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In the battle field with a cake.

A friend of mine told me today that according to some survey, Medicine has the highest number of people with suicidal tendencies out of any professional study courses. Now the fact that I am here blogging makes it pretty clear that I am not that kind but, today it kinda hit me. It really is a Boot camp. And what’s more, there is no target to achieve, no finish line. It doesn’t matter how much you study, and I am not exaggerating, you can never be satisfied or relaxed about your exams. It really never ends. And even if you study, what you would feel is everything, there are ways in which the examiners can make you go blank. Now during our ward exams, we have exams on consecutive days and the problem is, the exams get over by around 7-8 at night and we have to report for the next exams at 7 in the morning the next day. And we are expected to know everything, the theory and the clinical part of the subject. I really don’t how I will survive. It’s not about scoring. It’s about surviving th...
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I wish I could for once, see the world through a woman's eyes. Image courtesy:Flickr

Story of the other India

Ok, first of all. Gave all your wishes to my friend.She was very happy to get them. She is alright and discharged from the hospital now. Now this is a link to a news story of modern India and ironically, it was never covered by the media till a month afterward.But I am quite sure most of you might not even have known about it. I didn't. Something about what dalits are still going through in India. Tell me if this doesn't wrench your heart. http://www.shivamvij.com/2006/11/dalits-like-flies-to-feudal-lords.html Another example of the biased system- http://pranaytalking.blogspot.com/2006/05/this-sad-side-of-story.html Proud to be an Indian? Think again.