tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70355716374376002482024-03-14T14:35:56.711+05:30Sujay NigudkarThe way I see it...Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-7778806131808091982023-06-17T00:05:00.002+05:302023-06-17T00:05:13.296+05:30The Truth Doesn't Lie<p> <span> Hi! Hello to the truth about existence. A lot has changed as I grew up. I no more see life as a linear pattern of causality and effect. I hope you grew up too.</span></p><p><span><span> Welcome to the reality of what has been and what has been not. MBBS was a distant era. We took in life. Not just medicine, Welcome to practice, welcome to making decisions that change lives. I wish you knew this. I wish I knew this. I wish we knew about life growing into doctors. We take decisions that change lives. I know it's hard. I wish it was easier, It won't be. Trust me!</span><br /></span></p><p><span><span><span> As you grow, the gravity will shift! It's not the physical gravity. You will shape lives. Babies, mothers, cousins, wives... I know it's not easy. But trust yourself. I know its hard. It will shake your ethics, your core, your values, and your existence itself!</span><br /></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span> Let go! Trust your gut, let it roar! Your heart knows! You know in your deepest thoughts! What benefits the patients the most. Let it flow. Your exertion doesn't matter. Your life doesn't matter! Your only existence is so that you benefit other life. Let that sink in! YOU ARE IMMATERIAL!</span><br /></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span> You are an instrument of knowledge and action. Let science prevail, Let economics be shunted, and let your growth be stagnated! What drew you to medicine? Ask yourself! Let LIFE be only your answer! For there is no more miracle than LIFE itself! Your ambitions, desires, wants, and fulfillment have no relevance in the grand scheme of things. You are only an instrument for improvement in the quality of life. You exist only as the soul to grow the infinite!</span><br /></span></span></span></span></p><p><span><span><span><span><span><span> The infinite is beyond your imagination of life, money, existence, or thus so. You were empowered with science to know and guide. Let it flow, beyond any dams! Let existence dissolve into the singularity. Know that singularity :)</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></p>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-64125219947449044822014-12-31T13:15:00.000+05:302014-12-31T13:38:57.618+05:30Now, An Academic Writer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I realized a few days ago that all my posts on this blog have recently been always related to medicine and medical life. They have been more of a guidance and philosophical posts which thankfully many readers have appreciated. Even then I feel I need to take up some different topics.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I feel proud to tell you that I have been requested by a friend of mine to also contribute to her blog called <a href="http://www.medicowesome.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">Medicowesome</a> and I am indeed honored to have been given this opportunity to write actual academic explanations on the basis of my meager and limited medical knowledge and understanding. However I believe that the concept of this blog is really amazing since it is a perspective of us LEARNERS about the intriguing field of medicine.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So I request you to check out <a href="http://www.medicowesome.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">Medicowesome</a> for epic mnemonics, memorable doodles and easy to remember tricks for our common medical exam questions. You can request for specific topics and concept explanations if you would like to be cleared on the blog too.</span></span><br />
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Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-67308570593237427722014-12-15T20:59:00.000+05:302014-12-15T21:06:44.542+05:30The Power of 'Right'. The Power of Dreams.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> "Why always win?"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> "Why ever lose?"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> "But not winning isn't equivalent to losing!"</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> "How different is it anyway?"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> This was the conversation I had with Yash and Bhargavi one late night while working on the medical symposium team 2 years ago. We were talking about the potential of our topic and the possibilities of us out-rightly dominating the other teams. I JUST WANTED to win. They were fine if we didn't really win because the learning opportunity with the project itself was so huge and worth all the efforts. Now I am not saying they didn't care. But I remember that I literally cried when they declared AFMC as the winner that year while we didn't even stand third. On the contrary, when LTMMC won last year, I danced like a school kid, jumping around in the INHS Asvini campus with the navy officials and renowned doctors around us, with the entire team, in spite of me actually not being the official team member. I think I am a sore loser. Perhaps that's what makes me a desperate winner.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> I was watching<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF5pw0vJyrlmucXNwTgQAaIaDNywVAfdg" target="_blank"> Jack Canfield's videos</a> online few days ago, where he was talking about the Power of Dreams and the importance of telling your dreams to others. He said, telling someone about what you really want to do with your life or achieve in life makes you accountable to yourself, because now cannot go back from the 'oh-so-impossible' dream that you thought of, to something miniscule and mediocre. This article is about me telling you about my dreams. I am not sure if you'll find it arrogant, boastful, inspiring or simply ridiculous, but I want to write because this is what I believe. Truly. T</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">his is what gives me strength.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> I am currently giving my practical examinations of third minor year of MBBS. I am pretty confident today and I believe in my preparation for the subjects this year. I am editing this draft while I should be reading Dhingra, my ENT book. But I know that I know. I know that now reading Dhingra for about 11th time isn't going to teach me a lot more than what I already know about ENT from the book. Yes, I'll understand the deeper intricacies better but I am pretty sure that I will give my best shot at the viva anyway without it. The reason I am writing this article today is because I see myself being calm and not panicking like last year when I wasn't so strong with my concepts. At the same time, I see many of my friends probably ten times better prepared than me and still scurrying about something the 15th time and still not being confident about it. I am not saying that its a bad thing, in fact I sincerely respect that kind of preparation, but I frankly believe that there is a fine line between underestimating your potential and the desire to learn more while being confident and strongly grounded. And a similar thin line exists between being unaware of your deficiencies, lack of preparation, ignorant and being calm, cool and confident about what you know.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> My Baba tell this to me many times - 90% of the people out there are underestimating themselves or overestimating themselves. The remaining 10% who manage to know exactly where they stand and what they need to do to get better are the real winners and happy about their life. Now I don't know in which group I lie, but I bet that everybody would want to be in that 10% group.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Baba also tells me that you don't someday randomly become a winner by just being OK about not being a winner throughout. Its a daily habit, a process, an addiction of not settling for anything less than winning. This was my answer to Yash's question, "Why always win?" I know it sounds arrogant, but it makes me desperate to do anything to win. I can't rejoice that I scored above 70% in the finals, I will regret that I didn't study enough to beat someone who secured the first rank. I won't be happy with just getting a rank in my college, but I will keep sulking about the fact that someone in JJ got the Gold Medal in the subject that I considered as my forte. I am foolish enough to keep thinking similarly even when I frankly know that my preparation is not up to the mark. I probably belong to that group of overestimating non successful people. But I know that it is because of this belief that I managed to go for my Microbiology practical even without having read the entire book once and still got a distinction in it, where I knew I didn't deserve it. The most hilarious thing being that instead of being thankful for a really good result I managed to sulk for not scoring first rank that year and being second instead. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> And that formed the basis of my study and work ethic this year. Which grew to dreaming about a Gold Medal in ENT. There. I finally told you what I secretly wish for. I know that probably I am going to be made fun of and criticized for being apparently so over confident. But it is this dream that gives me strength to read a topic like Glomus tumour or Proptosis at 4 am in the morning, on the night prior to exam when I am feeling dead sleepy, something that is rarely asked in the papers! The dream doesn't let you be fine with just passing this year and promising yourself how, "<i>agle saal mein pehlese Harrison paddhunga</i>" or being ok about at least getting 2 marks by, "<i>kuchh toh likh denge re, anyway rare question hai</i>." I desperately want 9 on 9 even on that odd question of Optic Neuritis because I had read it only once many days ago, but I had then taken the efforts to search what Marcus Gunn pupil looks like and why it is so common with Multiple Sclerosis. Oh, the joy of watching Dr. Foreman telling Dr. HOUSE why he thinks that the blindness could be because of optic neuritis and why he thinks the patient has MS! You drink to get high? I get high this way! The satisfaction of knowing, and the belief that I know!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> In fact, if you are reading this you are also most likely a winner. I bet you must've been a topper in your school or junior college or probably till last year. Just ask yourself, when did you give up about "pehla number" thinking that getting it always was impossible and convincing yourself that there are better people than you out there? 'I am hardworking, but XYZ is so talented they don't even need hard work' or 'I can remember things by reading just once but ABC has read this 10 times already.' Somewhere, someday you 'grew up' to tell yourself that you can no more run back to your mom and dad with a report card in your hand, telling them how you got full in all subjects. Somewhere along the way you lost the taste for addictive winning!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Now I am not saying that its possible to stay pumped with adrenaline every day and going all in about everything you do. Yash still makes fun of me about the way I was explaining to him my concept of life - If you chart your happiness, satisfaction and achievement of life time across the age axis, you will see that it more or less resembles a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sine_wave" target="_blank">sine wave</a>. You do the right thing, you succeed, you're happy. And you just procrastinate, give up on something majorly important, fail temporarily and decide to do better the next time. This is completely normal. There are going to be crests AS WELL AS the troughs. It is just impossible to have only a rising linear line. What decides where we eventually go is what we do when we are on that trough. Most of the times we DECIDE to do something about it, which we know is the ideal way and the sure shot path to success, but there are times that we fail to EXECUTE what we decided. The things to be done and efforts to be taken to put yourself on the crest again sometimes seem impossible and we eventually convince ourself that, "hey, just staying here isn't so bad either!" The problem is that this trough becomes your new crest which you will soon strive to maintain because you became fine with not taking efforts and soon a deeper trough will follow. Eventually it becomes a '<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive_feedback" target="_blank">Positive Feedback Cycle</a>' which Guyton had so beautifully explained. This is where I wanted to talk about doing the 'Right' thing.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> We are blessed to be born in the Indian society which is full of values and morals, where we have been guided properly about the wrong and the right by our parents and learnt about it from every medium. Few years ago I wrote an article called '<a href="http://sujaynigudkar.blogspot.in/2011/10/better-you.html" target="_blank">The Better You</a>' where I wrote how we always know deep down what is right but choose to ignore it. Eventually it becomes a positive feedback cycle. In my second year I did too many extra curricular activities which helped me a lot towards building a wholesome, multi faceted personality, yes, but I was very under-prepared academically and there was a point where I would check the mark list to see whether I had passed the subject. Soon, it came down to studying only the 'markings' and only studying '<i>Bhalani Question Sets</i>" where I had <i>rattofied</i> perfect answers to be written but would be jittery when it came to vivas and always scared, what if they ask 'Cancer drugs' SAQ in Pharmac final? I was scared of Pathology because I hadn't read entire Robbins. Many juniors from all around the country would write to me and request for "Guide to Second MBBS: The DOs and the DON'Ts." But frankly I hadn't read even Robbins completely to be advising on the chapters to be specifically read from Boyd's pathology. Hence I would reply back to them saying that now that they are in MBBS they shall carve out their own way to study everything in coming years. I didn't believe that I was anywhere good enough to write anything, hence such a long leave from the blog. I think that at this point I was in a NEGATIVE 'Positive Feedback Cycle'. I wasn't doing what I should've been doing, failing at everything and justifying how it was no more necessary to read books cover to cover since I could still score decent with just the 'markings'. It just goes on aggravating, accelerating until one point where you look back, get anguished and say, "Enough! I can be better than this!" It is this point where you break away from that NEGATIVE cycle to do something RIGHT which now puts you in a POSITIVE 'Positive Feedback Cycle.' Soon things aren't so difficult and impossible to achieve and soon you start regaining the confidence in your capabilities. I started gymming, talking more often to my parents, reading non 'markings' questions even 2 days before an upcoming exam, telling myself that it doesn't matter how much I score in these internals but I should have a holistic view of this subject and complete knowledge about it. I stopped talking about other people's lives, gossiping, gave up the urge to be talking to everybody always and the constant desire to be noticeable, switched off my WhatsApp notifications permanently and developed a habit to not touch my phone for entire day. I started chanting <i>Gayatri Mantra</i> whenever distressed and doing <a href="https://in.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110504232918AANOyKu" target="_blank"><i>Sashtaang Namaskar</i></a> everyday to our caretaker here. I don't know what helped and when it did. But it for sure helped me grow more mature and understanding, while also helping me identify my dreams and pursue them better. This was the Power of 'Right.'</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> I think I have again managed to write yet another philosophical, irrelevant and a long boring article but I am happy about this, since today I am feeling very satisfied about this entire academic year.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Jack Canfield asks what do you see yourself doing in your perfect world? I don't know which specialty I would be doing Post Graduation in. I love Medicine and OBGY both equally. I want to be the honorary lecturer and a guest lecturer at the major international conferences. If I become a Physician, I want to see my name as the author of some article in Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine.</span></span><br />
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Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-32892289683064060702012-11-13T18:50:00.002+05:302012-11-13T18:50:55.743+05:30The Chronic Case of DOCTORitis<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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a doctor since childhood</b>. He was <b>apparently asymptomatic</b> before the
thought, and the presenting complaint was sudden in onset,
gradual in progression, with an ever increasing severity since the <b>past 2
years</b> and was stimulating in character, aggravated by seeing
successful doctors, and relieved after chilling out with the non medico
friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Past History</b> - No similar complaints in the past. He
is not a known <i>ratta</i> master and slogger. Ranker since school. However, didn't find medicine equally easy. On general examination,
he was <b>conscious, coherent, co operative, well oriented to time, space
and person</b>, but is<b><i> little disturbed</i></b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Personal History</b> - Single (even after several repeated attempts otherwise)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Family History</b> - No reported case of doctor<i>itis</i> present in family.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Higher functions</b> - Normal.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Attitude</b>
- Ambitious.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>No abnormality</b> was detected on clinical examination. He
was admitted, for observation to relieve his complaint, and was
subjected to a battery of investigations spanning over a 5 and a half
years, involving all the senior members of the college.</span><br />
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first he was <b>reluctant to get <i>'treated</i>'</b> (ragging), but gradually was
cooperative. He was put under tremendous pressure in the latter part of
the first year. Complained of <b>palpitations</b> and <b>nausea</b> the day before the
exam. Was not prescribed anything. He ultimately cleared the first year
exam. This phenomenon continued till the third year, and a good
response was noted as his chief complaint started to show some sort of
improvement. All of his engineering friends were well settled. He was
aging. He was <b>feeling insecure</b>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Observation</b> - Somehow, by god's grace, he was able to
clear the final MBBS exam.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But, the journey was filled with a tremendous amount of
pressure, tension, insecurity. He was tired of the
investigations and even questioned himself during the announcement of
results. He did not have any previous experience of doing this.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today he is an intern and is preparing for PG Entrance.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Super added <b>syllabus induced insomnia</b> has recently developed. It was initially mild, but gradually increased to present state. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today he doubts... He doubts his
intellectual capability, his intrinsic curiosity and wonders whether he really needed this. He is even more
confused than ever, about his ambition. He wants to achieve and prove
it to everybody that he is somebody precious in this world. He wants to exemplify his existence. He realizes that the
journey which he faced is just a preview of what lies in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora%27s_box" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pandora's Box</a> for his entire life. Digging through mountains of difficulties, he found himself stranded in the land of nowhere. So many roads to choose from, but each more confusing than the other. And now he wants to go back! To that
very time when he chose this and change everything, but then is again confused as to
what must be changed. The treatment and investigations the college gave were
too much for him. Was it worth? Is it worth?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And suddenly he <i>realized</i> one thing... It is this
journey which makes you unique. It is this very journey that carves a doctor
out of you, that gives you all the stress and mental training required to be licensed to deal with lives. On top
of all, it gives you the individuality which is also a by-product of this arduous
journey.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He pondered over his condition and <i>realized</i> that this is the
way<b>,</b> life here is and hence his <b>complaint grew</b> in terms of severity. He <i>
realized</i> that every person who joins medicine and is ambitious to reach the finishing line is a successful person. He <i>realized</i>, there is no UNsuccessful practitioner. <b><i>Every</i> doctor represents a
success story.</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This chap now <i>realized</i>
that he was ground mentally and physically. And finally <b>became
a doctor, <i>without even realizing</i>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Conclusion</b> - MBBS teaches you a lot of things. Some very pleasant and some not really. Forget the stress and enjoy the road. The result will be an unforgettable journey...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He just laid there. Waiting to die. A tiny beam of light entered the room, piercing the curtains. It landed on his face. He didn't shun away. It made him warm. Maybe the <i>only</i> warmth in the freezing cold. He thought, a cup of <span style="font-size: large;"><i>chai</i></span> with some <i><span style="font-size: large;">chap<span style="font-size: large;">atis</span></span></i> would be so great. But it didn't matter much <i>now</i>. It won't matter much any further. This <span style="font-size: large;">shal</span>l pass. SOON...</span></div>
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<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JcIJgUZA25U/UJdBMrSyiWI/AAAAAAAAAag/7c77DeuuIcw/s1600/Old+Man+Laughing+in+Bed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JcIJgUZA25U/UJdBMrSyiWI/AAAAAAAAAag/7c77DeuuIcw/s320/Old+Man+Laughing+in+Bed.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">He heard the cuckoo cooing. Or at least he <i><span style="font-size: large;">thought</span></i> he did. He didn't know what time it was or what day it was. But he chose to believe that it was a pleasant spring morning. And he <span style="font-size: large;">SMILED!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Smiled?! How can one just <i>smile</i> in the face of death? Was he content? What <span style="font-size: large;">ha</span>d he accomplished in his lifetime to be at peace? Was he remembering his fond memories? Was he seeing the faces of his beloved ones? Where were they anyway? He just laid there, on his deathbed. But none of his family ever came to see him. Did he even <i>have</i> any?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">He wasn't very rich. At least his clothes and belongings said so. They were in fact, practically non existent. He wore the same shirt everyday. Wet, it smelt bad. Vomit, fungus, blood. He just laid there, waiting to die. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cancer, had caught him </span><span style="font-size: large;">really badly</span><span style="font-size: large;"> in its grip. But he wouldn't cave in so easily. He was too stubborn. He had decided to not to surrender to it, or at least the hospital staff.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> They tried to convince him to change into the hospital clothes. He didn't budge. They also promised to get him a shirt just like his. A <span style="font-size: large;">dark</span> pink one. "Which man wears PINK shirt these days?", he remembers that nurse whispering. But he still won't agree. All the biological additions to the shirt had given it red, green and yellow tinges. Maybe, that shirt was something special to him. And maybe, he wanted to breathe his last while still in it. He just laid there, smiling. Waiting to die. He didn't ask for a heater. Happy with closed curtains, he didn't let them switch on the lights. What would he do with all that light? Just <i>stare</i> into empty nothingness? Realize his own loneliness? Still in his late forties. And it was his birthday today! He wondered how the tune for the 'Happy Birthday' song went. He hummed a few notes but soon his cough put an end to all the excitement. Coughing, gasping for air, he still smiled. How childish of him to try and sing to himself.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It was silent. What broke it intermittently was just the beeps of a machine that told the doctors that it wasn't yet the time to sign that death certificate. They kept it ready anyway. Cruel? What could they otherwise do? This <span style="font-size: large;">homeless</span> <span style="font-size: large;">c</span>ould never pay the bills of the hospital.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">He thought he should sell his ring and thank them with all that he could. Trying hard to lift his hand up, he felt he was trying to move boulders. He heard the bones chuckle at his efforts, he let a sigh out. Bringing the ring finger close to his eyes, he opened them. In that tiny beam of light<span style="font-size: large;"> he couldn't see much <span style="font-size: large;">clear<span style="font-size: large;">ly with his moist hazy eyes.</span></span></span></span><br />
<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tXTKavs4_Vc/UJdP7MbwfyI/AAAAAAAAAa4/Jz_YK53Hpzk/s1600/Heart+Beat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tXTKavs4_Vc/UJdP7MbwfyI/AAAAAAAAAa4/Jz_YK53Hpzk/s320/Heart+Beat.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">And he was s<span style="font-size: large;">h<span style="font-size: large;">ocked! The tiny beeps <span style="font-size: large;">in the room <span style="font-size: large;">now crooned faster. He opened his eyes wide ope<span style="font-size: large;">n<span style="font-size: large;"> to <span style="font-size: large;">find his ring finger empty. Then<span style="font-size: large;">, he reali<span style="font-size: large;">zed so<span style="font-size: large;">mething and the beeps mellowe<span style="font-size: large;">d down. He let his hand fall by the side again and heaved a sigh. He remember<span style="font-size: large;">ed; it was stolen man<span style="font-size: large;">y days ago. Not that it mattered much. It was a stolen <span style="font-size: large;">one</span> anyway. He <span style="font-size: large;">felt sorry now, for having taken away something from someone that would've meant the world to them. He imagined<span style="font-size: large;">,</span> having t<span style="font-size: large;">o part with that shirt of his. The thought itself was so painful. He <span style="font-size: large;">regrette<span style="font-size: large;">d all his wrong doings now. Livin<span style="font-size: large;">g off the streets, he never tho<span style="font-size: large;">ught about the tomorrow. <span style="font-size: large;">Friends? You don't really have them when yo<span style="font-size: large;">u just share footpaths. Acquai<span style="font-size: large;">ntances, yes. But with all that he has done or rather not done for anybody, will anybody remember him at all<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span>?</span> Maybe he w<span style="font-size: large;">on't be punished in hell for his sins. Maybe he won't be damned. And maybe there will <span style="font-size: large;">be some place<span style="font-size: large;"> for <span style="font-size: large;">him</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span>in<span style="font-size: large;"> the</span> heaven<span style="font-size: large;">s</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. <span style="font-size: large;">He just laid there... Waiting to meet his lord.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">He was once a free bird<span style="font-size: large;">. Living carelessly. Celebrating life, even when he didn't h<span style="font-size: large;">ave</span> a gr<span style="font-size: large;">eat one. Does one really need money to be happy? Luxury, to live like a king?<span style="font-size: large;"> He welcomed morning sun<span style="font-size: large;">s</span> on his face and bid good nights as he stared at<span style="font-size: large;"> stars in heavens. <span style="font-size: large;">He<span style="font-size: large;"> drank till he fell down and got up to drink again. Death? <span style="font-size: large;">He never thought about it. Never. And <span style="font-size: large;">now, he just laid there... Reminiscing.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> His room wa<span style="font-size: large;">s in <span style="font-size: large;">one corner of the <span style="font-size: large;">hospital. He<span style="font-size: large;"> cou<span style="font-size: large;">ld hear innocent laught<span style="font-size: large;">er of a small girl who <span style="font-size: large;">had come to meet her dad<span style="font-size: large;"> in<span style="font-size: large;"> the room just across the wall.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">He wasn't distu<span style="font-size: large;">r<span style="font-size: large;">bed m<span style="font-size: large;">uch even by the hospital person<span style="font-size: large;">nel.<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">His existence rema<span style="font-size: large;">ined</span><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">now <span style="font-size: large;">merely as a bed occupant</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. Often a<span style="font-size: large;">n intern would come and note his vitals. M<span style="font-size: large;">easure his p<span style="font-size: large;">ulse.<span style="font-size: large;"> Si<span style="font-size: large;">mply <span style="font-size: large;">the</span> human touch <span style="font-size: large;">would<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">add <span style="font-size: large;">a few more breath<span style="font-size: large;">s to his last rema<span style="font-size: large;">ining <span style="font-size: large;">few</span></span></span></span></span>.<span style="font-size: large;"> He had otherwise refused</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> any medications. With no <span style="font-size: large;">therapeutic hopes left, the only <span style="font-size: large;">pill<span style="font-size: large;">s</span> they could <span style="font-size: large;">give him were to reduce his pain. To let him go quietly. To make <span style="font-size: large;">his end softer.<span style="font-size: large;"> Had that happened he would <span style="font-size: large;">be prac<span style="font-size: large;">tic</span>ally gone long before he really did. He wanted to feel<span style="font-size: large;"> ev<span style="font-size: large;">ery moment of existence<span style="font-size: large;">. He wanted to feel the pain<span style="font-size: large;">, it <span style="font-size: large;">reminded him th<span style="font-size: large;">at he was still alive.</span></span></span> He w<span style="font-size: large;">anted to live every moment while he was '<i>alive</i>', as much as he could. He just laid there... Waiting for death to lay his icy cold hands on him.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-73710126219818749072012-06-17T21:55:00.000+05:302013-06-22T23:24:37.631+05:30A Guide To 1st Year MBBS - The DOs and the DON'Ts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I remember the day I knew I was getting
admission into a medical college. I was overjoyed and overwhelmed. Couldn't
wait for the professional course to start and finally wear that apron. My dream
since I had first thought of being a doctor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, you are here reading this. You might
just be the ME one year ago. Over-enthusiastically Googling for study tips,
book lists, memory write ups or just stalking your seniors in 1st year
M.B.,B.S.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kudos then! I'm sure you must've rocked your
CET, come out bang with a huge score and an amazing rank! Admission process
will be done and you'll soon know which medical college is going to carve out
an amazing doctor out of this little genius.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I decided to hence in short write how your 1st year M.B.,B.S. will be, how you will have to study and which books you can use. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You'll have the Dean's (headmaster of
college) address. Your professors and seniors will welcome you to the
institution. And the lectures will begin. Our seniors gave us the tour of the
college and a map of it. But if not, be sure to explore the campus.</span></div>
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Mainly in a medical college, newbies are afraid of being ragged. But don't worry,
most colleges have really strong anti-ragging committees and you have good
protection against any bad behavior. You won't be ragged! At least physically.
But if your seniors try to talk to you, ask your name, CET rank or hometown,
don't be shy and run away. To get people talking most seniors try to devise
funny games and weird tasks. Be a sport and play along. These moments will
strengthen your bond with them and believe me, you are going to require their
help A LOT! They can advise you on which books to use, which lectures to attend
and even what clothes to wear on the day of vivas! Being a chicken will only
keep you from these words of the gurus! You might be made to complete some
journals or bring cigarettes from the <i>naka</i>, but its a part of it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(note, hereon the post will be more
specific to medical colleges of Mahrashtra. Other state colleges may or may not
have the similar pattern.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">(This is a huge and a very long post. I have tried to nearly cover all the aspects. If you cannot finish in one reading, make sure you bookmark the page and finish it later.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Coming to the academic affairs. You won't
deal with any patients this year. Apart from those asking you for directions or
some room no 312.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You will have 3 non-clinical subjects for
your 1st year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1) Anatomy</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2) Physiology</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3) Biochemistry</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anatomy is basically the study of the master
piece. The intricate structure of human body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Physiology will tell you how this creation
works fascinating wonders. The body processes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">While Biochemistry will tell you how the tiny
non-living magician molecules interact with each other to sustain this miracle
of life. (you know the Glycolysis pathway and Krebs' cycle, right?)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You must have done the basics in your 12th,
but now these will be much detailed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each subject is taught by a department.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each department has</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1) Head of Dept (HOD)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2) Professors</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3) Associate Professors</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">4) Assistant Professors / Lecturers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">5) Residents (The PG students of that
subject)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">6) Non-teaching staff like Peons, Clerks etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Each dept will have separate classrooms,
lecture theaters, labs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of the 6 working days you'll have</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3 days Anatomy</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3 days Physiology + Biochemistry.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Morning lectures will be followed by an afternoon
break and practicals later.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">75% attendance for lectures and </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">80% attendance for practicals</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">is compulsory according to the MUHS
(Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik) rules. Try to complete it.
You don't want the hassles at the time of form filling for the finals.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You'll have 2 main exams, whose marks will be
considered as internal assessment marks, which will contribute to your final
score.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1) Terminal exam - based on portion covered
till then.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2) Preliminary exam - entire syllabus.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Papers set by the college itself)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Minimum of 50% score is required separately
in theory and practical exams to pass.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And believe me, its not a cake walk.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">35% minimum in internals is required to be
eligible to appear for final exam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You have theory as well as practical
exams. The practicals include the Practical experiments you perform (in
Physiology and Biochemistry) and Vivas on the topics. Vivas are basically like
the oral exams we've had in schools. Practs are very scoring and boost up your
percentages, but also the ones where you will be really tested and can't fake
knowledge.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Final Exam-</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">1) 2 papers of each subject with 50 marks
each</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2) Practical Exam for 60 marks</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3) 40 marks internal assessment (20 each for
theory and practicals)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Total of 200 marks for each subject.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">You may have small part completion tests
arranged by some departments throughout the year, but their marks won't be
included for internal assessment. (however don't let this be a reason for you
to take them casually. Studying for these exams helps a lot to reduce work load
for finals.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You'll have journals for each subject. Make
it a point to complete them on time and get signed. Otherwise finally when you
need time to study for prelims, you waste time drawing shabby diagrams and
writing shit! Avoid making mistakes/shabbiness while completion if you don't
want redraws.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The finals are in May-June. These are
conducted by the University. Common papers to all medical colleges of
Maharashtra. You get a month long preparatory leave after prelims and before
finals to study for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">M.B.,B.S. is in fact a course of 4.5 +
1 (compulsory internship) years.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">1st year - is of practically only 8 - 9
months</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">2nd year - is of 1.5 years</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3rd year - is of 2 years</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">(Don't ask me why they call it an year then)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As the portion is huge and time left after
admission process is small, 1st year is in fact comparatively more difficult
than 2nd year.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Bhalani's are the one stop shop for anything
and everything related to medical education. You'll find one Bhalani's shop near
every medical college. From all the books, to dissection tools, to aprons.
Everything you'll get here. The KEM wala Bhalani is the largest though I guess
with lots of options for books. The Bhalani's publish another book, which is
the manual for 1st year. All the details of exams and college process will be
available in it. But most importantly, it has the IMP (important) questions and
question papers of previous years, which are very necessary in studying for
your exams.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I suggest make medium sized 100 pages
innumerable notebooks for every chapter being taught in the lectures instead of
a large one for each subject. This will prevent the hassles of having to find a
particular chapter finally when you need to read. Jot down as many points as
possible.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">-Firstly because it helps in memory
reinforcements and you start learning from the lecture itself.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">-Secondly, the points explained by the
professors are from books that you’ll never even hear of. And these help a lot
during exam preparation.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">(For LTMMC students, write each and every
word spoken by Dr. Mahendrekar, Dr. Jaya in Anatomy,</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Iyer, Dr. Pawar, Dr. Mishra in Physiology
and</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Dipnaik, Dr. Mane, Dr. Dias in
Biochemistry)</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">A doctor once told me, nearly 50% of the
medicine that you practice in your career will be learnt in 1st year.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Let me now tell you about each subject. And
books to be used.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>1) ANATOMY</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This is the largest and most extensive of the
three, requiring intense hard work and sincere efforts. The first fear that
every medical student faces, is the fear of long words -
HIPPOPOTOMONSTROSESQUIPPEDALIOPHOBIA.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">How to remember the anatomical terms? Forget
the remembering part, even pronouncing them sometimes reminds you of 'She sells
sea shells...' tongue twisters. This can be easily tackled with a smart idea
from day 1.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Most of the medical words have Latin/Greek
origin. Studying the etymology, that is, how the word has been derived will
help you a lot in remembering the words, as you'll know the meaning of the
word. It's fun too.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Common Carotid artery - <i>karos</i> means
deep sleep. As this artery is main supply to head and the brain, any hindrance
can cause coma.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You'll need a medical dictionary. <b><u>Dorland</u></b>
is best but I would suggest <b><u>Taber's</u></b> as it has clinical teachings
too.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IQBihZ9aEYI/T-H9JsqNhoI/AAAAAAAAAPU/6SZ6sZQ6aJw/s1600/20120617_111748.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IQBihZ9aEYI/T-H9JsqNhoI/AAAAAAAAAPU/6SZ6sZQ6aJw/s320/20120617_111748.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taber's 20th edition is Single Volume and Dr. Natrajan's book</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-size: large;">To study etymology, I made a small diary. Where I would write
down the Latin/Greek roots of words and their meanings. Search any damn
word in <b><u>Taber's</u></b>, check the origin. Such study will let you
understand even new words you come across for the first time also, as the roots
are same. A medical dictionary app on your Android can come handy.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-grAraMcdOp4/T-H8x5NQXcI/AAAAAAAAAPM/KoBsCYsXhck/s1600/20120617_111607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-grAraMcdOp4/T-H8x5NQXcI/AAAAAAAAAPM/KoBsCYsXhck/s400/20120617_111607.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My Diary</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Also there's a book called <b><u>Understanding
Anatomical Terms</u></b> by Dr. Natrajan of GSMC. I found it very useful and
interesting.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Now there are again different subjects in
Anatomy itself. That's what makes it larger.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>General Anatomy</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This is basically introduction to basic
concepts of Anatomy. The first few lectures will be conducted on this. <b><i><u>General
Anatomy by B. D. Chaurasia</u></i></b> is a very small book that can be used
for it. If you are interested you can read it even before the college starts.
Make sure you finish reading it completely, once before the terminals at least.
Otherwise from exam point of view only 2/3 chapters are asked as
questions.<b><i> </i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Gross Anatomy</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This is the anatomy which you can Grossly
see. That is without any microscope or special techniques. Here you will learn
by dissections of cadavers (preserved dead bodies with embalming). Now I know
there are many notions about this, but no, it is not frightening. And you get used
to the smell and fumes of formalin in 2 days. Some people do faint or feel
giddy on first day. But this doesn't mean they are weak or anything. Just try
to avoid standing near edges to prevent getting hurt in case you are feeling
giddy and might fall. 2 weeks later you'll get so used to dead bodies that
you'll play with the dissected adipose tissue! However learn to respect the
cadavers. These were thoughtful people who donated their bodies so that doctors
of tomorrow could learn. Don't feel ashamed to do anything. You might have to
dissect rectum and remove stools manually if they're inside.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Giving up all the shame and inhibitions is
what you'll anyway learn in a medical college.<br />
You'll be divided in batches and share dissection tables. Take turns
dissecting. The portion is divided in 5 parts called Regions</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">1) Upper limb</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">2) Lower limb</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">3) Head, Face and Neck</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">4) Thorax</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">5) Abdomen</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">You will have different batch teachers for
every region who will guide you in dissections and take
Lecture-cum-demostrations (LCDs) for specifically your batch. They will also
take the osteology that is study of bones for you. You require a bone set
(unilateral/bilateral) which you can buy from your seniors. Don't buy the
Plaster of Paris ones, you need originals.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Mr. Sakhalkar from Sangli can also provide you with bones if they are available - 09923269674</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Gross anatomy forms the largest chunk of
marks in Anatomy and will be most useful further in your career.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Books-</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>1) Cunningham's Manual of Practical
Anatomy</u></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This is a superb book and guide for
dissection, but is mostly ignored by students because of its complicated
language. Every college makes it compulsory to carry this book to dissection
hall. The step wise dissection and description helps a lot. Correlate the
dissection <i>in situ</i> with the beautiful diagrams. Usually when 4 people
are dissecting, others must read Cunningham and direct them. This happens
smoothly during the first few months when you are excited. However slowly
people find playing Angry Birds more interesting. But don't ever get away from
dissection table even for a minute. Keep looking and dissecting whenever
possible. I used to fight every time for dissecting and as later other people
got bored, I practically dissected everyday. This will help more than reading
theory even 5 times as you'll understand relations and form pictographic
memory. Especially important if you dream of becoming a surgeon tomorrow.
Initially it will be difficult to understand Cunningham, but as you get hang of
the anatomical language you'll bless me for stressing so much on this book.
Remember, nearly 60% of gross anat you will learn in college. So pay attention
to every detail in LCD, however sleepy you might feel after the lunch. Feel
free to go and see bodies assigned to other batches too. Helps to learn
variations. Don't be worried about damaging any anatomical structure. People
usually stop dissecting by the fear that they might cut some nerve. But better
do it now on cadaver rather than doing it on a patient in surgery later.
Similarly don't shout on your friends who damage anything.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>2) Human Anatomy by B. D. Chaurasia - 3
Volumes</u></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the bible for theoretical gross
anatomy. It has amazing line diagrams which can be easily reproduced in exams,
but are shitty and boring for understanding. Mostly people substitute
Cunningham with B. D. Chaurasia (BDC we call it) but it is necessary to have
both. The descriptions are very good in form of notes which if you write in
exams will fetch you perfect scores. But don't just mug the answers. Try to
understand every concept, otherwise the mugged memory is there to stay only for
few weeks. Reading BDC after Cunningham and dissection is the ideal way. Read a
particular chapter from BDC the very same evening it is completed in LCD that
day. Because you won't understand much of the next LCD unless you do so. Most
colleges also display their program for the next day. So if you know what will
be taught next time, try to glance through the chapter at least, so that you
aren't completely blank before the LCD. This will certainly help in topics which
are very huge and covered in a jiffy by the teachers running on tight
schedules. As you come across new word, remember to find its roots in Taber's
and note in your diary. Also read the <b><i><u>Clinical Cases</u></i></b> of
that topic from BDC given at the end of chapter. </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>1st year subjects are non-clinical, that
is, you learn the fundamental sciences. But the patient tomorrow will
present (</b>come<b>) in your
CLINIC with some complaints, symptoms when something goes wrong. Clinical
correlations, either in Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry are these usual
complaints and disorders. These are very interesting and exciting. Diagnosing
(finding out whats wrong) is the most fun! But don't get carried away much by
it. Its what you are anyway going to learn next 4.5 years, so concentrate more
on basics.</b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Writing clinical points at the end of answers
earns you brownie marks, but not if you've not written the basic anatomy of it.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>3) Human Anatomy by Vishram Singh</u></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This is a newer substitute for BDC, which has
more clinical correlations. I've personally never used it, but they say its
good. May help you in scoring as your points would stand out of the usual BDC
written papers. Whether to buy Vishram Singh or BDC, your choice.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>4) Clinical Anatomy by Richard Snells</u></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Best book for clinical anatomy, but less of
anatomical details. Helps best after you've read BDC. Most used by post
graduate (PG) aspirants. Subscribe from library rather than buying.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>5) Anatomical Basis of Clinical
Practice by Henry Gray</u></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the BIBLE of anatomy. If you manage
to read this, you'll be a GOD of Anatomy. But not recommended. Firstly because
its huge and has complicated language. Reading a page takes 1 hour. Secondly,
you aren't expected to know such details at under graduate (UG) level. Anyway
BDC is a word to word, point wise copy of Gray's. So you don't miss the
important details. Use library versions to read certain topics like Perineum
from it which aren't given nicely in BDC or to solve your doubts.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>6) Students Version of Human Anatomy by
Henry Gray</u></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This is a hand book bible, condensed edition
of original. May substitute BDC as it has better diagrams (paintings) for
understanding. But disadvantages are, does not have point wise description and
simple line diagrams needed for exams.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>7) Atlases</u></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">These are collection of pictures of
anatomical structures along different planes and views. These are <b>a MUST to
understand and learn Anatomy</b>. Ideal way of studying Anatomy on the evening
of LCD would be with a mug full of steaming coffee, BDC on your lap and different
Atlases spread on table. Whenever BDC describes something, try to look for it
in the pictures. <b><i><u>TRY TO FIND EVERY FRIGGIN' DETAIL</u></i></b> of that
structure even if it means aching backs with hours of page turning. This
investment of time is worth as there is reinforcement of pictographic memory of
dissection. Also as our dissections aren't perfect, you can see all that you
might have damaged in dissection. Options available are -</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PUlttFlNeZ8/T-IDbNWqZlI/AAAAAAAAAQY/d1O3CIbBD94/s1600/2012-06-20+22.22.52.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PUlttFlNeZ8/T-IDbNWqZlI/AAAAAAAAAQY/d1O3CIbBD94/s320/2012-06-20+22.22.52.png" title="Frank Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy" width="245" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">- <u>Atlas of Human Anatomy by Frank Netter</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">All time favourite. Best for understanding
relations, courses and finest details. I couldn't find even a single mistake
inspite of trying to, desperately! Best according to me. BDC + NETTER +
CUNNINGHAM + DISSECTION = ASSURED DISTINCTION</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">- <u>Atlas of Anatomy published by Thiemes</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">My favourite, because of amazing clinical and
physiological correlations. Also better for osteology, joints and muscle
attachments than Netter. However isn't as flawless as Netter's.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">- <u>Colour Atlas of Human Anatomy by McMinn</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Best for those final touches to concepts and practical
exam study as it has real time <b><i>pictures</i></b> of dissected bodies
rather than paintings. Let's you understand textures and real looks of anatomy.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">- <u>Grant's Atlas of Human Anatomy</u></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I sincerely have not much used this, hence
can't comment. However it is the most used by my seniors and clinicians for its
accuracy. They sometimes prefer it over Netter's.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Having 1 Atlas at least is a must. Rather
USING it is a must! I have seen people reading BDC without using any Atlas! Its
like wearing a Tuxedo without wearing a trouser or even any underwear!
Superficially you think you're looking smart and handsome. But down there
(conceptually) you are a total <i>NANGU (naked).</i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">I myself have the top THREE Atlases. And I
made it a point to check the structure being described in BDC from all possible
views and all possible atlases. Takes a hell lot of time on those LCD evenings,
but once done, you can then read BDC alone. Also you score SEXY HUGE in
practicals! Also, if your college provides you with a journal for Gross Anatomy,
make sure you complete it that day and get it signed from your batch teacher
before he leaves for another batch when the next region starts.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Histology</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Histos</i> is <i>tissue</i><b> </b>while <i>logia</i><b> </b>is a <i>study. </i>Here
you basically study different tissues under microscope. Good understanding of
histology will help you better understand the physiology of the tissue.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Lectures on different topics are conducted
during morning sessions while you have practicals in the Histology lab the very
same day, where your batch teachers explain the structures again.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Books-</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>1) Human Histology by Inderbir Singh</u></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">A very good book covering all details from
Gray's. Very detailed explanations and functional aspects.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>2) diFiore's Atlas of Human Histology</u></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Must carry it during histology practicals and
read carefully as you stare at the slide under microscope, side by side.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Don't waste your time during histo practs.
People generally take a look at the slide and then while away checking out the
gals and guys of the batch. When all the 56 exam slides come together, it
becomes difficult to distinguish epithelia from connective tissue. So make it a
point to remember the specific features of the slide. Complete the journal <b>that
very week</b> and read about the slide from journal too. You can use only <b>eosiniphil</b>
and <b>hematoxylin </b>pencils for diagrams. These are very frustrating as they
break easily. `Buy pencils of a company called Staedtler, darker and stronger
(these aren't available everywhere, so tell your Malad/Chembur friends to bring
them for you. they are costly, so sort out the money matters then and there.)
Draw diagrams from diFiore's only. And perfectly. Otherwise you might get
redraws. <b>You won't be allowed to attend the next histology practical unless
you submit the completed journal of previous practical.</b> After finishing the
diagrams, read the theory about the slide from Inderbir Singh. Your next
histology practical will be a week later. So doing 1 diagram every day will
reduce the work load and give you efficiency at the slides you study.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">You have to do this besides reading the Gross
anatomy that has be taught in the LCD taken that day.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Embryology</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This is the study of the developing human, in
the womb of the mother. You must have done the basics of it in 12th, now you
will learn the process. Good understanding of embryology helps a lot in
understanding the WHYs of gross anatomy.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">You will have lectures similar to Histology
but no practicals as such. Some day, you will showed different models (plastic
statues) of embryology by your teacher and these models will be kept in finals
for viva.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Books<i>-</i></u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>1) Human Embryology by Inderbir Singh</u></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Basically the BDC for embryology. Beautiful
line diagrams, simple language. Enough for those who just want to pass in it.
Must use for exams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>2) Langman's Medical Embryology</u></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Detailed and beautiful description. Real
photographs and amazing concept teaching with clinical developmental anomalies.
Used by most teachers. Combined with Inderbir Singh for exams is the winning
combination.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>3) The Developing Human by Moore and Persaud<br />
</u></i>Basically the Gray's of
embryology. Excessively detailed, breath taking photographs, huge no. of
clinical cases. Recommended for specific topics like Pharyngeal arches,
Cardiovascular, Urogenital system development. Use library versions.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>4) B. D. Chaurasia's dream - Human
Embryology</u></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">New in market. Not much used. Basically a
competition to Inderbir Singh.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Neuroanatomy</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Study of the Nervous system. You will have
lectures on it. As you finish Head, Face and Neck (HFN) region, you'll be shown
different parts and cut section specimens of brain in the dissection hall.
These will be kept in practicals and there will be a viva. Read the same
evening of the lecture and revise BEFORE sections are shown. Reading the
Central Nervous System physiology which forms a huge chunk of marks in Physio,
will help you better understand the Neuroanatomy. Read corresponding chapters
from Physiology even if they are not taught along with anatomy as the function
will help you understand structure. And vice versa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Books-</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>1) Textbook on Clinical Neuroanatomy by
Vishram Singh</u></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">All time favourite. Most preferred and helps
a lot even in Physiolgy. Very good clinical cases.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>2) Human Anatomy by B. D. Chaurasia -
volume no. 3</u></i><b><u> </u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">After the HFN descriptions, Chaurasia has
included a section for Neuroanatomy. Very good for cranial nerves study. But I
prefer Vishram Singh.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><u>3) Clinical Neuroanatomy by Richard
Snells</u></i></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Haven't personally used it, but applauded
hugely by all my friends who did. Amazing clinical cases.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Study Neuroanatomy just like Gross Anatomy,
with Atlases.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Human Genetics</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Study of genetic heredity and clinical basis
of congenital diseases. Lectures are conducted throughout the year. Not asked
in practicals only in theory. Smallest book and smallest syllabus. Hence
ignored completely by most students (including me). But a guaranteed question
asked in finals, predictable questions and cake walk for 4 marks. Especially in
our finals, no question was specifically asked on General Anatomy or Embryology
but it was asked on Genetics. <b><i><u>Human Genetics by Dr. Gangane</u></i></b>
is the most used book. Even in that we have only selected chapters, not the
entire book.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Radiology and Living Anatomy</i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Radiology is study of anatomy using advanced
imaging techniques for diagnostic purposes. Like X-Rays, MRI, CT scans,
Arteriograms, Bronchograms and Ultrasonography. These are appropriately taught
in the LCDs of specific regions and a 5 marks viva is conducted. <b><i><u>B. D.
Chaurasia</u></i></b> gives a basic informative chapter on Radiology at the end
of a region. <b><i><u>Snells</u></i></b> gives amazing clinical correlations.
For people more interested in it, there's a book by <b><i><u>Halim Das.</u></i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Living Anatomy mainly includes testing a live
subject. In the practicals, a peon is made to sit and you are supposed to check
different actions of muscles, palpate (check by touching) arteries, etc. Even
this is covered extensively in BDC and mostly ignored by students.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><u>Complete the specific sections of
the Gross Anatomy journal which are reserved for these other subjects too.</u></i></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">This is all about Anatomy. As you see,
Anatomy itself is so huge and takes up so much time during the entire year,
that at a point you wonder if you have applied for a Post Graduation course in
Anatomy. But if done systematically, Anatomy is very rewarding and raises your
percentage very much. Also it forms the foundation for Surgical branches
and hence must be perfected right now.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The Anatomy department of LTMMC conducts a
100 (theory + practs) marks part test after completion of every region, which
includes all the portion taught in Gross, Histo, Embryo, Neuro General anatomy
and Genetics from the previous exam day to the next exam day. Study for them as
your burden will be reduced for prelims and finals and also you'll get enough
practice of answering in vivas. However they aren't considered for internal
assessment.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><u>2) Physiology</u></b></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Physiology, according to me, is the most
interesting subject of all three. Function determines the Structure. Every
anatomical structure has developed for its specific function. And hence
understanding Physiology will help you understand Anatomy better. The opposite
is also true.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Physiology requires patience, creative
imagination, curiosity - the thirst to know the HOWs and WHYs and logical,
deeply conceptual study. But once you understand it, there's no forgetting.
This demands extra attention in lectures and lots of doubt-asking to the
professors.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">It is mostly ignored by many because of its
simplicity and easy understanding but it becomes difficult to finally finish it
for prelims and finals especially if you have bunked or not paid attention in
lectures.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Understanding the basics of physiology is
very much required as it will form the basis of Pathology and Medicine in
subsequent years.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Do not
bunk lectures of any subject, especially not of physiology.</b> The direction of thought, the clinical manifestation
and general ‘FEEL’ of the topic, you’ll only get from the professor’s teaching.
(VIP for LTMMC students, where we have amazing professors like Dr. Iyer, Dr.
Deshpande, Dr. Mishra).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Passing in Physiology is fairly simple if you have a logical thought process and attentive mind in class, but scoring a distinction requires near perfect answers, which needs hours of slumbering at concepts and ideas you won't find in the usual study material! </span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You will have Physiology lectures in the
morning with 1 or 2 Biochemistry lectures interspersed. And 2 out of 3 days you
will have physiology practicals with 1 out of 3 being Biochemistry practicals
in the afternoon. Physiology practicals can be of –</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">1)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Hematology – small experiments where you have to use
your own blood, with small finger pricks. (eg. Hb by Sahli’s hemometer.) It
doesn’t pain much and slowly you get used to pricking yourself. If sight of
blood freaks you out and if you feel giddy, stand away from table edges. You
can also ask any peon to give you pricks. Because most of the times, out of
fear our pricks aren’t deep enough to give enough blood for the experiment. Hematology
procedures are mostly taught by residents (PG students of Physiology.) The teaching
part of it, thus can be boring. Hence fight the urge to sleep. Also, feel free
to ask any doubts to senior professors after practicals.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">2)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Clinical Physiology – A boy from the batch volunteers as
a subject (otherwise the teacher selects at random). On the subject you will be
taught physical clinical examination (those things a doctor usually does when
you go to him with stomach ache or cold complaints). Write down the extra
points told by residents (saves time of reading Hutchinson). Do not feel shy in
either volunteering or examining the subject. As I said, in medicine, give up
all the shame and inhibitions.</span><br />
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FBewK8WmasE/T-IGOo6_mAI/AAAAAAAAAQw/U5rHbIDCS2g/s1600/doctors.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="195" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FBewK8WmasE/T-IGOo6_mAI/AAAAAAAAAQw/U5rHbIDCS2g/s200/doctors.gif" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"> The clinical abnormalities (which you obviously don't see in your friend) are taught (ineffectively) by the residents. Most of the times, you don't understand much in spite of concentrating. Hence learn to be curious and find out, what would change a normal physiological state and cause the abnormality. You have internet on your phones and seniors along the corridors. Learn to be parasitic and nibble away at their heads, keep asking questions. The more you learn clinically oriented, the lesser do you tend to forget. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Charts/Graphs/LCDs – Here you will be explained
different charts or graphs (eg. Understanding ECG.) But these topics are mostly
even covered by senior professors in their lectures. Hence paying attention in
lectures will help you here.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>Books- </u></b>(contact
Mr. Advait Sonar, LTMMC for details on this section)</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>1)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;">
</span></i><i><u>Medical Physiology by Guyton and Hall</u></i></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;">
<div style="text-align: right;">
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jumpY8D3mWM/T-ICzIv0I4I/AAAAAAAAAP4/JREUF4xVr4c/s1600/2012-06-20+22.19.54.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jumpY8D3mWM/T-ICzIv0I4I/AAAAAAAAAP4/JREUF4xVr4c/s320/2012-06-20+22.19.54.png" title="Medical Physiology by Guyton and Hall" width="248" /></a></div>
<span style="font-size: large;">This is the bible of
Physiology for UG students. Unlike Gray’s of Anatomy, this book is very lucid,
understandable, <b>Amazingly Interesting</b>
and the best book to easily build your concepts. Reading Guyton is like reading
story books. There is a fluency in the description, hence the thought processes
become clearer. You just can’t afford not reading this book. In fact, I have
advised many juniors to start reading it as soon as possible, even before the
college starts. (downloadable .pdf versions are available on net). Finishing 5
chapters of physiology before the commencement of teaching helped me a lot in
reducing work load when anatomy pounced on with all those words.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The drawbacks are – </span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">i)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Redundancy – The same concept is re-explained
throughout the book wherever required, thus increasing the thickness. However
this in fact helps in concept strengthening.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">ii)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Descriptive – The chapters aren’t point wise. Hence
writing perfect answers for marks scoring becomes difficult.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">iii)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Lacks certain details – When the professors teach
during the lectures, they include many different points from various books,
which aren’t explained in Guyton but are expected to be written in exams. Here,
notes of teachers can help. (other option is reading reference books)</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">iv)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>The hematology and immunology section dealt in college
in excessively detailed and clinically oriented which is not sufficiently dealt
with by Guyton. However reading them once from Guyton will form the basic
concepts needed for understanding other books. <b><u>Khorana is the most preferred book</u></b> (never used by me)</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.75in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><u>MUST HAVE GUYTON!.</u></i></b> If you think of buying other book, I would advise
downloading the online version and printing the chapters that you would want to
read. Hence you need not carry a huge book, also giving you the liberty to
attach those pages to your class notes.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>2)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></i><i><u>Ganong’s
Review of Medical Physiology</u></i></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;">
<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wn-OUA3UoWE/T-ICfAu83LI/AAAAAAAAAPo/dzUG8tYJcnE/s1600/2012-06-20+22.18.52.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wn-OUA3UoWE/T-ICfAu83LI/AAAAAAAAAPo/dzUG8tYJcnE/s320/2012-06-20+22.18.52.png" title="Ganong's review of Medical Physiology" width="242" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Professors’
favourite. Almost 90% of the lectures will be based on this. Thinner as
compared to Guyton, but note that it is a REVIEW. Hence, not much descriptive.
Used by PG aspirants for CET preparation. However certain points from this
books are expected to be known at UG level which will be explained in lectures
and must be noted down. Reading this book after Guyton will give you extra edge
in exams. Not advised because of complicated language.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>3)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></i><i><u>Textbook
of Medical Physiology by A. K. Jain – Volumes 1 and 2</u></i></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Most of the students
substitute Guyton with this book. It is a complete book with word to word simplified
copy from Ganong, hence preventing the notes writing. Also very systematic,
point wise and thus huge bonus for marks scoring. Has innumerable line diagrams,
tables and flow charts which when included in papers are examiner pleasers!
Amazing However not as lucid and descriptive as Guyton and tends to become very
factual and hence sometimes frustrating. Not many mistakes. My personal
favourite.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>4)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></i><i><u>Physiology
Prep Manual for Under Graduates by V. D. Joshi</u></i></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">The beloved darling
of under graduates. For its Question-Answer format teaching. A copy of Guyton
without the unnecessary redundancy and perfect point wise description. Also
covers the hematology section very well.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Students who usually
ignore Physiology either for enjoying their first year, or simply because of
anatomy work load, usually resort finally to this book for exam preparations,
as it makes completing one reading, possible in those desperate times. However
this book will not help a one bit in developing basic concepts and will only
confuse more, than help without prior reading of Guyton and lectures. My advice
would be to use this book for exam preparations only after reading the
concerned chapters from Guyton.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>5)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></i><i><u>B. J.
Notes</u></i></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-71sMqM8X5T0/T-IDJ6JLvgI/AAAAAAAAAQI/5AX8_wKzn3A/s1600/2012-06-20+22.20.58.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-71sMqM8X5T0/T-IDJ6JLvgI/AAAAAAAAAQI/5AX8_wKzn3A/s320/2012-06-20+22.20.58.png" width="225" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My B. J. Notes</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<span style="font-size: large;">I don’t know whether
this can be included in the list for books. These are nothing but printed notes
from the professors of BJMC, Pune which are extensively circulated throughout
the medical colleges of Maharashtra. Highly systematic, point wise, concise,
including only the questions asked in the exams. No diagrams, typewriter script
and dull pages with infinite markings make it very boring and tiresome to read.
But a winner during exam preparation, as it covers all the points. <b><i><u>WILL
NOT AT ALL HELP DEVELOP ANY CONCEPT.</u></i></b> My advice would be to use this
after reading Guyton, only during the exam preparations. Also must refer to A.
K. Jain (AKJ) for the necessary line diagrams.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">If possible, procure
these at the commencement of the year. (You will easily get them from your
seniors, which will have their markings and ever those of THEIR seniors. Or you
could buy it from a stationary shop besides the BJMC Pune.) As you read Guyton
throughout the year, I would suggest you see the types of questions being asked
in BJ Notes and try to frame your answers from Guyton.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">If you dream of
distinction in Physiology, making your own perfect answers would help a lot.
For that-</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">i)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span>Check the
questions of BJ Notes</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">ii)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span>Read
corresponding sections from Guyton and AKJ</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">iii) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>Add points from
Guyton and flow charts and line diagrams from AKJ to the systematic points of
BJ Notes.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 1.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.5in;">
<span style="font-size: large;">iv) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"></span>Make your own
notes and answers for questions.</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>6)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></i><i><u>Medical
Physiology by Sembulingam</u></i></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">It is point wise,
very systematic and ample of flow charts. It has beautifully explained
hematology. However, many mistakes and controversies. Not recommended by
professors. (Some LTMMC professors hate it)</span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<br /></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><i>7)<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></i><i><u>Practical
Physiology by V. D. Joshi</u></i></span></div>
<div style="margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">A MUST HAVE for
practical examination preparation. The journal prescribed by MUHS usually has
less details. This book makes up for it and includes many important viva questions.
<b><u>Hutchinson’s Clinical Methods</u></b>
(use the library version) is a book for Medicine, which explains Clinical
Examination beautifully with lots of pictures and solves many doubts which the
Residents teaching these topics can’t.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">My advice – buy 1+3+5+7</span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Your logic and understanding will make it
fairly easy to pass Physiology exams, but scoring huge here is a Herculean task
and requires tremendous efforts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">One thing for sure, Physiology is a subject
to be loved and romanced & <3 <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">:)</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Wingdings;">This will form the largest basis of your concepts for successful medical practise, so be sure to perfect it. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Biochemistry is the subject that deals with mainly the chemical reactions taking place in the biological world, in this context, the human body. It mainly has Chemistry of these different compounds (Carbohydrates, Proteins, Lipids, etc. just the way we had in 12th, but in much more details) and their metabolic reactions and pathways taking place in tissue metabolism. It will also deal with molecular biology that is DNA and RNA (the stuff we did in the chapter Biotechnology).</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Basically, Biochemistry is the language of Biology, the study of which is essential to understand basic functions and working of cells at molecular level. The details of these, will later be of your great importance in you field of Medicine. (Medical field has two approaches of therapeutic treatment - Surgery (by cutting into the skin) and Medicine (by just sending in battalions of molecular soldiers) )</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most people (including me) </span><span style="font-size: large;">fail</span><span style="font-size: large;"> to grasp the beauty of this subject in the initial few months, never seeing it beyond the "senseless" metabolic reactions and "mugging".</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Biochemistry is much more than these, <b>IF TAKEN SERIOUSLY</b>. Which rarely happens, as this is the easiest of all subjects! It is a darling of last minute readers as Biochemistry being the smallest and the simplest can be easily covered. And it shoots up your percentage like anything. With li'l bit of extra hours of reading and few more mugs of dark coffee on the night prior to the exam, you can easily score a distinction in this. YES, it is easy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now my views on this subject are a wee bit controversial, and it depends on you if you decide to follow them. (frankly speaking I myself have never studied this much. Not even 1/4th of the Physio that I've done. Hence, Shivani Chopra will be the best person to seek advice in this subject)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The chemistry part of Biomolecules is mainly dealt in 12th. So initially it will be kind of revision with added details. According to the MUHS rules, it isn't compulsory to remember the structural formulae of the molecules, but I stress on doing so, as the structures help a lot in understanding many reactions. Feel free to continue using your basic concepts of chemistry from 12th, here.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The metabolic reactions and pathways form the largest chunk of marks and hence are obviously studied by everyone. Now here, in medicine you won't be showed structures of every intermediate or even taught anything about the reaction. You'll just have to mug the names of chemicals in order, with the necessary enzymes and biocatalysts/conditions. This tends to become boring and difficult, and hence I suggest the method of writing down pathways. After you finish reading once, go on filling notebooks while you try to remember what you just read, which will tell you where you are getting stuck. Reread and rewrite. Make charts of these and put up on the walls, study table and behind the toilet door (esp the difficult ones. Sitting on the toilet the <i>alpha</i> wave activity of brain increases, making it easier to concentrate. Ever wondered how all your awesome ideas you've got while emptying your rectum?)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Biochemical details will tomorrow help you clinically in diagnostics. But with so much of Anatomy and Physiology load, Biochemistry obviously doesn't get much time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now I'll be very practical and sensible while saying this. Don't break your head much after Biochemistry on the lecture days! Yes. Firstly, it is easy and hence can be easily covered later. Secondly, most of the part being memorizing, you anyway have to reread everything before the exam (Unlike Physio. One time investment, life time returns <3). Thirdly, if you try to do all three simultaneously there's a huge chance that you might just not give the necessary attention to either Anatomy or Physiology which are much much much more important clinically. (I hope none of my prof.s reads this) And the necessary concept clearing part can be easily done in the lectures (esp LTMMC, 'coz we have the best Biochem dept. of all the colleges). So pay attention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Biochemistry practicals are very very simple, its like the usual chemistry practicals we do, by mixing all those reactants. Not much to say here, just don't bunk.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Note that however, the clinical applications taught in the demonstrations will be very useful later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><i>1) Biochemistry by U. Satyanarayana</i></u></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This is the most preferred textbook. Very precise, short, concise. Includes separate box for clinical texts. Very beautiful and EXAM NECESSARY flow charts and cycles. Perfect for answer writing. (some professors will freak you out by telling how incomplete and wrong it is, but don't bother much. I really don't think you must spend your energy reading extra reference books here.) However, personally I find it monotonous and boring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><i>2) Textbook of Biochemistry for Medical Students by Vasudevan</i></u></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My favourite. Very conceptual and student friendly. Loads of pictures and glossy pages (yay). I call it the Guyton of Biochemistry.</span><br />
<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6dLv5dH0tts/T-IC8717eMI/AAAAAAAAAQA/SrUWYD_j_9k/s1600/2012-06-20+22.20.24.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6dLv5dH0tts/T-IC8717eMI/AAAAAAAAAQA/SrUWYD_j_9k/s320/2012-06-20+22.20.24.png" title="Textbook of Biochemistry for Medical Students by DM Vasudevan" width="248" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Not much exam friendly though, as the description isn't objective. But preferred by many professors over Satyanarayana. (<i>Ingale</i> sir's (Biochem HOD LTMMC) favourite. State references from this and be sure to get butt loads of marks in viva)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You also get a small handbook free along with it, which helps in last minute revision for vivas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I would say, own both of them. Concentrate more on <i>Vasudevan</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you have followed everything perfectly for Anat and Physio you will get enough time for Biochem just before the exams and it will be lot easier if you've paid attention in lectures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember preparing for your 10th std. exam? (esp if you are from SSC.) All the question papers were predictable and clearing them was just a piece of cake. Well, 1st year exams will most probably be the same with the only exception that the syllabus is "Oh-My-Holy-God" HUGGGGGGEEEEEE and time very less.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you followed the above advice year along and studied from day one, relax! You'll surely pass. You can start getting worried about your distinctions.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You can surely trust my methods. They helped me score the highest in the terms, prelims and 3 out of 5 part tests.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Bhalani's book I mentioned initially will help a lot. Don't keep studying the questions given in the chapter wise list. The 1st year M.B.,B.S. syllabus and exam pattern changed few years ago and everything became simpler. Thank God! If we anymore had the '85 papers, we'd surely be repeating the course thrice! THAT TOUGH the questions were. So, to study the questions, go to the end of the book where you will find question papers of all the years. Study the questions asked in last 7-8 years, perfectly as these are asked very frequently. By the end of the year you will be able to predict entire question paper. But this is only to be done for prelims and finals. Doing so initially will only ruin your conceptual study. In prelims, most medical colleges ask the questions asked for finals in the finals of previous years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">20 MCQs of 0.5 mark each are also asked per paper. You cannot prepare much separately for these. MCQ books are available but won't help you much as you won't find time from theory. Rather reading theory carefully and lecture notes will help you crack them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I agree, not all your professors will be great. But whatever it is, unless you feel nauseated by the lecturer (believe me that can happen) don't bunk the lectures, however sleepy you might feel. Writing down notes helps fighting sleep.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Sometime you might feel that rather than attending boring lectures why not bunk and read in library, but believe me this never happens. You'll go outside, and soon feel like roaming around the college. You'll meet your seniors and keep talking to them. And even if you read in library, the amount you read will not be even half of what has been taught in class.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Plus, attending lectures gives you a logical line of thought. Remember that these professors have infinite times studied a single chapter from various books and hence whatever they tell you will easily drill into your skulls. This is especially true for physiology. And yes maybe completing that level of Angry Birds or breaking your friend's record in NinJump and Lane Splitter can wait.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><u><b>Chilling out - The Medicine for Medicos</b></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Relax! All these academic guidelines must have got you hyperventilating and you must be freaking out!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">No, medicine isn't Hades' den where sinners are tortured with boiling oil poured into the ears! Medicine is rather Aphrodite's temple. You have to worship her, and that itself is satisfying! (Aphrodite's worshipers prayed by having sex with her priestesses!)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">All work and no play, totally makes you completely gay!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yes, we're Nerds. But rather cool ones! SEXY and we know it!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">You'll never know how the year went by. (esp the Sionites ;) .) From the first week itself of being a Medico, you'll have a totally chilled out time with "Spice" and "Slice". Our cultural and sport events. Participate in them, get to know your seniors. Play along if someone's pulling your leg.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Roam around. Check out all the awesome places in the neighborhood. Every place has a specialty. That <i>chatpati Pani Puri</i> or that orgasmic Gelato. King's circle is a heaven for the foodies. Guys into gaming action, start working on the Counter Strike team and get ready for the fests in January. Go to other colleges and kick their asses! Be friendly with all your batchmates. Explore everybody's talents. Singing, mimicry, playing an instrument, football, cricket, badminton, debates, acting... Name it and you'll have a chance to show it off! Make your batch proud. Be good to all professors and earn the '<i>pichle saal se achhi hai ye batch'</i> tag from all the HODS (we have done it this year peoples!! B] )</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Be good to everybody. Especially the hostelites. Make them comfortable. Don't let them feel left out. Don't make fun or be judgmental. Not everybody went to convent. <u><b>NOT STUDYING IS NOT COOL IN MEDICINE! DON'T GO AROUND CALLING PEOPLE NERDS!</b></u> If you don't start becoming one too, you'll soon be scurrying to clear the year.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Arrange for a trip somewhere nearby. Elect a CR (class representative)! Celebrate him. He's/she's gonna take care of all you guys. From attendance <i>gochis</i> to getting notes from professors.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Help your seniors if they ask you to. During Trinity (conference of medical students) and Ashwamedh (the most fantabulous college festival) times, help with simple chores of invitations and running around with trays of coffees.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Participate in that treasure hunt. Roam around looking for clues and get bonus for your </span><span style="font-size: large;">embarrassing</span><span style="font-size: large;"> pictures and videos. (Pole dance at a bus stop)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wanted to learn some new dance form? Attend the Dance Workshop. Follow different themes and dress funky on the Costumes day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are HAWT, hop on, onto the Fashion Show team. If you've got the MOVES, STEP UP onto the College Dance team. Watch the celebrities perform live on stage and HEAD-BANG your head to concussions! Feel the roar of hundred <i>dhols</i> and dance with goosebumps. Participate in the sports events.</span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DvEM4I57ztM/T-ISLh0hGtI/AAAAAAAAASI/o1ou0LAzgKY/s1600/458644_10150678674707356_1065227397_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DvEM4I57ztM/T-ISLh0hGtI/AAAAAAAAASI/o1ou0LAzgKY/s320/458644_10150678674707356_1065227397_o.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;">Represent the college and make us proud. Be on the Quiz teams. Show 'em all, how Sionites excel at everything.</span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">And you thought Medical School meant NO FUN, eh?</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Enjoy the canteen. Hate the food, yet order it everyday. Enjoy the Hot Chocolate from <i>chhota canteen</i>. Enjoy the AC in the library. Have peaceful sleeps with your head on BDC.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Line Maaro</i>! Fall in love or at least infatuations! Oggle at your seniors (<i>main achha laga toh direct bol do!</i>) </span><span style="font-size: large;">and curse how your batch has nobody interesting. Make mistakes, learn from them. Get your hearts broken (infarct??) and let your friends mend it with Fevicol!</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Get Whatsapp and get chatty! I can personally take your classes at flirting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meet me if you are a Sionite. I'd love to be bugged by you.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If you are a girl and want to thank me, text me :P</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If you are a guy, help me complete my journals next year! :D</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And if you're neither... Well, just chuck it. XP</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">No, I don't expect the 3 idiots ka <i>'janab taufa kubul karo'</i> but a 'Hi' here and a 'Hey' there would be great!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Listen to our college song. Enjoy it, sing it. Love the campus, connect to it. Be proud of your institution.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Be good to patients, be
helpful. Respect the value of human life. You're gonna be a doc! And no
matter what Amir Khan says, people will still continue to believe that
there's a God in you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You don't just enter Medicine. You begin a new life. My best wishes to your journey...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Credits to Mrunal Awalekar, Kasturi Sakhardande, Varun Wani, Vivek Patil and Sourabh Ghewade for suggesting additions.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">Call/Text/E-mail me for any further questions. Happy to Help ^_^</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">--- the Eternal.Denied.Monk</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">YES! That's the reaction when you're finally done with the finals! That's the reaction when you look back at those amazing memories of 1st year M.B.,B.S., when you check those pictures and have nostalgia! Of what? Just one year? LOL, it itself felt like an era! And <i>Kya? Khatam Bhi Ho Gaya?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There's this transition. 10 months ago, I was a CET student. I remember writing the memories of junior college. But then, it was an ENDING. These are still my baby steps into the world of medicine and I already feel like having grown a Dumbledore beard!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I thought of writing this post, when my friend Mrunal asked what changes took place in me during this year, to write on her blog. And though I couldn't find anything much specific, I am surprised to see that there has been so much gradual transition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You don't just join a medical institution. It becomes your life. You don't make just friends, you make lifetime relationships. You don't just imbibe the principles of medicine, you breathe them. Your batch mates become your siblings and your seniors, your elders. You seek advice and directions from them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From tips to study IMP questions, to DO's and DONT'S of <i>patauing</i> that girl you've been oggling</span><span style="font-size: large;">. They guide you in everything. Oh yes, we've been blessed to have such seniors.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">And now I look forward to having our juniors next year and sharing my enlightened mind's GYAN with them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Yeah ok, I agree, I rather am waiting for the new batch of XX phenotype supply but that's not the point here! :P</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The point is, so many changes occur in YOU!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You become much more calm, understanding and patient. You start accepting the things the way they are and moving on with them instead of just fighting them. You obviously have to. YOU, a school/college topper, learn that scoring 50% in the exams, to pass, is itself a Herculean task and then you stop dreaming the dreams of say, topping MUHS! You become forgiving. You learn to ignore the mistakes made by your friends. You HAVE to! You friggin' are gonna share 5.5 years with them (and maybe more if you equally perform/fail in PG CETs).</span></div>
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;">You become much more shameless. I would never dare to say the word PENIS or VAGINA in public. But now if you listen to the jokes we crack, even L'il Wayne would die of shame! (thanks Zaneta for taking us for the show Vagina Monologues) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We went to Alibaug, a trip planned by our CR (class representative) without any supervision by a teacher. Now I won't write much about what all we did there, 'coz that itself can be a post. But we've grown responsible. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We made it a point to specifically attend the boring lectures to hoot and clap like jerks and made the famous 'Dave' jokes! Thanks Sunny Leonne for the fun we had (not exactly the kind you're thinking of). We celebrated our CRs birthday at least thrice every day. By now he'd be older than Nicolas Flamel! The famous Kasturi acts! We bestowed the marathi literature with the noun <i>Kasturigiri</i> (reserved for the times you feel so <i>pakau ed</i> by a comment, that You Don't wanna Live on this Planet anymore)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The physiology dept. for the first time ever in the history of LTMMC, held small cultural meets and gave everybody a chance to show their talents in music and singing. We added mimicry to that list and how! All the professors would've seriously wondered that night, while staring at themselves in the mirror - 'Holy mother of God! Do I seriously look and talk <b>LIKE THAT</b>?' Thanks Akshay, Mahesh and everybody else. Hell, we did these mimicry acts even during the breaks, sitting on the last benches. But we still respected our professors and maybe even loved some of them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We had Trinity. The medical conference of the students. Our seniors, barely 2 years older than us, managed to pull off a near perfect event like the professional event managers. I performed that night. Sang <i>Abhi Na Jao Chhodkar</i> the first time maybe people of my college knew about my existence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I got to stay in college apart from college hours. I explored the Anatomy dissection hall (or maybe the corridor at least) during wee night hours. Yes, making horrible sounds and freaking out some lady friends was fun, but hanging out with seniors and actually being their BUDDY was the best part! The JAM sessions we had, showed us how 'ELEPHANT SEMEN' could be brought into any friggin' story.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then came the pre exam fever. As you wandered around the college looking for some hot chocolate (yes, its the best in the CHHOTA CANTEEN) you saw your classmates carrying huge books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br />Prelim results were out, I scored the highest again (yippee!!) this time only by 0.5 mark, though. Giving all my friends one more reason to not believe really the pre exam night freak outs I have. Like one chapter being left a day before is normal. You've experienced that. But what if ONE chapter is the only thing that you've completed out of the SEVEN that you have! That's our condition mostly. Then, extra dark coffees and long boiled teas become the sole source of fluids to your body.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some people had problem with their mandatory attendance completion percents. Can't blame them, not everybody has the patience to sit through a series of lectures where you finally understand from the book, that all the time when prof said MAMMARY she actually meant MEMORY. |-__-|</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then the finals came and gone. Lets not rather talk about it. Maybe someday I'll write a post about it if my results don't kill me of Myocardial Infarct.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As I now wait for my last Biochemistry practical to be finished, I relived those moments when I went through some pictures and thought maybe I should write a post about it. For me, for us to remember what fun we had. For you to know how kickass we are. And maybe show it to my children 20 years later what LTMMC made me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We'll soon begin with lectures and be into 2nd year. We might bid some of our friends good byes, might welcome some new (this is all considering I myself pass :P).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It will again be the 1st day. Of the 2nd year. Though, this time I won't be confused, finding my way around the college. This time I won't be insecure about the way I look. I won't be looking at strange faces and being judgmental. We'll all soon be back to ROFLing, from day one!</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">Kya? Khatam Bhi Ho Gaya!???</span></i></div>
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Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-57441854251835713072011-10-31T12:30:00.000+05:302011-10-31T21:24:38.660+05:30The Better YOU<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> Nearly 8 days, since I came to Kudal! I looked forward to this vacation to read all the things and chapters I couldn't read because of the part exams - Cutaneous nerve distribution, Hematology. I imagined myself burning the midnight oil and Aai making me cups of coffee, the same way I studied in 10th. But back then, I was a completely different ME! The reason I studied then and the reason I study now is completely different. And every morning as I manage to start my days as late as possible, today I surprised myself by saying Good Morning to the day when it actually had already become a Good Afternoon. Rather a bad one, actually. And though I tried to convince myself to feel happy about it as I won't get such sleeps again as college starts, I knew I was cursing myself for utter waste of time. Firstly, it is proved that 6-7 hours of sleep is only what is required for brain and that more than it just makes brain more sloppy and slow and secondly, Benjamin Franklin with his words of advice keeps freaking me out when I try to pull up that blanket again - Sleep is a waste of time. You shall have enough of it once you DIE!<br /> AND ALL THIS IS MAKING ME FEEL TERRIBLY DEPRESSED!<br /><br /> Its not new for me though. I have observed that in everybody's lives you have crests and troughs, just like waves. For your performances, happiness, satisfaction... Everything. You shine and manage to surprise yourself by achieving brilliance! Which you yourself hadn't thought about and then you also sometimes feel suicidal when nothing goes your way or the way you plan. We have days where we go to bed imagining that life just can't be better than this and then there are days when you think why did you at all come to this world! You have moments of celebrations and moments of grieving! I don't know if you are able to connect to what I am saying here, but if you are not, you might find this entire article just boring philosophical out-pour from my heart!<br /> But as a matter of fact, we actually don't understand the value of happiness or for that matter any given darn situation in life, unless we fall in a deeper pit. Its then when we really understand that what we had, was something which was really beautiful and enjoyable. As my friend Shrikant would say - You understand the value of something in your life only when you lose it. Even Kunti, mother of Pandavas asked for sorrows and difficulties, in her blessings from Krishna. When I was small I thought that the woman was psychotic to ask all this, just so that she could understand the beauty of surrendering to God in times of trouble, but now I really understand what she meant. And its in such times that even I get such kinds of philosophical bouts.<br /> Now its not that I am having a nervous breakdown or anything. But after a certain period of being unsatisfied with myself I usually seek some motivation from my Gurus as such. Baba, Haresh Sir, Gauri Tai or just chat with Vivek or Mihir. But I have always known that the external motivation is just time being and what you really need, is boost ups from your own guts! I maintained tradition of sending SMSes to myself in times of distress and spoke to myself some words of advice from an elderly, third person's views. You always know the answer out, you always know what is right. But the correct way always is a difficult decision or something REALLY courageous, to be done.<br /> The way we are brought up and everything good that we know in this world, always acts as the guiding compass when you are caught up in a storm. But we always tend to hide away the compass and prefer to not make any decision, rather the right decision and hence sink our own ship. Its always US and OUR decisions and thoughts that really make any difference to our life, irrespective of others'. What is important is just to seek advice from THAT YOU in You. The all-knowing, all pervading indestructible part of Right in you - what some call the Almighty or the Adwait concept of God.<br /> So I thought of writing something like this, which I can read again when I need guidance from ME. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">I</span> always know what is really good and correct for me, irrespective of what my parents, friends or teachers think. But its important to consciously and voluntarily open up to that lighthouse in you and just not close your eyes. So I thought of writing the thoughts of that ME in me.<br /> (Considering this as an advice from HIM, I have used distinct pronouns)<br /><br />Dear Sujay,<br /> As you sit here, writing all that I tell you, its the first mistake that you make by wasting all the time typing the thoughts which would come and go in your mind as a blizzard. I wonder if you go on posting this to your blog really for you to read again or for people to know 'how philosophically matured' you THINK you are. Life is too simple and you make it very complicated by bringing in perspectives about YOU, that people might have and THAT is the root cause of everything.<span class="body"> I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.</span><br /> First thing that you lack is self motivation. Its Me in you who is always there to guide you but you always turn a deaf ear even when your conscience is shouting out. You do it, when I try to prohibit you from wasting time on Facebook, you do it when I tell you to not think about what people in college - teachers, seniors and colleagues - think about you. The burning passion for medicine that you have in your heart is gonna die out if you don't pour the oil of hard work in it. It probably is the undeserving success that you think you have temporarily got in college after scoring good in 2 useless part exams. Yes I agree that your sincerity in listening to teachers with rapt attention is what mostly helps you, but not reading any further is gonna take you in a deeper shit where you would become helpless - a casual.<br /> You keep convincing yourself that you study to know more, and not for marks. But just think if you are trying to run away from the fact that its marks, that will really check your deep knowledge. As Baba says, when you play a game, you have to play by the rules of it. Just cursing the education system is going to take you nowhere.<br /> To keep going, to keep fighting you should clearly visualize your path and destination. Your ambition and your dreams are the only thing which should matter to you the most. All the distractions are nothing but temporary unproductive mirages which you must learn to distinguish from reality!<br /><span class="body"> Pablo Picasso once said - Action is the foundational key to all success. And the most foolish thing to do is to not open the door when you own the key. </span><span class="body">Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. As Aajoba always says - To constantly analyze what you do and to counter check it against what you SHOULD do, as directed by your conscience is finally nothing but the way to achieving your goal.<br /> Lastly, as I take leave, I just would like to tell you... I am always here for you when you will need me. Just make sure that you keep your mind open to my suggestions.<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Stay Hungry,</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"> Stay Foolish.</span><br /><br /> Yours Sincerely...<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Better YOU</span><br /><br /></span> <span class="bodybold"></span></span></div>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-63154588044779408332011-10-23T16:55:00.000+05:302011-10-27T01:17:39.507+05:30BECOMING a Medico<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> You are out of that CET world, you walk the corridors of an INSTITUTION having its own culture, achievements and glories... You are smiled at, by your seniors and you just like to roam around in the college wearing that apron... That feeling, when you are asked about directions to a specific ward no. 24 by a poor confused patient, and in spite of having shrugged your shoulders, you still manage to be happy and elated 'coz someone called you a DOC!! Gosh!! Man, you are in a medical college!!! :)<br />3 months nearly of being a 'Proud Sionite', and I am back home, Kudal, for my Diwali vacation which is indeed nothing but just a preparatory leave, given that our exams start soon after it ends. But nonetheless, you still manage to feel majestic to even show off the huge bags you carry filled with more books and less clothes. Sigh, just that there was no space for Gray's!! (believe me, its a HUGE HUGE Anatomy book). Imagine, opening that in the train, just giving the seat-mate granny a mild M.I. Hihi :P ... But jokes apart, 3 months, just 3 months and there's SOOOOO much to write about.<br />1st Aug we kick off the day with Dean's address where they give us a warm welcome to the huge family, followed by a tour of entire college by our seniors. The next day we have Ice Breaking by seniors for all of us to know each other better. Yeah, much needed when you are sharing benches with a small Bihari and a huge Punjabi. Man, you feel weird and over-conscious that all these people you are sharing benches with are actually the toppers from their respective places and you are just afraid that you are gonna get your ass kicked surely in the competition. You keep judging everybody carefully, wondering what could be your comfort zone of people. That's really a difficult part, but it passes soon and you start enjoying with everyone as if you all have been chaddi buddies! And the strong anti-ragging council of Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College (L.T.M.M.C) makes it sure that there's not even an R heard from it. But given the fact that all our seniors are just uber cool and pure fantabulous, we all enjoyed the silly "Betty Butter Bought some Butter..." kinda games with all other possible words starting from "B" ( ;) my batchmates might know what I mean :P)<br />And then start the subject teaching! Gawdddd... Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry! Anatomy with all her sister subjects becomes just ever increasing huge Ocean of knowledge. The amazing logical stimulation by Physio (my personal fav) and Biochem with harldy any time spared from the day stays unread. Much awaited Anat dissections are the best part of all the learning. And what I enjoy the most is that you are in the college the entire day, being bombarded with some sort of information or the other, but yet you manage to not feel tired by it and rather enjoy it. That's maybe because we will be having its direct application further clinically. Sigh, I'm boring myself writing all this.<br />I decided to not commit my CET mistake of just being a bookworm and hence started singing classes and have joined a gym - Talwalkars. I have already learnt 4 Ragas and performed 2 songs in a small show in the college on Ganeshotsav occasion. I am maintaining (trying rather to) the AMAZINGLY STRICT Diet given to me by the Nutritionist at the gym to help me shed the extra kilos and turn into something fitter if not a macho! Boy, we'll surely require some Biceps to move around the stretchers next year in the wards if they want us to be the wardboys! (that's what I've heard).<br />Its fun to try and fill up your tummy with loads of healthy veggies and fruits, ordering Sandwiches without potatoes and butter. Given the fact that we survive these days with lunch in college canteen with something just to prevent us from fainting in the practicals, I am way too much enjoying even the simple </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >Radish sabji</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> made by Aai for lunch. Geez I am gonna completely screw up all my diet effort of last month.<br />Er, right now, I don't even know what I should write. In fact I didn't have anything specifically on my mind to write about. I usually have a good opening and end for post already made in mind, but right now I'm just typing anything and everything, hence all the weird randomness of the topic. I just thought that this point in life, NOT life as such, but you know the medical career might be an important point where I would like to archive all my FIRST feelings of doing this and that.<br />I am trying to be much sincere in college. Listening with rapt attention and controlling myself from cracking jokes no matter however strong the instinct. I am actually trying to curb my last bencher's attitude by purposely grabbing a seat, staring at the prof. But given the fact that our (most of the) Professors are just too too too good, it is taken care that you don't doze off with a lullaby. I am trying to know all the 99 people of my batch with their first names and its actually becoming much of a task! I am trying to know my seniors better, as its important and all, firstly. (but secondly, given the dearth of pretty faces in our batch its lot more thirst quenching :P).<br />Hahaha, and its just yesterday that I went for dinner with Baba's friends and when asked about a specific Haematology doubt, the answer that I got was another question - How many gorgeous girls I have in my college and how many of them I actually have complimented? I told them that I did compliment one for her superbly visible Sternocleidomastoid, they wanted to specifically know about Pectoralis and Gluteus! :D.<br />The fact that I really read the books I brought home is what actually nauseated them, haha! Geez, convincing them that I don't study JUST to pass the exams was really a Herculean task.We already had 2 part exams which I surprisingly topped (both of them), although I firmly believe that I didn't deserve to even pass the 2nd, given my haphazard preparation.<br />As Aai sits here, reading what I am typing, its kinda awkward to type all this, (I don't think she knows those muscles) but heck everybody tried to convince my parents that medicine is actually meant to work hard and party harder... Well, the Party part actually sunk deep into me. ;) So I whiled away the entire day today not doing anything much specifically and I am damn sure that my 1st terminal itself is going to be something I won't actually be expecting.<br /><br />The worst part is, that you look forward to this vacation with huge hopes of completely shoving off all that huge accumulated pile of To-Be-Done work and actually end up wasting it in not so productive or enjoyable activities.. The worst and the most frustrating part.. Sigh. I am just drifting off way too much into randomness. I should just go and give my cerebral cortex the much needed rest after all the PLANNING about studying! Well, it is actually a tiring job! Now all that remains is the Really studying part. (Haah, Aai read that 'awkward' part I just wrote above and gave me a tap on my shoulder and smiled. Now with my 18th birthday soon approaching I am excited about legally being an adult at last. Damn, I've become completely shameless already)<br /><br />At last this turns out to be quite a boring post, but geez I completed it somehow 'coz I felt some kind of binding responsibility of posting at this moment.<br /><br />P. S. I keep checking my Blog stats and always there are many new people checking it out with redirections from varied keywords and I wonder what they come to see. But whatever the reason, its nice to know that someone even from Canada also reads all the crap I write. Haha :D<br /></span></div>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-90291180496758542952011-07-01T13:35:00.000+05:302011-07-01T13:57:59.058+05:30Final Destination...<div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:trackmoves/> <w:trackformatting/> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:donotpromoteqf/> <w:lidthemeother>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:lidthemeasian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:lidthemecomplexscript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> <w:splitpgbreakandparamark/> 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But, I don't know why, I just thought I should wait till the results are out. I know I have to write since the day of CET and all the experience till 14th June and later, and believe me folks, now that I am in mood to write, this one is gonna be a long one. (P.S. I owe this one to my juniors, who made me realize that I am not just using up cyber space by writing for nothing, no one out there, when I knew that only Gauri Tai reads this, which I wonder now if she really does these days)</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">(Well, I too remember Googling up names like Keyur Desai, Akruti Gunderia, Nikhil Rao, Uday Tekchandani and Parasmita Bhattacharjee and many more, tracking them on their facebook lives and wondering about their legends.)</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The month of April after the HSC boards was the best part. Yes we did miss all the teaching but then, studying what you feel you are weak at and having your own revision schedules was the best part. I remember us coming from the prelims, in a taxi even though the exam center - Saraswati Vidya Mandir - was very near to our house, just so that we could check the papers and know our marks. I remember carrying the change of Rs. 16, the minimum fair, in mine and Vivek's pockets. And then all the phone calls - To Ghangurde sir, to tell him marks and expect some HMMM (his signature sound), Nadkarni sir, to argue regarding every doubtfull question, Varun, Mihir and Kasturi to know their marks and texting all the people I knew to know where we stood. Then filing up all the papers and entering our marks in the report cards we made for ourselves. Sigh, I still miss all the fun and stress... Kind of addicted to it, it seems. :) :)<br />Let me start from THE DAY.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">12th May 2011, the day when our destinies were written. I woke up after just 6 hours sleep, as the previous night I was too happy and excited to sleep, about the day to come. Still I felt like having beaten Sleeping Beauty in the competition, though the BEAUTY factor isn't included here :P.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Yes, I was worried that I had no worries at all and I remember dancing to Mast Kalandar on my iPod while Vivek was still nibbling away Biomedical Technologies, on 11th eve. I remember Vivek getting frustrated while I sang out Kabhi Kabhi Aditi aloud and my parents wondering if all the stress had driven me nuts. Yes, it was indeed a wonderful night counting last few hours till freedom. I could imagine how India might have felt at 12 O'clock midnight on 14th August 1947, only that I had no Chacha Nehru for the long speech. I remember having a breakfast of not-so-sweet Sheera on Thursday next morning because Ghangurde sir once told us that a girl who did so scored 50 in Physics. And they say we are the SCIENCE students, hahaha. And then putting on the Tanpura and meditating by humming the swaras of silent Hansdhwani. Then getting ready, praying to God (which I doubt if I even believe in) and kissing my parents as I sat in the cool cab being driven by a woman driver. Never did I breathe so deep and never did I feel so calm and relaxed. I already had decided that I will be surely following Haresh Sir's philosphy about positivity and using Rhonda Byrne's The Secret. Jai Hind was my centre and Prabhu sir's phone call was all I needed to boost my morale even more, which did occur amazingly as we were getting down from the car. I kept telling myself that CET is easy and dumb and that I shouldn't much complicate things. I kept repeating this advice that all our professors had given us since our first class test. But fate it seems, had something of its own to play.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The bell rang and we entered the class. I tried to meditate and keep my heart beat as slow as I could so that no adrenaline would be secreted so as to make me panicky. Papers were distributed and a surge of thoughts ran through my mind. HECK! Shit, this is the last PC paper I will be ever writing, unless I decide to repeat. All those amazing moments with our beloved Ghangurde and Nadkarni sir, our idiotically funny doubts and SO MANY TESTS for THIS single one! It was a great feeling. I opened up the paper and the first question itself was something I didn't know much about. HECK, I kept my mind calm though, thinking that its just my set here that has this tough one before. Rest to be following will surely be easy. But alas, DMER this time thought of some Halloween surprise for us. Every question that followed was something which we didn't expect from CET. Not that I couldn't get those, but just that the feeling that this devil was really different than what we expected for 2 years, made me worried. I cannot remember the no. of times I blessed my parents for admitting me with GG, as every following question was his internal with all the same options!! :O Physics was done, and it wasn't as bad as I firstly thought it would be, but I had taken up 4 mins more than what I should have and my Chem devil now had larger horns. Chem was really easy, but the time factor and the thought that I only could read every question once if I wanted to complete the paper really got me dizzy and I did what I so swore to not be doing. I lost my cool. I panicked. And what followed was havoc. I remember reading 6 questions in line with nothing going in head and me just circling them so as to hurry for the next one. Time was over and my 2 questions remained. The idiotic invigilator didn't know that he was supposed to be signing the papers and came to fulfill his duty as I was scurrying around to mark the answers. Finally, as the bell rang, I kept holding tightly on to my answer sheet, following GG's tips to not to give it away unless you mark everything. But then I wondered how suddenly the invigilator could be so smart by taking away my question paper instead. Sigh, I didn't know what option to mark. This never happened in our mock tests as we were supposed to take away the question papers at home. I saw around, people moaning, screaming and some hugging their deaths quietly. I kept wondering which group I should be joining. I could see my parents disappointed faces, GG and Nadu asking me how I could not get THAT particular question and Kasturi asking me how I could miss such easy ones. I wished I could just disappear. Somehow, I could remember Aai telling me that if PC went bad, it meant I had the added responsibility of doing my best in Bio. So, I hurried to the washroom to wash my face where already few people were crying, but I decided that I won't be giving a shit about what's happening around and what happened before. I knew that if it was bad for me, it surely must have been bad for everybody. I just prayed to God that the Bio paper happens to be just out of board book and occupied my seat. But sigh, no prayers were to be accepted that day.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Bell rang, I got my Bio paper and I felt all the joy one could get by topping a prelim, after reading first 2 pages. Every question had been from board book. But then, again, the happiness wasn't meant to be lasting for long. They started asking some questions which I knew even Balaji didn't have the answers for. But somehow, I didn't feel the excruciating pain anymore again. Maybe I had become too numb to feel it, maybe I had gobbled up some extra confidence with water gulps and dry fruits, during the break, but somehow I remained strong during the entire Bio paper. Completed it on time and just wondered if I should run back down to my parents or just sit there. Quietly. I randomly packed my stuff as everybody was running around in pain and anguish. There were huge heaves and silent sobs, long sighs and sarcastic smiles. I wondered what mask I should have been wearing. I just climbed down the stairs and calmly explained my parents the situation who thought I would come down screaming in joy and all in smiles as after my final Geometry paper of SSC. And then... The worst part... DISCUSSIONS!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Firstly, I called up Ghangurde sir, to tell him that unlike what he promised us the entire year, the Bio paper was not exclusively from board book. By then he already knew of the PC case. Then calling up Vivek, who was already crying, Varun, who gave me a myocardial infarction by saying that PC was just lengthy and that he expected 97 in it, Kasturi, who wondered if she would have to repeat and then Mihir, who's phone was switched off.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Then it was a confusion so as to deciding which classes we should be going to, to draft the paper again. As we discussed how screwed we were in Bio and how we were raped in Physics I knew KEM was now just a dream. We knew we had to go to GG, because that's where we were confused the most. Again Dominoes pizzas lured us even at such time. Haha! Where we met Minit Shah, who then again made us feel that we should be jumping from the building by explaining how better KEM was, as compared to Sion. Even Pizza seemed to taste shit. With every question answered wrong, counting back the falling score was really a dagger in heart. But we somehow could finish the paper and ran to Prabhu sir's office where the Bio paper was already ready and printed. With NO CONTROVERSY this year and all answers being line pickups, the hope of getting some free marks of controversies were even shattered. And then as he told everybody's scores, I added up my P & B totals, just praying to God that I might not have made more than 4 mistakes in Chem. And then impatiently we requested Kolambikar sir to allow us to check the paper he had drafted. 183, 183!!!! That was the score I predicted! And sigh, it was a feeling I really can't explain in words. With no energy left in body to travel in a train from Parla to Dadar, we somehow got ourselves into a rickshaw and immediately started calling up friends from various places. Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Latur, Solapur, Sangli and Kudal. Somehow the sadistic pleasure of everybody having done badly and the news of the so-called-toppers of respective places coming back home crying, calmed our nerves.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Reaching home, was like attending a funeral. With my and Vivek's parents putting up their awkward smiles trying to convince us that medical college didn't make much difference and that everybody around the state faced the same situations. Predicting the cut offs for KEM and Mumbai, I just prayed it were around 183. Plus, there was a huge confusion while marking the answers, so I just hoped that all the practice of 2 years to mark correctly paid off. Somehow I didn't enjoy my dinner in Gypsy that day. 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our Independence. And somehow, its not as sweet as I dreamed 2 years ago that it would be. Days to follow were filled with all kinds of emotions. With nothing to do, except for wondering about how we worked so hard for those 3 hours which instead tuned out to be something far from our expectations, I spent 2 days just lying in bed, quietly. With a kinda debacle in MHT CET, my parents wanted me to appear for the ASSO CET which they thought would be backup if something went wrong. And I had no option but to spend 5 days till ASSO on 17th reanalyzing all the mistakes (SINS as Prabhu sir would say it) that I might have committed in the last year. However Mihir, turned out to be my savior when one day he came down for a sleepover. Reading 2nd law of thermodynamics from Sears and Zemansky and playing Counter Strike on line, somehow seemed to be sweet medicines. I started reading Harry Potter series like an addict and imagined what huge crime I had committed not having tried it before. I gave ASSO CET and ran back home to Kudal that day itself. Somehow I felt, I would find solace and happiness with my old friends who did not much care about CET! But it was not to happen...</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Courier New"font-family:";font-size:130%;" >Having returned after nearly 2 years (with 2 short trips in the period) I was really a moron to imagine that I wouldn't have to face the "CET KAISA THA?" question. Yeah I did somehow recover from all that. Exercise, football, music, internet and all my life in my room somehow made me forget that, I even had this chapter of my life. I somehow had decided that, I wouldn't just sweep this incident under the carpet. I called up Vivek, Kasturi and Mihir most of the times to discuss what might have went wrong, to get their opinions... I knew I had to learn a lot instead of just cribbing about what might have been my real first failure in life. Apparently Aai and Baba would have their own theories and mostly all our dinners were filled by POST CET TRAUMA arguments. Where they kind of interrogated me for any distractions that might have caused decreased study time or concentrations, they really surprised me with their memory by recalling most of the incidents of past 2 years. Had they given CET they surely would have topped BIO! Hahaha...</span><span style=" font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Courier New"font-family:";font-size:130%;" >Where I was asked if I felt depressed and lonely, where my cell phone use time was being questioned, where my TV and computer timings were being analyzed, where I was asked if I dated someone during the period and where it was doubted whether I was addicted to porn (as I stayed here alone), I just felt amused rather than frustrated at their amazing flight of imagination. All this, given that I talk to Aai even about my crushes, became a daily debate. I just waited for the day to arrive when we were supposed to leave for Kashmir - The Heaven on Earth...</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Courier New"font-family:";font-size:130%;" >Sigh, I don't feel much like describing the scenic beauty of the land, you can always read about it from somewhere else. I must agree that I enjoyed the trip A LOT! The most amazing part being, the polite, honest and helpful people of Kashmir. Yeah, I would someday write about the trip but surprisingly the Kashmir snow couldn't freeze our POST CET chats. And I just badly waited for 14th June sun to dawn so as to end all the confusion and stress. I must agree that this period was more stressful than even the CET time. We returned home and the remaining vacations went on with all the gymming and football. The intensity of our discussions reducing day by day. I guess even my parents somehow came to know that CET stress was not a piece of cake to handle. I apparently broke my little finger while playing football, displacing 4 mm of the condyle of a phalanx. I was all excited about having the fracture and given the fact that the doc said that it might need a surgery... YAY!</span><span style="font-family: "Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Courier New"font-family:";font-size:130%;" >As I kept climbing up and down the stairs of different offices to collect all the possibly required certificates, I knew that this time's result wasn't going to be much like the SSC.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Courier New"font-family:";font-size:130%;" >Oh, I forgot to mention that our HSC result was out on 27th May while we were in Jammu, planning our trip to Vaishnodevi. I scored 530/600, that is 88.33% which was far far far better than what I expected and what I really deserved. But that didn't keep people from asking me why I wasn't a college topper anymore and why a guy scoring 96.15% in 10th couldn't even pass the 90% mark. My dad kept explaining to all the people that called him, that this year I concentrated more on CET rather than HSC, but hardly anybody knew the difference and importance. And somewhere I kept feeling that he really didn't deserve all this justification to people...</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Courier New"font-family:";font-size:130%;" >Now all this writing might seem like some moaning and complaining to the God, but I just wanted to make a note of everything that, I guess, every student like me might have experienced. My own grandpa who's himself a retired Chem paper setter was really depressed about me getting just 89. I felt like having disappointed Haresh Sir by not even being able to cross 90s where I once dreamed of 100. (given that I had scored 8 consecutive 50s in Sunday tests). I just hoped, 14th June would come fast. People around in Kudal kept asking me what score I expected and the only thing that bugged me while telling them 183, was that I still was frightened of my most dangerous enemy - marking mistakes.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Courier New"font-family:";font-size:130%;" >And so we left Kudal and reached here on 12th June night. Amazingly Tikona, my internet provider had amazing ideas to keep me from getting the result and so we decided to go to Kasturi's house to check the result on 13th midnight, when the results were to be declared.<br />Somebody of Kasturi's acquaintance came to know about all the mess that had occurred. That about 17 questions from Biology were outside the book published by the board itself. It was taken for granted by us, at least our group, that the entire Bio paper hence would be from it. And so we didn't study other books of private publications. I must say, MOST OF OUR PRODUCTIVE TIME, in the entire year, was wasted in the confusion of whether to or not study other books. Doing useless Navneet and Internals based on other books. And that SOME ACQUAINTANCE of Kasturi happened to be the ex secretary of the Governor. He advised us to fight a legal fight against DMER (the institution which conducts the medicine CET) and bring a stay on admission process. So we drafted a letter to the Governor, the Chief Justice of Mumbai High Court and the Education Minister, took signatures of as many students as possible and on 13th made rounds of many places in some hope that it would in at least some or the other way benefit us. But as we went to DMER office to give them a legal notice to be ready to fight a case, they gave us a circular which according to them was sent to all colleges and stated that all the books were to be considered in the study of the exam. And thus, everything in vain...<br />One the 12th night, as I was lying in the bed, I remembered all my thoughts of the times when I was still studying. It was exactly one month since CET and SO many things I had already experienced. I always imagined this day to be so amazing and exciting, wondering if I could be among the top 10 in state and maybe expecting some fulls, either in Chem or Phy. Somehow all those feelings yet felt very soothing and calming. I could have many flashbacks of our amazing lectures, fundoo concept discussions with Vivek and Varun and completing the homeworks just before the day of submission, at 4 o' clock in the morning.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Courier New"font-family:";font-size:130%;" >I remember the day when I first came to Mumbai. When we were taking admission in Ruparel, the CET results of the toppers were displayed. As we stood there ogling at those amazing marks, wondering if I could ever become a doctor, Baba (my dad) was especially impressed by a guy who score 191 in both medical and engineering CETs. He confessed to me, that though he knew it was impractical, it was his dream that he wanted to see me topping both the CETs and scoring amazingly well in HSC with some great rank in boards. And then he put his arm around my shoulder and gave me a huge smile. He told me that he was really proud to have me as his son.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Times New Roman"font-family:";font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-Courier New"font-family:";font-size:130%;" >As I lay staring at ceiling fan performing the circular motion, with some background scores of Vivek's snores, I just gave out a long sigh, smiled and pulled up my blanket. <span style="font-weight: bold;">As a small tear drop rolled down my cheek, I wondered if Baba could still feel the same tomorrow...</span></span></p>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-58724174258326278072011-07-01T12:30:00.001+05:302011-07-01T15:53:53.837+05:30BANG BANG BANG...<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> 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mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" >13th June, as I stood brushing my teeth I was counting hours till midnight. Remembering the day I brushed my teeth on 12th May, I wondered if it was the same heart rate again where you could feel the blood flow even in the fingers holding the brush. Every passing hour, I reduced the count on the board where during the past 2 years, we used to write DAYS TO CET. It now read - HOURS TO RESULT.<br />We reached Kasturi's place at 11.00pm, thinking that if they at all somehow decide to prepone it, even by few minutes, we shouldn't be missing anything. All I remember is, the arguments then with Vivek and Kasturi as to who should be the one first checking out the result. :D We kept refreshing the page, as we now counted minutes to 12 o' clock. And then as I hit refresh again, the "Results will be declared at 12.00am on 14th June" window disappeared... It was 14th June...<br />As per our agreement it was going to be Kasturi who kept praying to God that she shouldn't be going below 180. She entered her roll no. and birth date and there it was. 184, rank 127... We all burst in cheers while Kasturi in tears... Screaming out "KEM is gone, KEM is gone". While everybody else tried to console her, I hurriedly entered my roll no. and dhaaammm...<br />P 47<br />C 44<br />B 92<br />Total 183<br />SMR 157<br />I felt a sense of joy, of this time not being beaten by the Marking Mistakes demon, and I gave out a silent YAY... Everybody put on their HAPPY masks but I knew what everybody was thinking (including Aai and Baba), "KEM is gone, KEM is gone".<br />As Vivek silently punched the hard keys of Kasturi's keyboard, I just prayed to God that he shouldn't be having any bad luck debacle (as he did once in a prelim. Getting marks, different from the expected score.) I also secretly wished that he shouldn't be far ahead of me if he were to score more. And there it was - 183, rank 151.<br />There was silence. Complete silence. Except for Kasturi's hyperactive brother Vedant. As everybody wondered what they should be feeling, saying and doing, there was lots going on in the frontal lobe of our cerebrums. Whether to be happy that we were in top 200 and easily getting into 2nd best medical college or whether to be sad that our dream wasn't fulfilled. Whether to call people - professors and friends - to tell and ask marks or whether to just go home, switch off the phones and worthlessly try to jump into REM of sleep. Celebrate or mourn? But by God's blessings, this period of awkward looks being given to each other and trying to pull apart lips so as to resemble an expression called smile, was relieved by the loud TRING of Kasturi's phone. People started calling up to tell and ask marks. As Aai went on writing everybody's marks as they called, the moments were filled by SHITs and YAYs as some scored more, while others scored less than us (I hope you can guess that the word - RESPECTIVELY - is missing ;) ) Then, somehow our faces brightened up on having known that MOST of the people were going to join us, which brought REAL smiles to our faces.<br />As we walked to reach home, I knew what Baba was feeling. I just yet hoped that he would come near, put his arm around my shoulder and say that he was proud to have me as his son. That did not happen though. I guess he was walking much behind us to do that. Had he been with us, maybe...<br />And in my life, for the first time ever, I could taste - FAILURE.<br />Climbing up the stairs (even though we had an elevator) Prabhu sir's phone call and knowing the result, Parasmita getting SMR (state merit rank) 2, and his "I TOLD YOU" kind of tone just made the taste of it, further more bitter.<br />Lying down on beds, at 3 am, Baba finally spoke to me, since the result was declared. "I am happy :). You will be getting into medicine without any problems. Having known many cases who couldn't, this is really good achievement. We are proud. It’s just that... Leave it, we'll talk tomorrow. Sleep now, it’s late already." Sigh, however I knew that tonight I just had to give some company to the lonely ceiling fan...<br />As sun dawned on 14th of June, we regretted not having fully charged our cell phones. With all the phones ringing together, with people wanting to wish us for our "SUCCESS", somehow we got the feeling that it was not SO bad actually. And it was confirmed when Baba could really smile. Maybe it was his friends and colleagues calling him up and telling him that he was really a proud father, which brought a sense of satisfaction and calm in him. I don't know about celebrations but we surely weren't mourning any more. The days since then were filled with juniors calling up for advice regarding study patterns and playing Age of Mythology and Call of Duty like addicts. Prabhu sir called us and told us everything about colleges and admission process. And his Party was all that we were looking up to. Getting over the sense of inhibition to perform something, we decided to dance to Ainvayi Ainvayi and an entirely guys dance on Sheila. The rehearsals and planning and reporting Prabhu sir, the party stuff was really an amazing experience.<br />It was a blast; the party was a blast... And somehow I could see people being much much impressed by the fact that the guy reading Zemansky could even dance :P.<br />Again, as sir called me up for the award ceremony, while handing out the trophy to me he said, "This was the guy who studied because he loved to, not for marks. When I taught Cardio in class, he watched open heart surgery videos on YouTube and asked me doubts regarding it. Only 10% of what he studied was related to CET. And he was the only one who had the caliber to score 200/200." As everybody clapped with awe and wonder, I just somehow squinted to see Baba (who, along with Aai, had all the way come that day from Kudal, just for the party), wondering if tonight I could get his hug.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" >After that, the sleepovers with Mihir and Shrikant, discussions regarding theory of relativity, genetic science behind infatuations and all the arguments regarding the happening babes in our tuitions, was the thing that gave me finally the feeling that yes, CET was done! The admission process will start on 4th July and then one month later we will really be doctors.<br />As I stood in Ghangurde sir's classes, where he invited us to "GUIDE" the juniors, we were bombarded by all the questions that we had in our minds when we were in those shoes. As I bid good bye to the last batch that evening and left the room, I happened to see the mark list being displayed. Somehow, that moment, Baba's words seemed to ring in my ears...</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" >"<span style="font-size:180%;">You get what you deserve and</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-size:180%;">You deserve what you get...</span>"</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" >Amen</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" ></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;" > </span></p>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-11968720369663083362011-05-20T14:28:00.000+05:302011-06-29T22:41:31.967+05:30Raaga Yaman Kalyan<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Yaman Kalyan, the early evening Raaga. One of my favorites and also the first that I learned and practically the only one which I can sing somewhat beautifully. After thinking about the flaws in my singing and the lack of variety, I started hunting for the same bandish sung by some great maestros. YouTube was a boon, while searching anywhere else was really a difficult task. After listening to vocal as well as instrumental by some great names like Kishori Amonkar, Lata Mangeshkar, Pt. Sanjeev Abyankar, Ust. Rashid Khan, Hariprasad Chaurasia and Ravi Shankar, I apparently found myself addicted to all! But the greatest dilemma was to select ONE from these great to follow the style. Yes, its is the same raaga, same swaras and mostly the same compostion, but each empire has its own emblem. Lata's sweetness and beauty, Kishori ji's genius, Abhyankar ji's melody and calmness while Rashid ji's dazzling Taanas in his Tarana. Select either of these? Instead of comparing and choosing I'd rather repeat CET, than committ such a huge crime (*wait let me think if I'll do it* :P).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">But the point is, all these as eternal heavenly creations. I never really thought about it until one day when I was at my friend Mihir's place apparently for studying Physics which in fact never happened. :P . Two music buffs coming together was just the perfect occasion for a much needed break from CET (ya as if we studied till death :D). But seriously, it was huge fun. Mihir himself is a great flutist. After mere one year of learning the instrument he has great understanding of swaras and taala (though he needs his electronic tabla to count the beats for him :P).</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">He played and I sung many Raagas - Bihag, Desh, Yaman, Bhairav, Miyan ki Malhar, Ahir Bhairav, Puriya Dhanashree, Puriya Kalyan and many many more. Now I don't know what swaras make up the Aroha or Avaroha for these but once Mihir took me in the mood, I could feel the Raaga and by recollecting any composition previously heard I could make up some beautiful places. But finally it was Mihir who kept up the show, who's only audience was his Dad. Yaman and Desh were the raagas we played and enjoyed the most.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Then we had dinner, where Mihir made me listen a beautiful tarana by Ust. Rashid Khan which was indeed enchanting. But it was someone else who kept lingering on my head since then and who's Yaman, I dare to say that, I TRY TO COPY!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">It was none other than the Swarabhaskara himself - Pandit Bhimsen Joshi.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Bhimsen ji started off the 20 min long journey, of what I can say mesmerizing beauty, with a vilambit bandish (I guess that its called so) and finished off the spell with a drut bandish in teen taal. It was none other than - Ae Ri Aali Piya Bin!!!! :O</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">IT IS THE BANDISH I SING, and listening to the Bandish sung by BHIMSEN JOSHI himself, I kept cursing the day in a way, because I knew, that henceforth every time I sung the bandish I would know the way I am tearing apart and insulting the composition which can be a heavenly enchanted trip to euphoria!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">Now that my CET is over (and I don't feel much like writing about it) and I am back home, I had ample of time after my tiring day at badminton. With the only task allowed to me being sleeping and just sitting, by my body which otherwise protested by giving out signals of pain from every possible part, I kept listening again and again to Bhimsen ji's wizardry. Disappointed with myself of not being even worth of a speck of dust he would step upon, I thought I should give up singing the bandish.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I googled to find out if any video existed which showed Bhimsen ji flying kites, or counting stars in air or slicing watermelons while singing Yaman (as that is what he mostly does when he sings :P) but there were none. I was surprised to find out that the bandish I have is really a unique and a rare one and I thought that BJ's (that is what Vivek my room mate calls him, he has this funny habit of calling everyone with their initials) fans out there in the world deserved to feast upon this bandish too. SO before I uploaded it on YouTube I made a video of it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">6 FREAKING HOURS OF HARD WORK (yes) I finally have saved the file. Giving effects to each picture, deciding proper time for each transition, fishing for proper info about him, trying many colours for the text per picture so that the contrast made it legible and minute changes in clip length upto milli seconds, deciding when text appears or vanishes off, the animations, making pictures look really old and as if they are a part of video clip, making it look as if Bhimsen ji himself is singing, taught me that movie editing is not a piece of cake. I think of this as a tribute to the maestro, in my own terms. And finally I have done it. I hope you like it.</span></div>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-34886655389030277432011-03-31T00:13:00.000+05:302011-06-29T22:42:31.827+05:30Cricket - The Religion That Unites Us - Different Reasons.<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >India v/s Australia match ends with celebrations of the victory. But more than that, the delicious India v/s Pakistan appears to be appetizing and I look forward to it. Along with my count for DAYS TO CET, I add DAYS TO THE GAME!! Every midnight as I hear the buzz of my watch telling me that its a new day, I rush to reduce the count of days. Not for CET, but for The Game. And as I study for my Biotechnology exam, I just wonder if I could clone genes for my children!! Temperament from Dhoni, aggression from Yuvi, strength from Yusuf and skill and eternal genius from Sachin. I hope we could get all these together as a one man army for the big day. And today as Wednesday dawned, I couldn't feel the anxiety I usually have with all my tuition tests. How could I? I had to save my nails for those last overs played around 9.30 pm, to be bitten, while not even budging from the place, just so that this small change doesn't turn out to be the reason that made Men in Blue lose. Talk about superstitions with a science student. When it comes to cricket, Indians can never be beaten in craze and fever that surrounds it. How can it be? It is the only THING that unites us Indians.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >You must have surely head this - "Cricket is my Religion and Sachin is my God" or "I want to see God when I die, till then I'll do with Sachin"</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >No festival, no religion, no political party, no national event can ever even STOMACH Cricket, let alone SHOULDERING it. Nothing reaches here...</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Newspapers bursting with predictions, horoscopes, interviews, jokes, facts, SIDDHUISMS, I just wait for my test to end at 2.00 pm. This couldn't get bigger!!!</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >And the match starts. We start good. Blah blah blah... And we WIN!!! You know what happens even if you are remotely Indian, I leave the analysis to be done to the experts.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Zaheer's balls go unbeaten as Misbah desperately tries to build up something, to just connect the ball, as I calmly gulp up the last, 5th bottle of soft drink. Yes, there's this CET STUDENT guilt on mind of having (wasted) precious 8 hours but I'm determined to compensate for each and every second lost today. I would miss the final, not The Game!!</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Match ends with huge uproar from neighboring societies and firecrackers in the sky. I and Vivek run out to Shivaji Park where we guess would the real celebrations be. On our way down we see children, youngsters, middle aged people, oldies and even people on Wheel Chair screaming and shouting their throats out.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >I wondered if this is how the people felt when India got Independence? Because there's no way it could be bigger than THIS! People on bikes with flags, with Vande Mataram and Jai Hind chants, and celebrations everywhere! I couldn't help thinking that, really Cricket is THE RELIGION that unites us. I went on to the park. Hundreds and hundreds of people already down to dance to Puneri and Nashik dhol. Even I joined the crowed. I could feel something happening in my body, maybe that's what they called adrenaline rush. With my sedentary study life I always thought that the feeling of scoring 50/50 in Physics is what they call adrenaline rush. But no, this was far far far too bigger, better and AMAZING! Immediately sweat breaks in and I can already feel Tachycardia. Hehe.. It was fun. Not crooked and filthy, as Mavshi warned me, it might have been. I felt it was pure celebration of joy, celebration of victory and celebration of unity Maybe this is why Lokmanya Tilak started Ganeshotsav! But as I write this post, 1.20 am, with coffee keeping me awake and analgesic helping me sit, I feel sorry. I was naive.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >I ran around streets screaming Vande Matram, something I wouldn't do this year to avoid fatigue, telling people to hold the National Flag with due care and respect. Surprisingly everybody obliged immediately. This was everything I expected from India till I heard someone saying, "Pakistan Murdabad, Bhago Saalo Terrorists" and that was it...</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >I immediately ran to the group to try and stop them. Yes I was worried as Vivek warned me that they looked out of control, supposedly drunk. But I had to. When I told their so called leader that it is not correct ethically and politically to demean Pakistan, the guy who was in fact a middle aged man instead told me that this the only day when they can say anything and not be questioned. Plus, according to him, everything was fair after the victory and the youngsters around were 'Bachhe' (too small) to understand. He instead shooed me off like a cockroach. And I really felt pissed off. I could no longer dance or shout the chants, I decided to go home. On my way home, I finally could realize adrenaline levels going down and coming back to normal. I could see the WORLD around. The world as it was. With 5 news channel vans parked around the park, publicity freaks could be seen lingering in the backgrounds where the idiotic reporters asked stupid questions to people who I suppose hadn't even seen the match. MNS and Shiv Sena flags amongst the tricolour and some people dancing filthily. Most of them seemed drunk. Those in cars were already enjoying their BOTTLES! The crowd at a Beer Bar and at Alcohol shop was more than the people dancing on road. Everything seemed to be falling apart. I just wanted to run back home before some reporter or a political party caught me in their procession. It was no more celebration. It was political power show off and business. I had never seen GROUP SMOKING ever, neither guys of my age drinking alcohol directly out of bottles and abusing Pakistan.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >THIS IS ROTTEN HELL!! I hoped I never ran out of my house. India Tricolor lying on ground, being trampled by insane drunk dancers who joined the crowd later was just the final blow I could take.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Why all this? Why was I so excited about the match? Why wasn't I equally excited about Australia match which was better competition between the bat and the ball? What made me blind and idiotic?</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Now as I write here, not only do I feel guilty about wasting the day about just another match, but also feel ashamed of having gotten into the mob psychology. That leaves no difference between me and the uneducated, misdirected people. The fever was unnecessary and so were the celebrations. We haven't won the world cup yet but the celebrations were equivalent of having won one. Where does all this stem from?</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Today I read an article in a newspaper. The craze and the glamor of this match was all because the deep underlying animosity between the countries. 'Pakistan murdabad', that's what still keeps ringing in my head. Why can't we forget the past? Why can't we put behind partition and Kargil? You and Me weren't directly affected by the war. Just because hatred is instilled in our mind against Pakistan since we have started understanding world politics, it doesn't mean we should degrade the quality of sport.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >I have been very happy about the positive change. India inviting Gilani for a diplomatic talk, Gandhis sitting in non air conditioned stands, were the parts that I liked. There were no harsh abuses amongst the players, instead the environment was very friendly, I felt. No bottles thrown, no stampedes, no booing, everything seemed so picture perfect. But the political parties and the media have left no chance in exploiting these situations. Crappy news shows with weird headlines like 'Pakistan ke maut ka jashn' (celebration of death of Pakistan) made me sick. This semi-final has been given more importance than it really deserved, I agree and I have been a part of this mumbo jumbo. This makes me really sad and it brings me to a question, the one which has been asked every time. Why is Cricket, above all other games, The Religion of India?</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >There literally have been aartis and hymns about the team, Sachin. Yes the sport brings us together, where we forget our usual caste and religion problems. But this blind hatred against Pakistan is what makes us weak and insane. International sport is to foster the friendship among the nations which otherwise wouldn't have been much on cordial terms with each other. And by calling this sport a WAR we are just demeaning the sole reason of everything.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >THIS HAS TO CHANGE! And WE, I will change it. As I went on to that 'MURDABAD' person to talk, I really felt afraid. What if they abuse me? What if he hits me? But then I remembered a thought. Which goes something like this 'This world is dangerous not because of the the violence of bad people, but because of the silence of the good people'. Even Vivek knew that what was happening was wrong but he didn't care enough or rather was afraid to do anything. But I had made up my mind for any argument if any, was to happen.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >As I chat with my friend Mihir now on phone and tell him about what I'm writing, I wonder if this topic really deserves all the writing. But what I think is that a single spark is what lights up the fire. This hatred is what might be sown in our future generations. This hatred is what might result into World War III. I don't know. But I hope we uproot this poisonous weed right here, right now. And its I who can do it. Its YOU who can do it. Its WE who can do it.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >We wait for someone else to start. 'Shivaji janmava, pan bajuchanchya gharat' (Let Shivaji be born, but in the neighbor's house). This is the reason why we fail. And here's where Japan beats everybody.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >There's lots to write about this topic. I just had to get this concern of mine out here. Now that I don't have much time, I just wanted to make a note of this somewhere. I hope someday when I complete my education I gather courage to learn political science and maybe enter politics.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >I remember Anil Kapoor's Nayak - The Real Hero movie. This also reminds me of Rang De Basanti. My favorite dialogues-</span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br /><br />Karan -</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > Kuch future nahi hai is desh ka. Kuch hone vala hai nahi.<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Ajay -</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > Karan, door se commentary dena asaan hota, dusron ko gaali dena aur bhi asaan. Agar tumhe itna problem hai, toh tum badlo na is desh ko. Yeh tumhara bhi desh hai. Police ya IAS mein bharti ho jao, badlo cheejon ko. Lekin tum nahi karoge, kyun ki ghar ki safai mein haat gande kaun kare?<br /><br />(</span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Karan - </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >There's no future to this country. Nothing's gonna happen.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Ajay -</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > Karan, its easy to pass comments by sitting on the fence, easier to curse others. If you really have so much problem with this system, you bring about the change in this country. Its your country too. Join Police or Indian Administration Service, change the things. But you won't do it, because why should we soil hands in cleaning up our own mess?)<br /><br />Hum badlenge cheejon ko, hum badlenge is desh ko.<br />We will change things, all we need is a collective effort. And it starts with ME.<br /><br />Here's a song I like<br /><br />FLIPSYDE - SOMEDAY<br /><br />Someday we gonna rise up on that wind you know<br />Someday we gonna dance with those lions<br />Someday we gonna break free from these chains and keep on flyin'<br /><br /><i>[Verse 1]</i><br />They tellin' me it's all good just wait<br />You know you're gonna be there someday<br />Sippin' on Jim Beam ok<br />Gotta get these things one day<br />Till then do another line you know<br />Searching for that other high<br />Stop or I gotta steal then steal<br />Kill or I'm gonna be killed<br />I got a sack in my pocket<br />Conscious yellin' drop it<br />You know we're gonna lose it someday<br />And we tryin' to hold it all together but the devil is too clever so<br />I'm gonna die you gonna die we gonna die Someday one day I said<br /><br /><i>[Chorus]</i></span> <span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br />Someday we gonna rise up on the wind you know<br />Someday we gonna dance with those lions<br />Someday we gonna break free from these chains and keep on flyin'<br /><br /><i>[Verse 2]</i><br />Try to lie but it ain't me Ain't me<br />Try to look but I can't see<br />Can't stop right now cause I'm too far and I can't keep goin' cause it's too hard<br />In the day in the night it's the same thing<br />On the field on the block it's the same game<br />On the real if you stop then it's no pain but if you can't feel pain then it's no gain<br />Rearrange and you change and it's all bad and you try to maintain but you fall back<br />And you crawl and you slip and you slide down<br />Wanna make it to the top better start now<br />So I hold my soul and I die hard<br />All alone in the night in the graveyard<br />Someday one day I'm gonna be free and they won't try to kill me for being me<br />Hey someday<br /><br /><i>[Chorus]</i><br />Someday we gonna rise up on that wind you know<br />Someday we gonna dance with those lions<br />Someday we gonna break free from these chains and keep on flyin'<br /><br />If you know how this is<br />Gonna see it's not that easy<br />Don't stop get it till it's done<br />From where you are or have begun<br />I said keep on try a little harder to see everything you need to be<br />Believe in your dreams<br />That you see when you're asleep<br /><br /><i>[Chorus]</i><br />Someday we gonna rise up on that wind you know<br />Someday we gonna dance with those lions<br />Someday we gonna break free from these chains and keep on flyin'<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzGX-d61i7n2rZb3I_lU-e-_6VlGM9rlTHSSTAkeTnCLiC58eT00Vom4vC9NQ7Y4s4n83Rkp6mH07gJsZ5lNA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-38106511270754408812011-03-06T12:54:00.001+05:302012-06-20T18:05:55.728+05:30Love - The Strongest Emotion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">All of a sudden I'm having a blast of philosophy in my head while I should be preparing for my Physics test tomorrow. I thought, I should write it down somewhere, and what better place than my blog? Yesterday I read my previous post. I myself am so happy with it and get motivated by it that I've decided to read it whenever I feel down to remind how strong I can be and think.</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 130%;">To start with, because of my exams and all the pressure, Aai has come over to stay with me. She's gone for three days for some work but is about to return soon. Her presence, is so energizing and so stress free that I can work to my max levels. Her absence however is horrendous and loneliness is very demotivating and depressing. When she's here, she not only controls my uncontrolled waste of time (like this. Blogging on phone), but also does my not so productive chores. Like checking the question papers I solve and making charts to stick on walls. She is a person who, I feel, has stamina tending to infinity (talking in Maths lingo after its final exam is over. No more Maths again in my academic life :( ).</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 130%;">Yes, she can work till 4 in the morning writing all the accounts stuff and still manage to wake up at 7 to get Jui ready for her day. She can work entire day in kitchen and then sit down to take down notes for me from Science subjects she hasn't even studied. She can manage everything my disorganised Baba does and yet pull off a finger licking Pao Bhaji at night and wait for Baba's dinner till he has finished his late night surgeries. And she does all this so beautifully. I'm not saying she doesn't get tired. She gets frustrated when we don't do our simple jobs like just arranging our cupboard or CLOSING our books. But then we also do that because she does even this with anger on her face and love in her heart.</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 130%;">And now she's not here. Last two years, she has tried her best to manage everything in Kudal perfectly well before time so that she can come here to Mumbai to motivate me and keep a check on me. I've already wasted my half an hour typing this stuff on my phone's net and after writing so much for her I'm sure, if she was here, she would have instead been angrier for wasting my 1800 seconds! (ya that's how she accounts time of study)</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 130%;">After an idiotic sleep of 8 freaking hours yesterday, I still wake up feeling tired and bored to dig into these books and this is when I thought, what gives Aai all this amazing strength and power to be a wonder woman? And the answer is Love...</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 130%;">She love's us, and love's us like anything and that is her nuclear fuel!!! Love is the mightiest emotion, strongest feeling and best frequency to emit in this universe! (I'm talking with respect to my previous post where I wrote about the Law Of Attraction in Universe)</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 130%;">She loves Baba and wants him to be best at what he does. She loves Jui and wants her to score best in all her exams. After my boards, before CET, in the gap between them Aai is going to go to Kudal just to take Jui's last minute revision and for her first rank. And she's going to return (note that one journey from Kudal to Mumbai is of 500km and she travels alone at night in trains) just to check my papers which I'll solve then and give me mental strength. She loves me and wants me to get first rank in state! And for this, she does anything and everything possible. On the other hand, my studies have declined and while I study, I keep thinking why am I not able to study? I keep reading dumb ads in newspaper because I'm irritated to read again the textbook which I've already read thousands of times and I keep cursing myself for having a crush on a girl at the wrong time of my life. I know what's wrong and what's right. But just am not able to follow what's correct. I keep listening to title song of movie Lakshya, see Hrithik undergoing the military training, to get some motivation and read Shiv Khera's You Can Win to see if he can convince me that I can. I want to do this and that but don't find the strength to move my butt! :(</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 130%;">Today as I woke up late, my day began with cursing myself, as usual. But today I did something new...</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: 130%;">I DECIDED TO CHANGE WHAT I'M DOING. I heard that song once more with a BELIEF that I know my Lakshya (aim). I read Shiv Khera with an intention to BELIEVE that I CAN WIN. And I called up Aai to suck some energy from her (I really feel like being parasitic on her). And I thought that its LOVE that gives her energy. I have the secret now. Its necessary to LOVE.. No I'm not talking about that girl I mentioned. Its necessary to LOVE anything and everything you do. For me its necessary to love my books, my prof.s, my exams and my career. For me its necessary to LOVE myself and my long cherished dream. For me its necessary to LOVE Dr. Sujay Nigudkar. The Gold Medalist from GS Medical College....????...</span></div>
</div>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-62655816061792826912010-12-16T23:10:00.000+05:302011-06-29T22:44:23.839+05:30THIS is Rocking<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">CET's nearing day by day... 139 days left for it... HSC exam dates declared... Surely dead in that :P... And so much is happening in life... And since my last post I haven't at all got any time to write anything!!! Firstly Our Bio lectures are over... Last chapter of Chemistry is going on... And Physics portion is traveling at the velocity of light :D... And I AM SO LOVING MY LIFE... Might not be the most interesting life, but surely the most productive... I nowadays go out for a walk in the evening to refresh my mind... There I see many people of my age, enjoying to the fullest... I really envy them sometime... But then I think, are they going to be able to do all this 10 years down the line... Will their life be THIS simple... And then this strengthens my belief that by working harder I am creating an easier, simpler and enjoyable future for myself... In Haresh Sir's notes there's this beautiful quote-</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Future is not something to wait for, future is something to be created... Plan your future in advance as that's where you are gong to spend most of your life..."</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> The other day Baba told this to me,</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"You get what you deserve and you deserve what you get"</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Now I don't know how he came up with this, but as I think about it, it is the eternal truth of life... Haresh Sir says, we always work in two domains of life "DOING" and "GETTING"... But we forget the most important domain - "BEING"... We think 'If I do this, I'll get this... If I say this, they'll think this... If... Then..." and we remain entangled in this foolish mumbo jumbo... We forget the part that THIS itself is such a huge thing... Rather a beautiful thing!!! THIS may vary from person to person... For a student THIS might be marks on test, homeworks, assignments, crushes!!! Anything... But THIS, this time of studying, these weekly tests (mid weekly rather as we now have tests on Wednesdays too), these lectures, these homeworks... Once gone are never to come (unless of course you repeat if you didn't do all THIS properly... Hehehe ;) )</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Today I had a Chem lecture and Nadkarni Sir said, "So we are now starting the lecture for the last chapter of our syllabus." I don't know why... In that fraction of a second my entire last year came up from my memories... I could remember last year's December, preparing to face new Prof.s with enthusiasm, new books, added workload and all those AMATEUR CET STUDENT emotions!!! I could remember all the first introduction lectures and what all of us said... And all THIS is about to end!!! Now surely many would not agree, but I enjoyed this journey a lot... I am COMPLETELY, COMPLETELY a different person as compared to what I was when I came to Mumbai, rather when I entered twelfth... I've become matured, understanding, street smart, a PLANNER, lot more sincere, devoted, honest and stronger to face crisis situation... Ya in twelfth you might not be on border with guns and grenades, but facing the Sunday test with MCQ homework of 250 questions to be submitted on Monday is nothing lesser... I know THIS doesn't end here... Lot more to come... Many more bullets to be faced, many more bazookas to be dodged but this PAIN!!! Its sweet addicting pain... With never before kind of shivering, chilly winter of Mumbai, its torture to wake up at 5 in the morning and bathing with cold water just so that your brain's back to life... While sipping hot ginger tea, I sometimes wonder - "Is all this really worth? After all, all I want to be is a successful and renowned doctor... How does my college, my CET marks matter anyway?" Well then I understand that even if THEY don't THIS does matter... THIS is a PROCESS (isothermal irreversible expansion and adiabetic.. HEHE :P)</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">THIS is where we are made... And THAT is the result... I am constantly trapped in the GETTING domain... And that's where I lose... As I'm reading a book called THE SECRET by Rhonde Bryne, I am thinking of world in a different way... It says that we emit a frequency of a thought whenever we think about something... THERE... That thought about which you are thinking RIGHT NOW is going to the universe and law of attraction works in universe... THAT thought will bring more such thoughts to you... It will make up your day, your future because as quantum physicists define, time is relative... RIGHT NOW, another version of YOU already exists in some other time frame... And its the </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Schrödinger's cat </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">paradox type of event... The probability that an event occurs depends on the time when observer observes the event... (Google it to know more) If we extrapolate this concept we can see imagine that THOUGHTS are nothing but agencies which we send out into the future which pull many threads and make the situation true... My life depends on what I think... I think I can do, achieve, win and conquer... And so does my down fall!!! I keep saying this to me "Today is going to be a great day, today is going to be a great day" and it does turn out to be one!!! Sometimes even if when I don't do homework... And sometimes when I feel very demoralized the day turns out to be a nightmare... I get scolded in spite of doing all the works...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I have now really started believing... "What I can do, depends on what I think I can do"... LITERALLY!!!</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Far from the point of all THIS I have taken myself to some new world... I now understand that you don't have to be worried and stressed to be determined and planned... These two are mutually exclusive sets which we often don't consider to be different... Water always APPEARS to be turbulent and gushy on top, but inside its calm and quiet... Same is with our life... We worry with about some different situations and worry is all we do about it... Baba asks me to believe in this, "Arey, main nahin kar sakta, toh aur kaun karega?" (If not me, who can?)... Its easier and simpler to face the situation rather then dying by worrying...</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Now I'm not some Dalai Lama or any old banyan tree living for 500 years to say all these great words of wisdom... But whatever I have learned in this infinitesimal period of 17 years, will decide my further path...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Today, as I wonder how I will miss all my Professors, lectures, homeworks, etc. even before everything ends, I feel very sentimental... I really felt like crying when Nadkarni Sir said, "So we are now starting the lecture for the last chapter of our syllabus."</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And THIS is where I am.........</span></span></div>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-17254238546619769382010-07-21T19:46:00.000+05:302011-06-29T22:45:24.112+05:30Nickozz!!!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">After so many posts only about me and my life, here's one about someone except me... And who better than a best friend...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> So this is about Nikita... Nikita Utapt... She's one of my dearest friends... We know each other only for last 1 year or so... She lives in Pune and me in Mumbai... We met on the Europe tour of Kesari... And after that only once last year... But </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >JAI</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> TELEPHONE </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >MAHARAJ... </span><span style="font-size:130%;">She has become my best buddy... We share each and every thing with each other... Joy as well as sorrows... Sometimes even the things we shouldn't... But then, you know... She's a very great friend of mine... Now after reading all this, the first question which must have popped in your head is, "Are they something more than just friends?" The answer is NO!!! Every third person reading this would think this... But people you really don't know anything about me then...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">She gave the audition for SaReGaMaPa Marathi and was selected for two levels... Yesterday was her final audition before going air... and now is waiting for the results... And once she is on T.V. I am sure that people will be Googling her name!!!</span></div>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-10911274051500204272010-07-13T09:18:00.000+05:302011-06-29T22:45:57.148+05:30Physics and Chemistry Rockzzz!!!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">I am going crazy this week... With 50 in Physics confirmed I also have found out that I also have 49 in Chemistry!! Ahh! Ahh!! Ahhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"> You have to be here to see how happy I am today... <span style="font-style: italic;">In fact it is 50 in Chemistry too</span> on my question paper as I have <span style="font-weight: bold;">TICKED</span> the correct answer, but have marked the wrong one... Reason?? No... No... Not marking mistake!!! In fact the question was "<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Paper is made up of which material?</span>" and the correct answer was <span style="font-weight: bold;">Cellulose</span> which I had <span style="font-style: italic;">ticked on the question paper!!</span> But there was another option Carbohydrate... Now <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Cellulose is a Carbohydrate</span>... And I had seen a paper made up of Sugar on which you write with food colours and eat the paper later... So I wrote Carbohydrate... WHY???? I like arguing with Prof.s<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"> When I told this to my Mom, where I expected her to be very happy about it, she started shouting at me... HOW COULD YOU CHANGE THE ANSWER JUST TO ARGUE WITH PROF.S??? Really I am regretting it a lot now... Damn... I want to abuse myself badly... :( :( :( ... Shit... <span style="font-style: italic;">I might have had Physics-Chemistry 100 on 100</span>...<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Shit... Even Nadkarni Sir was angry!! He said that I deserved a 50 after so many consecutive 49s but I even deserved to lose that mark because of my weird and dumb thinking... You should have seen him... I felt that he was about to slap me!!<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"> Damn!! I should now work on Bio... My this week's aggregate computed on 200 is apprx. 196!!! Hahaha!! Feeling like screaming now!!!<br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Shit... I want those 4 marks!!! YO!!</span></div>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-43743954562784594022010-07-12T09:17:00.000+05:302011-06-29T22:47:22.170+05:30My First (probable) 50!!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">MAN!!!!! Today was Physics and Chemistry test and I rocked!!! MY FIRST 50 in PHYSICS... YIPPEEEE!!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> Now, its not official, I checked my paper according to solution set given to us and one answer doesn't match... However, I am sure that mine is correct... I'll have to wait till Saturday lecture for result officially... But hell with it... Even if I lose a mark in marking mistake, I don't care because I KNOW THAT ON QUESTION PAPER I HAVE FULL!!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> But Ghangurde Sir's reaction was not anything extra-ordinary!! He just said "Good!! Good!!... BYE" And hung up!! Now come on!! Now I at least deserved some appreciation!! After all those times when he called me told me that I should get 50 this time!! But I am not upset... Because I didn't deserve it too!! Yeah... Because I didn't study as hard as I should have... In fact I didn't study at all... Because I was busy checking the reactions of people on my last post.. :'(</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> Neither did I solve a single MCQ book nor did I cover all the lessons... Neither did I solve Physics internals nor did I read Chemistry... And so today I was not so confident after the Chemistry paper which is my forte!! I guess in CET, the only thing which counts is not just hard work, but hard work WITH sincerity... Now I am saying this because though I didn't do any study of Physics this week, I am scoring good just because I did all my home works on time and sincerely... When you do them just for the sake of completion nothing goes into head... And I guess, reading various textbooks also helps...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> But I think that this was just a fluke, and I think that to repeat this feat the next time, I'll really have to study hard... Wish me luck guys!!</span></div>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-51371445628017916002010-07-04T17:45:00.000+05:302011-06-29T22:55:19.294+05:30A Lesson Learnt...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > You know you are in 12th when the best part of your daily schedule is when you SLEEP... Yes, especially, preparing MHT-CET is really a tough thing to do... The people who have not seen me from many years or even months, won't be able to recognize me... With my eyes completely swollen, black, so much flab around my waist and my face sweating like a pig I become the FUgliest creature on earth, ON SUNDAYS...</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > Now, I no more curse Sundays... I have become used to them... With </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Bharat Bandh</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > declared tomorrow, it is first day after summer vacations that I don't have any classes to attend... I have time, a lot of it... And so I can splurge a bit of it on writing something today...</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > Hushh!!! There are so many things I want to write about since my last post, but haven't got time at all... However I would like to share certain important incidents which took place these days...</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > Firstly, today was a very tiring day... With investment of only 1.5 hrs in the field of sleep, I somehow managed to keep myself awake for both Maths as well as Biology paper... And punished myself by making 3 marking mistakes... First of all, the matter which I was confident about and knew by heart, in the paper was very less... And on top of that I made marking mistakes in them... (In Marathi - </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Aadhich Ullhas Tyat Phalgun Maas. </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >Sorry guys can't translate this in English)</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > Last 2 consecutive Maths tests I had not scored a 50, after a successful spell of about 8 consecutive 50s... That was the biggest shock for me... MATHS, the only subject which comes to me without any special efforts (even of homework), was not rewarding me... And I knew that it was completely fair to me, because Maths was unfair to others who worked hard for that perfect score and I got it without even a drop of sweat... And by losing those 2-3 marks I was also being unfair to Haresh Sir, who was being so lenient to me about homework and etc. He never asked me for H.W. neither did he bug me for any specific work... And so I got a lot of time which I SHOULD HAVE UTILIZED for Bio and Physics (creatively CET ORIENTED)... So if you are reading this Sir, I would like to apologize for this... So as to make up for it, yesterday for the FIRST time I studied for Maths exam...</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > After that, as I was about to START Biology exam preparation yesterday I got a call from Ghangurde Sir (my Physics Prof.)... This was, I suppose his 3rd call this week... The reason was that I had got miserable 43 in the combo test after a great 49 in previous test (out of 50)... Sir was very unhappy with me, that day during the lecture... He kept on pulling my ears and giving me beatings (which didn't hurt me at all)... Then he gave us a riddle about capacitors, the answers to which I had got that day itself... I called Sir, that day and told the answer but sir said that my answer was wrong and started laughing... He told me that if wasn't able to answer such a dumb question then it was a very shameful thing for me that, in spite of reading University Books (Halliday & Resnick/ Sears & Zemansky) I still sucked at foolish riddles... And this was just the spark I DID NOT require...</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > That call and the only thing I knew was, CAPACITANCE... I read each and every book I had, I searched every damn corner on net and called various people for the answer... Yet the answer which I got was same... So once again I called Sir to tell him that I was again getting the same answer and again Sir rubbished it... His taunting had worked such great miracles that I even dreamt of Capacitance... And hence my entire week was used up... I cannot say that I wasted it, because now my concept of Capacitance is crystal clear... And so on Friday I gave up... I took up Chemistry against my will because once again I had let down Ghangurde Sir... Yesterday, after I returned from Chem lecture I slept for about 1 hour so that I could be awake the entire night... [Vivek was down with fever and stomach ache so he went home, Panvel and I was feeling lonely, so I called up Ashutosh and Kalpesh for company... And if at all I get good marks in today's Bio test, it will be entirely because of them who kept me awake the entire night and helped me a lot with studies... Thanks guys...] The first thing I did after waking up was doing Maths... And there was my phone ringing with Ghangurde Sir's number flashing on it...</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > I said "hello..." and the first thing Sir asked me was about the answer to the riddle... I told Sir that after trying hard for about consecutive 5 days, I had given up because only answer which I was getting was 32 capacitors... And guess what, THAT WAS THE CORRECT ANSWER...!!! Sir started laughing on phone and told me that my answer was correct on the very first day, but he wanted to show me, how foolish I can act by giving up the study of all the other subjects just for the sake of that 1 riddle... Sir, in a really HARSH way had showed me how I had wasted the entire Bio-Maths week for Physics, how I couldn't set my priorities right, and what can be the reason for me not getting admission in KEM... In Sir's words, "God is very mean... He gives intelligence to some and the ability to do hard work to others... And if at all both these characters are seen in a same person, he usually happens to have some or other problem... Financial or something else... But God has given you a huge combination of all these things... The only thing he has not given you is brain, because of which all these qualities are useless... You don't understand WHAT to study and WHEN to study... As you don't have any planning and study according to mood swings you end up studying things which are not at all necessary for CET..."</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > Sir also asked me to follow Aditi Patankar, who according to him will top our batch this year... He told me that most of the toppers who were scoring more than me couldn't grasp Physics in lectures as fast as I could, but they didn't have to because they were smart enough to beat me easily on their hard work and planned efforts... He also told me that me and few of my friends had real potential to be a top scorer but only that our efforts were not properly channelized... So then he challenged me that if I topped next 5 tests he would throw an Ice-Cream party and if I didn't, only his hands would do the job...</span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > </span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" > And so, this was a huge confidence booster for me... For the first time, he seemed to be very fatherly and it was such a warm talk! Although it did consume about 1 hour on a Saturday night, I felt so energetic and determined, that it was worth it...</span><br /></div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br />DAMN!!! NOW I AM GONNA SO SCREW ALL YOU TOPPERS...</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" >I AM COMING BACK, YOU STUDY-FREAKS!!!</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;" ><br />ITS A BRAND NEW SUJAY YOU ARE ALL GONNA SEE!!!<br />THE OLD SUJAY'S DEAD AND GONE!!!<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">DEAD AND GONE - T.I. Feat. Justin Timberlake</span></span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='381' height='316' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzuqEap1CIv1ypaBcYJksajifGD5W4ok6bY8ZckOrgxGc-n0KPl-MwDnddXVODhaHEzIFYs1CDp3Nt1CjakUQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Just tryin' to find my way back home</span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" ><br />But the old me's dead and gone</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Dead and gone</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >And oh hey, I've been travelin' on this road too long</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Just tryin' to find my way back home</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >But the old me's dead and gone</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >Dead and gone...</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >I turn my head to the east, I don't see nobody by my side</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >I turn my head to the west, still nobody in sight</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >So I turn my head to the north, swallow that pill that they call pride</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >That old me's dead and gone but the new me will be alright</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >I turn my head to the east, I don't see nobody by my side</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >I turn my head to the west, still nobody in sight</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >So I turn my head to the north, swallow that pill that they call pride</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;" >That old me's dead and gone but the new me will be alright...</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />YO MAN!!!</span>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-85059426995820876222010-04-25T18:52:00.000+05:302011-06-29T22:59:10.118+05:30A Very Long Academic Year...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"> So... One more Sunday comes to an end... The day which is meant to be cheerful and joyful for most of the students... I HATE IT!!!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"> The reason for this is that we have tests of 2 subjects on Sundays, here in our classes, famous as Dr. Abhang Prabhu's Tutorials... We have Maths/Biology test followed by Physics/Chemistry on every alternate Sunday... In fact its not the TESTS which make the Sundays so bad, its the Sunday noon when we come out of the Shitty Dadar Vidya Mandir which is our "EXAMINATION CENTRE" (which I suppose is the future of our BELOVED D. G. Ruparel college, which is equally bad... With not even a single fan working, switches of Bakelite, the material which we are yet studying in Chemistry as a great insulating material - which is now-a-days not used)... Discussing the paper and cursing the level of difficulty...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"> Dadar Vidya Mandir (D.V.M) is worse than even the worst of the schools you might find in Sindhudurg, with all kinds of <em>Tapori</em> students coming to flirt in a vulgar manner, where the paint is peeling off the walls, where there are messages and pictures drawn on the walls which can be conidered as the last limit of obscenity... Now you would wonder why I am babbling so much about DVM but the fact is that, I LIVE IN THE BUILDING BESIDES DVM!!!!!!!! It is so much annoying to listen to foolish and dumb giggles of dumb girls who are CHATTING with most idiotic ever guys I have seen in my entire life...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"> Sorry... I am so pissed off by my schedule this year that I can abuse anything I can think of... Even myslef... I am tired of waking up everyday at 6 am... I am tired of having a bath as fast as possible so that I am not late... Tired of drinking the same tea out of the same Mug, tired of attending the boring lectures where you mostly focus more on how you would get more correct MCQs rather than giving a DAMN about understanding the concept...(that's probably the best sentence I can use to describe my feelings - Believe me I am just somehow controlling my anger and writing CLEAN stuff)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"> I have become notorious for asking doubts which according to Ghangurde Sir is, "unnecessary for the timebeing"... I think it is a fundamental right as well as a duty of each and every student to be curious and AT LEAST sometimes, explore some places and facts just for the sake of LOVE for education (Ya... Right... Call me a NERD)...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"> I am tired of moaning about marks I get inspite of being one of the toppers but not being the topmost... I am tired of listening to how disappointed my Profs. are just because I got 2 marks less than some guy who they thought was not as intelligent as me... (Haresh Sir's an exception... He encourages a lot... But other Profs. take care that I am not being benifitted by it)...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"> I am tired of hour long talks with Profs. on phones and their offices about the way I should study and always promising them that I will be unbeatable henceforth... I am tired of planning a lot on Sundays and not getting time from home work to do what I plan, of having irregular naps at odd times, of sleeping at 4.30 am and waking up at 6 am... Of taking multivitamin pills advised by <em>Baba</em> as I don't have Omega - 13 in my diet (as I don't eat fish)... I am tired of thinking about the amount of time Vivek, Advait, Aditi, Aditya, Anagha, Urvi, Kasturi, study and ending up just thinking about that, I am tired of thinking about having done some Art like singing or playing some instrument after listening to Unmesh's <em>tabla</em> stories... I am tired of counting my calories so that I don't put on weight just because I don't have enough time for any physical exercise... </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"> And EVENTUALLY, I am tired of wasting an entire day on net, as I did today, considering all the things I have babbled about...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"> AND FOLKS... This is my story just 4 months since our classes have begun... There's an entire year of this and a deadlier schedule waiting for me after the vacation of just 6 days, which I'll be getting on 9th May... I am counting the remaining days... With two more tests on Sundays till then I wonder, will I even be alive till then or will my body be couriered home??</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"> This week is going to be more terrible, with 4 tests of Bio on same day and a Unit test of Maths on 6 chapters, with lot of submission to do...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;"> HELL COULDN'T BE WORSE!!!! :( :'( :( :'(</span></div>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-21361281435941713792010-02-09T12:43:00.000+05:302011-06-29T23:11:32.186+05:30My Bio Experience...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hey... Today the result of the Saturday tests are out... And believe me they are really great for me... I have got 28 out of 30... Thus if you don't consider those two dumb mistakes which I wrote about that day, it's just like I have got 30 on 30... Isn't it?? Now I know that by saying so I shouldn't rest but yet, Isn't it grrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttt!!!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Now the reason for me being happy is not that I have got great marks but that other "SCHOLARS" have got lesser marks than me... Aditi - 27, Advait - 23, Janhavi Dedhiya ( THE NTS TOPPER) - 21...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">My room mate Vivek Patil has got 26... I really feel bad for him because he really studied equally as hard as I did... Unmesh Bedekar, my best friend got 19 !!! :(</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">But I think that he, cannot say deserved, but he needed some shock to wake him up and bring him out of his comfort zone... He just reads the notes and that's it... He is satisfied by it... He doesn't try to get more knowledge... So I think that now he might kick start...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Today even my Bio sir praised me a lot... In fact he scolded me but I could sense affection in him for me... DR. Abhang Prabhu... He is KEM college M.D. Gold Medalist of gynaecology, I don't even know the NUMBER of fellowships he has... And he is the most intelligent person in this world I have ever met personally... He doesn't teach you the topic, he teaches you HOW TO LEARN... He is the best person in the industry and he knows it... He told me today that my problem is that I think a lot... He said that I think and think and think and think... And this confuses me and I lose mark... After the lecture when I went to ask him doubts, I don't know what happened to him and he become very soft with me...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">He told me that I am among the best students he has and he promised me that I would get admission into KEM (yipppeee)... He just asked me to have confidence on myself and be calm... He gave an example... He said "Suppose you encounter a Tiger... Then what will you do... You don't know if the tiger is hungry... You don't know if he will attack you or not... So why worry? Be calm... If you freak out, so will the tiger and then you are dead... And suppose the tiger has decided to kill you, there's no way out... So again no use of getting panicked..." I suppose what he meant was I am the person and his papers are the tigers... But today he just rocked in the lecture... Anyways...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">O.K. then... Further on this topic to be continued... Keep up with me!!! Yeah....</span></div>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-33002160032065264072010-02-07T22:17:00.000+05:302011-06-29T23:00:31.782+05:30Up With The Groove...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Moving on from yesterday's incident... That's what I have decided to do and take a lesson from it... I will try my level best to learn to be calm and patient and not get carried away with the moment... And so today I have decided on something... As a regular reader of my blog (which I don't know how many exist), I want to announce something to all of you...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> I am a freaky lover of music... ANY KIND OF MUSIC... I can speak with a DUDE about Linkin Park, with Aunties about Rafi and with Oldies about Pt. Bhimsen Joshi too... I really have a vast spectrum of taste... I just love music... Every part of it... The only thing I regret in my life is to not have got any kind of basic education of Indian Classical Music... Yes... That is my One and Only dream... And sometimes I even think of giving up all the education thing and getting into music completely... But which I think doesn't have any future... And when such thought hits me... I literally SING it out... Yes... I sing and sing and keep on singing... Thankfully now in spite of having moved to Mumbai and having carried this habit, none of my neighbours have complained about it and I hope they don't... But sometimes what I feel is... How will I know whether I can really sing??</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> There is nobody to really take out my flaws... Yes I have a room mate and he does that... But he does ONLY THAT... I don't think I really am that bad... So an idea struck me... Why not ask you people to help me... And so now onwards whenever I like any song and I keep on singing it, I'll record it and put it here... But after you tell me to do so... I don't want to make a fool of myself on the WORLD WIDE WEB... :)</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"> So today what I am posting is my attempt at the famous </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Mile Sur Mera Tumahara</span><span style="font-size:130%;">... Yes after 22 years it has been recreated but I still love the old one... So I TRIED to sing it... And I know that I have DEGRADED it by doing so... But I want you people to tell me what you all think about it... Please spare a few minutes and help me doing so by commenting... Please</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyAckgCSGXQLYQd28V11GWNhy_og82MYXdighgV1jH-VKSjznKk8qRjXiQc3HTNJ1fGYHR-c2Wo2NoqHwWIVA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">P.S. - I know that I have overdone a little the classical part of the song, so please forgive if you don't like... I tried to get into Bhimsen Joshi's shoes!! So that's why so many hand movements... :)</span><br /></div>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-39087201542258627632010-02-06T20:59:00.000+05:302011-06-29T23:09:30.213+05:30Half Empty Glass...<div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Sorry for not writing for so many days... Just was a bit busy and didn't get time to write anything... Neither did I have net at my home... But I have recently taken Tikona Wireless Broadband Service... I had decided to write my review about it, but today I feel terribly depressed...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">My twelfth classes have started and the studies have started off with a bang... I must have completed just about one month or so and till now I have given 5-6 tests... And the problem is that the start hasn't been good...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I have returned from a paper... It's 8.00 pm and I don't know if will I be able to sleep tonight... Even after having had a sleep of just 5 hours yesterday... The problem is that I am really very impatient...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The test was on biology and the lesson was respiration... I had studied a lot and was really happy with myself... I had thought that I'll be getting full today... Yes... That was my aim... This time and even the last time of Biology paper... I had studied from various sources... I didn't just stick to our sir's notes which we were instructed to do... I studied from about 3 books, read a lot of information from the net, saw a lot of beautiful videos on YouTube and got my concept cleared from the teachers...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I had read the entire lesson THRICE and was damn sure of getting full... I even had Biology practicals today and had earthworm dissection... I was so calm that I didn't haste in the dissection which I had thought I would do and cut the earthworms intestines mistakenly, but none of this happened and teacher praised me a lot...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I came home and once again read the chapter and left for the examination hall at about 5.45 pm... I didn't open the book after that and tried to calm myself down... I even prayed to God which I rarely do... I was sure that the paper was going to be all right... But what I think rarely does happen....</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I got the paper and knew that I knew all the answers to all the questions... And so first of all I began ticking the answers on the question sheet itself... I tried a lot to keep my heart beat down but couldn't... I don't know why this happened... I don't know... Was it the fear or my excitation that I knew the answers but I went on circling the wrong answers...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">On the question paper I had marked all the answers correct... It was CET type of exam where you are given a question paper and a separate answer sheet which contains some circles corresponding to options A B C D are to be coloured... There were thirty such questions and I had got them all right... ON THE QUESTION PAPER...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">When I started filling in the circles I don't know what happened... I got severe chest pain and my mouth went dry... I drank the entire 1 litre water bottle but in vain... And I started circling the circles on wrong options... Just when I would complete colouring a circle I would understand that I had made some terrible mistake... And in such papers you can't change your answer once marked... And the consciousness of my mistakes hit me... And that kept on increasing my guilt...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I marked wrong circles for three consecutive circles in spite of having known the correct answers... And after I understood I felt that everything was lost... And after that moment I did really lose everything... I don't know what happened... But my heart beat suddenly calmed down, my chest pain reduced and I started CRYING... Weeping in the sense... And I completely lost it... Now I don't even recall the questions I answered after that moment...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Please don't think that I am so weak... I am NOT... But what made me so weak was the result of my preceding test... I had studied really well for that test but that time due to lack of INFORMATION not knowledge, I lost my three marks and that too after a sleepless night... It is not the feeling of having committed mistake, but the feeling that my efforts go in vain which hurts me the most... Coincidentally even Aai and Baba were here at that time... And I requested them a lot to give me net and promised them full in the next test...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">What makes me more sad is that people have now started underestimating my capabilities just after one dumb test... I am the one asking most of the questions to the professors and participating actively in the conversations... At that time what all the profs and students think of me, is genius and such silly incidents like today prove them wrong...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">My toughest competitor Aditi, who got full in the Bio test is what eats me away... Its not that I am envying her or something... I know she is really good... But what bothers me is that just after that one test the teachers of even other subjects praise her a lot and think that I am not good enough... I hate it the most when my Physics prof asks me to reduce my study of Physics and start studying Bio just because I lost 3 marks out of 30 in the test and gives me an example of Aditi... Now Physics is my most favourite subject and it is my strong fortress and I really think that I might be at least better than her at it... Which I'll have to prove in another such dumb test.. And I am really waiting for it... I don't know what will happen at that time... I feel terribly guilty when I now speak with my parents especially Baba... Because he has a lot of expectations from me and I am afraid that I might disappoint him...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I don't know what happens to me when I get the question paper... And this has started recently... Up till 10th it was never a problem... But now...!!??</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Its just like an empty glass... I try a lot to fill it completely... But just when I think I have reached the brim, I understand that there is a leakage some where and until I find it... The Glass is empty again...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Please help me... Tell me something how can I improve... My mother says that it is a problem of concentration power because I don't believe in God... What I think is, if I have studied everything about Glycolysis what the hell will God do when I get a question about it... If God really exists he shouldn't really be so cruel with me...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Please help... I have nobody to speak about this issue... So I am writing it here...</span><br /></div><br /></div>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7035571637437600248.post-10125809863410436282009-09-08T21:49:00.000+05:302011-06-29T23:01:56.218+05:30Long Kept Silence...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Yes. I apparently know that there is hardly anybody out there on this entire globe who follows my blog regularly... (If there is anybody, let me know)... So it hardly matters if or if not I do update my blog or post any damn shit...!!! So even after the greatest news of my entire life, I have not posted anything of my blog... Because I know that nobody cares...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The greatest news of my life is that I scored 96.15% in my S.S.C. exam... Yes i.e. 625/650... I scored 150/150 in Maths, 90/100 in Marathi, 99/100 in Social Science, 100/100 in Science and 99/100 in Sanskrit and SURPRISINGLY 87/100 in English... I have made the record in my school... The result was declared on 25th June 2009... But in fact I had understood the result 2 days ago... (I informed my result first of all to my dear friends Omkar, Sanket, Janhavi, Bharati, Pradeep and Namrata.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Nikhil Kerkar - 99.07% (95.23% + 25 marks of sports... He played some state level game which I neither even had heard the name of!!), Sneha Kanekar - 90%, Omkar Madiwalar, 92%, Ashay Dhuri 94%, Adwait Sonar 94%, Sanket Rudre 89%... These are some of my friends' percents... Now I would really like to mention my hard competitor (whom I now miss a lot I don't know why) Gauree Aravkar who got 95.79%... She used to travel about 20kms daily to reach the school, she had done no classes or any paper series and yet she scored such a great percent that I am happy for her more that what I am for me...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Few days before the result there was a rumour, which I knew was sure to be false that I had secured 1st rank in the state... Yes it was highly impossible, because I was in an English Medium School IN MAHARASHTRA!!! But I hoped that I might have secured at least first rank in the district... On the day of the result, my school had arranged for a huge procession as they were damn sure that with such a giant score I was surely going to be 1st in district at least... Which apparently didn't happen... Two girls named Shruti Sawant and Pooja Thakur had scored 629... Yet as they were from Marathi Medium, my achievement was nothing less than a miracle... So I was awarded a silver coin and 2000 Rs and a grand procession was held in the entire town...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">For about next 3 days I had all types people wishing me on phone and in personal... Friends, reatives, Baba's friends POLITICIANS (who came just to take a pic with me while feeding me a <em>pedha </em>or giving me a bouquet and published in in the next day's daily)... But great was the day when I first understood my percentage...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">I would like to narrate this incident partcularly because it is really very close to heart... I and Baba very trying utmost to get the resut since 20th... On 23rd Deuskar sir (my Sanskrit sir) had come to teach me Sanskrit, yes I had started my study of Sanskrit for FYJC. We had just started a new chapter when Baba screamed loudly 'DADU' (that is what he calls me) and came running in my room... Aai and Jui followed him... He and Aai were literally CRYING!!! He opened the door DHAAAAMMMMMM!!! And said <em>" Sujay, result kallay mala... Sang baghu kiti milale astil</em>??" (I know the result... Guess your marks)... Now atleast I knew that the result was really great and I lost all the fear of bad result... I said that I didn't knew... In fact I expected something near 94%... He screamed again, "96%"... And that was the first time I saw him crying... I had not seen him crying even when my Aaji (granny) expired even though she was really close to him... Aai was not able to speak anything.... Jui was jumping... In midst of this, Deuskar sir was just smiling... Ya!! what can we expect an elderly person to do on such an occasion when he is seeing a Doctor crying with happiness??? Baba then hugged me... Wiped his eyes and became serious and warned me that I should not tell the result to anybody before the official declaration... I promised him so... But next day entire Kudal new this news as Baba himself out of excitement had told my marks to each and every living person on the world by now by calling them PERSONALLY...</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Smita Mavshi gave me Rs. 10,000, Akerkar Kaka Rs. 10,000 and school Rs. 2000</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The total awards, gifts, greetings I recieved summed up to about Rs. 45,000. But the greatest gift I got was on the day I got my result and I saw what happiness really means in the eyes of my PARENTS...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">P.S. I have not asked for anything from my parents and instead I bought a new Samsung Star cell phone for Aai who used to use an old model of mobile and always cursed it... It costed about Rs. 11,000 and I bought it to her from my rewards... I think that the phone now really means a lot to her... Afterall it is my first EARNING!!! :)</span></div>Sujay Nigudkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17514531725834751253noreply@blogger.com3