Re: Jalwa.....a---To,Ashok

January 19, 2010

Well,that was a good observation Ashok,but to tell U..,in our batch,only 3

Biggies,meaning the organisers or the core committee members,Brajpal Tyagi,Irfan

and Viju...were on phone,most of the times.. to plan the next move for our

troops.

......while most of them,had not brought their cellphones..,

...some top Obgyns..were trying to guide, their Fullterm fully dilated worried

patients,back home, to one or the other of their colleagues..

That I guess..cant be helped,today...Ashok...

Chalta hain..I guess..

Bye

Shyam

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> Hey Ragu,

>

> Jalwaa vs Jalwa -- Is there some hidden meaning which I didn't get..........or

was it just a spelling mistake ?

>

> One more thing I noticed in the pics - Are people always on the cell phone in

India (that must be so annoying )...for eg., even while posing for a photo ?

>

> I noticed the same thing in our batch photos !

>

> Ashok 1984

>

January 19, 2010

Shyam I would agree with Ashok.

Mobiles in India are like appendages-when mansculpture in India is seen in a

thousand years time they will wonder yeh kaan ke pas ek side pe kya hai???

Jokes apart its a cultural thing-in the middle of a meal/doctors

consultation/even funeral service its a ubiquitous interruption.None of the

phones have answer machine messages/voice mail and if you dont pick it up at

first try everyone gets offended-Mobile kyon nahi uthaaya.Thank god some of the

malls have deadpatches I just blame them.

I think becoz hamaare yahan privacy is not an issue-I remember a few years back

my mom was in Inlaks ICU being treated by a senior cardiologist- I asked him

what was a good time to call him for an update on her Echo result he said ring

any time -and then seeing the look on my face laughed and said Mujhe patients

raat ko ek baje phone karke poochte hain -Doctor saheb mein papad kha loon

kya?And I keep a straight face and say Haan haan kyon nahin.

When we were driving up to Sewagram for our reunion-both Noel and Parimal were

on their phones all the time-managng patients by remote control-very

interesting.

Of couse with the Blackberry and now the Iphone things are different here

too-but one can choose If you are not on call you can be not contactable no

problem-dont forget private practice in India is a vicious competitive field-to

get a colleague to cover means voh patient chura lega.....

Any way the best thing to come out of 3 Idiots is my 6 year old says All izz

well-he loved it-I thought the baby scene may be too much for him-on the

contrary he was all intrigued about whether that was how he was born-and worried

if I was screaming in pain too-and I said no my Epidural was doing its job well

and he was happy-makes explaining facts of life easier!!!

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To: mgims

From: shyamkamath@...

Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:04:17 +0000

Subject: Re: Jalwa.....a---To,Ashok