The Power Of the Mind

I was parking my car on the side of a busy road, when a man absolutely naked walked passed by.He was dirty and unwashed and had clearly lost his mind. He was in a trance as he walked by ,with no destination in mind.The young & old , men and women, studiously avoided their gaze, as if seeing him would contaminate their minds.After all it was the same body all of us had.
Another day in the recent past when one of my relatives had an accident and had a head injury, now lies in a coma, lost in the labyrinth of his mind. The whole family is shocked and is waiting in agony for the mind to return.
It is then one realizes the power of the mind, in keeping you conscious, and knowing. Once it is lost, then there is no use for the body…………..

In Apollo Hospital

The wailing of the siren is ominous and can be heard from afar,as the ambulance rushes in the patient to the hospital. The blood soaked patient involved in an accident hanging to the last strand of life, is quickly unloaded and rushed into the emergency ward.It is then you realize how frail life can be.
The morning meditation at 9.30am at the Apollo Speciality Hospital in Chennai,begins with a multi- lingual prayer song and ends with a few minutes in silence. In those few minutes one can feel the presence of God as the prayers going up from the kith & kin of the patients who are swinging between life & death .
It is then you know that God is responding in the form of doctors. The hoarding put up inside the hospital says it all……….
Everyday God speaks through Doctors in answer to fervent prayers………….
Since it is a speciality hospital most of the cases were serious cases, and the visiting hours were limited. The procedure to see the patient who were in the Critical Care Unit was tough.So the patients relatives, sat in the waiting Hall, chatting, drinking coffee from a conveniently placed stall,waiting in case they were called if the patient deteriorated, as their loved ones battled for life.
Life must go on…………………………

Death rides a bike.......

No young person today , over the age of 16 is without a bike or a scooter.The bike makers and the scooter makers have flooded the market with bikes of all kinds and makes.

So in most cities you have these two wheelers whizzing in and out of traffic, mostly ignorant of any traffic rules or even if they know them ,bent upon ignoring them. Most of these youngsters do not wear any helmet, for what reason one does not know ,but mostly for aesthetic reasons I suppose.Tell them any number of times that speed thrills but kills ,they are not willing to give an ear, but are willing to become a statistic in the record of accidents.

Open a newspaper in Hyderabad or any city in India and you will be sure to find at least a few deaths due to accidents of two wheelers due to sheer negligence of the driver. Who will teach these youngsters about traffic rules, defensive driving, or wearing of helmets??

Whose responsibility it is?

The police ? Their parents? The companies which they work for?? Or even the manufacturers themselves?

What happened to all the traffics parks we used to go in schools and learn about the traffic rules?

Learning about traffic rules should be made mandatory in all schools & colleges.

There should be a warning sign /message on every product targeted at the youth (men & women )about helmet wearing and safe driving. In fact helmet wearing should made to look like a fashion.Every bike should include a helmet in its price. There should be booklet on safe & defensive driving.

All the Companies like the BPO /software companies should make lessons in safe driving mandatory during induction for freshers. Parking in company premises should only be for riders with helmets.Parking for bikes in cinema theatres should only be for riders with helmets.All movie theatres should display the statistics of death due to rash & negligent driving.

All FM stations should keep relaying messages on the importance of safe driving and wearing of helmets. They should keep running campaigns on safety. Only then the message will keep getting drilled into the young peoples head and probably save their head & lives .

And Oh yes!! why dont the helmet manufacturers come with more light weight models , which also has speakers and mike ? more colourful and have more youth friendly features to make it more appealing ?

To many, on the roads ,these days Yama – The God of death - does not come on a buffalo, he comes on a bike…………..