Tracing the roots

I would like to share a message that I received-

"The 8 Monkeys

(This is reportedly based on an actual experiment conducted in the U.K.)

 

Put eight monkeys in a room. In the middle of the room is a ladder, leading to a bunch of bananas hanging from a hook on the ceiling.

Each time a monkey tries to climb the ladder, all the monkeys are sprayed with ice water, which makes them miserable. Soon enough, whenever a monkey attempts to climb the ladder, all of the other monkeys, not wanting to be sprayed, set upon him and beat him up. Soon, none of the eight monkeys ever attempts to climb the ladder.

One of the original monkeys is then removed, and a new monkey is put in the room. Seeing the bananas and the ladder, he wonders why none of the other monkeys are doing the obvious. But undaunted, he immediately begins to climb the ladder.

All the other monkeys fall upon him and beat him silly. He has no idea why.

However, he no longer attempts to climb the ladder.

A second original monkey is removed and replaced. The newcomer again attempts to climb the ladder, but all the other monkeys hammer the crap out of him.

This includes the previous new monkey, who, grateful that he's not on the receiving end this time, participates in the beating because all the other monkeys are doing it. However, he has no idea why he's attacking the new monkey.

One by one, all the original monkeys are replaced. Eight new monkeys are now in the room. None of them have ever been sprayed by ice water. None of them attempt to climb the ladder. All of them will enthusiastically beat up any new monkey who tries, without having any idea why.

And that is how most company policies and religious traditions get established and followed.😃"

"Indifferent" is the new "attractive"

   I was watching nat geo while having lunch. And what they showed, took me by awe!

   A study revealed that- the more common or indifferent you look, the more attractive is your face to others. Pause! Ponder! And a second thought will tell you that you can not agree more! It's indeed true!

   Test it out- the actors and models in Hollywood and Bollywood actually have faces that are very normal. Those which obey the golden ratio...the Fibonacci series ( you may google it!)

   Reason- this thought is basically hardwired into our minds. Since life began on earth, one always tries to find a healthier mate that ensures continuity of the progeny. One would always try to go with the common one...one with more probability of survival. 

   So a boy friend who tells his girlfriend- "I no longer find anything special in you",

finds her attractive or no, is for you to decide!

Silent screams!

 Exams are round the corner! And it's a battle which will leave Varanasi lagging! Thankfully, we get what is known as "preparatory leave" before exams.  For me, PL is as good as vacations 😝

   So today morning I was studying in my college library, and there came a senior- "the documentary film of burn survivors and the camp diaries, will be screened in the J. Mehta lecture theatre in 5 mins". Few jobless people like me bothered to even look up at him...others were busy engrossed in studying! I thought, I can read anytime. What's there in the book is not going anywhere but there will be only one chance to see the film. So I thought of sparing an hour for it. And within the next minute, I closed my book and came to JMLT.

   The compère was fidgeting with his laptop. (Being a medical student, How could I waste time!! And I began to read the soft copy of that same book on the phone until it began). He welcomed the audience and set the wheels in motion!

   The film first introduced us to the plight of the burn survivors. They had travelled to the village of the survivor in some remote place in Maharashtra. Incredible! They talked about how Yogesh, standard 10th student got burnt in childhood because of the explosion of the stove, how his family couldn't afford anything more than just saving his life.  Then was a talk by the principal of his school about the attitude of his peers towards him, about his academic performance. 

   Then came the turn of Yogesh's life when he visited KEM. Those very familiar corridors being projected, those needy people waiting in the OPD. Then the head of plastic surgery department of KEM explains about the case. Told us how he was when he first came here. And how they ameliorated his life.  Then from the Dean's desk was a talk on the mental state of burn survivors.

  The plastic surgery department of KEM was toying with the idea of having a camp for these survivors, first of its kind in India. A place where they get to meet and enjoy with people who could best understand their agony and pain, the other victims of burn! 

  The camp was in a suburb of mumbai. They left in a bus with survivors and volunteers. There they danced their hearts out! Played various games. More importantly-they opened up!

  The head of department talks-"I would like to share an incident with you. There was a kid who used to wear a scarf around his head to cover the scar. I told him he could remove it after the surgery. But he didn't. And during the camp, today I saw that his scarf was off. That was the best compliment to me"

  Though I hadn't participated in it in anyway but I still felt the joy of changing  someone's life for the good, forever! I'm proud of my will-be-profession!

  Back to cramming now.....

The change in me

   One year is not always enough to have a life long change in a person! My case proved it otherwise.

   Maybe it was a part of growing up, maybe I was destined or perhaps this was the path that I chose. And I'm proud of it. 

   We all know about this story of a frog-

This frog was born in a well in a village. The village was in an arid region and thus the water levels never rose high. The frog liked his home-the well, well enough! All he bothered about were- the sky, the walls and the ground. And food and sleep. He always thought- there's no world outside this well; the frogs that I know are the only creatures present. And he never ever realised how much of world he had actually seen!

   I was more or less the same. My world was my city. Though I had travelled my city enough, there was never a chance to explore other parts of Maharashtra. And then came NEET, through which I got admitted to GSMC and KEMH.

   And believe me- I learnt more about the geography of Maharashtra in my college than what I had learnt in school!! I have frequently heard that KEM has a continuum of patients. But never knew about the various spices of the country that my college had on its platter!

   Meeting them and getting involved in various activities with them was as good as travelling the whole country! The different language, the nature, the way of life, the clothes, the knowledge, the people! 

  Now I am that frog who has virtually seen the world outside the well though my friends! I'm happy to realise that my scenario will no longer be same as that of the frog. Since this frog has already taken the leap to get out of the well and explore! Till the last breath- learn and explore!