Ever so often, I wonder why I frequent movies as much as I do. Then I realise that it has so much to do with the fact that during those two to three hours I am a nobody.........:) just like the hundred odd other people in the movie hall. Wouldn't it be great to be a nobody! no cares, no worries, no responsibilities, and you can actually sit and enjoy what people enact out as if its their life thats going on. And all you have to do is watch ........ all ofcourse for a mere three hours. But it always leaves me wishing that the illusion would stretch on.......to life.
So much for all escapist fundas.......
Had been to the hospital with Maa.The terrace door had slammed on her finger when she had taken Bruno out and even after fourteen days the swelling hadn't gone down....so we feared a fracture. But thankfully it turned out otherwise. I was there with her for about two hours in Ramkrishna Mission hospital. My cousin brother had done his post graduate studies here ...so we sort of knew the inside picture....what went on behind the scenes. Bappadada had quoted some hilarious anecdotes about a doctor's life. Sitting there, Maa and me could recall and laugh over most of them. The doctor on duty in the emergency ward would usually delineate his duties among the younger interns. So it would be them dispensing prescriptions and medicines, looking after the incoming patients. They would probably be round about the same age as me. They still have a long way to go as far as studies are concerned. Then they have to establish themselves, build a reputation and only after ..enjoy the fruits of reputation , a good practise and a steady income.
Compared to them, software engineers have life a lot easy. (no wonder I can sit here ....without a job ...on the confidence of some software boom that if I don't get my visa I can still get a job...somewhere :) ). When the decision of taking up biology comes up in class eleven ... had I really thought so far ahead!
I know what influenced me, I hated Biology because I just could not remember everything nor get myself interested in the dissections and innumerable scientific names or in learning pages of notes. Mostly students get an apathy towards cutting frogs and hence the decision is taken for them rather than by them.........but many others I know wanted to "keep both options open " at the end of twelvth and so opted for bio. Well good for them.... and at the end of it, I hope everybody landed up in the stream they wanted.
Ofcourse I had always heard life as an engineer is no studies, almost complete masti ("study well in eleventh and twelvth and you will never have to study later")..... it didn't turn out exactly like that but yes .... you can get by on a lot of pre-known concepts and by studying last nights .....so its more of "there is an exam tomorrow therefore study" than anything else. Based on where I stand today, I can endorse and re-endorse the fact. Today engineers can get easy recruitment, demand high pay packets...live their life in air conditioned offices...and generally complain about Bahrees' from the comfort of their offices when (and if --the referred article is still a controversy and a good topic of discussion :) ) the latter bring a slur on the name of out-sourcing or IT in India. But they don't save lives. They do save customers some time and bugs ..... but software engineers are not and will never be irreplaceable. They would never be god to anyone bcoz of having saved a life just in time or bcoz they brought a new baby into the world and made some woman a mother or bcoz they touched lives. They would always be god to their customers :)...bcoz only they know to put right the code which in the first place was created by them.
I had not started this blog with the thought of writing out a for and against arguement for software engineers, I being one myself can hardly sit and aim a kick at myself. :) But I think we left the human touch far behind when we started running behind money....I don't think that statement discriminates between doctors or engineers - it applies to both.
And between all this and an internet connection which truly gave up on us and hanged itself for three days, leaving us stranded (believe me .....that is literally how it feels :) ).....I totally forgot Sthiti's birthday. I am/will be a dumb-wit in the matter of remembering birthdays. Vishal sent a really nice mail which I needed very much... his motto was to just look at the mirror and say "U r great"...:) I could not help but smile.
If only I had this someone magically conjured up to manage my life along with theirs ...:) I guess I would escape again.
3 comments:
hmmm lemme analyse why do i watch so many movies ? well, for 1 simple reason - before entering the professional world, all thru my school & college life, i had been to movie halls about ... 20 times. Hey no, not even 20, its 15 times. So that explains it, doesnt it ?
I am reminded one of example, where i could see software engineers saving lives - thousands of lives! and how ? well, my cousin brother was working in a research group having 10 ppl - 4 from bio specialisation, 3 from Electronics, and 3 from COmp Science! and what were the "softy ppl" doing in a micro-biology research area ? well, they were coding a software which will support high resolution MRI scans ! Think abt it - These Software Enginners save lives, but without the immediate appreciation Wot say ?
Interesting point to note, your own words - They (doctors) would always be god to their customers Found it a bit, er, strange to visualize myself as a customer in front of the doctor, asking him to fix the bugs in me So its a profession after all, a business... ah such a thin line of demarcation !
The last part - i found great humour in it, not coz there was a humourous touch to it, but i have a knack to see/cook humour. Am referring to just look at the mirror and say "U r great" And the funny part ? well, is there a need to tell girls to look into the mirror ? ;-D
About the software engineer saving lives bit....well they are still not saving lives. They are building scanners for which they are getting paid. Its a part of their job like coding for penserv would be yours. Similiarly saving lives is a part of a doctor's job. We build the scanners and x-ray machines(courtesy philips, siemens) ....but we don't use them. I was debating on the mechanical and human aspects of different jobs......
Penserv is too trivial a task to save lives, but then, what about the technological advancements that are contributing in a big way in how doctors go around saving lives
The human touch - well docs have it, and hence hog the accolades too !
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