Sunday Adventure!

This sunday i met with an accident. Don't worry. I am still in one piece as there was no vehicle involved in it. No truck, no car, no bike not even a bicycle. It was a rendezvous between two of us. This poor soul and the Giant Wheel (Jhoola). So the story goes like this...

I was on Mumbai darshan on sunday with Maa and Sis along with my 'bhanja'. We were at the last spot of our tour, the famed Juhu Choupati. There somehow i managed to collide with a Giant Wheel and that too head on. Now the 'basket' of the giant wheel, in which you are supposed to sit is not featherweight by any means plus its cast iron frame didn't help my cause either! Learnt a few physics lesson there like this one. 'The head on collision always has the greater impact as compared to angular collision' I tried to relieve the pain by rubbing by head but to my amazement blood started to flow! Now my mom is not too fond of red handkerchief but her white one was converted to red in just 10 min. of bleeding. Somehow i manged to stop the blood flow and we were back at my flat at 7. At 9, Maa compelled me to take anti-tetanus injection and i headed towards the nearest hospital. Found the nurse. She asked me to buy the injection. 12 Rs for the injection and 10 rs her charges. So in just 22 bucks, medical science was promising me a dodge to tetanus . Not a bad deal at all. Nurse came into the picture again, "Lie down". "Why should i? What are your plans maa'm?" I asked. She said " I will give you injection THERE" There!! NO WAY!! I told her that by god's grace i have two hands too! so torture me there. She warned me that there will be lot of pain. I was adamant and she relented. I continued to realise the meaning of her words even after two days of injection. It pained like hell and virtually paralysed my hand for a day!

Just before leaving i thought to get my wound checked by the same nurse. Now again those words "Lie Down". She was hell bent on making me lie down! ;-) I told her its on my head maa'm. In reply she repeated her two words. This time i relented. She started to clear the blood clot by cleaning it with cotton. Dont think it was gentle, it seemed as if she was scrubbing used utensils! Then came the verdict " Blood is still coming...you need two stiches". STICHES?? Forget it. I am pretty comfortable with my wound. I mean i am not feeling any pain!" Again she started to pursuade me like anything and this time she was hell bent on giving me stiches. She must have aspired to become a surgeon once. I fought my case valiantly in front of her. When she failed to convinced me, she calld a guy.

Now, there is a breed in medical circles called " Compoctors" (Self coined term). They know a lot more than a compounder and a lot less than a doctor. This guy was one of them. Now she had a company to pursuade me to pursue her dream of becoming a surgeon! After much resistance, i managed to convince the compocter that a bandage will do and there is no need of stiches and if the wound get worsens in the night i will come back in the morning to hand over myself to this lady to complete her desire!

She was clearly disappointed and did the dressing. More than the disappointment, she was angry and this anger was visible in the bill that she handed over to me. A cool 50 bucks for the dressing!

PS: Am absolutely fine now.

Random Thoughts...

I just realised that 38.7% of May has already evaporated and i have not posted a single word on my blog this month! Kaush wanted me to write a travelogue on my Delhi and Gwalior trip. I contemplated on the idea of writing and then realised that a train journey is not even 10% as exciting as the bike adventure! I mean there are no instances of dozing off on bike, no cuttin chai at road side stalls, no off road site seeing and no clicking of snaps at every odd location! I can directly compare the difference between the two journeys with a typical art film and an out and out masala movie of Rajnikanth or Mithun. The former is as lifeless as a stone. It just starts..crawls and then ends. Similar is the case with train journey. They start from the station, run on the tracks like a mad bull and reaches the destination and unless u have the company of a Jaspal Bhatti or a Johny Lever, you are bound to get bored in a 17 hour saga. On the other hand, Rajni's movies are full of hi teach dramas with twists and turns every two minutes and same applies for Bike trips too..You never know which scenic beauty is ahead of you!

This time i was in Delhi after a gap of good two years as Mumbai was keeping me busy for this duration and i must say it has changed a lot. No No..It is still hotter than mercury but it is growing infrastructure wise. Work was going on in every nook and corner for Delhi metro, still there were no traffic jams! Also, good results of CNG are coming up now. It has done wonders to the environmental scene of Delhi. I mean now you dont leave home in Delhi with a fear that you might be suffering from Asthama once you come back from market! This is what a political will with the good intentions can do to a city as big as Delhi. I still remember there was a huge hue & cry when the decision was taken to make CNG mandatory but now everybody is realising the long term benefits. I am sure we will have a different face to our capital in 2020.

While i was travelling back to Mumbai, i missed the VBM ( Kaush: Next time i will decide the time.)and after going through the details on some of the blogs like JI's, Saba's and Kaush's i think i have missed something great. I have to be there next time.

Although i am just back after visiting my family and infact my Maa and sister are here with me in Bombay for a short visit, still i am realizing that the life is again taking a monotonous shape with nothing exciting on cards. This is what i hate most-- A routine life. Probably i am dull as all my 4 flatmates will be leaving for different companies by the end of this month. The other day i was discussing with Anurag to come out of this loop and as always we contemplated on the possibilities of a visit somewhere. Destination undecided and even dates are not planned yet. We are planning to wait for the monsoons as its quite hot on road these days...

So now waiting for the first rains....