Read my new blog post here: Make My Trip The highway from Fatehpur to Jaipur stretched through the arid fields spotted with tiny villages in that dusty December fog. There were tractors coming opposite to us in that one way lane with cows suddenly standing up in the median decorated with purple Bougainvillea flowers. When the car stopped at the toll booth, I looked outside on the giant yellow board. The exemptions to paying tolls. The driver pulled out his mobile phone and changed the SIM cards. “This one is for Jaipur,” he said chuckling. I picked up the fallen currency from the floor for him. “Thank you Sir…” He then turned to his Hindi with my wife who thought she understood him. However the driver continued in both Hindi and English. Then his telephone started with ring tone of some old religious movie chanting. I could not avoid listening to the conversation as this included “surgery” “blood transfusion” “6 pints” “ICU” etc. The driver then turned to me and enquired what kind of “Doctor” I was. He then went on to report that his uncle who was in good health was suddenly admitted with bleeding in the brain and is in ICU, needs surgery and at least 6 pints of blood by tomorrow, otherwise he will not survive. He was planning to be at the hospital tonight after dropping us at our hotel. He seemed to get telephone calls every fifteen minutes from that point. My wife and me with our broken Hindi and layman’s English tried to give him some prognosis on a patient we never knew, on a condition we only guessed based upon the understanding of the driver. He then requested me to see his uncle in the ICU once we reach there. I was miles away from my work place, disconnected with the daily routines and here in this vast country my only interest was to explore the cultural treasures, the traditional folk art and the ancient palaces. I was not sure whether I wanted to visit a hospital. (read more...) sauparnikapublications.blogspot/2013/08/make-my-trip.html
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 19:18:32 +0000
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