Complicated!

We come across many people in our day to day life.. There are a few who are very expressive, while others who are not! Some give us their feedback, good or bad, directly to us. Some others give only the good and keep the bad for their gossip session with others. There is yet another category, who say all the bad they have to say and mask it under the word called 'joke'. 'Hey, was just joking ok?' is all they say to get away with anything. Some in this last category however are not recipients of the same thing towards them. And again, this depends on perception. A person might fall in a particular category for a person x, and might fall in a different category for another person y. Sometimes the same person might fall under different categories for the same person under different situations. Huhhh....Human beings are complicated!

Some people we meet leave an indelible mark in our lives. Some people will be remembered, for what they are, positive or negative towards us. We might forget how some look like, due to a very short interaction with them,. But we will never forget the interaction we have had with them or a minor favor they have done at the time u most needed it. Looking into my past, thinking about all the people who I cannot forget after all these years and wondering if I have done anything like that to another person to be always remembered! Life is complicated as well..

Rotary Visionary Couples: Experience

When the thought of giving something back to the society came to my mind I thought, I want to do service and I can do whatever I can in my own little way. Why should I be a part of any organization? Why can’t I just do it on my own in my own community where I can see it myself? But I realized what is it that Rotary brings in. Meeting different people in various seminars and interacting with them gives an idea about how much planning goes into each of the activities undertaken by Rotary. Giving is not as simple as I thought it was. 

We need to consider various factors like the level of impact our service brings in the society and the sustainability of the impact etc. I understand that a proper channel is important for the service to reach the right people in an efficient way. Pooling in our efforts towards a common Vision and mission will all the more take us in the right direction. Service through Rotary is totally a different experience altogether. Rotary lends u its brand name. Even a small group like ours gets very well received when we approach someone in regards to any service related activity. People give us their time, listen to us very attentively and would readily help us without having to worry about whether we are genuine. They know they can trust us and this makes a lot of difference. 

For instance, We have collaborated with KBN college for conducting competitions in Youth services month. Though it was easy to get in touch with the administration through my network, it was only because of the rotary that they were very willing to collaborate and work together with us without any need of convincing them. They accepted our proposal to span the activities over two days. All it took was a half an hour meeting with them to pull up a wonderful event. I am very thankful for being associated with rotary. I hope the work we have done has made some positive change in the community.

Old is Gold, Sometimes

Sometimes, really old is gold. My neighbour's mom did what MBBS and MS doctors weren't able to! I had a problem with my big toe nail. Even the slightest of contact to it hurt a lot. Unable to bear the pain, I went to a general doctor. He said that it was ingrowing toe nail, where the toe nail instead of growing out, grows into the skin. The only solution to the problem according to him was to remove the entire toe nail with the roots. I asked if it was ok to get it removed. He joked saying I will miss wearing a nail polish over it. However, he said I will have to be careful going forward without the nail. He gave me pain killers for a week. I waited for 15 days in vain.

I went to another doctor for a second opinion. He identified it as "goru chuttu"(some fungal infection of the nail due to excessive exposure to water). He gave me ointment and a few medicines and asked me to come back in 10 days. There was slight improvement but the problem still persisted. In the second visit, he said that the nail has to be removed, but the roots will be kept as it is and the nail will grow back in a couple of months.I researched over the internet as much as I could. I finally made up my mind to get the nail removed from the second doc. 

On a casual chat, my mother in law told about my problem to my neighbour. Fortunately, her mom, an Ayurveda specialist for goru chuttu was in her house then. She suggested that I should try the medicine once and assured that it is very effective. I gave it a shot. She applied some medicinal paste on my nail and tied betel leaf around it and gave a small dressing. 5 days is all it took. I was so happy. What the highly educated doctors couldn't do over 2 months, she did in less than a week. I will surely remember her whenever I look at my toe. Thankyou Sarada aunty and a big big thanks to your mom!