Comments on: Crime, trial, verdict and sentence

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 17:11:28 +0000

Ganga,

I can ‘feel’ what your words convey. An Urdu poet has said,

“Zindagi se badi sazaa hi nahin

Aur kya jurm yeh pataa hi nahin”

(No punishment is more severe than life
And we never get to know what crime we have committed!)

Regards,
Surjit

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 17:08:03 +0000

Coomar,

I can wait. Age has taught me patience!
Surjit

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 17:06:50 +0000

Rashmi,
It is my firm conviction that your reactions to the harsh facets of life are similar to mine. Recently I heard a ‘ghazal’ in which one couplet says,

“Zindagi ko karib se dekho
Iska chehra tumhe rula dega!

I dread a visit to hospitals. It touches a sensitive chord in my heart.

Best wishes,
Surjit

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 17:01:43 +0000

Dear Prakash,
Thanks.
You are a part of the EME family! VK Malhotra and Gen Deshwal are both very dear to me.
Where are you settled? And I am sanguine that you are gainfully employed.
Surjit

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Sun, 11 Oct 2015 09:33:50 +0000

Venki,
Thanks.
You doctors have a lot in common with the lawyers!
Surjit

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 15:58:50 +0000

Surinder,
Dear Jhaiji used to tell us a ‘nikki jihi gal’ She told us about a lady, who gave a sewing needle to her daughter, and told her, “I am giving this to you…and in due course, I will also give you a sewing machine!”
The heading you have given is analogous to the needle.
And I will work on it. Who knows, it will germinate into a story one day. You are the one who thought that the trust should have its own website. It has got one, and hopefully we will expand it.
Surjit

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Sat, 10 Oct 2015 13:58:34 +0000

Dear General,
You have made my day!
Whenever I think of Lt Badola, my eyes become moist, even now. He looked so helpless, so lonely…and yet, he was hoping against hope that he would be up and about soon.
I suppose life is like that!
Surjit

By: Joseph Thomas

Joseph Thomas — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 15:26:08 +0000

See http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2011/11/30/how-doctors-die/ideas/nexus/

By: PT Gangadharan

PT Gangadharan — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:31:39 +0000

Dear Sir,

By reading this I was transported back to the R&R hospital and MH Kirkee where i spent 23 months.Seen may colleagues ;officers and OR from all three services with no hope for future,yet continuing life.Many have left this world and many are in a bad state due to kidney problems,bedsore,constipation,spasm and cramps,yet living with courage and determination.Hospital is a virtual prison especially with 100% disability ,with no sensation or motor movement and being assisted even for turning on the bed.Many wish death than the miserable life with total dependence.You are not only a burden to yourself but to your kith and kin too.How long can one be cared for?.Some are fighting it out with hope against all odds!.

By: PT Gangadharan

PT Gangadharan — Fri, 09 Oct 2015 12:31:38 +0000

Dear Sir,