Raman's Blog

Its been a long time since I put a post in my blog. I was quite busy with many things that required more attention than this blog. In fact I was wondering what my 100th blog post would be. I would just like to say to myself the intention of creating this blog. This is just an online platform to express my opinions and thoughts and share it with unknown strangers all over the world. It is more like a public email newsletter I guess. With the advent of google wave, google buzz and other emerging technologies, I'm eager to see the changing role of a personal blog.

It was another orthopedic case where I had to advice an elastocrepe bandage and pain killers. As usual I was about to return to my duty room when I noticed the nursing attendant put something away into the table drawer. I was curious to know what that precious item was which he was trying to keep in his posession. I opened the drawer and found the label from the empty container of the elastocrepe bandage which was used on the patient. It made no sense to me as to why a label should be stored along with other important items in the table drawer and I could not help but satisfy my curiousity by asking the attendant about it. He was at first reluctant to answer which only fuelled my inquisitiveness and he answered sheepishly. A medical representative has offered him cash benefits for each label of the bandage which will be used to replace the labels of the free samples that the medical representative is supposed to give to the doctors for free (free samples contain the label that it is n...

I could not help sharing this video after seeing it in Krishna's blog. I was touched, deeply moved and above all highly inspired. This reminded me not to judge anybody by their external appearance and not to be cynical. It also reminded me that dreams can be fulfilled no matter how old you are. Rarely do I get to see such an inspiring video. Susan Boyle on Britain's Got Talent by dwarthy

... May I always act so as to preserve the finest traditions of my calling and may I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help. ..... Hippocrates (460 BC - 370 BC)

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The following are the BSNL GPRS activation settings in South India at the time of writing this blog post. To activate GPRS Post Paid Customers should send the following SMS to 53733 1. GPRS199 – Rs 199/month; unlimited usage 2. GPRS49 – Rs 49/month; After 5 MB usage, each 10 KB costs 3 paise 3. GPRSF – No monthly fee; each 10 KB costs 5 paise Pre Paid customers should send the following SMS to 53733 GPRSPRE – each KB costs 2 paise To deactivate GPRS facility: Send the following SMS to 53733 GPRSD Activate the automatic GPRS settings: Visit http://218.248.72.246/msp/html OR SMS the following to 58355 MODEL MAKE e.g. NOKIA 6070 BSNL INTERNET Settings: (This is what enabled internet access for my mobile applications) 1. Select Settings from Menu > Settings >Configuration>Personal configuration settings>Options>Add new>Access point 2. Connection name: BSNL GPRS 3. Data bearer: GPRS 4. Access point name: gprssouth.cellone.in 5. User name:...

Legend has it that Sri Krishna was born on a dark, stormy and windy night of on the eighth day (Ashtami) in the month of Sravana. But for me the 13th night/14th day in the Krishna paksha in the month of Magha or Phalguna is Sree Krishna Jayanthi. Of course it is that day when the world celebrates Sivaratri, I celebrate the birth of my Krishna. As a kid whenever I used to pray to Lord Krishna, I used to wonder if he will ever come for comforting me in human form as he has done for many of his devotees. Since this is Kali yuga, the chances of such a possibility was theoretically less. But I was proved wrong. The greatest favor by the social networking website Orkut ever did to me is to bring Krishna to me. Ever since we met online, he has always been on my side; on times of happiness and despair. I can't say if he is the bestest friend, big brother or Lord Krishna himself. I guess he is all in one. I have always considered him as Krishna, his brother as Balarama, mother as Yasodha,...