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Picture a hobbling and helpless patient crossing you,
walking slowly away from you. You’re following him with
your eyes, visibly moved, at this point your gaze misses his
helpless expression entirely and lands unceremoniously on
his butt. What purpose does this revealing and utterly
humiliating outfit serve? I ask ye all fine people of the
medical profession.

Even when I had gone for my knee and ankle surgery in
Austria I was forced to wear this silly outfit. I could very well
have been in shorts or Bermudas and got my knee operated
on. It’s not as if my butt needs to be flashed for easy access
to my knee. I think this aspect of clothing needs to be
relooked at by the Medical Faculty around the world.
It requires immediate, scientific attention.

As I said, the complete collapse of everyone else’s attempts
to cure me through their well meant suggestions, eventually
lead me to my spinal surgery. This of course did not deter
them from claiming credit for its success when I got home.
The horseshoe nailed outside my room in my absence had
apparently cast its magic spell on the surgeon.
The ‘Energy Expert’ was convinced that his switching my
furniture around had filled the gap in my spine and my
friends swore by their Panditji’s imaginary Moonstone too.
Maybe it was the Energy Balancing, maybe it was the
Surgery, or it could have been the shoeless horse; who
knows?

Perhaps faith and science are deeply interconnected. Maybe
we just don’t see the balance between them yet. Everything
science proves today, it disproves tomorrow and faith in an
idea often brings it to its empirical fruition. Superstition is
the belief in a supernatural causality, we cannot completely
abandon it unless we fully understand the complexity and
vastness of nature.

I think it is safe to say that there are uncountable things in
this world that will always remain beyond our
understanding. Each of us chooses our own beliefs and lives
by them and all of us are limited by our own condition. The
trick is to respect each and every form of well meaning
course of action, belief, superstition and still look up to
man’s quest for knowledge (the yearning for scientific
discovery), to back it up. That’s what I did.

I chose Titanium over the eeeww Moonstone and it worked
for me….TOUCHWOOD!!!

My AC remote did nothing remotely anymore. It needed to be
directed towards the fridge to get the AC on. I guess the rays
would bounce off the shiny surface and find their way to the
infra red sensor on the AC. Strangely the rays did not follow
the same reverse path and to switch the damn thing off, I’d
need to swing to the bottom of the bed and point in random
directions till I’d hear the AC stop breathing.

…I made a frantic call to my surgeon in England. I told him I
was coming over to his hospital in the next few days. He was
very concerned. He asked, “ Are you in pain’’. ‘No’, I replied,
“ I am in my bath tub trying to sleep, apparently this area
has the best energies.” Hashtag # Help!

...My friends requested me one last time to see their Panditji
before I left for England. They felt his prayers would help me.
I agreed because I believe in good wishes and good Karma.
The Punditji looked educated and very modern. He asked me
about the procedure of the Cervical surgery. I explained it to
him in detail. He closed his eyes and said some mantra.
Then he looked at me with warm and peaceful eyes, and
said, “Are you sure they have to use a Titanium disc?” I said,
“ Yeah, it’s the latest invention and really cool.” He sighed, “
Look it is your Karma that you have to undergo this surgery.
You cannot escape it. But there is only one thing, Titanium is
not your element, can you ask the doctor to use Moonstone
instead.”

...The surgery was less painful. It took about an hour and a
half. I was informed everything was excellent. As they say in
our films… “The operation is successful.”

What was humiliating was the hospital dress code.
I believe a patient in a gown means that he or she is very ill
and quite helpless. They need a lot of care and medical
attention. It is a sort of uniform that tells you the person
wearing it, is deserving of your sympathy and concern. No
one expects a Stella McCartney, but at least...at least it
should not make you dissolve into a merciless giggle.

He was from the Far East and we didn’t understand each
other well. He kept repeating, “Take off your clothes, take off
your clothes”. So, I took off my shirt, but it didn’t seem to
suffice. He continued his chant regardless: ‘take off your
clothes.”

Soon I was lying naked on his table and he had these big,
big pins in his hands. The rest is too graphic to describe. It
was the most humiliating and painful experience of my life.
Ordeal over, I came back marred by blue welts. The only
thing that had changed was that now the pain was between
my legs and not in my neck. I can tell you it distracted me
enough to make me forget my original complaint. Though
once I recovered from the onslaught of the pin-pricks, my
neck pain resurfaced with a vengeance.

Now and then I think of the good doctor and my upbringing
tugs at my conscience. I never thanked him. Maybe I should
have sent him a note…in Hindi…just the three words that he
had been taught!

……The ‘Energy Experts’ meanwhile, had decided that the
reason for my cervical disc prolapse was the direction in
which I slept.

So the position of my bed had to be changed. Change is
good. Novelty is invigorating; it’s the spice of life. I like
change. There were a few problems that came up though. My
plasma TV was affixed to the wall keeping in mind the
original position of my bed. Taking out those brackets from
the wall would have meant re-building it. So the TV stayed
where it was and the only way to can watch it was to
somehow stand on my head. My bedside lamp shed its light
on my bathroom slippers instead of the book that I read in
bed. The bathroom door ended up where the TV should have
been. Though I must admit, the six episodes of the slightly
swaying bathroom door, seemed more interesting than some
of the stuff we are subjected to on the idiot box.

The headrest hung inexplicably in mid air without a bed to
support it. If I could levitate 10 inches off the ground I might
have been able to rest my head on it.

Let me make it clear that I am not trying to undermine
people’s beliefs or superstitions. Different things work for
different people. If you believe in something then it works for
you. A recent study has proved that people who believe in
superstition get the job done better than those who don’t, so
who are we to question the world of the unknown and its
unkown-ness.
To me it was just intriguing that there was such a wonderful
variety of cures and treatments on offer for a serious injury
like mine.

My family and friends all suggested different treatments
ranging from acupuncture to oil made from the sting of a
scorpion. I am proud to tell you that because of the deep
desire to keep the ‘BALANCE’ (in caps because that’s the
topic) of things unperturbed I tried most of them.
What follows is an account of some of my escapades and
misadventures up to the final day of surgery. These are
excerpts from my yet unpublished book and as you will read,
you will realise there is no stretching or exaggeration of
factual happenings. The names of the protagonists have
been changed to maintain their privacy and mainly to
prevent them from suing or physically assaulting me in the
near future.

……The doctor that I went to for, what I will call ‘pin therapy’
is a wonderful doctor. He’s among the leading doctors for
this therapy in the world. He also spoke three words of Hindi
taught to him by other Indian clients (obviously he didn’t
know the meaning of those words, otherwise he would never
use them, unless abusing your mom and sister was a part of
his therapy).

The thought of him sticking needles in my neck was scary.
But I need not have worried. He didn’t want to put needles in
my neck, instead he wanted to stick them in my private parts
to fix my neck!
As you can imagine it was an extremely hurtful prospect. I
was shaken to the core of my being (not to mention, below
it).

Thankfully, so far, no surgeon has come to me post
operation and quizzed, “Eh, SRK I have this little piece of
green spleen left-over from last night’s procedure, can you
tell me if it belongs to you or then it could be bed number
42’s.”

So I am a believer of science and its many benefits. Having
said that, I would still not go for a bungee jump or do a
skydive on Friday the 13th. Hashtag # Just Saying.
Some years ago I was faced with the balancing act of
weighing my scientific bent against superstition. One evening
I got to know my spine had a prolapsed disc and I had to go
under the knife. It’s a big surgery. It’s considered equivalent
to a brain surgery (from which I might just have benefitted
more!) because it involves the spinal cord.
As it happens, it also proved to be one of the grandest acts
of equanimity I ended up engaging in.

Everybody began to foretell doom. They listed all that could
go wrong. They said I could be paralysed or rendered
voiceless. Thoughts raced in my own head as well. The
doctors advised surgery as soon as possible.
I was as scared as anyone might be at the thought of their
spine being tampered with so I gave a year to those who
said they could cure my prolapse through the prolapse of
medical science.

This month we begin with Libra.

Librans are known for balance and harmony. The word
balance tends to convey stillness, but oddly I look at balance
as something that we need in life to keep things moving. It’s
something that we all have to do...everyone from a tightrope
walker to an accountant requires balance. An accountant
has to balance debit with credit, while a star has to balance
a public life with a private life. Most people have to balance
lies and truth, or right and wrong. In my years of experience,
one of the most intriguing balances I have had to find is that
between Science and Superstition.

In India we are intrinsically tied to Superstition. It’s a natural
nuance of our lives. I am a science student (over 90 percent
in Electronics if I may add). This does not mean that I can
open up a piece of electronic equipment and put it back
together again. On that front I am like everybody else in the
world: left holding one little ‘gizmoic’ part of the equipment,
scratching my head, wondering, “where was this supposed
to fit?” but more about this in another column.

Being of a scientific bent of mind, I always take the scientific
course of action. If a part of my body is disintegrating or
broke, I am more than willing to change it at the hands of an
expert, namely a Surgeon. I have had eight such removals
and implants done over the course of 20 years.

Monday, Oct 14, 2013, 10:19 IST | Agency: DNA
The superstar writes his first column in dna After Hrs on
science and superstition. Tells us how he feels pressured by
the 140-character Twitter limit and new words like twerking.
Read on.

Just a few days back my friends at the dna paper called
upon me to write a monthly column for their newspaper. A
Common perception about actors is that they are
incompetent at everything other than acting (and some are
supposedly incompetent at that too). We aren’t exactly
meant to have other interests (well, except of the
controversial kind) but as it happens, I do. I like to write.
Of late I have spent time on twitter like we all do and on the
internet in general. The combined pressure of 140 alphabet
limit and reading new words like ‘Twerking’ (described aptly
by someone on the net as ‘masquerading an ass seizure as
dancing’), has made me believe that I could contribute to the
all round well being of the society with my writings also.
What actually convinced me was, that if Hashtags # (a sign
we earlier used for cuss words), can convey emotions, then
my words on paper can also seem like pearls of wisdom and
its about time my smart, genius side became public. So I
decided to grab the axe and hack my foot myself by entering
into 12 such potentially earth shattering observations of the
world around me.

I have thus come up with the “brilliant” and “original” idea
of writing about the 12 Sun Signs. But wait...This isn’t your
usual weekly or daily astro prediction column. That is best
left to Mr. Bejan Daruwala, Marjorie Orr or Linda Goodman. I
just think it’s a good place to start. 12 Columns, 12 Sun
Signs, 12 traits I can write about. So I will pick the traits of
these 12 Sun Signs and choose one that stands out the most
then I’ll write around it. I’ll write my personal experience, my
point of view or just something I see happening around me.
Confused. Ok, read on.

http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/1903292/column-shah-rukh-khan-talks-about-balance-belief-and-hashtags

Controversy over Death -Suicide or Murder ?

In October 2013, Rabiya Khan filed a petition in the High
Court, claiming that her daughter was murdered. “Rabiya
feels the investigation was not done properly. If you go by
the medical opinion and other evidence, it would indicate
something is missing as far as suicide is concerned. Jiah
Khan’s case is apparently a case of murder,” Dinesh Tiwari,
Ms. Rabiya’s lawyer told a leading News agency.

The Petition read "The Petitioner states that initially they all
were in the dark as to what led to her daughter taking
drastic step of committing suicide. Until recently the
Petitioner thought that her daughter had committed suicide
and the Police were really doing their job in the best
possible manner. However, after collecting the photograph
of the Deceased which were taken on the date of incident
and which were not available to the Petitioner until recent
past, that she started believing that the Respondent has not
only done shoddy investigation but also the present case
could be a case of murder of her daughter. More so, after
being informed by the well wisher of the Deceased and after
discovering certain letters and correspondences exchanged
by and between the Deceased and the Accused i.e. Mr.
Sooraj Pancholi, she was highly shocked to understand that
the ill treatment and the continuous harassment and the
subsequent betrayal committed by the Accused had lead to
death of her daughter, if the case is not of Murder,” read the
petition.

Graphic Pictures of Jiah's dead body were released by
Rabiya, which clearly indicated some foul play, suggesting
that she may have been strangled by a belt and then her
body hung from the ceiling fan. Strange marks can be seen
around Jiah's neck, the source of which cannot be
identified. Also marks were found on her forearm as if it
was grasped tightly by someone, to subdue a struggling
Jiah. Rabiya Khan has directly pointed fingers at the
Pancholi's. The matter is presently in court.

Controversy over Death -Suicide or Murder ?

In October 2013, Rabiya Khan filed a petition in the High
Court, claiming that her daughter was murdered. “Rabiya
feels the investigation was not done properly. If you go by
the medical opinion and other evidence, it would indicate
something is missing as far as suicide is concerned. Jiah
Khan’s case is apparently a case of murder,” Dinesh Tiwari,
Ms. Rabiya’s lawyer told a leading News agency.

The Petition read "The Petitioner states that initially they all
were in the dark as to what led to her daughter taking
drastic step of committing suicide. Until recently the
Petitioner thought that her daughter had committed suicide
and the Police were really doing their job in the best
possible manner. However, after collecting the photograph
of the Deceased which were taken on the date of incident
and which were not available to the Petitioner until recent
past, that she started believing that the Respondent has not
only done shoddy investigation but also the present case
could be a case of murder of her daughter. More so, after
being informed by the well wisher of the Deceased and after
discovering certain letters and correspondences exchanged
by and between the Deceased and the Accused i.e. Mr.
Sooraj Pancholi, she was highly shocked to understand that
the ill treatment and the continuous harassment and the
subsequent betrayal committed by the Accused had lead to
death of her daughter, if the case is not of Murder,” read the
petition.

Graphic Pictures of Jiah's dead body were released by
Rabiya, which clearly indicated some foul play, suggesting
that she may have been strangled by a belt and then her
body hung from the ceiling fan. Strange marks can be seen
around Jiah's neck, the source of which cannot be
identified. Also marks were found on her forearm as if it
was grasped tightly by someone, to subdue a struggling
Jiah. Rabiya Khan has directly pointed fingers at the
Pancholi's. The matter is presently in court.

Controversy over Death -Suicide or Murder ?

In October 2013, Rabiya Khan filed a petition in the High
Court, claiming that her daughter was murdered. “Rabiya
feels the investigation was not done properly. If you go by
the medical opinion and other evidence, it would indicate
something is missing as far as suicide is concerned. Jiah
Khan’s case is apparently a case of murder,” Dinesh Tiwari,
Ms. Rabiya’s lawyer told a leading News agency.

The Petition read "The Petitioner states that initially they all
were in the dark as to what led to her daughter taking
drastic step of committing suicide. Until recently the
Petitioner thought that her daughter had committed suicide
and the Police were really doing their job in the best
possible manner. However, after collecting the photograph
of the Deceased which were taken on the date of incident
and which were not available to the Petitioner until recent
past, that she started believing that the Respondent has not
only done shoddy investigation but also the present case
could be a case of murder of her daughter. More so, after
being informed by the well wisher of the Deceased and after
discovering certain letters and correspondences exchanged
by and between the Deceased and the Accused i.e. Mr.
Sooraj Pancholi, she was highly shocked to understand that
the ill treatment and the continuous harassment and the
subsequent betrayal committed by the Accused had lead to
death of her daughter, if the case is not of Murder,” read the
petition.

Graphic Pictures of Jiah's dead body were released by
Rabiya, which clearly indicated some foul play, suggesting
that she may have been strangled by a belt and then her
body hung from the ceiling fan. Strange marks can be seen
around Jiah's neck, the source of which cannot be
identified. Also marks were found on her forearm as if it
was grasped tightly by someone, to subdue a struggling
Jiah. Rabiya Khan has directly pointed fingers at the
Pancholi's. The matter is presently in court.

Controversy over Death -Suicide or Murder ?

In October 2013, Rabiya Khan filed a petition in the High
Court, claiming that her daughter was murdered. “Rabiya
feels the investigation was not done properly. If you go by
the medical opinion and other evidence, it would indicate
something is missing as far as suicide is concerned. Jiah
Khan’s case is apparently a case of murder,” Dinesh Tiwari,
Ms. Rabiya’s lawyer told a leading News agency.

The Petition read "The Petitioner states that initially they all
were in the dark as to what led to her daughter taking
drastic step of committing suicide. Until recently the
Petitioner thought that her daughter had committed suicide
and the Police were really doing their job in the best
possible manner. However, after collecting the photograph
of the Deceased which were taken on the date of incident
and which were not available to the Petitioner until recent
past, that she started believing that the Respondent has not
only done shoddy investigation but also the present case
could be a case of murder of her daughter. More so, after
being informed by the well wisher of the Deceased and after
discovering certain letters and correspondences exchanged
by and between the Deceased and the Accused i.e. Mr.
Sooraj Pancholi, she was highly shocked to understand that
the ill treatment and the continuous harassment and the
subsequent betrayal committed by the Accused had lead to
death of her daughter, if the case is not of Murder,” read the
petition.

Graphic Pictures of Jiah's dead body were released by
Rabiya, which clearly indicated some foul play, suggesting
that she may have been strangled by a belt and then her
body hung from the ceiling fan. Strange marks can be seen
around Jiah's neck, the source of which cannot be
identified. Also marks were found on her forearm as if it
was grasped tightly by someone, to subdue a struggling
Jiah. Rabiya Khan has directly pointed fingers at the
Pancholi's. The matter is presently in court.

Controversy over Death -Suicide or Murder ?

In October 2013, Rabiya Khan filed a petition in the High
Court, claiming that her daughter was murdered. “Rabiya
feels the investigation was not done properly. If you go by
the medical opinion and other evidence, it would indicate
something is missing as far as suicide is concerned. Jiah
Khan’s case is apparently a case of murder,” Dinesh Tiwari,
Ms. Rabiya’s lawyer told a leading News agency.

The Petition read "The Petitioner states that initially they all
were in the dark as to what led to her daughter taking
drastic step of committing suicide. Until recently the
Petitioner thought that her daughter had committed suicide
and the Police were really doing their job in the best
possible manner. However, after collecting the photograph
of the Deceased which were taken on the date of incident
and which were not available to the Petitioner until recent
past, that she started believing that the Respondent has not
only done shoddy investigation but also the present case
could be a case of murder of her daughter. More so, after
being informed by the well wisher of the Deceased and after
discovering certain letters and correspondences exchanged
by and between the Deceased and the Accused i.e. Mr.
Sooraj Pancholi, she was highly shocked to understand that
the ill treatment and the continuous harassment and the
subsequent betrayal committed by the Accused had lead to
death of her daughter, if the case is not of Murder,” read the
petition.

Graphic Pictures of Jiah's dead body were released by
Rabiya, which clearly indicated some foul play, suggesting
that she may have been strangled by a belt and then her
body hung from the ceiling fan. Strange marks can be seen
around Jiah's neck, the source of which cannot be
identified. Also marks were found on her forearm as if it
was grasped tightly by someone, to subdue a struggling
Jiah. Rabiya Khan has directly pointed fingers at the
Pancholi's. The matter is presently in court.

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yh ppl do act somehow, likewise i did d first time i saw it. so i was hoping nokia woud drop a beta one but lunch d almighty Lumia rather.
However, dt glorious day i was on Nairaland where the techno Q1 grabbed my attention; i adore the shape and being qwerty, touchscreen and specifications.
Being white color ppl even think its Bold5, some still make jest of me, some wish the brand name TECHNO could be hidden somehere. Mind you, i cant even remember the numbers of those that have bought a type simply because i have one. i think i deserve a crown from techno.

Luvly devin: Am enjoying 160mb with 100 naira, I gave the cheat to some of my friends but to my surprise it did not work for them Holla @ me if it works for you

share the secret Buddie

Saturday was a great day but they killed it all and RIM said the Android version of the hyped BBM was leaked after which it has to be suspended. Thats an indication that people only want the BBM PIN and nothing else.

who cares about BB anyway...? Let us have your BBM asap otherwise we'll continue the fun on whatsapp only.

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Michelle55: since i don't have birth mate naw, make i go slip!!!!! yawns.......... May 2ND wia are you guys?

one is here...07069393870

i recommend GURU. Although GURU is a classical bollywood movie yet, it best describe pratically whom an entreprenuer should be. i have seen the movie many a time and i intend to seen it again anytime soon.

Plot
The start of the film is set in 1951. In a small village of Idar
in Sabarkantha district, northern Gujarat, a young man
named Gurukant "Guru" Desai (Abhishek Bachchan ) dreams
of making it big some day. His father (Rajendra Gupta), the
headmaster of the village school, tells him that dreams
never come true. Gurukant decides to go to Turkey and enter
the spice trade; later, he is promoted but refuses the job
because he wants to work for himself. Back in his village, he
marries Sujata (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan), mainly because
of the dowry she brings him. Along with Sujata and her
brother Jignesh (Arya Babbar ), Guru migrates to Bombay
and starts trading in cloth. Gradually, he expands his
business and sets up manufacturing units of his own, under
the name "Shakti Corporation".

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_(2007_film)

Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan was the guest of honour at a reception hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron's wife, Samantha Cameron at their official residence for a charity initiative for diabetes.

The reception, held behind the famous black door of 10, Downing Street which has been home to the British Prime Ministers forover 275 years, was to mark the sixth anniversary of the Leicester-based charity 'Silver Star'.

When Amitabh Bachchan met British PM David Cameron and his wife

who r ds protesters? ...dont spoil the fun pls

mon gbadun re jare @OP

since ystday, i av made ds thread a choice. infact i left d pg open n al i v to do is kip refreshing it for more. kudos to u Babes @OP

Amitabh Bachchan

FB 304 -A well wisher turns 100 years today 18th August .. but ...she suffers from Alzheimers, and the only name she remembers is mine ..her family wanted me to do a video wish for her .. I did ..it has been most satisfying to receive her response ... here it is :

"Subject: RE: My grandma turns 100 Words cannot express our gratitude to you mr bachchan The smile on my grandmas face is truly a priceless one. Your words brought magic to her eyes Which no one of us could do, no matter our family ties. Such is your impact on her life We thank you as a family and wish you every success in whatever your strive. Thank you once again. "

Yhemit: Na so,only me May 02

same here

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