Dheeraj, Dharam, Mitra aru Naari...

धीरज धरम मित्र अरु नारी आपद काल परखिये चारी | (तुलसीकृत रामायण)

Dheeraj dharam mitra aru naari aapad kal parakhiye chari ! (Ramayan by Tulsidas)

Meaning: In the time of crisis are the (deep waters) of patience, religion (karma~deeds), friends and women (wife/partner) tested!

An impressive line from the sacred Hindu text. Diverting from the topic a bit, when I look at these ancient texts, they seem to be full of words of wisdom, relevant to today's time as well!

Back to the train of thoughts: I am recovering, and recovering pretty well! Thank you all... And this is the line dedicated to you all, who have been with me through out this time. This post is to tell you how a crisis in my life seemed negligible, just because of the four characters: patience, religion (karma~deeds), friends and women (wife/partner). If I had to apply them to this test, all of them surpassed it.

How many visitors do you think came around within the fourteen days that I was in Pune after the accident? A minimum of 500... I am not saying, it was me who commanded all this love and affection. Most of it was due to Mom n Dad and then Pooja. But, the important part is, all of them were there. From every nook and corner, from every age group, friends, relatives, colleagues, any one I could think of had been there with me. And, those who were not there physically, most of them had either written or called. It was incredible...

The other day, I visited the specialist in the States at the Duke Eye Care, the number one service provider in the field. The doctor, Mr. Tariq Bhatti, is supposed to be the best neuro-ophthalmologist in the whole of the States. And he looked at me, looked at my medical file, and his reaction was: "impossible. The improvement you have shown is incredible."

Dr. Bhatti, this line does make sense! It does help to have four functioning bearings...