My clinic some years back…
“So I live in a collge dormitory and the bed is very small, so last night I got up suddenly and fell down from the bed and hurt my ears!”
That was my last patient of the day and I had some time to kill, and normally I try to avoid small talk since talk is costly!
“Let me see your ears then”
There was a little clot in the canal but the drum was ruptured. The tell tale sign of a traumatic rupture; the traingular irregular edge with fresh bleed!
“Ok that is a traumatic rupture of the ear drum usually caused by a slap! Now would you care to tell me the actual story!”
He looked at me sheepishly and said, “guess it was not an intersting story doc!, well this is what really happened!” (just look out for the star!)
The dormitory…
Basanth and Sonu were best friends and my roommates, and Basanth was in love just like most guys in college and especially in dormitory!
“I think she likes me!” Basanth was singing!
“Why do you think that?” asked Sonu
“Well, she smiles at me everytime she looks at me!”
“Are you sure she smiles at you? We are always together! May be she is smiling at me! Tell me her name and I will try to help you!”
“Thanks for your offer but please do not offer your help! I know what happened to Vineeth when he told you guys about his crush on Tina!”
“You guys teased him so much and Tina was so embarrased that she avoided him like plague and whatever chance he ever had went out like smoke!”
“No bro, I will try to help you out!”
“Oh please! I am happy with an open sided love rather than telling her and ending it completely!”
“Remember bro, it’s not love until you express it! Many messages get lost in silence!”uttered Sonu
“Oh thank you Guruji! Will remember that! For now just remember that my work is worship!”
Yet another day…
“Why are you smiling so much today bro!?”asked Sonu to a widely grinning Basant!
“I dropped my book and she helped me pick it up and my hand touched her hands! It was so soft!!”he said
Thats when my big mouth said,”soft you say? Was it her hand you touched!?” I said laughingly!
Then Thud! Silence and a loud ringing followed by pain in my ears!*
The first time Basanth ever slapped anyone…
Years later Basanth’s house
“Dad your phone password can be assigned to a name you know!?”
“Really?” Quipped Basanth
“We are doing this assignment on number and words as per the old numpad!”
“So what was the name?”
“According to my assessment, it’s Pooja! Anyone you know by that name dad!?”
“Nah! Anyway it’s a common name right!?”
“Got your mail Basanth; you got a card for Sonu’s marriage”
“Sonu weds Pooja!”…
“Don’t worry” quipped the wife!,”Pooja is a common name right!?” She told with a twinkle!
Sonu’s house…
“See your cousin has come from London!”
“So what work do you do nowadays Sonu!?”
His friends were teasing him, “nowadays, kaam hee uski Pooja aur Pooja hee uska kaam hai!”
“What!?”
Sonu translated, “they meant, work is worksh…oh!!!”…
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