HEAT BOTH DRY AND WET
HI U ALL SAIPAHI AGAIN IN SWELTERING HEAT OF CHENNAI. YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE EMITTING HEAT FROM YOUR BODY .THAT IS HOW HOT IT IS IN CHENNAI.IN KOLKATA IT WAS DIFFERENT .WE USED TO SWEAT A LOT BUT THAT IS MUCH BETTER.IN CHENNAI IT IS DRY HEAT.IT DRIES OUT YOUR BODY FLUIDS AND YOU FEEL SICK.VERY VERY SICK.
I WAS STAYING IN UTTAR PRADESH MIRZAPUR DISTRICT FOR SOME MONTHS.WORKING AS A DOCTOR IN THE COAL FIELDS.THAT WAS MUCH MORE HORRIBLE .IT WAS DRY HEAT OVER THERE ALSO.WE HAD SEPERATE BUNGLOWS GIVEN BY COAL INDIA.ALL SINGLE STORIED.AND THE SUMMER OVER THERE WAS MUCH MORE WORSE.YOU COULD NEVER STEP OUT IN THE AFTERNOON AND ALL THE STAFF BARRING THE ONES WORKING HAD A REGULAR AFTERNOON SIESTA.BUT WE DOCTORS HAD TO BE IN THE DISPENSARIES.SO WE WERE NOT AMONGST THE LUCKY LOT.
THE NIGHTS WERE MUCH MORE WORSE.WE USED TO SPRAY WATER ON THE WALLS AND WET THE MOSQUITO CURTAINS AT NIGHT.BUT THE HEAT WAS RELENTLESS. THAT WAS A LONG TIME BACK.WE HAD ONLY WATER COOLERS.NO AC MACHINES.THE WATER COOLERS WERE HUGE AND HAD TO BE FILLED WITH WATER AND WERE OF NO USE.
WE USED TO GET COMPANY JEEPS FOR GOING TO THE NEAREST MARKET WHICH WAS ABOUT 15 -20 KM FAR.THE RAILWAY STATION WAS ALSO THERE.AND GOING FROM KOLKATA THE TRAIN USED TO ARRIVE IN THE TOWN LATE AT NIGHT.I USED TO TRAVEL BY JEEP TO MY BUNGLOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THAT WAS A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE .BIG HILLS AND FORESTS ON BOTH SIDES AND WHO KNOWS A BEAR OR A LEOPARD MAY HAVE BEEN EYEING ME FOR AND AS FOOD. MANY TIMES IT WAS ONLY THE DRIVER AND A FRIGHTENED ME IN THE OPEN JEEP.
BUT AT THAT AGE I FELT I WAS HAVING A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE.I LOVE TRAVELLING AND THE BEAUTIFUL NATURE.SO ULTIMATELY DEEP IN THE HEART I ENJOYED IT ALL.
AND WE USED TO GET ATLEAST TEN TO FIFTEEN SUNSTROKE CASES IN OUR DISPENSARY DAILY.THERE WERE TWO DOCTORS.MYSELF AND DR.SAHOO.
DR.SAHOO WAS AN OLD HAND IN TREATING THESE "LOO" CASES AS THEY CALLED SUNSTROKE IN THAT PLACE.MALARIA WAS ALSO RAMPANT THERE.AND SURPRISINGLY I WAS THE ONLY ONE THERE WHO DIDNOT HAVE AN ATTACK OF MALARIA EVEN ONCE.
I WAS INVITED TO A PARTY NEXT DOOR ONE EVENING.BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAD A STOMACH UPSET AND HAD SEVERE ABDOMINAL CRAMPS.I DIDNOT KNOW HOW TO INFORM DR.SAHOO AS THERE WAS SO MUCH NOISY SINGING AND DANCING NEXT DOOR.AND DR.SAHOO WAS THERE.I SOMEHOW MANAGED TO COME OUT OF MY HOUSE AND SIGNAL SOMEONE TO CALL DR.SAHOO. I WAS SO WEAK THAT I WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO SHOUT.DR.SAHOO CAME AND GAVE ME FIVE ML OF INJ.BARALGAN WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN AN OVERDOSE BUT THE PAIN SUBSIDED.AND ALL WAS WELL.BARALGAN IS A WONDERFUL MEDICATION BUT
ALAS IT IS A BANNED MEDICATION NOW.
THE POPULATION CONSISTED OF COAL MINE WORKERS AND MANAGING STAFF.
IT INCLUDED BIHARI PEOPLE ,PEOPLE BELONGING TO UTTAR PRADESH AND A FEW BENGALIS.THERE WAS EVEN ONE MALAYALI COMPOUNDER AND HE PRESENTED ME WITH ONE KG OF CASHEW NUTS FROM KERALA AFTER HE CAME BACK FROM A VISIT. AND I POLISHED IT OFF IN ONE WEEK.OFCOURSE I WAS YOUNG AND I DIDNOT HAVE DIABETES THEN. AND THE ABDOMINAL PAIN INCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR AFTER POLISHING OFF THE CASHEW NUTS!!!
I WAS IN BINA PROJECT FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR.AFTER THAT I RESIGNED SINCE I HAD TO PREPARE FOR MY POST GRADUATE EXAMINATIONS.
TOODLEDOO SEE YOU TOMORROW............
I WAS STAYING IN UTTAR PRADESH MIRZAPUR DISTRICT FOR SOME MONTHS.WORKING AS A DOCTOR IN THE COAL FIELDS.THAT WAS MUCH MORE HORRIBLE .IT WAS DRY HEAT OVER THERE ALSO.WE HAD SEPERATE BUNGLOWS GIVEN BY COAL INDIA.ALL SINGLE STORIED.AND THE SUMMER OVER THERE WAS MUCH MORE WORSE.YOU COULD NEVER STEP OUT IN THE AFTERNOON AND ALL THE STAFF BARRING THE ONES WORKING HAD A REGULAR AFTERNOON SIESTA.BUT WE DOCTORS HAD TO BE IN THE DISPENSARIES.SO WE WERE NOT AMONGST THE LUCKY LOT.
THE NIGHTS WERE MUCH MORE WORSE.WE USED TO SPRAY WATER ON THE WALLS AND WET THE MOSQUITO CURTAINS AT NIGHT.BUT THE HEAT WAS RELENTLESS. THAT WAS A LONG TIME BACK.WE HAD ONLY WATER COOLERS.NO AC MACHINES.THE WATER COOLERS WERE HUGE AND HAD TO BE FILLED WITH WATER AND WERE OF NO USE.
WE USED TO GET COMPANY JEEPS FOR GOING TO THE NEAREST MARKET WHICH WAS ABOUT 15 -20 KM FAR.THE RAILWAY STATION WAS ALSO THERE.AND GOING FROM KOLKATA THE TRAIN USED TO ARRIVE IN THE TOWN LATE AT NIGHT.I USED TO TRAVEL BY JEEP TO MY BUNGLOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THAT WAS A FRIGHTENING EXPERIENCE .BIG HILLS AND FORESTS ON BOTH SIDES AND WHO KNOWS A BEAR OR A LEOPARD MAY HAVE BEEN EYEING ME FOR AND AS FOOD. MANY TIMES IT WAS ONLY THE DRIVER AND A FRIGHTENED ME IN THE OPEN JEEP.
BUT AT THAT AGE I FELT I WAS HAVING A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE.I LOVE TRAVELLING AND THE BEAUTIFUL NATURE.SO ULTIMATELY DEEP IN THE HEART I ENJOYED IT ALL.
AND WE USED TO GET ATLEAST TEN TO FIFTEEN SUNSTROKE CASES IN OUR DISPENSARY DAILY.THERE WERE TWO DOCTORS.MYSELF AND DR.SAHOO.
DR.SAHOO WAS AN OLD HAND IN TREATING THESE "LOO" CASES AS THEY CALLED SUNSTROKE IN THAT PLACE.MALARIA WAS ALSO RAMPANT THERE.AND SURPRISINGLY I WAS THE ONLY ONE THERE WHO DIDNOT HAVE AN ATTACK OF MALARIA EVEN ONCE.
I WAS INVITED TO A PARTY NEXT DOOR ONE EVENING.BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN I HAD A STOMACH UPSET AND HAD SEVERE ABDOMINAL CRAMPS.I DIDNOT KNOW HOW TO INFORM DR.SAHOO AS THERE WAS SO MUCH NOISY SINGING AND DANCING NEXT DOOR.AND DR.SAHOO WAS THERE.I SOMEHOW MANAGED TO COME OUT OF MY HOUSE AND SIGNAL SOMEONE TO CALL DR.SAHOO. I WAS SO WEAK THAT I WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO SHOUT.DR.SAHOO CAME AND GAVE ME FIVE ML OF INJ.BARALGAN WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN AN OVERDOSE BUT THE PAIN SUBSIDED.AND ALL WAS WELL.BARALGAN IS A WONDERFUL MEDICATION BUT
THE POPULATION CONSISTED OF COAL MINE WORKERS AND MANAGING STAFF.
IT INCLUDED BIHARI PEOPLE ,PEOPLE BELONGING TO UTTAR PRADESH AND A FEW BENGALIS.THERE WAS EVEN ONE MALAYALI COMPOUNDER AND HE PRESENTED ME WITH ONE KG OF CASHEW NUTS FROM KERALA AFTER HE CAME BACK FROM A VISIT. AND I POLISHED IT OFF IN ONE WEEK.OFCOURSE I WAS YOUNG AND I DIDNOT HAVE DIABETES THEN. AND THE ABDOMINAL PAIN INCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR AFTER POLISHING OFF THE CASHEW NUTS!!!
I WAS IN BINA PROJECT FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR.AFTER THAT I RESIGNED SINCE I HAD TO PREPARE FOR MY POST GRADUATE EXAMINATIONS.
TOODLEDOO SEE YOU TOMORROW............
Very very hot and the mosquitos are so mean
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