The Tragedy that never happened.

This one comes straight from my heart.
I have been thinking to right this from past one month but then, realised a brand name(Room No 368) was at stake.But then decided to against it.
For a change u shall read something really serious

When the Pathology Lab in IIT Hospital, claimed to be a nothing but just a bacterial infection,i like any other student would have.
By Wednesday they decided that it was Salmonella and not just another bacteria, so under the rules they had to name it TYPHOID.
First thing that came to my mind after that was the concept of REMIDSEM ,because it was already 28th, and the doctors had declared strict bed rest for 2 weeks after one week .

But then my WHITE BLOOD CELLS started disappearing , and then the entire Typhoid treatment was postponed for 5 days.
And it was on the 4th day , when the IIT Pathology Lab was closed (thanks god!!) another blood sample which was sent to Hiranandani Hospital came out clean.
NO TYPHOID
The worst part was the fact that another second year student had made plans to skip midsems simply because he was told that he too had TYPHOID.
And then on the fifth day just before getting admitted in ICU ,one of the doctors confessed that the PATHOLOGY DEPT is too primitive to not to detect typhoid.

Take home message--Being part of a institute that

• has funds well over 100 Crores
• hosts festivals with budget exceeding a crore (not to mention the ECell has few lakhs to spare)
• gets funded every second year from its Alumni
• also has students who opt to fall sick to justify their casual leaves.

But then blood test is something that is recommended to most of the people and that too quite frequently.
N to get it wrong ,with such a huge margin of error sends the wrong signal.
We can practically get screwed up.
We need to realize that there is something that is between Gulmohar and Convocation Hall, and if not all, some people do have Medical problems and this continues ,all we would be doing is wasting the doctors out there.

Throughout my experience at IIT hospital, the entire staff was amazingly cooperative and sweet and caring, something that was missing in Hiranandani and Riddhi Vinayak Hospitals.
But then it really wont make sense if they don't get the blood reports right.

I dont need to write what all can a false report lead to .
We all can well imagine the consequences.


P.S>>>
IF NYBODY FROM THE AUTHORIES HAPPENS TO VISIT THIS BLOG PLEASE TAKE THIS AHEAD AND GET THE LABORATORY EQUIPPED WITH THE LESSER PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY.WE SERIOUSLY NEED HELP.

Day# 3 Who's the patient.

Day-#3 who’s the patient.

The internet says, that a normal human does not require nything less than 2 days to recover from Urniary Traction Infection which the doctors claimed I had.

Another factual update-There are over 100+ types of fevers available out there and out of those 100 ,90+ come/or can become weird/really weird. I had dismissed the probability of my body getting nything but one of those 90 Elite fever Forms.

But then yes, I had my share of Highs n Lows. With a high of 103 , I had people coming in to meet me and all my whims and fancies taken care of. It was this day when the billion $ question was popped “Who’s the Patient”

It was almost post lunch, when the the Gang of three (Nick/PP/Goyal) invaded my bed in ward. The last thing you would expect is people visiting you to eat your share of hospital lunch .but then it happens. Every god damn thing is bound to happen when the TRIO gets into act. My lunch boxes,Biscuits,Namkeen,Mathri ,everything was raided .While I was made to sit on the stool,and Nikhil(Goyal) was playing Solitire and PP and Aniket were confused over what to eat Mathri or Namkeen, the SMO entered the ward. Also in the past three days,the last thing that would have changed was Appearance. With the trio on the bed and under utter confusion and frustration the SMO fired the question –Who’s the patient.

It took us while to recognize and declare that I was THE ONE. And thus the SMO rescued me from the attack of the TRIO.

But then, the hospital lab which was updated with my blood samples early morning ,came up.My affair with Salmonella was discovered and disclosed.

IT was declared officially,that i had TYPHOID.

The trip to Jaipur ..# Day 0

The last thing that i would have imagined was this condition after i reached Jaipur.
Aaa..aaaaannnn...aaaannnncchhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh

The first thing that happened to me after i stepped on Platform No 1 --Courtsey--Family No 1.
The IDEAL INDIAN FAMILY--
A husband--struggling to sleep in the train
A tired Wife -- sturggling to make her baby feed
A frustrated Chunnu--Who demands Fruuti/Bourbon/Samosa..n everything his dad says no to..
The HAPPIEST Munnu--Who has no idea ..of what
,why where when whose...?
Life is not usually accepted
in the current form by
infants of his category..
He said "It aint Rocket Science"
All the dude cares about is "NOTHING".
n
then of course
u have



Daddy Ji ..
and Mummy Ji.
Both of them as expected have developed age old problems in their body parts.
And they express their inability to sleep on the ny birth but the Lowest one.

First things first.
When i had moved out of IIT ,i had a TO-DO-LIST with me, since AC Coaches come now with Unlimited Power Supply,but then the rest in history.
I wanted to the following things..

• Write atleast 3 posts i was planning to write.
• Finish of all reading all my feads in FeedReader.
• Watch Akbar-Remixed Videos i had downloaded (this deserves another post)
• Finish off Hancock and the remaining part of Coulping.

But the rest is history.
Out of 1040 people travelling i was gifted with THY LORDS "The ideal indian family"


I witnessed the couple busy in their GRAND LUNCHEON ,which remimded off my On consumption days.
My plans of exploring my Canon SD 850 M and finishing off my to do list, already had their first ",". The fullstop was added when i politely expressed my "wish of using my seat".
And this was it.They were waiting for this.I have reasons to believe it was all pre planned.
The Mother ,father.chunnu,Munnu,Paapa ji ,and Mummy ji all started in no sync what so ever and presented me with a Paper on

"Human Ethics and Adjustment,Comprosmises and Sacrifices"

The window seat for which i was waiting ,was gone..no it was donated by YOURS TRULY to a FAMILY WHO REALLY NEEDED IT!!!!!!! $%^#$#@##@

After consoling my heart ,i was given "the option" of one of the two Upper birth.

X----- Chunnu munnu..please "uncle" ko pareshaan mat karo.unhe apna kaam karne do..

Of all things in this world i was called Uncle
i deserved a explanation.

Please tell me if i do look like a uncle ..the lady just turned me conscious.

Phew...i choose the left one ,because chunnu was on the right one.
Just when i was about to start off with Hancock ,it was time for another wannabe ,to start with App ka Surroorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr --the Movie.

That was it.
I had enough and decided to join Naveen in Chair Car.


And then i met Gunnu.Green Greyins ..bluish eyes...
Center of attraction in J 3 Coach.
he was having his minutes to fame ....
Untill he had specs of some poor fellow flying.



Finally i decided to get back to G 1--on my upper birth.
N then i discovered the AC fan right over my head.
That was it.
Wrapped in 4 bedsheets ,and with the Dell Inspiron as the pillow i decided to sleep.
N then i was show time for Munnu to show his talent.
Live Reality show--

A-- how bout u keeping on with munuu for 15 minutes
B-- i did that 20 minutes back but i will do it for u .
A-- Thanx sweet heart..please do it again.
A-- gurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr gurrrrr khurr khurrr....(pretends to be sleepy)

A--the usual wife
B-- the usual wife's husband

the Game continues for a lifetime.By 2 am i was addicted it to such a extent that the silence started pinching me.

Finally i slept after Munnu and Chunnu.

Time for action--
5 :30 Am---Train has been stopped for sunrise.Wow...Indian Railways rock.

"The train was stopped because it was running 15 minutes ahead of the expected time ."

Can u beleive it ..???W#$@@%@@!~~~!%*())_+{}"

Finally im back at the gate ..shooting sun and birds.
N with the photo shoot of chunnu ,munnu,
Uncle on the gate..
The lover boy on the phone ..

the not so excited journey came to a boring end.
N then it happened..Finally ..
Aaaaccnnnhhhhhhcccchhheeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhh
Pheew...
Wait for more on Day 1 ..
I got some bigtime plans ...
Room No 368..

The 20 Something who is "OFF CONSUMPTION"

Inspired by Gauravonomics where the marketer goes off consumption in

"quests of find the formula to turn consumerism-caused ennui into happiness, and my quest as a marketer to learn how to apply that formula to convert our collective ennui from consumption into a yelp of enthusiasm for consuming even more."

However I am writing this post would reflect the genuine 20 year someone ,a person who has to Unwillingly ,unintentionally has accepted to live with the rules that throw him off consumption every second day when he struggles with his canteen bill , Vodafone Easy recharges and what not.

For "the guy next door " life at 20 as u wud think is really not a bed of roses ,its more then going to college ,hanging out in the cafetaria while thinking about gathering resume points and make adjustments/compromises/sacrifices which are referred to as CHOICES .

The "shituation" is the fact that this 20 year old guy who is badly struggling with

"CHARLES DARWIN's THEORY OF SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST"

is forced to go into a OFF CONSUMTION MODE for reasons better known to u and me .

Denial they say is the most predictable action of human race ,
still against all odds i still believe somewhere deep in your heart you would be able to relate to the list of reasons and mite help in adding too.

• Girlfriend in the neighboring state,
• Pending STD bills,
• A banned canteen account,
• Loans @ not so rich friends
• Another bday,nother party...
• The odd dinner with the old school friend
• Add to this inflation @ Pchidambaram and :P
• just about average grades,
• The Million $ project ..where u end up investing and the college never feels like reimbursing

SO our guy next door at times feels like the perfect loser.
The dilemma comes in when he starts planning for the Call Center in Bandra but then is this the" RIGHT AGE" and with Bill Gates quoting -

"Money is not everything but make sure u have made loads of it before u talk such nonsense"

the dilemma increases exponentially.

So when Mr Avg decided to fight against all odds ,hoping against hope he THROWS HIMSELF OFF CONSUMPTION and Launches a campaign unknown to everybody The rules of this campaign are not only strangely unique but can set example for Indian Economy

• traveling in buses and not Autos. (Notion given ---Go Green)
  
• takes the special WT train(without ticket) (Its overcrowded..so do they really care bout one just 1 Ticket!!!)
  
• Avoids CCD hangouts (Staff Canteen's Coffee is much better)
• Development of a strange liking for Mess food (Rice Dal rocks..)
  
• Starts enjoying window shopping.(Inspired by girls)
  
• Avoids malls just enough to curb that extra desire for that Blazer.(Got loads of things to do..eg. Project Report,LAB manual etc etc )

The amount and extent of adjustments our friend would be making sets examples for height for Imagination
The point to be noted was the fact that everywhere and everytime he tries to save his cents..thus he is unintentionally thrown out of Consumption.

Somewhere sometime ,all of us have faced such a phase which we would never want to repeat,but again as another firend of mine sees the "brighter part" of the situation..

"We learn living on the EDGE..the entire concept of balancing the equation is funny
and interesting but do we really have options.No we DONOT "

Personally i have been thrown out of the consumers section many a times and that too for long periods but again life @ Room no 368 should never be boring and monotonous..
Wat say u...

BREAKING NEWS...

LOOK AT THIS ..

THIS SHOULD CERTAINLY ADD TO THE LEVEL OF HARMONES IN YOUR BODY



AMITABH BACCHAN ..NO OFFENSES ...NO HARD FEELINGS ..
but i strongly believe this deserved a better place then this ..
perhaps..the HEADLINES..

but, bad luck it never made to the headlines...
they mentioned it on the second page i suppose..
THIS WAS A NATIONAL CHALLENGE and i m wondering y did they not have a sms survey over this ||BREAKING NEWS||
Perhaps the press should take this thing more seriously then ever before....
we need to need more bout now many times every celebrity has sneezed
we need to know bout what happened in Sanjay Dutt's marriage
and how can we ignore Salman khan's jail "costume"..
its a pity that we did have not have a fashion store dedicated to his jail wardrobe...

ITS HIGH TIME TO REPLACE ALL THE BULL SHIT ON THE FRONT PAGE WITH THE DO'S AND DONE'S OF THE PAGE 3 PEOPLE..

Or we can dedicate an entire TV CHANNEL and Radio channel dedicated to these B REAKING NEWS SECTION

We can also try the internet ..websites chasing celebrity till their make up vans ..
presenting live commentary of their actions ..kisses..and fites...

Whatever mite be the future..
TV 18 with AAJ TAK did steal the show,by presenting us amazing breaking news,
and that was the reason they were given the BEST NEWS CHANNEL during CNBC award function...and many more...

i strongly believe we need more of such BREAKING NEWS and the race is on..
lets c who beats aaj tak this year..

kudos AAJ TAK TEAM
cheers
keep the BREAKING work going on ..
coz this would certainly by all virtues contribute to the nation and obviously help in full filling the
PRESS AND PRINT MEDIA's basic motive||creating awareness||(it was never mentioned bout wht awareness had to be created but still they did their best..didnt they :)