....Can't keep frnds waiting, for they r the ultimate VIPs ,sharing common history, necessitating this spl edition...never in the history of "Rojnamcha" back to back did I publish the same day....unprecedented as it is, as the feeling of well being & infectious warmth generated by the peers egged me to catapult a spl episode....Dr Sampadanand Swain was a revered Anatomist & PCP was much feared.....the Anatomy Deptt. looked like an old Museum & the Lecture theatres steeped in history : of alumni after alumni ,donning its mantle, Gray's Anatomy the Holy Book ....I felt was the yardstick of future success & the prognosis of success in the yrs to come, depended on how u mastered its volume of information of data of tht of a modern day Supercomputer...so as to brace up for further assaults in near future....the ultimate test of Rote' memory....B D Chaurasia was dull, no where near to Gray's, with diagrams which looked more like a Mechanical Engineering book.... but handy & immensely popular with the students....the Physio & Biochem block was the same whr we pithed quite a number of frogs, quite a gory way for a set of Experiments ,upstairs ,:...the steady supply of Rana Tigrina frm an adjacent in campus pond was amazing....a batch photography also held in the Biochem Deptt....also lurking around were immediate seniors.....a section on the prowl to scare the hell out of u in the first few mnths of admission....ur dress was an uniform & the red & green ribbons for the girls hair do was a sharp contrast....must salute thm for their forbearance of such a strict regime imposed by seniors....our dress code was tht of the sailor white shirt & pant....here in Male' ,upon arrival of INS ships & the cadets in Male' streets ,their uniforms evoke the 1st yr feel, whnever perchance I meet thm....notwithstanding, our Professors went abt delivering lectures routinely nd we in rapt attention....there were few infamous seniors who were dreaded nd their diktats r beyond the scope of this publication......I remember them vividly nd no matter whtever time has elapsed ,a FB frnd request if at all will be subject to circumspect......such was the reign of terror on few bad days of the first 6 mnths.....No doubt it was al part of growing & shud I say Baptism by Fire......!!!!!....al ending up in the Fresher's Nite nd I rendering a number:..."...Chhooo kar Mere man ko ,Kiya toone Kya Ishaara...." despite the bombardment of the stage of Rajendra Surgical Block Auditorium(RSB) with eggs & tomatoes...thereafter ensued an unprecedented camaraderie with seniors, who had to often shell out for Tea ,coffee nd samosas.....!!!!( to be concluded)
.....Rojnamcha...!!! the Indian Ocean Diary having being initiated in 2010 is very close to Heart....journey of an Indian Doctor's service in a remote land...!!!
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