Doctors

INTRODUCTION
Well, there are many advantages of having a doctor as your brother…and one of them is- you get to read Robin Cook' novels :-)...last year I had read Sphinx and Acceptable Risk from the master of the medical thriller…notwithstanding the esoteric vocabulary they were simply un-put-downable…his novels portray what these docs go through professionally as well as personally…and I believe they relate to these books in a way similar to how we engineers connect to Five Point Someone…

SCENE I
While delving into my bro’s collection the day before yesterday, I saw a lot of Robin Cook, but after reading two of his, I had had enough of him…so I moved on…and next in the pile was…Doctors by Erich Segal… a book supposed to be read by every doctor… straight away, I was reminded of Love Story by the same author and as I compared the thickness of the book in my hand with the one in my imagination, I was dumbfounded… honestly speaking I haven’t yet read a book having more than 350 pages…and this was close to 700...but what better book to break that precedent…on the back cover the blurb read as follows...

"Writing with all the passion of Love Story and power of The Class, Erich Segal sweeps us into the lives of the Harvard Medical School’s class of 1962. His stunning novel reveals the making of doctors-what makes them tick, scheme, hurt…and love. From the crucible of med school’s merciless training through the demanding hours of internship and residency to the triumphs – and sometimes tragedies – beyond, Doctors bring to vivid life the men and women who seek to heal but who must first walk through fire. ”

I couldn’t stop…

SCENE II
Yesterday, I completed the first section of the book - “INNOCENCE”…which takes us through the childhood of the two main characters in the book…and truly speaking, they are beautiful…

The section begins with…

‘They enter the new world naked,
cold, uncertain of all
save that they enter…

“But now the stark dignity of
entrance- Still, the profound change
has come upon them: rooted, they
grip down and begin to awaken.”

WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS (1883-1963)
Pediatrician and poet

CONCLUSION
If you have already read this book…good…I’ll be looking forward to your comments… but, if you haven’t…check out any doctor in your vicinity…he must be having it…just kidding…it’s a bestseller…you can find it at any bookstore/library…

My observation: All these bestsellers assist you immensely while you are up against a complete stranger…after a formal round of introduction, you can move onto hobbies and if the answer is reading…well, that’s it…soon you’ll find a book/author in common and there you go...so I believe the next time I see a doctor or a would-be, I’ll have a good deal to talk about instead of ailments and disorders…

P.S.: Check out the link to know more about Erich Segal. www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Segal

Me,Myself & I

A final year student from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh…who hasn’t still figured out why he’s there…but has given his all to get out of that place within the prescribed four years…and he isn’t alone…there’s a small gang of his friends who somehow have managed to survive the last three and half gruelling years of hardship…and the latest news is that their percentages have hit an all time low in their penultimate semester…an MBA aspirant who has flunked in CAT and got rejected by IIFT, will be giving XAT in a few days… an ardent fan of English Premier League and MAN U, he’s been awestruck by the sternness of Wigan Athletic, popularly known as Latics who are in the league for the first time …hey…if you are thinking who’s the weird guy being talked about here…I won’t mind telling you that “it’s me”…I guess you have had enough of me…Back to normal…

Well, another year is coming to an end...as far as I'm concerned 2005 didn’t go as I would have liked it to…I had a series of disappointments this year but there were some positives for me as well…in July I got campus placement in Computer Science Corporation (CSC), Noida…then, in September I got a laptop…which I believe is going to be an indispensable part of my future endeavors…and I’ll remember this year for this blog as well…I discovered an altogether new world of blogging a few days back and after visiting a number of dazzling and a few insipid blogs I decided that I’ll make one too…and thanks to blogspot.com…it’s been a very simple process…

I am looking forward to 2006 very eagerly…but currently I’m perplexed…don’t ask me why…but, I believe in “things falling into their places” and in a few months I know that I’ll get answers to all my apprehensions…

I’ve named my blogsite “let us think beyond”…and there’s a reason for it…I believe that there is much more to life than we can ever imagine…there were times in the last three years when I felt I’ve seen enough of life…but no, I was mistaken…there’s much more…beyond the obvious…

And on the top of this blog you would have read this…“Cogito, ergo sum”…well, this means, “I think, therefore I exist.” French philosopher Rene Descartes wrote “The fact that one thinks is proof that one exists.” I hope I’ve made my point.

I haven’t decided what all I’ll do in this space…but work is in progress and soon you’ll find some interesting links and some more stuff from me…

That’s all for today…

Well, this was my first blog…I wish this is a launch of an odyssey which will never end and I hope to experience a new world during this journey…do pour in your comments/suggestions to encourage me…

au revoir…