemed to be the saving grace of the movie with its suspense ending and its pace which actually keeps you wanting more when the movie ends. Amitabh somehow steals the show in the end, but goodness, gracious, unexpectedly it was aishwarya who really pulls you in with her acting prowess. She was intense throughout and absolutely rocked. The scene at the hospital(second time around) with the three B's is my pick with two of the characters at their emotive best. You come out of the movie not fully satisfied whether it was money's worth( bloody 175 bucks i had to shelve out for a seat second from front), but after a while you do feel that it was as good as it could get.
Hindi film makers seemed to have forgotten that a great screenplay is a prerequisite for guaranteed box office success, just great performances without a great screenplay guarantees nothing.

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Exams in delhi

i am sure each of us have felt it, - when you expect something and hope for that to happen with all your heart, and when it doesnt, you get a sinking feeling, your heart feels so heavy, such an unpleasant sensation which is quite difficult to fathom later on. i really cant begin to describe in words how i felt for a good couple of hours after learning that i hadnt qualified for the interviews in the aiims Dm exam. I know its the one of the toughest exam and one of the most competitive exams among the most brilliant young MD's of india, but after answering a really tough exam, i had felt that i had done quite well, atleast qiute well enough to be up there with the best guys. but unfortunately, i was wrong and when i saw the results i felt what i have tried to describe in the early salvo. But i have got over that disappointment now, and yeah today was the cmc vellore exam, 120 questions in 90 minutes, really with all those choices, felt like 200 questions in 90 minutes. finished it on the dot, and towards the end i felt like it was a race against time more than trying to solve the questions. Most of the guys felt it was a tough one to crack. Yeah i did feel it was testing , but tough? Hmm- not that much, anyway in this exam where it was more like a rapid fire test, a lot depends on luck, i guess.
Hoping for the best, keeping fingers crossed.
tomorow i leave for kolkata,
well , the journey continues.........

Its time...!

well, ..its time to tell myself.. raghu, the time has come.. you've been working for this for close to a year now.. its finally upon you now.. in a weeks time.. i get started on a slew of examinations scheduled almost every week, which will determine where i will be headed a couple of months or so down the line.. Its My DM entranc e exams.. and i have been preparing whole heartedly for it for several months now.. i have tried to put in my best efforts,, but sometimes i do feel..is it going to be enough?
Its one of those times when i am not sure whether i am good enough to secure a seat.. ( very few of them and so many good competitors). Come to think of it.. it perhaps maybe the first time in my career of exam-writing(thats a new one isnt it? but medicos will testify that its a huge part of their life - this ' exam-writing") that i am so unsure.. I dont know how the competition is preparing for it. so i am on my own here. Still i am giving it my best and let's see if my best is good enough. only time will tell.

Cheering lessons for our politicians!

Its the season for controversies..now that cricket is back big time on television.. the are having a great time with The IPL occupying much of prime time news. Well! that's their work..isn't .reporting what everyone wants to know about. So why is our friendly neighbourhood politician getting involved with cricket.. Unfortunately once he realised that he could not buy a franchise for himself , he has been trying to get involved.. its election time , isn't it? you have to be in the news somehow. So he looked around.. and what did he find.. fine young girls dancing to the beat with every boundary and every wicket that falls.. and hey..what else did he see.. most of them were wearing the kind of short skirts and low tops that his grand-daughter has been wearing to her colleges and parties..but hey..this is a cricket ground..and there are men watching.. there are ladies too in the ground..(all trying to enjoy their cricket).. but hey.. as a senior politician of the country, how could he be quiet and let this charade go on... he suddenly hits the headlines, parroting a line saying that these cheer girls are not part of our culture..(he has apparently forgotten that his granddaughter may not be part of this same culture then). The media, hungry for controversies grab words right out of his mouth and lo behold! everybody is talking about our man.. Then a few days go by... of course..the cheer girls respond in a way they know best..keep their mouth shut and dance away.. changing their attire to shorts and pants. No much change..just a little makeover.. and hey..they have won the hearts back. controversy parried away...the politician left fuming as he has not got the expected mileage.. he had thought of a headlong collision with the franchise bosses..and lots of television time.. but that didn't happen.. but not getting despondent, he 's back watching each of the games.. looking for another chance.

first blog

hi folks.. its been a long time coming..my own blog.. its uncanny isn't it?.. All this while, I've been trying to start writing a "diary".. but have never been successful at it.. i guess i m not the "Diary" kind. A diary contains your thoughts..your most private thoughts.. gradually i have realised that your most private thoughts should be private even to oneself.. a diary will only make us relieve those thoughts..and make us live in the past..instead of living in the present which is what i plan to do.. but blogging is a unique experience..there are several times in one's life when we want to share ideas, thoughts, philosophies with other people..but we generally are unable to.. blogging lets us do exactly this.we can vent out frustrations regarding events of life..share our happiness.. this is my first blog..and i want to say a big helloooooooo to all fellow bloggers of the world. adios