A letter to PM

Respected Sir,

this letter is being written by a "common man"..the "aam aadami" of ur party. Sir, in this era of lobbyists , nepotism it is very "uncommon" to find a "common man" so it would be appropriate to use term "lay man" for people like me. We are lay man because we do not understand technicalities of economy, politics and all. I don't want to be accused of being gender biased so will use term "lay person".

Sir, I m not able to understand whatever is going on in our country. I would like to start with economics as it is your own subject and it has troubled me a lot. Sir, what is "inflation"? whatever it is but it has very mystic character. I can not understand how did it became negative from double digit positive just before elections and again touched double digit after results.

my second doubt is also related with economics. Sir I read somewhere in news paper that total onion production in our country last year was around 95lac tonnes, daily consumption being 600 tonnes; how did onion became costlier than petrol? and sir, if onion is so profitable then why are onion farmers committing suicides?

Sir, my third question is also in the ambit of economics. Why are salary and allowances of MPs and MLAs are much more than that of Resident Doctors, Medical officer at PHC and probably more than that of District collector. As far as productivity of legislators and that of others mentioned are compared, I find former to be least amongst all.

Sir, next question is regarding politics. Its your greatness that you bow with folded hands in front of a person who is much younger than you and stands nowhere in front of you in terms of qualification and achievements; but it hurts your ego to concede demand of JPC probe in a mammoth scam. As far as I know, we have representative democracy, it means MPs represent people of India, when 46% of MPs request you for JPC probe it implies that 46% of Indians are requesting you to do so. It is surprising that you underestimate this voice.

Sir, it seems that you are very much impressed with Gandhian ideology of "HATE THE CRIME NOT CRIMINAL"; that's why your party always says "we will fight corruption" but yours' stand is too soft towards corrupt people. Sir, please accept my sarcastic appreciation for this.

Sir your did well to launch MNREGS, but with Rs10000/year can a family survive in era of food inflation? With help of some leaks we came to know that certain gvt policies are improvised in interest of corporates, but can't our gvt improvise certain policies for AAM AADAMI?

Sir, with your gvt's inability to combat food inflation, doctors of the country will be hurt. Because it will eliminate poor (they will starve to death) and obesity (which is root cause of many diseases and is bread and butter of modern physicians). Sir please do something to save vulnerable species of "doctors".

Sir, i have much more to write but i can not due to constraint of time. Also i can't post this letter to you as i fear S.124 of IPC. Just heard that some doctor got life imprisonment under this section. I will try to communicate my feelings to you some time later.

with warm regards
AAM AADAMI

(MUST READ FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS) Why are resident doctors beaten up...it's justified to certain extent...

two incidents in two days justify occasional assault on resident docotrs by relatives of patients. don't get me wrong my friends i know most of you will be resident doctors after 1-2 years nad if destiny drags me there then i also will be one of RMOs. But please read this carefully and decide by your own discretion..

1) On sunday morning an alocholic was brought semiconscious with history of fall in gutter after drinking. he had frothy secretion at his mouth...bilateral crepts all over chest. At kurla bhabha we don't have ABG analysis not even pulsox...forget abt venti. X-ray showed right upper lobe consolidation. after giving drip of dextrose patient became conscious and started talking irrelevant stuff as other alcoholics. but our medicine registrar anticipated the seriousness of the case and refered his to sion hospital. i was supposed to accompany him till his admission there. after reaching at sion medical casualty resident doctors didn't even feel to examine him...they noticed one cavity with calcification on X-ray and ruled out aspiration and said it's case of Koch's...go to sewri..and registrar (M not mentioning his name) was too rude even with me..he told that u ppl keep on refering everything to us...and all...finally his one dialogue in his words.."tu apne CMO aur Medcine registrar ko ja ke bol ki wo CHU###E hai." I just gave surprised look..then he said.."Main all india se hoo...MD sion se kar raha hoo...aur main unko ch####a bol sakta hoo.." after 1.5 hrs of drama they took negative consent from patient's relatives (they were also got frustrated by that time so they gave it)...and in the night patient came back to kurla bhabha hospital with severe breathlessness...and was admitted over there..and outcome as expected he didn't see next sunrise...this was absolutely preventable death...and it was case of medical negligence...aur apne desh me garibo ki jaan bahut sastee hai...now plz decide who is at fault...now one personal comment if anyone interested then convey to that registrar...i'll tell u the name.."Dr. .... tu CH####A hai; main All India Services me jane wala hoo..aur tujhe ch####a bol sakta hoo..and u r even a murderer"...now if relatives would have beaten up that bastard i would have justified it...

2) another case...on monday night around 11PM a 19 yrs old boy was brought with h/o fall from train..his GC was poor...with GCS of 4-5...after giving fluid resucitation and primary suturing he was refered to KEM hospital...again i was to accompany him....we reached there within 20 mins as there was no traffic in the night...CMO of KEM saw the patient and said paperwork baad me hoga...pt ko trauma ward me le ja.. i was expecting k reg on call will leave all his works and will start smthng fr this poor guy...but he didn't even stand and started shouting at the top of his voice..."u ppl don't understand we don't hv venti fr our patients how can we provide it to your patients..(for a moment i thought i hv crossed border or what) i will not accept this patient.... and many more things i don't remember.....signalling ward boy to move trolley outside the ward...go where ever you want..." at this point of time if relatives would have battered him then i would have been the happiest person on this earth....but since CMO was sensible he helped to get him admitted...i don't know what happened to him...but almost 1.5hr was wasted in this argument..." now please decide whether relatives really enjoy beating these bastards..

Now many will argue that these docs are underpaid...overburdened...and all...come on yaar it's due to poor govt policies...why should these poor ppl suffer.... now no body forced you to take up medical profession... if u think u commited mistake at 12th as u were not mature enough...but at the time of appearing for PG you were mature enough...and it's only you who strive for seat in KEM/SION...for better practice and it's ridiculous when you only complain that you are overburdened..

my dear frnds medical profession needs lots of dedication and if you think you can't sacrifice then it's never too late...plz switch fields....but plz don't become doctors like above two...and yeah if next time any doctor is beaten plz don't go on strike..and try to understand the mentality of relatives...and cicumstances...

"DOCTORS EXIST JUST BECAUSE THERE ARE PATIENTS; PLZ RESPECT THEM AS YOU RESPECT YOUR PARENTS...PARENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR PHYSICAL EXISTENCE AND PATIENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXISTENCE"

Nobel and India

Heartiest congratulations to Prof Venky for Nobel.....but i wonder why Indians affiliated to Indian Institutions don't get Noble??????

It's not that they lack talent...probable reason is that we don't have infrastructure to nurture talent...or might be our institutions are not given preference while assessing the quality for Nobel.

Our department of Sci and tech needs to concentrate more on research works...need to build infrastructure to support world class research....so that our talents need not to go abroad to full fill their ambitions either financial or professional

Cattle class, cattles and human beings...

Our honourable Mos for External affairs has labeled economy class as cattle class. We should appreciate him rather than to thrash because he has been honest with the condition of economy class as well with his feelings.
Let us explore other cattle classes.....people travelling in planes call trains as cattle vehicles....people travelling in frist class of trains label second class as cattle class....and so on....people using bikes and cycles face problems with cattles (these is only instance cattle is used in it's dictionary meaning) grazing around roads....and these people are sought to be cattles by those cruising in their cars...and so on.....and people staying in cities label rural population as cattles and we people of developng countries might be labeled as cattles by those residing in developed countries and so on...

it is clear that cattle is not a absolute term.....it's is relative term...human beings call cattles to animal inferior to them and superior human beings call their inferiors yet another human beings as cattles....therefore we all are cattles at some point of our life or other...let our Mos travel in second class of local train in peak hour then he will find economy class very much comfortable...and those traveling in trains must go to villages and see what's condition of transport there then they will find trains very comfortable....

India's Democratic Princes

This is article from Times of India dated 11th September 2009 written by celebrity author Chetan Bhagat....

The recent death of the Andhra Pradesh chief minister was indeed a tragic event. To lose a leader is loss to nation too. However, what is striking is the immediate succession drama that ensued. The top choice for the CM's new job was, in what will be no surprize to Indians, the CM's son. Somehow, we have almost accepted the hereditary entitlement of children of Bollywood superstars and politicians. I have no view on the choice of CM, nor m I an expert of Andhra politics. However, I am intrigued by this general phenomenon on how some of the most importnat jobs in the country are handed over based on lineage more than calibre.
We simply don't have a mechanism to get the best person for the most responsible jobs in the country. So why are we like this? Why do we think it is almost alright for a politician's son to become the next leader? I think there are three main reasons. First up is emotional decision-making. Apologies for stereotyping, but Indians are emotional people. The content of our films and TV programming is ample evidence of this. When it comes to choosing a public figure, the decision is almost never completely rational. We are fond of Big B, so we also give Junior B a chance. It doesn't matter as much when it is about choosing the star you want to watch on screen. It has huge repercussions when you use emotional criteria for positions that involve running the country.

There is no doubt that the deceased CM's family is in deep grief, but to hand over the reins of the state only for that reason may not be the best idea. Political choices by voters must be rational. I am not suggesting that all people with lineage will not be able to do a good job. Rahul Gandhi has resurrected the Congress; he speaks well and has kept his patience and not jumped to take the top post. Maybe that should be the reason to elect him, but not because he reminds you of his father. Similarly, if some of his subsidy policies are damaging the country's finances, you can consider switching your vote. Your vote is an important choice for your country, not an expression of love.

Second, there is a lack of institutions to groom political talent. We make great engineers and doctors but we don't take our liberal arts courses seriously. A handful of colleges are good, but most places are poorly run and we don't have any institutions like Georgetown University in the US, for example, which actually trains students for political careers. The content of existing courses is outdated. I have met few political science graduates who can give an insightful view on the current state of Indian politics and how to bring about change in the present times. Even apart from education, the political parties have no induction methods of taking in bright young Indians, conducting training programmes, or a meritocratic evaluation system in place to make sure the best talent gets a chance to shine.

In absence of all this, parties depend on a few charismatic personalities to run the show and their sudden absence creates a void, which needs to be filled by a personality clone rather than the best leader available. This further acts as a demotivator for capable people to make a career in politics who know they'll never make it to the top. This worsens the supply of good people in times of need.

And then there is the lack of political awareness. While we do study the oversimplified definition of a democracy in school by the people, for the people millions of Indians, particularly in the economically weaker sections of society, still do not understand the full power of a democracy. Our history of monarchy is difficult to shake off, as democracy is a recent arrival in India's story. The established lines created by the caste system over centuries make it difficult to grasp the concept that anyone with talent can and, importantly, should rise to the highest levels in society. In this scenario, we see political leaders as kings, and their little princes are automatically next in line.

If we do pay attention to these issues, we can make the beginning towards a robust political system that elects strong leaders who can take India to the next level. Meanwhile, the little princes should learn a lesson from Bollywood. Your pedigree may have given you a break, but you still need to perform. There are only so many flops daddy's name can support. Somebody may have made you a prince, but to stay there and become a real hero, you need to become a leader. The lights and cameras are on you now, so let's see if you can deliver. Action!

Departure of Dr. YSR...

A potential bad news struck my evening tea yesterday....CM of AP goes missing...and unfortunately it was confirmed at today morning tea...India lost one of the best CMs...suspence still remains whehter this loss will be repaired?????

he is well known for his ground work rather than office works....and death chased him while performing his duty...going for surprize visit to some rural area....let us condole demise of Dr. YSR....and hope that gap will be filled soon...

Exams.........deadlier than death....

Final year student of MBBS is the best person on this earth who can understand the pain inflicted by exams. As it may seem that medical students face only 4 university exams during whole of MBBS but actual scenario is completely different. there are 4 professional exams....4 mid term exams....4 preliminary exams...innumerable part exams and ward exams.

कहते है की ज़िंदगी इम्तिहान लेती है, पर यहाँ इम्तिहानो ने ज़िंदगी ले ली है यारो...

due to so many exams we have to spend so many sleep less nights studying many useless things which are forgotten immediately after submitting the answer paper. Our education system needs to be reformed in order to develop more intelligent andrationale testing of knowldge. current examination system is nothing but hinderance in development of intelligence and understanding.

in order to score good marks many students go for sub standard books and end up studying so called "important topics" only and those who stick to standard books and try to develop understanding of the subject end up with substandard scores....this is paradox of medical studies with few exceptions. students spend more time in library than in wards.

This is one of the chief reasons responsible for declining practical knowledge in medical graduates and on other hand our government wants to hand over these fresh graduates the responsibility of PHCs the first contact between public and health care system.

why MCI is not thinking to reform medical examination system....so that we can have medical graduates with better applicability...so that future medical under grads spend more time with patients than mugging up some stupid names of genes in library...which won't be remembered outside examination hall??????