FRIEND PRODOSH

Mr.Prodosh Mishra is a close friend of mine. During my stay at Rourkela he used to listen to my stories with apt attention and would suggest changes or modification if required.After i shifted to Bhubaneswar i miss him very much.As a short story writer and Odiya novelist he is at par with the best, has received lots of prizes and felicitation from different literary circles.Our closeness became more marked after his cardiac problems.He has retired recently from Steel Authority Of India.I wish him the best.

JAAMU KULI(SEASONAL FRUIT)

This tree grows up to 30 to 35 meters and live for more than 100years, it's wood is water resistant.Also known as"FRUIT OF THE GODS",Rich in fiber and has lots of medicinal value.If we can throw its seeds after eating the fruits in the ghat areas and other places during rainy season while traveling in our car or bus, we can have lots of green trees around

COMPULSIVE WATER DRINKING

Few weeks back I traveled by a non stop train(except for technical halts) called Durant express to New Delhi.Food and water was included in the ticket.One of my co passenger went on drinking water supplied by the railway catering service much to my amusement.He was surprised to see me not even opening my two mineral bottles.Lastly he asked me "sir, you are not at all drinking any water,you will fall sick!!"
-" i do not need water in this AC compartment"
"WHY"
"Simple- am not sweating".
"But you took your lunch with out water"
"yes, you are right, i do not drink unless i feel thirsty."
"but you must drink to clear the system".
"that's wrong concept"
"Drinking water frequently shows the person's insecurity, to put it straight>psychic personality"
"specially with old age with prostate problem one should take less water,too much water means more work for the kidneys, water does not clean the system, that a wrong concept by the common men."
Read this>
On January 12, 2007, a 28-year old Californian wife and mother of three children died from drinking too much water. Her body was found in her home shortly after she took part in a water-drinking contest that was sponsored by a local radio show. Entitled "Hold Your Wee For A Wii," the contest promoters promised a free Wii video game machine to the contestant who drank the most water without urinating.
As your circulatory system becomes diluted with excess water, the concentration of electrolytes in your blood will drop relative to the concentration of electrolytes in your cells. In an effort to maintain an equal balance of electrolytes between your blood and your cells, water will seep into your cells from your blood, causing your cells to swell.

So gentleman consult a psychiatrist for your drinking habits.To be exact the obese man consumed ten bottles of mineral water during those 22hours journey.So much for water drinking.

OM

The most sacred syllable in Hinduism is OM.It stands for Brahman both as a personal and impersonal GOD.

The goal which all the Vedas declare, which all austerities aim at, and which men desire when they lead the life of continence, I will tell you briefly: it is OM. This syllable OM is indeed Brahman. This syllable is the Highest. Whosoever knows this syllable obtains all that he desires. This is the best support; this is the highest support. Whosoever knows this support is adored in the world of Brahma.

-- Katha Upanishads I, ii, 15-17 ¹
The sound OM is Brahman. The maharishis and sages practiced austerity to realize that Sound-Brahman. After attaining perfection one hears the sound of this eternal Word rising spontaneously from the navel. "'What will you gain', some sages ask, 'by merely hearing this sound?' You hear the roar of the ocean from a distance. By following the roar you can reach the ocean. As long as there is the roar, there must also be the ocean. By following the trail of OM you attain Brahman, of which the Word is the symbol. That Brahman has been described by the Vedas as the ultimate goal."

-- The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna ²

SUPER SIX

The SUPER SIX has left Bhubaneswar by Durant express,today on auspicious day(Ratha Jatra) for their out ward journey to Baidrinath via new Delhi-Haridwar.They are all above sixty years, from front to back>bina pani(72),Susama(61),Sontosh(80+),Soubhagya(69+),Bibhuti(80+),santanu(70+)
We all wish them a very successful pilgrimage and train journey experience.(cartoon drawn by>sradha debta)

UNWANTED GUESTS

FACTITIOUS FUNCTION:



Amar’s heart starts to beat faster once he gets an invitation card on the occasion of
his friends or relatives son’s or daughter’s marriage ceremony.
The problem is the transport, next is when to start, whether to join the barat or not with those drunken dancers lasting for hours in the hot sun. What to wear, who else should accompany him and his wife. Lastly where to park the car?
The most important one is what to present as a gift?
With gold touching 15 thousand, a golden gift for a retired person is too painful.
But once Amar calculates per plate cost in a 5* hotel any thing less than one thousand may look miserly. With high blood pressure, uric acid and sugar levels food gets limited. Then the 500 rupees plate carries no meaning for him and his wife.
Amar’s wife is on diet as she has under gone a double knee replacement surgery recently costing few lacs.The surgeon has advised her not to put on any more weight or else the surgery will be a failure. There are no more members to compensate for the gift presented to the bride .No one introduces the guests nor any one is interested to make the party lovely and exciting, every one is busy with chicken bones or ice creams. If you are not careful the small ones running with huge servings of ice creams may spill your plate on your suit or a silk sari.
If at all you find some of your old lost friend in that “gathering” he may ask you about your house address (he will never come) and then what are the children doing? Are they married? How many grand children you have? Is he in India or abroad, every thing in one breath?
But Amar can make out that his friend had probably returned from USA recently by looking at the ill fitted suit and a white Nike shoes, most likely presented by his son when he and his wife had gone for baby sitting for a couple of months.
Every one seems to be in a hurry to go back home for the night dose of medicines.
The greatest nuisance which irritates Amar is the presence of more than fifty or more numbers of drivers rubbing shoulders with him. The poor fellow who has invited you has placed order for two only but how to adjust those few hundred extra plates? Two plus the driver (they are all voracious eaters) makes it three so three plates costs the host Rs1500 but the gift amount does not cost Rs101 orRs501 or some presentations which remain un utilized are gifted away.
The four and five year’s child also holds a plate (that too is being calculated) as if it can’t share the plate with the mother? This shows the sympathetic consideration for the friend. If it’s a son’s marriage then it’s the bride’s father who is paying the bill, so our hero’s father is least bother. What a way to waste of money? Amar thinks of the old system of calling friends and relatives to one’s house and serving them with steaming rice and other mouth watering food items under one’s supervision..
In this type of receptions the server does not even look at your face and puts the most useless piece of chicken or the mutton piece in your plate.
Those are the things of the past, majorities of the guests do not know who is getting married and where are they. Some times before the actual wedding the party is over. With a sixty-four(majority artificial) teeth smile by the couple the camera man goes on clicking the flush gun but who looks at those photographs after the function is a difficult to answer .
Amar looks lost in the A/C hall (most of the time none functioning or hall is hot due to the multiple burring candles.) and occupies a chair with the plate in one hand and mobile in the other. Ask his wife to finish off quickly as the maid will go away soon.

The maximum crowd is near the non vegetarian counter and the sweet stalls; you have to stand in the queue to get a plate and by the time you reach the counter the person goes out to bring more ice-cream so you pick up another sweet and raise your sugar levels. The diabetics come prepared with more insulin or tablets so that they can get back their money’s worth which they have given away as gifts.
While leaving the hall the host asks how the food was. Majority tells him the best in recent years!! As if it was cooked by his wife. Some guests even do not feel it is necessary to meet the host before boarding the car. The same stale food in all marriage functions be it at my fair, Razion, Taju-palace, Raju-Hindustani or Garden out etc. because the cooks are from the same school of hotel managements
The bill come a staggering Rs5.5 lac. And the guest forgets about the dinner the very next day with a stomach upset and gets prepared for another evening may be in the same hotel.

Sanjoy Kumar Satpathy
Patia
Bhubaneswar

MY REGARDS

Dr.DAMODAR MOHANTY AND HIS WIFE MRS.LOPOMUDRA MOHANTYPhd, were my close friends, well wishers, they are like my elder brother and bhauja, we spent many years staying in the same sector-18 .Dr.D.Mohanty(we fondly call him dam babu)and Dr.BSDash(another friend -close to my heart) helped me to get a seat at BHU for which i still remember them every day.Dr.Mohanty a gentleman to the toe used to call all of us for dinner and entertain us.Few people like dam babu,sadasiv,bhabani ,pkparida,JKP,SKM,Sanjib,Susil padhi,DPRoy,SSChand,KPMishra,kiran mishra,APMohanty(engineer),Asis Das,Manmatha sahu,Mukul raychoudhury,DCMishra,PKNanda,Mihir das,and KCMohanta and some juniors like RBPattnaik,Anil dutta,Niyati swain,Aparajeeta senapati,Ranjan patra have helped me during my stay at Rourkela for which i remain abated to them. Mr.sanat rai,debendra mohanty,Rabi kanungo,Prodosh mishra,Satkodi hota,Gita hota,ProfNitya nanda satpathy,Mr rabindra nath das,satyabrata das and publisher ramakanta mishra deserve special mention for my literary activities.When i am alone and nothing to do at middle of night these friends appear before me and remind me of our good days at Rourkela city.I have left the hospital IGH,Rourkela on 31st december2007 and have not visited it not even once in last three and half years.I am a sentimental man will cry when I will see the mango tree, guava tree, neem trees which have grown big by now and other happy and sorrow moments of life.I am now 63+ have to look ahead but my best days are behind me.I became a complete doctor,a cricketer,a short story writer,a singer, a good orate last but not the last a complete man, all these were possible due to my friends, well wishers and ROURKELA.On this RATHA JATRA DAY I SALUTE you ROURKELA.3-7-2011

TRUE FRIENDS

THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN FEW WEEKS BEFORE MY RETIREMENT FROM STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA AT ROURKELE IN THE YEAR 2007-DECEMBER.THEY ARE VERY CLOSE TO ME ,MY BEST FRIENDS AND WELL WISHERS.
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT(ALL DOCTORS):SITTING:KIRAN MISHRA-JKPATTNAIK-SANJIB MOHANTY
STANDING:D.DAS-SANJOYSATPATHY-DAMODAR MOHANTY-PRAFFULLA PARIDA-SADASIV SWAIN

RATH JATRA(CAR FESTIVAL OF PURI)

WISHING ALL MY VIEWERS A HAPPY RATHA JATRA-2011

NVBDCP

Both male and female mosquitoes are nectar feeders, but the females of many species are also capable of drinking blood from many mammals. Females do not require blood for their own survival, but they do need supplemental substances such as proteins and iron to develop eggs.

With regard to host location, female mosquitoes hunt their blood host by detecting organic substances such as carbon dioxide (CO2) and 1-octen-3-ol produced from the host and through optical recognition. Mosquitoes prefer some people over others. The preferential victim's sweat simply smells better than others because of the proportions of the carbon dioxide, octenol and other compounds that make up body odor.The powerful semiochemical that triggers the mosquito's keen sense of smell is nonanal.A large part of the mosquito’s sense of smell, or olfactory system, is devoted to sniffing out blood sources. Of 72 types of odor receptor on its antennae, at least 27 are tuned to detect chemicals found in perspiration. In Aedes the search for a host takes place in two phases. First, the mosquito exhibits a nonspecific searching behavior until the perception of host stimulants then it follows a targeted approach.
Just after the rainy season there will be short epidemics of malaria and dengue in the sate of Orissa, hence the malaria/health department carry on update education programmme for the doctors every year.





NVBDCP(national vector borne diseases control programme)organized an update programme for the peripheral doctors of ORISSA on 30th June and 1St July at Bhubaneswar.Dr.Sanjoy kumar satpathy a faculty for national malaria update was invited to give a talk on complicated malaria in adult.Even though he is not in a medical college he is preferred for his speaking capabilities and update knowledge on varieties of subjects from Malaria to snake bite.