THE despicable ME!!

There is a voice inside you
That whispers all day long,
“ I feel that this is right for me
I know that this is wrong.”
No teacher, preacher, parent ,friend
Or wise man can decide
What’s right for you- j
just listen to…
The voice that speaks inside.

Well..its been a long time since I penned down something for my blog! To be frank its not that I don’t ve free time! In fact I ve all the time in this world to think, ponder, contemplate and brood over my not so significant past and present! It’s funny how we change gears and move from one stage of life to another [read ..from a resident to a would be ‘consultant’!]

But still life keeps staring at you and says- Naah.. im not gonna be easy! Keep playing hard!

Especially after your rigorous and endless residency days..all you now wish is for life to be stable, secure and steady! But aisa hua to mazaa nahi aayega.. and if the almighty wants you to fight.. so be it!

After residency the next big question is ..what next? You feel like training in coronaries but your parents and best buddies[esp fahd] want you to first marry and then do what you desire.[ not that I don’t desire to marry.. I’m keen too.. just that these people don’t understand me and think just the contrary! Baat baat mein bandook taan dete hai mere sar par! Shaadi kar warna..#*&@(&*.. Bacche ki jaan le rahe ho yaar.. maine tumhara kya bigada hai?]

Now the Bengali non medicos don’t wanna marry a cardiac guy and the medicos don’t wanna marry a cardiac guy! Sounds familiar na.. esp the last part.. “a cardiac guy”.. hehe. And being the ever optimist and opportunist I never let go of any opportunity to tell them that all of us are not geeks.. we too dine outside [MILAN is outside KEMH..ok!] and do some shopping outside [ nah I don’t tell them how many times a year!n flipkart pe kiya, yeh bhi nahi bola!] and watch movies too[laptop pe dekhte hai yeh nahi bola!]! to fir humme is buri nazar se na dekho!

Aur agar shaadi se fursat milti hai to ‘career insecurities’ point a ‘nuclear war head missile’ to your head and say.. ab aage kya? Kidhar kaam karega? [Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore,…] kitna paisa kamayega? [pauper se prince banega bhi ki nahi] 2BHK kab kharidega? Gaddi bula rahi hai..kab kharidoge? And just that you don’t forget your goals.. nature has thought of a very efficient way to remind you…your would be in laws![not that I ve one.. but whosoever calls my parents They ll see to it that you don’t forget anything! Phew! Huh!

Residency reminds me of KEMH..God I can never forget my alma mater.. wonderful and hectic days… and it also reminds me of soumen paul and veerbhadra!

Soumen was my co resident in cvts. He was from Kolkata and the poor guy was very homesick one day. So after finishing his ward duties he was given off call for the next 12hrs. to bhai ward se nikle .. directly went to the airport and went to the counter.. just as we do while buying a train ticket.. bought a ticket and landed at Kolkata. Meanwhile when he didn turn up in the room we were worried ki kidhar gaya off call ke din.. phone bhi not reachable tha. [cz the last time this happened he was supposed to meet us at copper chimney and he was found in his room in deep sleep!.. and his phone behaved just the same!] toh finally when I met him in the ward the next day I asked him-“ kidhar tha re?” toh mr.cool replied.. ghar gaya tha.. ph discharge ho gaya tha! So mr.fast and furious made a 1900km x 2 trip in 12hrs! that was fast!


Veeru was my next door neighbour. He was in peds and had suffered a break up during his final year and messed up his exams too .[thanks to his manglik status.. horror scopes, as I call them]. His was an arranged match and the gal s parents had broken up on the eve of his engagement ceremony citing horoscopes as the reason why![ekdum munna bhai part 2.. who says movies arent real!]

He was dejected and crestfallen. around the same time , I had a proposal from a kannanda gal on a matrimony site. They had liked my profile and her dad had called up my dad to talk. Apna to kuch ho nahi sakta but an idea crossed my head. Veeru was kannada too. Now this gal was a medico too and a big fan of my blog. And was a friend on fb too. So I thought lets give it a try! I wrote-

hi der...i kno itz kinda weird messagin u but m doin it for a friend so i feel its ok! my friend veerbhadra/kem peds likes u n i believe his mom n sis too! and i guess tat talks re on betwn t two of u.. he s a great guy, nice , understanding n sweet n straightforward! but he s a manglik and so he doesn kno hw ur parents wud react! but all im gonna say is..luk at him as a person first..coz m not sure hw much shud one rely on horoscopes n al.. btw even he doesnt kno tat im speakin fr him so let this b a secret! all t best to u guys! and yes happy diwali once again!!!

To this she replied-
hi swarup-thats really so sweet of u as a frnd to do al dis..n my parents r still to do d horoscope match n al n we dont believe in horoscope to such a deep extent but jus a basic match shld b done(i suppose)..newys datz 4 my parents to luk 4...m really happy to get a msg 4m u...bcoz i jus wanna say ki ma i real BIG FAN of ur blog n ur wrk...its simple,realistic,funny...n above al vry lively...thank u 4 guidin me to knw ur frnd...n hav a happy n safe diwali..tc..god bless

.....But as they say ,sometimes, things happen if they are meant to BE ! And one fine day I got a call from Veeru that he was getting married to her! And boy wasn’t he happy! Now after a year I received another message from her-

Hi swarup..was just facebookin.... n saw ur previous message about veer ....n jus wanna thank u from my heart for sending dat msg dat tym...veer is truly a very good person...n indeed evry thg dat u have msgd abt him....thank u so much...n ha v have been blessed wit a baby girl on 17th of June ...thank u buddy.. God bless...


That brought a smile to my lips! Sometimes when you re down and the world seems at its ugliest, miracles still do happen..wat say veeru!
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the topic of our next discussion is -

Matrimony alliances ask you some really funny ones-

#1- a man calls up my dad and asks- u say that your son s a cardiac surgeon but annual income sirf 4 lakhs. Aisa kyu.. and he s finished his training by 30..jaldi nahi hai kya. Sach mein doctor hai kya aise hi bol rahe ho? [yaar yeh toh meri existence pe hi shaq kar rahe hai!]

#2- a lady tells my mom that her daughter scored 92 in English in 10th std.. board topper ! merit lister in 12th too..and went on and on with the individual subjects at each level. Good that she didn start from the nursery else we would ve had it! Then she asked aapke son ke baare mein bhi batao na.. then aapke kitne relatives hai.. husband k side se kitne hai? kaun kitna tak padha hai? unke bacche kidhar kaam karte hai and unka kahaan tak padhai hua hai? [it was fun but!mom was on the verge of fainting!]

#3-another one called up to say that her MBA daughter earns 7lakhs per annum.. next will earn 10lakhs.. but will never give up her work except for 3mths pregnancy leave.. chalega toh boliye! [ arre baap re shaadi ki baat k pehle pregnancy leave ki baat ho gayi! God!]

#4-a guy called up and took our email ids. Said ki we ll talk via email ..then our children ll talk via email.. share things on email.. etc etc [ arre sab email pe hi karna hai toh call bhi kyu kiya.. shaadi bhi on email.. uske aage ka bhi email pe hi hoga kya!?] another one had suggested whatsapp for everything@! #techno savy ppl#future of match making?

#5-This one s from a friend !He met a gal after seeing her profile on a matrimony site. Both were MBAs. They met at a CCD. She came with a laptop,said" Hi!".. switched on the laptop!.. asked him 51 questions one after the other and kept doing something to her laptop all the while. Finally after 30 mins asked him what does he think of her and if their matrimony had a future. The poor guy didn want to piss her off..he opened his mouth to voice his opinion when she started again.. Look! you match me only on 14 points. That gives us a compatibility match of 27.8%. That's really poor! Let's not do it! And she picked up her laptop and walked out leaving him red faced![Naah!this is not about my best pal in our Ruparel gang!wink..wink!]

God I ll go mad if they continue to do this!The CRAZY proposals!..as i call it!
I better plug in my earphones and listen to Green Day! I like the lyrics of this song , dunno why!

I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of broken dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one and I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk alone
I walk a.....
My shadow's only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating
Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me
Till then I walk alone
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, aah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah

But thankfully God takes care of everyone and when im bored to the core.. he created.. fifa WC football.. and im up and kicking.. yelling –deutsche! Hope they win the cup.. then hope I get to go to Narayana or Apollo Chennai.. and then the biggest hope.. wedding, hope it happens soon [anup, fahd, prashant, aman, shipra, …..just to mention a few who ve threatened to kill me if I don’t!..cant see u sad guys!;-)]

and till then i ll sledge with all the argentinian and brazil supporters..and think bout wat next!

life..goes on............n so will I:-)!!!!!!!