History of MGIMS

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Hi All,

This is what Kishorda wrote few years' back in his New year greetings. I have

all his mails (except one liners and thanks letters) flagged and read them

sometimes. The thought came after reading Dr Gambhir's letter, in which he

wishes to start a chronological account of development of our Institute.

Now, till '69 batch people read and respond, we can start the ball rolling. I am

a youngster  ; )   compared to Kishorda and about 100 times worse with the

pen(or key-board).

So, best to start from his entry in 1974 to the scene(MGIMS).

Bye

Sanjay Marwah   ' 78

p.s. This is without the 'kind permission' from the webmaster

 

 

From: Kishore Shah

Subject: What's new?

To: mgims

Date: Saturday, 1 January, 2005, 2:09 AM

WHAT'S NEW?

Why are we fascinated by anything new? So, though we have the same

corrupt officials at the helm, though we suffer from the same

maladies that we suffered last year, and though we wished everybody

the same dismal and hopeless thing the last year (and the year before

last), we can't help but wish everyone a happy new year.

Our batch was probably the last batch of MGIMS to get new, unused

rooms in the hostel. Along with new rooms, we got new furniture. Thus

there was nothing carved on top of the tables. Unfortunately, that

deprived us of many literary gems like, " Gray is a grey area! " or " A

deranged Body is pathology called Boyd! "

Our armchairs did not have cryptic messages carved on their arms,

like " FK loves SK " , to which some kind soul adds the enlightening

footnote " and SK does not give a S**t " . Surely, when our mind would

be whirling with the cruel vicissitudes of fate, while trying to cope

up with on's arcane pronunciations, our heart could always take

heart in the fact that there was at least one person called FK who

was worse off than us.

However, these advantages never struck us, and we welcomed all the

new chairs with open arms. Therefore, our armchairs had cane bottoms,

which were flat like a newborn girl's chest. It was left to us to

leave deep impressions on these chairs, so deep that many were

replaced by a sturdier wooden bottom. This gradually made the two

troughs with a ridge type of chair bottom gradually extinct.

In our times, Indian Coffee House opened for the first time between

the hostels. Until then Babulal and Madras held sway. However, since

ICH was new, all of us rushed to it, even though we were served the

same old Dosa and Idli. The only thing new in ICH was a service

charge, which we gladly paid just because it was new.

Another thing that came up during our time was the road to the

college from the hostel. For two years, we used to take a straight

line from the hostel to the Anatomy hall. It had its ups and downs,

of course, but the moment a curving, longer road was built, we

quickly forsook our old favourite, just because we had found a new

one.

Just the other day, a medical rep came to me extolling the virtues of

a new drug. I heard him out carefully and realized that the same

actions were already present in an older drug. I asked him, " You say

this drug is new, but what is new about it? All the actions are the

same as the old drug. "

" Ah, Doctor! " he replied, " Did you not observe carefully? Look at the

new magenta colour. And it is available in a new strawberry flavour

too! "

Nowadays, I prescribe that new drug more than the older one, not

because I like new drugs, but my patients like new medicines. If I do

not give them something new, they will go to a new doctor.

So now on New Year's day, when my wife tells me to wear my new shirt,

I shall hasten to fulfil her desire, because if shirts will not be

changed, husbands can be.

Let me wish all of, all the same, a happy new year. And don't say

that you knew that I would say it, because I knew that you knew that

I new that you new that ….. where was I now?

Kishore Shah 1974

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