Prize winning magazine 2013-14 of KUHS , from Govt medical college kottayam #Magazine committee, college union 2013-14(YUVA)

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U n i o n
2013-14
Govt. Medical College Kottayam
College Magazine 2013-14

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Messages
I am extremely happy to know that
the college union “yuva”, under
the leadership of Mr. Aswin P. John
is ready to release the college
magazine for the year 2013-14
This was the first college union
under KUHS. Their activities were
excellent and remarkable. This
college union has worked hard to
bring back the friendly peaceful
atmosphere to their college.
Moreover they deserve great
appreciation for sanctioning the
construction of footpath along the
medical college campus.
Hope this college magazine will be
an eye opener for all the students.
I wish all of them the very best in
every step of future life. May the
blessings of the Almighty be always
with them.
Dr. A Remla Beevi
Principal
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Editorial
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A Trip Down The Memory Lane...
History of Government Medical College,
Kottayam
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Life with Daffodil
Interview :
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College life:
As a Dayscholar amoung Hostelers
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On being ‘Teachers & Students’
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FromHippocrates
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Arrivals and Departures
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Classmate
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The Twilight Zone
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Hypersomnia
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iNTERVIEW
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Love in Times of Schizophrenia
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Roses, Thorn, You
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My Tryst with sle
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The Way Back Home
What After MBBS?
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Tryst with Language
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A 50 Year Saga
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From June to December
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It is time to Slim
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Arts
Sports & Games
Gems of KMC
College Teams
Batch Photos
Union Report
NSS Report
Sanjeevani
Hostel Reports

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Dr. Tigy Thomas Jacob
SupErintendent

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ANCIENT HISTORY
OF ARPOOKARA
During the end of the 9th century the
major kingdoms of South India were the
Cholas, Pandyas, Sathyaputhra and the
Cheras. The Cheras ruled over the Kerala
region. Around this time another kingdom
called 'Vempolinad' came to existence. It
was further divided into 'Thekkumkoor'
and 'Vadakkemkoor'. Kottayam was mainly
ruled by Thekkumkoor who had their base
at Venmoni and Thalikotta near Kottayam.
Vadakkemkoor kingdom had their base in
Kidangoor and later Vaikom. It is curious
to note that the Kudamaloor region
was owned by Chempakassery Raja of
Ambalappuzha. He was instrumental in the
formation of the Kudamaloor Church 1000
years back.
HISTORY OF GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE, KOTTAYAM
A trip down
THe memory lane...
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Arpookara
The name Arpookara came into
existence due to four reasons:
1. ‘Aarukalum pookkalum’ –
because this region had a lot of
rivers and flowers
2. This region was owned by
‘Thiruvarppu devaswam’,
so thiruvarppukara became
Arpookara.
3. Arumukhan kara became
Arpookara
4. The main reason cited is
when Raja Chembakassery
of Ambalappuzha travelled
to Kudamaloor along the
Meenachil river, people on
the banks hailed him with
‘aarppuvili’, so came the name
‘Aarppittakara’ or ‘ Arpookara’.
FIRST Medical Colleges
in Kerala
The first Medical College was
inaugurated by the Prime Minister
of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
on the 27th of November, 1951 at
Trivandrum. Dr. C O Karunakaran
was the main Architect of this
premier institution.
The 2nd Medical college was
inaugurated on the 5th of August
1957 by the Health Minister in the
EMS ministry Dr. A R Menon at
Calicut.
Formation of
Kottayam Medical
College
There were discussions for the 3rd
Medical College in the state during
the 3rd Five year plan in 1960.
When the Pattom Thanupilla
Ministry came into existence.
Even though premier districts
like Ernakulam and Trichur
stated their claims, it was none
other than the Home minister P
T Chacko who insisted that the
3rd Medical College should be at
Kottayam. He was supported by
Joseph Chazhikkadan, an MLA of
PSP. The first public request for
a Medical College was done by
Kurian Uthup, former Municipal
Chairman of Kottayam on the 1st
of August of 1960. Kurian Uthup
(Municipal Vice chairman at that
time) suggested that Kottayam
who had a population of 16 lakhs
should get the 3rd Medical College.
But there was a tug of war between
Arpookara and Thiruvanchoor for
the site. It was the sincere and
strong efforts of George Joseph
Podipara, the MLA of Ettumanoor
for Arpookara and PC Cherian
Padinjarakkara, MLA of Kottayam
for Thiruvanchoor. Thiruvanchoor
Jawaharlal Nehru
R. Sankar
George Joseph Podipara
MP Govindan Nair
V K Velappan
P. T. Chacko
Dr. A. R. Menon
Pattom Thanupilla
as a site was backed by the
prominent Malayalam Daily. But
VK Velappan, the Health Minister
stood by Arpookara and the 3rd
Medical College was ultimately
constructed at Panikkankunnu in
Arpookara. It was on the 5th of May
1961 that the Chief Minister Pattom
Thanupilla declared that Kottayam
Medical college will be constructed
at Panikkankunnu, Arpookara and
50 students will be in the first Batch.
He also declared that a 450 bedded
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Prof. C. M. Francis & V. V. Giri
R Sankar (CM) & M P Govindan Nair (Health Minister)
Prof. Parameswara Iyer, C. M. Francis & Justice M K Joseph
The first batch Controversy
There is a controversy about who exactly is the first
batch of Kottayam Medical College. 1961 batch joined
Trivandrum Medical College on the 19th of May 1961.
They completed their first MBBS at Trivandrum itself
and reached Kottayam on the 6th of January 1963.
The 1961 batch claim that they were originally the
first batch intended for Kottayam Medical College.
The 2nd batch also joined Trivandrum on the 1st of
August 1962 but reached Kottayam on the 30th of
November 1962. They claim that they are the first
students to reach Kottayam Medical College.
The 3rd batch joined in 1963 and they claim that the
first day of their MBBS started in Kottayam Medical
College and they are indeed the true first batch.
The beginning
Dr. CM Francis was posted as the special officer and
Principal of Medical college, Kottayam on the 4th
of May, 1962. But the Health Minister V K Velappan
unfortunately left to heavenly abode on the 26th
of August, 1962 and M P Govindan Nair took over
as the Health Minister. Pattom Thanupilla became
the Punjab Governor and R. Sankar was sworn in
as the Chief Minster on the 26th of September,
1962. MP Govindan Nair declared on October 21st
1962 that Kottayam Medical College will be shifted
from Trivandrum. But historically a deterrent in the
progress of the Medical College, was probably the
sino-Indian war fought from October 20 1962 to
November 21 1962. However on November 25, 1962
the students arrived from Trivandrum. "It was a rain
drenched day", remembers Dr. V P Paily of the 1962
batch when they reached Kottayam on the black and
white bus, a colour combination unique to the bus
overloaded and the luggage mostly on the top. He
also remembers that a magnanimous planter showed
the first welcome gesture by paying the bill for all of
us at ‘Bestotel’ owned by Raghavan.
On November 29, 1962, 75000 Sq. Feet building was
ready for the College. Government Medical College
Kottayam was formally inaugurated on the 3rd of
December 1962 by the Chief Minister R. Sankar in
a function presided by the Health Minister Sri. M P
Govindan Nair (the present Travancore Devaswam
Board President).
On the 6th of January 1963, the 1961 batch reached
Kottayam. The first clinical class was taken on the
6th of January 1963 by Prof. K. Prarameswara Iyer
(Former HOD Med). 11 girls and 17 boys were present
in the class from the 31 who passed first MBBS from
Trivandrum. Nine doctors including five professors
were present at that time. They included Prof. C M
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Yagna Narayana Iyer (Biochemistry),
Prof. K. Parameswara Iyer
(Medicine), Prof. Balsalam (Surgery).
Prof. Issac Joseph, Professor of
Community Medicine was to join
soon. The blood bank of Kottayam
Medical College was inaugurated
on the 18th of January, 1963
by the Superintendent Prof K.
Parameswaran.
The other prominent doctors in the
District Hospital of Kottayam were
the stalwarts, Dr. V O Sachariah
(Former HOD ENT) and
Dr. Pappachan.
Statistics of 1963
In 1963, the number of beds were
289 compared with the present
bed strength of 1110 (official) and
average census of 1450 in 2015. The
number of outpatients were 480718
and in patients 25114 in 1963. In
2014, the OP is about 7 lakhs and IP
is 70000.
Roads in 1962-'63
The cardinal road of Medical
College from Subramanya Swami
Temple to Amalagiri was built
after the formation of Medical
College in the land acquired for
the medical college. The bus route
was from Kottayam to Subramanya
Swami Temple Arpookara and
then to Mannanam along a road
which does not have a bus route
now. Another route was from
Athirampuzha to Amalagiri and
then to the Main Central road to
Adichira via Kannukulam. This
Amalagiri Adichira road also
does not have a bus route now.
The approach road from Medical
College to the Main Central road
came in 1969 (construction from
1967-69). At the time of inception
of the Medical college, this was only
a narrow path in the middle of wide
paddy fields. Bullocks carts trudged
the road in front of the medical
college at that time. So to get a bus
the students had to go either to
Arpookkara temple, Amalagiri or
along the paddy fields to the main
central road.
The Hills of
Arpookara and the
land acquisition
It was Sreekumaran Moothathu of
Padakassery illam, who donated
the major share of the land for the
construction of the Medical College.
He initially gave 86 acres and there
are reports that it was close to 116
acres or more. The prominent hills
of the Medical College are
1. ‘Panikkankunnu’ which became
the Medical College Hospital
2. ‘Kozhimala’ which became the
ladies hostel, college office and
now the Dental college.
3. ‘Kurukkan kunnu’ which is the
mens’ hostel
4. ‘Ettadikunnu’ which became
the Children Hospital (Institute
of Child Health)
Around 263 acres were taken for
the Medical College. The Police
Station, the KSEB substation, Water
Authority, the Arpookara Vocational
Higher Secondary School (8.5 acres,
started in 1966), School of Medical
education (1993), the road where
all started from the land acquisition.
Now about 243 acres of land is left
for the Medical College.
Sreekumaran
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On 17-09-1964, the Indian
Medical Council team under
the leadership of Dr. C S Patel,
President, Dr. R M Kasaliwal, Dr. S
P Nath, Dr. Amarchand and Dr. C O
Karunakaran visited the campus.
They lauded the functioning
of Kottayam Medical College.
They also requested everyone to
contribute handsomely to the
Bidhan Chandra Roy (Second Chief
Ministerof West Bengal, and on
his birthday and death day (same)
July 1 the doctors day is celebrated
in India) Fund collection aimed at
forming the B C Roy Awards.
Psychiatry OP was started on the
5th of March, 1965.
On November 9, 1965 KP
Kesavamenon inaugurated the
College Union.
The first batch convocation was
on the 24th of September, 1966
and Bhagavan Sahai, the Governor
of Kerala was the Chief Guest and
Kesavan Nair Presided over the
function. Roy P. Thomas was the
first Secretary General and M M
Joseph was the first College Union
President.
The Government Medical College
Hospital Arpookara building was
inaugurated on the 14th of April,
1970 by the health minister Sri. K M
George. Dr. Mathew Varghese was
the Superintendent at that time.
Post graduate
courses in Kottayam
Medical College
PG Courses (MS Surgery & MD
Medicine) started from 1973-74
(01.06.1973). ESI hospital with its
quarters and campus was taken
over from ESI Corporaton on
payment and converted as Institute
of Child Health (ICH) in April 1975,
shifting the Paeds dept from DH
Kottayam
College of Nursing
College of Nursing Kottayam
started functioning from May 1982
with 25 BSc (Ng) students. Due
to lack of facilities at MCK, it was
accommodated at the college of
nursing TVM.
The new MC administrative block
opened in Oct.1985. College of
Nursing shifted to Gandhinagar
in November 1985; started
functioning in the space vacated
by college office (present Dental
College)
Staff Nite
Prof. K P Paulose was the man
instrumental behind the staff nite of
Kottayam Medical college. He was
at Kottayam Medical College form
1979 to 1990. The first staff nite was
in 1981, the second one in October
1986 and third one in April 1988.
1961 Batch - College Union Inauguration
2002 Batch Convocation
From Left to right
Dr. P Chandramohan (Former DME, Supdt & Principal)
Dr. A meharunisa (Former Principal)
Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam
Prof. (Dr.) Jancy James (Former VC, MG university)
Dr. Sudhaya Kumar (Former DME & Principal )
Dr. M N Sasikumar (Former CRRI Officer)
Dr. K P Paulose

16. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
14 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
The Parent Teachers
Association
The PTA of our college was formed
on the 6th of August 1988 by Dr.
Sara Varghese, the Principal.
CONVOCATIONS
The first ceremonial convocation
was in Kottayam medical college on
1990. I am happy to note that all the
convocations in our state followed
this . It was Padmavibhooshan
Jnanapeed award winner U. R.
Ananthamurthy, the second vice
chancellor of Gandhiji University
(later Mahathma Ghandhi
University), who was the chief
guest.
Alumni Association
Alumni Association was started at
Kottayam Medical College from
the 9th of November, 1977. Dr.
Sivasankara Pillai was the President,
Dr. Kasi Visweswaran, the Secretary,
Dr. Indiradevi, Joint Secretary, Dr.
AS Mathew, The Treasurer, Dr.
Sankarapillai, Dr. Cherian PC and
Dr. Alice Thomas the Executive
Committee members and Dr.
Ramakrishna Iyer Dr. Neelakanda
Sharma and Dr. C Radhakrishnan
Auditors.
Next significant Alumni Get
Together was on 17-08-1986
and Kanam Sankarapillai was the
President, Ramakrishnan Nair, The
Secretary and R N Sharma was the
Treasurer.
Alumni Get togethers
2000 – Millennium Get together
2002 – Get together
2012 – Golden Jubilee Get together
2008 BATCH CONVOCATION CEREMONY
Padmavibhooshan Jnanapeed award
winner U. R. Ananthamurthy
2nd VC Gandhiji University
Dr. Sivasankara Pillai
DME (1961)

17. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
15Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
Student strength
1961 First batch (1961 batch)
of 50 MBBS students were
selected and accommodated
at Medical College
Thiruvananthapuram from
01.08.1961
1962 had 60 students.
1965 had 80 students
1977 Strength of admission
were still at 80
1978 had 85 students Bed
strength stood at 837
Annual intake of MBBS
students increased to 100 in
1979
Annual intake of MBBS
students was increased
from 100 to 150 since 2006
admission.
Inauguration of Alumni Golden Jubilee Auditorium by Hon. Chief Minister Oommen Chandi.
Dr. Mathew Samuel
Kalarickal
(1965 Batch)
Dr. Jose Chacko
Periyapuram
(1978 Batch)
Dr. Philip Augustine
(1965 Batch)
Padma awardees
He did his house
surgeoncy with 1965
batch and studied outside.
He learned the 'Balloon
Angioplasty' technique
from the inventor ' Dr.
Andreas Roland Gruntzig'
itself. He is the leading
interventional cardiologist
in the country and one of
the pioneers behind the
technique.
One of the most brilliant
doctor to come out of
our alma mater and he
was a gold medal winner
throughout. Took his MD
& DM from AIIMS and he is
the chairman of Lakeshore
Hospital, Kochi.
He got training in
cardiothoracic surgery
from UK. He was the
first to perform heart
transplantation in our state.
And became one of the
most respected member
of the medical profession.
Recently in the limelight for
a successful transplantation
by a donor heart airlifted
from Trivandrum to Kochi,
where the surgery was done.

18. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
16 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
Prof. J. S. Satyadas
(1977-79)
kXy-Zmkv kmdnsâ cq]hpw
henb tIm«n-«p-sIm≠-­pÅ
S-¯hpw C¶pw At±-ls¯
HmÀ½n-¡p-¶-h-cpsS a-ÊnÂ
ambmsX n¡p-¶p.
Prof. K. P. Thomas (1983-86)
sI.]n tXmakv kmÀ ¹mÌnIv kÀPdn
hn`mKw ta[m-hnbpw kq{]-≠­p-am-bn-cnt¡
F³{Sn ]mÊv kwhn-[mw BZy-ambn
S-¸n-em-¡n.
Prof. Jacob Zacharia
(1986-88)
]«m-f-¨n-«-bn `cWw S-¯n-bn-cp¶
kÀ Bip-]-{Xn-hn-I-k kan-Xn-bpsS
{]mcw-`- -S-]-Sn-IÄ¡v XpS¡w Ipdn-¨p.
Prof. P. Chandramohan
(1998-2002)
tImtfPv {]n³kn-¸mÄ, kq{]≠-­v, ImÀUn-
tbm-fPn hIp-¸p-ta-[mhn F¶o Øm-§Ä
hln¨ kmÀ ]n¶oSv Un.-Fw.C Bbpw
I®qÀ, G-t¸mb F¶o bqWn-th-gvÌn-I
-fn sshkv Nm³kn-e-dmbpw {]hÀ¯n-¨p.
Dr. P. Asokan (2004-06)
{]i-kvX-mb HmÀt¯m-]n-UnIvkv
kÀP-m-bn-cp¶ kÀ IrXy-n-jvT-¡m-
c-mb Hcp `c-Wm-[n-Im-cn-bm-bn-cp-¶p.
Dr. C. P. Vijayan (2006-2008)
Nt{µm-¯n ]c-ta-iz-c³ mbÀ
hnP-b³, 1975 _m¨v, sU]yq«n kq{]≠-­v,
saUn-¡ÂtImtfPv BÀ.-Fw.-H, kq{]≠-­v,
KGMCTA sshkv {]kn-Uâv, CRRI
Hm^o-kÀ F¶o taJe-I-fn anI¨
tkhw ImgvN sh¨p.
Prof. C.P. Mathew
(1979-82)
1968-þÂ G{]nÂ
22-þmw XobXn KGMC-
TA bv¡v cq]w evIn.
IrXy-X-tbmsS Bip-]
{Xn `cWw nÀÆ-ln-¨p.
Prof. K. J. Kuriakose
(1982-83)
·-n-dª bqtdm-fPn
hn`mKw ta[m-hn-bm-bn-cp¶
Ipcym-t¡mkv kmÀ
{lkz-sa-¦nepw ]In-«mÀ¶
Hcp `cWw ImgvN-h¨
hyàn-bm-Wv.
Prof. P G Ramakrishna Pillai
(1988-94)
_lp-apJ {]Xn-`-bm-bn-cp¶p PGR kmÀ.
ikv{X-{In-bm-hn-Z-Kv[³, Øm]--kr-jvSm-hv, (SME,
Co-Operative Medical College, Pariyaram
Medical College) AXp-eymb `c-Wm-[n-Im-cn,
`mjm-{]m-ho-Wy-apÅ Bi-b-k-¼-¶³.
Prof. C. Radhakrishnan
(1995-8-98)
1964-þmw _m¨v hnZymÀ°n,
tIm«-bw, tIme-t©-cn, Be-¸pg
F¶o saUn-¡Â tImtf-Pp-I-fnÂ
kq{]-­≠mbn tkhw Ap-jvTn-¨p.
Prof. D. Balachandran
(2002-04)
{]i-kvX-mb ssK-t¡m-f-Pn-Ìv,
kq{]≠­v F¶o ne-I-fn tkh--a-p-
jvTn¨ Ct±lw kmaqly ]cn-jvIÀ¯m-hm-
bn-cp¶ a¶¯p -]-ß-m-`sâ
sIm¨p-a-I-fpsS aI-m-bn-cp-¶p.
Dr. M. J. Cyriac (2006)
1969 _m¨nÂs¸« kmÀ, tIm«bw
saUn-¡Â tIm-tfPv sshkv {]n³kn-¸mÄ,
XrÈqÀ saUn-¡Â tImtfPv {]n³kn-¸m-Ä
F¶o XkvXn-I-IÄs¡m¸w {lkz-sa-¦nepw
Zo]vX-amb Hcp Ime-b-fhv tIm«bw saUn-
¡Â tImtfPv kq{]-­≠m-bpw {]hÀ¯n-¨p.
Dr. P. K. Balakrishnan
(2008-11)
Imen-¡äv 1979 _m¨nÂs¸«
yqtdm-kÀPdn s{]m^-kÀ Bb
Ct±-lwþ hÀj-t¯mfw tIm«bw
saUn-¡ÂtIm-tfPv kq{]-­­≠mbn
tkhw Ap-jvTn-¨p.
SuperintendentsOur

19. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
17Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
Prof. G. K. Warrier (1968-72)
Pon-bÊv F¶ KW-¯nÂs¸-Sp-¯m-hp¶
AXy-[nIw {]Xn-`m-[--mb hIp-¸p
ta-[m-hn. kq£va-amb Hä tm«-¯nÂ
tcmK-nÀ®bw S-¯p-¶-Xn A{K
-K-Wy³. At±-l-¯nsâ Ime-¯m-Wv,
sI. Fw.-kn-bn Fw.Un P-dÂ
saUn-kn³ koäp-IÄ Bcw-`n-¡p-¶-Xv.
Prof. D. V. Nair (1981-82)
kc-k-mb Cu hIp-¸p-ta-[mhn lrt{ZmK
NnInÕm cwK-¯v {]KÛm-bn-cp-¶p.
tUm. sI.]n. ]utemkv XpS§n h¨ Ìm^v
ssäp-I-fn At±l-¯nsâ km¶n[yw
Hgn-hm-¡m-m-hm-¯-Xm-bn-cp-¶p.
Prof. Haneef (1994-97)
nb-a-§-fn IWn-i-¡m-c-m-bn-cp-
s¶-¦nepw Xtâ-Xmb coXn-bnÂ
Hcp ssien krjvSn-s¨-Sp-¡p-hm³
At±-l-¯nv km[n-¨p.
Prof. K. Vilasini (1997-2001)
1962 apXÂ 2000 hsc DÅ
ZoÀL-Imew tIm«bw saUn-¡Â
tIm-tf-Pnsâ `mK-am-bn-cp¶ hyàn.
Prof. C. S. Kesavan (2003-04)
1970 _m¨nÂs¸« tIi-h³ kmÀ Hcp
{KmaoW A´-co-£-¯n n¶v h¶v
hIp-¸p-ta-[m-hn-bmbn kvXpXyÀl-amb
tkhw Ap-jvTn-¨-bm-fm-Wv. F¶pw
kmbmÓ hn{i-a-th-f-IÄ sI.-Fw.-kn-
bn sNe-h-gn-¡p¶ At±lw Hmtcm
aW¯-cn¡pw ]cn-Nn-X-m-Wv.
Prof. P. J. Geevarghese
(1972-80)
]m³{In-bmkv {KÙn-bpsS tcmK-§-fpsS
]T--¯n BtKm-f-{]-kn-²³. hIp-¸p-
ta-[m-hn-bmb Ime-L-«-¯n saUn-kn³
hn`mKw hfsc ià-am-bn-cp-¶p.
Prof. M. Ravindran (1983-89)
Bdp hÀj-t¯mfw hIp-¸p-ta-[m-hn-bm-bn-
cp¶ Ct±lw Nn«-bmb coXn-bnÂ
saUn-kn³ hn`m-Ks¯ bn-¨p.
Prof. R. V. Jayakumar (2000-01)
AKm[ ]mWvUn-Xy-apÅ Hcp F³tUm-
ss{I-tm-f-PnÌv Bbn-cp-¶-t¸mgpw Xsâ
{]hr-¯n-I-fnepw tcmKo-]-cn-N-c-W-¯nepw
emfnXyw ]peÀ¯p-¶-Xnepw sa¨-s¸«
]c-kv]-c- hn-izmkw Du«n-bp-d-¸n-¡p-¶-
Xnepw hnP-bn-¨p.
Prof. R. N. Sharma (2001-03)
cma-Ir-jvWÀ oe-IWvT³ iÀ½ 1966-
þÂ tIm«bw saUn-¡Â tImtf-PnÂ
hcn-Ibpw 6 am-k-¡m-es¯ Be-¸pg
Øe-amäw Hgn-¨pÅ 2002 hsc-bpÅ o­≠
Ime-L«w ChnsS sNe-h-gn-¡pIbpw
sNbvXp. Hc-[ym-]-I-s¶ ne-bnepw
BXp-c-]-cn-]m-e-I-s¶ ne-bnepw al-¯-
c-am-bn-cp¶p At±-l-¯nsâ tkhw.
Prof. P. Sujathan (2004-08)
S-]-Sn-{I-a-§-fn IrXyX ]peÀ¯n
saUn-kn³ hn`m-Ks¯ apt¶m«v bn¨p.
Heads of the Department of Medicine

20. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
18 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
Prof. Kesavan Nair
BZy-Im-e¯v kÀPdn
hn`m-K-¯nse anI¨
A[ym-]-I-cn HcmÄ
Prof. Kandoth Joseph Jacob
(1965-70)
hnZymÀ°n-I-fpsS hnizmkw tImtf-Pnsâ
Ncn-{X-¯n Gähpw A[nIw BÀPn¨
A[ym-]-I-cn HcmÄ. 1981 Â
Imcn-¯mkv Ub-d-IvSdmbn t]mIp¶Xp
hsc Iem-e-b-¯nsâ lrZ-b-¯p-Sn-¸p-IÄ
Gäp-hm-§nb hyàn.
Prof. Chacko Valayil (1990-92)
atm-l-c-amb ikv{X-{In-b-I-fmepw
Km-§-fmepw Cu Iem-e-bs¯
Iog-S-¡n-bn-cp-¶p, £n{]-tIm-]n-bmb
Cu `nj-Kz-c³. BÀ.-Fw.H Bbpw
Gsd-¡mew tkh--a-p-jvTn-¨p.
Prof. Vaidhyanathan
(1998-2001)
A{K-KWymbn-cp¶ A[ym-]-Ipw
hnZymÀ°n-I-fpsS I®n-ep-®nbpw
Bbn-cp¶p sshZy-mY³ kmÀ.
Prof. Dayanandha Babu
(2001-04)
{KÙ-Im-c³, anI¨ A[ym-]-I³,
kwL-mS-I³, IqSmsX D¶-X-amb
amXr-Ibpw {]tNm-Z--hp-am-bn-cp¶p
Ct±-lw.
Prof. Balsalam (1963-65)
tIm«bw saUn-¡Â tImtfPv XpS-§n-b-
t¸mgp­≠mbn-cp¶ Bdv A²ym-]-I-cnÂ
HcmÄ. 2000Â S-¯nb ]qÀÆ-hn-ZymÀ°n
kwK-a-¯n ]s¦-Sp-¡p-Ibpw FÃm
Ime¯pw sI.-Fw.-kn-bpsS DbÀ¨-bnÂ
kt´m-jn-¡p-I-bpw sNbvXn-cp¶p, Cu
A-´-]pcn nhmkn.
Prof. Mathew Varghese
(1970-73)
D¯-a-`n-j-Kz-cpw AXn-Im-b-p-am-bn-cp¶p
Cu imkv{X-{Inbm hnZ-Kv[³ Emiritus
Professor Bbn tImtfPv Ct±-ls¯
BZ-cn-¨p. dm¶n-bnse Ipcp-Sma¬
IpSpw-_-¡m-c³ 39-þmw hb-ÊnÂ
Bip-]{Xn I­≠ Gähpw
sNdp-¸-¡m-c-mb kq{]-­≠m-bn-cp-¶p.
Prof. Sankaran (1994-95)
injy-·mÀ¡v AXy´w
{]nb-s¸-«-h-m-bn-cp¶,
ssien-h-Ã-`-m-b
hIp-¸p-ta-[mhn.
Prof. PGR Pillai (1992-94)
_lp-apJ {]Xn-`-bm-bn-cp¶p PGR kmÀ.
kmP³ ]oä-dn-sâbpw AÂt^m³kv
I®-´m--¯n-sâbpw k¼qÀ® km£-cX
F¶ ImgvN-¸m-Snv iàn ]IÀ¶
{Im´-ZÀin. Cu Øe-¯nv KmÔn--KÀ
F¶ t]cv ÂIn-b-Xpw Ct±-l-am-Wv.
Prof. Jacob P. Thomas
(2004-15)
1973- sI.-Fw.-kn-bn hcn-Ibpw
2015-þÂ ]Sn-bn-d-§p-Ibpw sNbvX FÃm-
h-cp-sSbpw kz´w JPT kmÀ. Gähpw
IqSp-X Imew Iem-e-b-¯n sNe-h-
gn¨ (42 hÀjw) AXp-ey-`m-Ky-¯n-p-S-a-
bmWv Ct±-lw. FÃm A`n-{]m-b-¯nepw
hnZymÀ°n-I-fpsS Gähpw {]nb-s¸«h³
F¶ t]cn-p-S-a, Ah-cpsS FÃm
Imcy-¯nepw {i² sNep-¯n-bn-cp¶ hyàn.
Heads of the Department of Surgery

21. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
19Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
henb kmlnXyw H¶pw Adnbm¯ n§sf
t]mse Hcp kmZm hnZymÀ°nbmWv Rm³.
Fsâ hfsc ASp¯ kplr¯mb ½psS
FUnäÀ amKknnte¡v Hcp BÀ«n¡nÄ
thWsa¶p ]dªp. BtemNn¨t¸mÄ Hcp
]co£Ww S¯m³ ]änb hkvXp kz´w _m¨v
bqWnb³ Cd¡p¶ amKkn³ BsW¶v Xs¶
tXm¶n.
]ns¶ Cu IYbpsS t]cv... smÌmÄPnb, sa½-
dokv, Chsbms¡bmWv Cu IYbv¡v IqSpXÂ
tNcp¶Xv. ]ns¶ F´nv C§s Hcp t]cv
XncsªSp¯p? AXnpÅ D¯cw Ahkmw
]dbmw.
“3 idiots’F¶ Movie ½Ä FÃmhcpw
I­XmWtÃm. AXn XpS¡¯nÂ
ImWn¡p¶ t]mse Pn¨t¸mtg Fsâ fate
Xocpamn¡s¸«ncp¶p. "tUmIvSÀ'. IpSpw_
¯nsmcp tUmIvSÀ. Ipäw ]dbm³ ]änÃ
ho«pImsc, A`namn¡mhp¶ Imcyw Xs¶
BWtÃm. ]ns¶ Hcp audi bpw tImSnbpw In«pw.
]Tn¯¯nepw henb Xct¡SnÃm¯XpsIm­v
ho«pImÀ at¡m« sI«n XpS§nbncp¶p. ]s£
sXmcp hnZymÀ°ntbbpw t]mse AXymhiyw
Xct¡SnÃm¯ coXnbn kvIqÄ sse^v BtLm-
jn¨Xv sIm­v ^Ìv Nm³kn F³{S³kv F¶
NB: CXv Hcp km¦Â¸nI IYbÃ. Phn¨ncn¡p¶hcpamtbm
acn¨hcpamtbm Fs´¦nepw kmZriyw tXm¶ps¶¦n AXv kXyw am{XamWv.
ImcWw CXv shdpw IYbÃ. PohnXamWv, ½psS ]ecpsSbpw PohnXw.
jnPn³ ]n. FÊv.
2011 _m¨v

22. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
20 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
IS¼ IS¡m³ IgnªnÃ. ho«pImcpsS at¡m«
XIÀ¡m³ ]änÃtÃm, Hcp hÀjw ]mem {_nÃy
ânÂ. a¡fpsS tXmÂhn amXm]nXm¡Ä AÂ]w
A`namt¯msS ]dbp¶ kabw. aI³ Fw._n.
_n.Fkn þ pth­n ]membn repeat sN¿p¶p
F¶v AhÀ A`namt¯msS ]dªp. ]mem
sse^v. PohnX¯n sas¡«ncp¶p ]Tn¨ Hcp
hÀjw, Htc Hcp hÀjw... A§s F³{S³kv
FgpXn. dnkÄ«v h¶p. ]¸³ ]mÊmbn. Hcp]mSv
A`nµ§Ä Hs¡ e`ns¨¦nepw, dm¦v Xmgv¶p
t]mbn Fs¶mcp ]cmXn Bbncp¶p ho«pImÀ¡v.
Ahsc Ipäw ]dbm³ ]änÃ. a¡sf]än DÅ
{]Xo£IÄ Hcp]mSmWv AhÀ¡v. 100þ 99
hm§nbmepw 1 amÀ¡v FhnsS sIm­p Ifªp
F¶p tNmZn¡p¶hÀ. A§s Atem«vsaâv
Bbn. KMC Xs¶ XncsªSp¯p. (TVM & CLCT
XgªpsIm­v) m«pImÀ¡pw AXnÂ
]¦ps­¶v ]dbmw. aI³ AIIMS-þÂ MBBS
sN¿p¶p F¶p ]dªm AsX´m,
tIm«b¯v In«nbntà F¶p tNmZn¡p¶hÀ
Atà AhÀ!!
A§s tImtfPv sse^nte¡v IS¡p¶p.
]e knnaIfpw ]e IYIfpw tI«v Hcp]mSv
B{Kl§fpw {]Xo£Ifpambn, ]membnse
R§fpsS kmÀ ]dª hm¡pIÄþ Cu Hcp
hÀjw n§Ä ]Tn¡q. Cn A©phÀjw
n§Ä¡mtLmjn¡mw. B kab¯v Xs¶bm-
Wv ‘Happy days’Movie Rm³ I­Xv. ]ns¶ ]db
­tÃm. kz]v§fpsS Hcp sIm«mcapbÀ¶p.
First Year Life -‘Shhey’ F¶ Short film FÃmhcpw
I­Xmbncn¡patÃm. (ImWm¯hÀ Cn
I­mepw aXn) AXn Software Engineer Bbn
IgnªpÅ mbIsâ AhØbmbncp¶p
BZyw. kz]v§fpw bmYmÀ°y§fpw c­pw
c­msW¶v aÊnemb kabw. Anatomy,
Physiology, Biochemistry AXphsc Experience
sNbvXn«nÃm¯ life. BsI classil Ccp¶p
]Tn¨Xv Bcpw {i²n¡msX Dd§mpw Proxy
ASn¡mpw... ]Xnsb Cu aqUv amdn¯pS§n.
Day scholar Â n¶v hosteler F¶ amäambncp¶p
{][m ImcWw. ¢mkv XpS§n c­mw
BgvNbmWv Rm³ tlmÌentebv¡v amdnbXv.
]ns¶ ^pÄ ssSw I¯nbmbn. IYIÄ
]dbp¶Xnepw Fn¡njvSw tIÄ¡mmWv.
]ecptSbpw kvIqÄ hntij§Ä, IpSw-_
-hn-ti-j-§Ä A§s FÃmw... ]ns¶ R§fpsS
_m¨nse "Aán]ÀÆXw' R§fpsS tlmÌenÂ
Bbncp¶p. ]pfp ASnbpsS Bim³, R§sS

23. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
21Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
kz´w C¡. nanj§Ä sIm­v IYIÄ
D­m¡mpÅ Ct¡sS Ignhns _lpamn
¡Ww. BsI ]pÅn¡pÅ Ipdhv ]pÅn]
dbp¶Xv ]pfp BsW¶v R§Ä aÊnem¡o¶v
]pÅn¡v aÊnemhm¯XmWv. ]ns¶ kontb
gvkv BsW¦nepw R§ÄsS kz´w _m¨v
taävkv t]mse I¼n Bb 2 tN«·mcpw
tlmÌen D­mbncp¶p. 2009 _m¨nse
c­pt]À. ]ns¶ CSbv¡nsSbpÅ FIvkmwkv,
{]tXyIn¨v sshh, sshhbv¡v ImWn¡p¶
a­¯c§Ä... Hmtcm sshh Ignbpt¼mgpw
HcmgvNt¯¡v ]dªv Nncn¡m³ am{Xw DÅ
a­¯c§Ä D­m¶p. Scheme, Schemer,
Post, Chull ]ns¶ aäp "]e' ]pXnb hm¡pIfpw
ChnsS h¶n«p Rm³ ]Tn¨p. CXn “Chull’
F¶ t]cv _m¨npw C«p. ]Xnsb ]Xnsb
Rm³ tImtfPv sse^v enjoy sN¿m³ XpS§n.
kz]v§fnepw knnaIfnepw ImWm¯ Hcp
College life. hfsc s]s«¶v First year Ignªp.
Sot¨gvknsbpw, t]câvkntbpw, kontbgv
knsbpw, F´nv, R§sf Xs¶ sR«n¨p
sIm­v dnkÄ«v h¶p. Record hnPbw. sk¡âv
CbÀ sse^vþ ¢nnIvknte¡pw, tImtfPv
tlmÌente¡pw DÅ Fsâ {]thiw. ^Ìv
Cbdns¡mÄ entirely different Bb Hcp life.
Adjust sNbvXpw Share sNbvXpw DÅ life. Hcp
apdnbn 10 t]À. Hcp tkm¸v, Hcp tXmÀ¯v, Hcp
_¡äv, Hcp I¸v, Ch D]tbmKn¨v ap¸Xpt]À.
Ipsdt]cpambn IqSpXÂ ASp¯p. IqSpXÂ
kontbgvkns ]cnNbs¸«p. ]ckv]cw Dff
sNmdn-Ifpw No«pIfnIfpw FÃm IqsS Hcp ]mSv
à aplqÀ¯§Ä k½mn¨v hostel life.
Clinics epw tamiaÃ. ImWn¡p¶ a­¯c§
fpsS F®w IqSn. Pregnent Lady tbmSv IeymWw
Ign¨XmtWm (marital history) IpSpw_¯nÂ
]nd¶ BsfbmtWm sI«nbXv, sIt«ympambv
hà _Ôhpw Dt­m (consanguinous marriage),
sX§n n¶v hoW hyàn-tbm-Sv, ho«nemsc-
¦nepw CXp-t]m-se hoWn«pt­m (family history)
Fs¶m-s¡.
Hcp Obs history: Hopc- patient was apparently normal
6 months back. Suddenly she noticed a swelling in ab-
domen, which gradually increased in size. Occasional
Movements were present. (Cu a­¯c§Ä Rm³
sNbvXh AÃ tIt«m) C¯cw Hcp]mSv Ã
Incidents D­v. ckIcamb Hcp]mSv nanj§Ä,
]nW¡§Ä, CW¡§Ä, cmjv{Sobw
Acmjv{Sobw ]ns¶ ]db­tÃmþ Proposal kpw
Rejections Dw FÃmw Ap`hn¨v 4th year
F¯nnev¡p¶p.
Cu College Life hfsc aSp¸mWtÃm F¶v hnNmcn
¨ncp¶ hyànbmWv Rm³. aSp¯ College Life s
]än FgpXn XpS§nbXmWv, FgpXn h¶t¸mÄ
aÊnte¡v hcp¶Xv apgph³ à nanj§Ä.
HmÀt¯mÀ¯v Nncn¡p¶ nanj§Ä. Hmtcm
ASn]nSnIfpw Iel§fpw ]nW¡§fpw CW
¡§fpw Hs¡ HmÀ¡pt¼mÄ hfsc ckapÅ
Xmbn tXm¶p¶p. Hcp Philosophy tbm advice Hm
AÃ.  Cu tImtfPv bore F¶v ]ecpw
]dªn«p­v, Rmpw Nn´n¨n«p­v. Ct¸mÄ
H¶p ]ndtIm«v Nn´n¨t¸mÄ Rm³ ]dbp¶p.
Hcp]mSv ckapÅ Ap`h§Ä k½mn¨XmWv
Cu tImtfPv. Hcp]mSv à incidents, friends.
Cu tImtfPns Ipäw ]dbp¶hÀ H¶p ]pdIn
tebv¡v Nn´n¡q. ^Ìv CbÀ sXm«pÅ
Ap`h§Ä, F{X atmlcamb HmÀaIfmWv.
Cn A¸w smÌmÄPn BbXpsIm­v
Fn¡p tXm¶p¶XmtWm F¶dnbnÃ. BtWÂ
FÃmhtcmSpw ]dbp¶p.... aäp tImtfPpIÄ
C¡scn¶m A¡sc ]¨ am{XamWv.
]cmXnIÄ ]dbmmsW¦n Hcp]mSv ImWpw.
AXv, FÃm {]Xo£Ifpw kz]v§fpw
ad¶v ap¡v BtLmjn¡mw. Cu BÀ«n¡nfnp
C§s t]cp sImSp¯Xpw AXpsIm­v Xs¶.
IYIfpw kz]v§fpw AÃ PohnXamWv....
CXv PohnXw.....  PohnXw.....
No regrets on past
Not anxious on future
Live in the Present
Enjoy each & every moment of life.
Our change in attitude towards life
itself can make change in our life.

24. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
22 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
1972þ Rm³ tImgnt¡mSv saUn¡Â tImtfPn tPmen sNbvXn
cp¶ Imew. Rm³ At±ls¯ ho≠pw I≠p. a{Zmkv saUn
¡Â tImtfPn n¶pw Fw._n._n. Fkv ]mÊmb tijw Fsâ Kpcp`qXmb
tUmIvSÀ BioÀhmZs¯. At±lamWv Fs¶ a{Zmkv saUn¡Â tImtfPnÂ
sh¨v BZyambn ikv{X{Inb sN¿m³ ]Tn¸n¨Xv. kÀPdn bqWnänsâ
Xe¸¯v A¶v tXrXzw evInbncp¶Xv hn{ipXmb e^v. tIW kn.
BÀ. IrjvWkzman Bbncp¶p. Bscbpw hnd¸n¨p nÀ¯nbncp¶ km£mÂ
kn.BÀ.sI. bqWnÁn s{]m^kdpw, tUmIvSÀ BioÀhmZw Akn̳Uv
s{]m^kdpw R§Ä Ipsd lukv kÀP³amcpw. Hmtcm tcmKn hcpt¼mgpw
AhcpsS "PmXIw' Ipdn¡p¶ ]gb tIkv joäpw aäp hnhc§fpw FÃmw tiJ
kwXr]vXn
evInb Hcp
Dr K. P. George
MD mrcp.
Prolific writer, singer,
musician and composer,
Regular contributor to
Malayala Manorama,
Member of Zomoro Choir
and the Sruthi Music
Academy, Inspiring
teacher, Who is still,
going strong at 84...

25. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
23Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
cn¨p sh¡Wsa¶mWv n_Ô. an¡ lukv kÀP³
amcpw AXv ]men¨ncp¶nÃ. F¶m Rm³ AXp IrXyambn
sNbvXncp¶p. AXpI≠v kn.BÀ.sI. k´pjvSmbn
Hcn¡Â ]ckyambn At±lw ]dªp. “George, I feel
like kissing you’’!
kn.BÀ.sI Hcp saUn¡Â kÀ«n^n¡äv sImSp¯ Imcyw
Rm³ HmÀ½n¡pIbmWv. HcmÄ¡v tPmen In«n. ]t£
saUn¡Â kÀ«n^n¡än ]cmPbs¸«v tPmen jvSs¸
t«¡pw F¶ ØnXn h¶p. At¸mÄ kn.BÀ.sI. C§s
FgpXns¡mSp¯p. CbmÄ¡v IotembvUv (apdnhpW§nb
hSphn XSn¨ Hcp ]mSv) BWv. CXp ]Icp¶ tcmKaÃ.
`mhnbnÂtPmensb_m[n¡pIbnÃ.HcpXq¸pImc³sXm«v
C³Uy³ {]knUâp hsc GXp tPmen sN¿p¶Xnpw
CXp XSÊamhpIbnÃ.''
Ccp]Xp hÀj¯np tijamWv tImgnt¡mSp saUn
¡Â tImtfPn sh¨v tUmIvSÀ BioÀhmZs¯ Rm³
I≠Xv. A¶v At±lw a[pc saUn¡Â tImtfPnÂ
s{]m^kdpw Uopw Bbncp¶p. Fw._n._n.Fkv. ]co£
bv¡v ]co£I³ Bbn tImgnt¡mt«bv¡v h¶XmWv.
Uo³ F¶ nebv¡v Bip]{Xn Npän¡d§n ImWp¶ t
c¯mWv R§Ä I≠pap«nbXv. Rm³ HmSns¨¶v ""Fs¶
HmÀ¡p¶nÃmbncn¡pw'' F¶v ]dªv ]cnNbs¸Sp¯p
hm³ XpS§nbt¸mtgbv¡pw Hcp ssI s]m¡n Fs¶
hne¡n. ""tUm. tPmÀÖv, Rm³ n§sf à t]mse HmÀ
¡p¶p≠v. n§ftà A¶v aq{X¯n IÃmsW¶p
]dªv kÀPdn hmÀUntebv¡v Ab¨ tcmKnbpsS
icnbmb tcmKw I≠p]nSn¨Xv? RmtXmÀ¡p¶p≠v''
tcmKw lrZb hmÂhnsâ XIcmdmbncp¶p. aÀ½c i_vZw
D≠mbncp¶p. (Infective Endocarditis), AXp I≠p]nSn
¡m³ Fn¡p km[n¨p. lrZb hmÂhnepw InUvnbnep
saÃmw ]gp¸p IbdnbXp aqeambncp¶p aq{X¯n càw
h¶Xpw aq{X¯n càw IÃpaqeamsW¶p sXän²cn¨v
tcmKnsb kÀPdn hn`mK¯ntebv¡v Imjzmenän tUmIvSÀ
]dªphn«Xpw. CsXÃmw hÀj§Ä¡ptijw HmÀ½
sh¨Xv Fn¡v AXnibambn tXm¶n. H¸w Fs¶ ]pfIw
sImÅn¨v A`namhpw tXm¶n. A¶v kn.BÀ.sI. ]cnhm
cktaXw R§sfsbÃmw Iq«ns¡m≠pt]mbn saUn¡Â
hmÀUnse s{]m^ktdmSv ]dªp. ""n§Ä I≠p]nSn
t¡≠nbncp¶ tcmKw R§Ä I≠p]nSn¨ncn¡p¶p. Cn
tcmKnsb At§m«p ssIamdmw''
""n§Ä I≠p]nSnt¡≠nbncp¶
tcmKw R§Ä I≠p]nSn¨ncn¡p¶p.
Cn tcmKnsb At§m«p ssIamdmw''

26. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
24 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
Once in a lifetime
Blooms a daffodil
Serene as soul,
Matching hues, brightening shadows
Life is an evergreen orchard
Just to be with her
I forget seasons
Filled with the elixir of love
For I am in spring
To last forever
Kind heart to be with
Just sweetness to melt in
Life flows….
I see the nadir; not dull though
To part with the essence,
For her to be in another life
And just…..
Memories to heal my torn heart
When yellow fragrance spreads
For a beautiful tomorrow………..
Kucku S.
2011 Batch

27. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
25Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
At±lhpw
R§fpw
X½nÂ...
FSp¯ t{]mPIvSpIÄ FÃmw Xs¶ kq¸À lnäpIÄ.
AXnsâ kt´mj¯nemtWm?
XoÀ¨bmbpw.HcpXnc¡YmIr¯vF¶nebnÂFsâknn
aIÄ hnPbn¡pt¼mÄ XoÀ¨bmbpw NmcnXmÀ°yw tXm¶pw.
P§Ä Ccp ssI¿pw o«n kzoIcn¡p¶ hyXyاfmb
knnaIÄ sN¿phm³ IgnªXn AXnbmb kt´mjw
D≠v.
kvIqÄ ]TImet¯ Fgp¯ntmSpÅ Cu A`ncpNn
Xncn¨dnªncpt¶m?
R§Ä ]Tn¨Xv tImÀ]vkv {InÌn AXmbXv Ct¸mgs¯ "]
Ån¡qSw'¯nembncp¶p. AhnSps¯ anknÊv tdmbnbpsS
]cnioew R§sf hfcm³, hfscb[nIw klmbn¨p.
IgnhpIsf ]pds¯Sp¡mpw AXns à coXnbnÂ
hmÀs¯Sp¡phmpw DÅ kmlNcyw D≠mbncp¶p. A¶v
Rmpw kRvPbpw IqSn Hcp mSIw FgpXn kwhn[mw
sNbvXv A`nbn¨ncp¶p. ]t£ R§fpsS taJe
Xnc¡YmcNbmsW¶v Xncn¨dnªXv ]n¶oSmWv.
aebmf knnam temI¯v
hnPb]XmI ]mdn¨ Ncn{XamWv
t_m_n & kRvPbv Iq«psI«npÅXv.
apss_ t]meokv, {Sm^nIv, Abmfpw Rmpw X½nÂ
F¶o nch[n lnäpIfneqsS t{]£I
{i² tSnb tUm. t_m_nbpambn
Aev]tcw...
X¿m-dm-¡n-bXv :
sFiz-cy-e£van
A¯m^v sI. Fw.
Pnw tP¡_v tdmbn
Aizn³ ]n. tPm¬
Ac-hnµv BÀ.
Nn{X-§Ä :
A£bv cmPp

28. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
26 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
c≠pt]À¡pw Hcpan¨v FgpXmw F¶v tXm¶nbsX§s?
GItZiw 90þIfpsS a²y¯nemWv C§s Hcp Bibw
D≠mbXv. A§s R§Ä Hcpan¨v FgpXn XpS§n. H¶v c≠v
kv{In]väpIÄ GItZiw knnabmIm³ hsc F¯nbXmWv.
AsXms¡ S¡msX t]mbXv R§Ä¡v Xs¶ ÃXmbn
F¶v ]n¶oSv tXm¶n.
c≠pt]cpw X½nepÅ sIankv{Sn F¶p ]dbp¶Xv F´mWv?
A§s sIankv{Sn F¶p ]dbm³ {]tXyIn¨v H¶pw Xs¶bnÃ.
C´ybn Xs¶ c≠p t]À tNÀ¶v Xnc¡Y FgpXp¶Xv {]kn
²amWv. DZmlcW¯nv kenwþ PmthZv, tjmebpsS Xnc¡Ym
Ir¯p¡Ä. c≠pt]À tNÀ¶v FgpXpt¼mÄ c≠p Nn´IfmWv
Hcpan¡p¶Xv. Bibw HcmfptSXmbncn¡pw, ]t£ kopIÄ
c≠mbnFgpXnbXnptijwNÀ¨sNbvXvGXmtWmknnabv¡v
Hcp Xnc¡Y knnabmIpt¼mÄ.....
IY FgpXp¶Xnv Hcp]mSv ap³]v Xs¶ {]hÀ¯§Ä XpS
§pw,Bhnjbt¯¸än¶mbn]Tn¡pw.Hcn¡epwHcpa≠¯
chpw hccpsX¶v R§Ä¡v nÀ_Ôap≠v. DZmlcW¯nv
Nne knnaIfn »Uv {Sm³kv^yqj³ ImWn¡pt¼mÄ sImSp
¡p¶Xpw kzoIcn¡p¶Xpw Htc kabw. CsXms¡ S¡p¶
Imcy§fÃ, imkv{Xobambn sXäpw BWv. F¶pw ]dªv knn
abn AsXÃmw AtX]Sn Nn{XoIcn¡phm³ km[n¡nÃ, F¶m
epw BlunderIÄ D≠mImXncn¡m³ {i²n¡mdp≠v. Ct¸mÄ
Xs¶ ]pXnb t{]mPIvSn tImSXn apdn ImWn¡p¶p≠v, AXn
mbn R§Ä ssltImÀ«nse Hcp h¡oens I≠v Imcy§Ä
Atzjn¨vaÊnem¡nbn«mWv,skäns]änhnhcn¨ncn¡p¶Xv.
IqSpX DNnXw AXv XncsªSp¡mw. HcmÄ¡v hn«pt]mIp
¶Xv asämcmÄ¡v Iq«ntNÀ¡m³ km[n¡pw. AXmbXv tUmIvS
ÀamÀ du≠vknv t]mIp¶Xpt]mse. Hcp tUmIvSÀ {i²n¡m
¯Xv ASp¯bmÄ {i²bnÂs¸Sp¯pw.
Xm¦fpsS cNIfn Gähpw CjvSs¸« Xnc¡Y GXmWv?
FÃmw Xs¶ CjvSamWv. a¡fn BscbmIpw IqSpX CjvSw
F¶v tNmZn¡pw t]msebmIpw. Hmtcm XncIY¡p ]n¶nepw
Hcp]mSv A²zmap≠v. Hcp]mSv Nn´Ifpw Xncp¯epIfpw Ign
ªmWv Hmtcm XncIYbpw knnabmIp¶Xv. ImWp¶Xv a[p-
chpw ImWm¯Xv AXna[pchpw F¶mWtÃm, AXpsIm≠v
Cn hcp¶ IYIÄ CXnt¡mÄ Hs¡ sa¨s¸«XmImw...
Gähpw Ne©nwKv Bbn tXm¶nb t{]mPIvSv GXmWv?
A§s tNmZn¨m apwss_ t]meokv R§Ä¡v ]cnNnXamb
Hcp taJe Bbncp¶nÃ. t]meokvþ aÀUÀ, C³shÌntKj³,
Fs¶ms¡ DÅXv. ]ns¶ {Sm^n¡v... knnabpsS BZyw Xs¶
mbI³ hnoXv A]IS¯n acWs¸Sp¶p, ]t£ CSth-
f¡v tijapÅ BZys¯ tjm«v en^vän n¶v Cd§n hcp¶
hnoXv {ionhmksâbmWv. CXv tdj³ sSIvn¡mWv,
CXv P§Ä¡v aÊnemIptam, AhÀ AXv kzoIcn¡ptam
Fs¶ms¡bpÅXv R§Ä¡v hfsc Ne©nwKv Bbncp¶p.
Hcp Xnc¡Y XpS§p¶sX§sbmWv?
R§Ä aebmf knnabn thdn«p n¡m³ Hcp]mSv B{Kln
¡p¶p.AXnm Nn´n¨p Nn´n¨p thdn« Bib§fpambn
«mWv Hmtcm Xnc¡Ybpw Pn¡p¶Xv. Ft¸mgpw Xnc¡Y¡v
ap³]v Hcp tÌmdn sse³ ImWpw. CXnsbmWv R§Ä
sUhe¸v sN¿p¶Xv. kwhn[mbIpw Bbn BtemNn¨Xnv
tijamWv Xnc¡Y XpS§p¶Xv. At±lamWtÃm, knnasb
shÅn¯ncbn sIm≠phcp¶Xv.
At¸mÄ kwhn[mbIpw Xnc¡Ym cNbn ]¦p≠v F¶mtWm?
XoÀ¨bmbpw. At±lhpambn NÀ¨ sNbvXXnptijta ap¡v
FgpXn XpS§m³ ]äq. Nnet¸mÄ IYbpsS ske£³ Bbn
cn¡pw, Asæn hnhcWw Bbncn¡pw F´p Xs¶bmbmepw
kwhn[mbIsâ klmbw BhiyamWv. ½Ä FgpXnb kv{In]v
äns AXnpw tasesb¯n¡m³ ]äp¶ kwhn[mbI³ thWw.
ssZhmp{Kl¯mÂA§sDÅhscbmWvCXphsce`n¨Xv.
R§Ä CXphsc hÀ¡v sNbvX Hmtcm kwhn[mbIcpw Hmtcm
ssÌ DÅhcmWv. tdmj³ B³{Uqkv Hcp UnIvtSäÀ BWv.
R§fpsS kv{In]väv Bt±l¯nsâ ssI¿n kpc£nXamWv.
hfsc IWni¡mcpw BWv. AtXt]mse cmtPjv hfsc
Uosäbnen§nsâ BfmWv... em tPmkvþ At±l¯nsâ {]hr

29. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
27Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
¯n]cnNbw Hcp apX¡q«mWv. Hcp ko³ DÄs¡mÅm³ At±
l¯nv s]s«¶v km[n¡pw. à Hcp kwhn[mbI³ CsænÂ
½Ä knna sN¿mXncn¡p¶XmWv ÃXv.
Hcp knna `mhnbn kwhn[mw sN¿m³ B{Klw Dt≠m?
Ct¸mÄ A§s Hcp B{Klw CÃ. ]ns¶ Fs¶¸än ]dbp
IbmsW¦n kwhn[mw Fsâ taJetb AÃ. kRvPbv
IaÂkmdnsâ Atkmkntbämbn c≠p "^nenw' sNbvXn«p≠v.
kwhn[mw sN¿phmpÅ Hcp {Kmlyw Fn¡v Bbn«p≠v
F¶v tXm¶nbn«nÃ. Adnbmhp¶ ]Wn Fgp¯mWv. AXv
BßmÀ°ambn sN¿p¶p.
Xnc¡Y¡v Nn{XoIcW¯nnSbn amäw hcp¯mdpt≠m?
XoÀ¨bmbpw. Nn{XoIcWw XpS§n FÃm Znhkhpw ]ntä¶
t¯¡pÅko³hniIewsN¿pw.Hcp_u≠vkv{In]vävsImSp
¯n«v ssIbpw sI«n Zqsc amdn n¡m³ km[n¡nÃ. Nnet¸mÄ
knnabpsS CSbnembncn¡pw ]pXnb Bibw e`n¡pI.
CsXmcp ssUmanIv t{]mkÊv BWv F¶pw ]dªv ASnapSn
amäw D≠mIpw F¶Ã. sIm¨psIm¨p tX¨panp¡pIÄ Hs¡
Bhiyw hcpw.
Xnc¡Ym cNbn Gähpw IqSpX kzm[ow
sNep¯nb hyàn?
A§s tNmZn¨m AXv ]ßcmP³ kmdmWv. At±l¯nsâ
Xnc¡YIÄ Hmtcm¶pw icn¡pw ]mT]pkvXI§fmWv. R§
fpsS AÑsâ hfsc ASp¯ kplr¯mbncp¶p At±lw.
Fsâ ImgvN¸mSn aebmf knnabnse G¡met¯bpw
Gähpw anI¨ Xnc¡YmIr¯v F¶v ]dbp¶Xv At±lamWv.
At±l¯nsâ Xnc¡YIfpsS {]tXyIX F¶p ]dbp¶Xv
AXnse {]tab§fpsS hyXykvXXbmWv. AXnse ImcIvä
ssdtkj³, kw`mjW§Ä, kmlNcy§Ä Chsbms¡
hfsc ÃXmWv. Ct¸mÄ hmbn¨p tm¡pt¼mÄ 20þ25 sImÃw
ap¼mtWm At±lw FgpXnbXv F¶v AXnibn¨p t]mIp¶p.
Hcp "kaImenIX' Ft¸mgpw At±l¯nsâ cNIfnÂ
ImWmw. AXpsIm≠mWv At±l¯nsâ "Xqhm¯p¼nIÄ',
"Rm³ KÔÀƳ' Hs¡ C¶pw NÀ¨ sN¿s¸Sp¶Xv. Ime¯n
pw Hcp]mSv ap¼v k©cn¡p¶ hyànbmbncp¶p At±lw. Hcp
kon am{Xw h¶p t]mIp¶ IYm]m{Xambm t]mepw At±
l¯nsâ knnaIfn Hcn¡epw Hcp U½nbÃ. AtXt]mse
Xs¶ Fw.Sn., temlnXmZmkv, R§fpsS Ikn³ sU¶nkv
tPmk^v. Chscms¡ R§sf kzm[on¨ hyànIfmWv.
A`ntXmhns aÊn I≠n«mtWm Xnc¡Y FgpXmdpÅXv?
AÃ, Hcn¡epanÃ. IYsbgpXp¶p, ]n¶oSv kwhn[mbIpw
aäpw A`ntXmhns nÀt±in¡pIbmWv sN¿mdv. aRvPp
hmcydns aÊn I≠n«tà "lu HmÄUv BÀ bp' FgpXnbXv
F¶v ]ecpw tNmZn¡pIbp≠mbn. ]s£ aRvPp knnabn
te¡v ho≠pw hcp¶p F¶v Xs¶ AdnªXv Xnc¡Y ]qÀ
®ambXnp tijamWv. BsI A`ntXmhns tcs¯ Adn
ªncp¶Xv "Imktmh' bptSXv am{Xambncp¶p. AXmsW¦nÂ
^vtfm¸v BhpIbpw sNbvXp. ImÌns ap³Iq«n Adnªv
knna sNbvXm ½fpsS Fgp¯v hfsc ]cnanXambn
t¸mhpw. ssI sI«n FgpXpwt]mse...
Hcp knnam IpSpw_w. Ct¸mÄ knnabn {]hÀ¯n¡p¶p.
CXnnSbn tUmIvSÀ BIphm³ D≠mb kmlNcyw?
kXy¯n Hcp tUmIvSÀ BIphm³ B{Kln¨v Cu taJebn-
tebv¡v h¶XÃ. Fsâsbmcp kplr¯v saUn¡Â {]thi
]co£¡v X¿msdSp¡pIbmbncp¶p AhtmsSm¸w IqSn
Rmpw ]co£ FgpXn. A§s skâv tPm¬kv saUn¡Â
tImtfPn {]thiw e`n¨p. BZyw Rm³ kn.Fw.Fkv tImtf
Pn _n.F Cw¥ojv kmlnXy¯nv tNÀ¶Xmbncp¶p. ¢mÊv
XpS§p¶Xnp ap¼v skâv tPm¬kn {]thiw e`n¨p.
A§ns AhntS¡v t]mbn.
]T¯nptijw Cu s{]m^jtmSpÅ XmÂ]cyw
jvSs¸«ncpt¶m?
Hcn¡epanÃ. temI¯nse Xs¶ Gähpw al¯camb IÀ½
amWv Hcp tUmIvSdptSXv. Hcp s{]m^jsâ alobX hnebn
cp¯p¶Xv AXnsâ C³Fhnä_nenän h¨mWv. Hcp Znhkw
FÃm tUmIvSÀamcpw kac¯n GÀs¸«m F{Xt]À acW
s¸Spw F{Xt]À ZpcnXap`hn¡pw F¶v ½Ä Nn´n¡Ww.
AtXt]mse ½psS Un^³kv t^mgvkv {]hÀ¯n¨nsænÂ
cmPy¯nsâ kpc£ Xs¶ ]cp§enemIpw. A²ym]I³ {]h
À¯n¨nsæn Ip«nIfpsS `mhn AhXmf¯nemIpw. C¯
c¯n tm¡nbm tUmIvSÀ F¶Xv temI¯nse kap¶X-
amb Hcp ØmamWv.

30. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
28 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
tUmIvSÀ F¶pÅXv s{]m^j³ Bbn«pw Xnc¡YmcN
F¶Xv "]mj³' Bbn«pamtWm kzoIcn¨ncn¡p¶Xv?
A§sbÃ. c≠pw s{]m^jmbn«p Xs¶bmWv ImWp
¶Xv. c≠pw ]mjpamWv. CXn c≠nepw Rm³ kwXr]vX
mWv. c≠pw slhnen Unam³UnwKv BWv. ]pd¯v n¶p tm¡n
bm Fgp¯v hfsc Ffp¸amsW¶v tXm¶pw. ]s£ FgpXn
XpS§pt¼msg AXnsâ _p²nap«v aÊnemIq. c≠nepw ½Ä
100% BßmÀ°Xbpw {]bXvhpw CSWw. AXnm c≠n
tbpw s{]m^jWembn«mWv kao]n¡p¶Xv. Hcptamiw
tUmIvSÀ Bbm ]ns¶ Bip]{Xnbn t]mbn«v ImcyanÃ.
Hcp tamiw Xnc¡YmIr¯mbm knnabn ]nSn¨pnÂ
¡mpw km[n¡nÃ. am{XhpaÃ, XncsªSp¯ taJebnÂ
BßmÀ°ambn {]hÀ¯n¨v à t]cp k¼mZn¡Ww F¶pÅXv
GsXmcp hyànsb t]mse Rmpw B{Kln¡p¶p.
{Sm^n¡n AhbhZmw, Abmfpw Rmpw X½nÂ' enÂ
saUn¡Â F¯nIvkv, 'tm«v_p¡nÂ' SotPv {]á³kn....
Xm¦fpsS Fgp¯n Hcp saUn¡Â Nmbvhv hcp¶Xmbn
tXm¶nbn«pt≠m?
Hcn¡epa§sbnÃ., AsXms¡ IYbn h¶p Ft¶ DÅq.
"lu HmÄUv BÀ bq', "apss_ t]meokv' CXn H¶nepw
A§sbnÃtÃm..Rm³ ap³]p ]dªXpt]mse R§sf
thdn«p nÀ¯m³ ]pXnb IYIÄ sIm≠phcp¶p. AXn bmZr
ÝnIambn Chsbms¡ h¶p Ft¶ DÅq. R§sf "dn¸oäv'
sNbvXv AhXcn¸n¡mXncn¡m³ {i²n¡p¶p. Hcp ssS¸vUv
Fgp¯pImcmIm³ Xmev]cyanÃ.
tImtfPv PohnXs¯¡pdn¨v?
hfsc à HmÀ½IfmWv. skâv tPm¬kv R§Ä¡v FÃm
kzmX{´yhpw ÂInbncp¶p. C¶pw FÃm Znhkhpw Hcp Xh
Wsb¦nepw Rm³ tImtfPns¸än HmÀ¡mXn-cn-¡nÃ. {]tXy-
In¨v tlmÌen Xmakn¨XpsIm≠v tImtfPntmSv ASp¸w
hfsc IqSpXÂ BWv. FÃ tPmWbvävknpw A§sbmWv.
Hcp ]t£ KMCþsb¡pdn¨v n§Ä¡pw A§sbmbncn¡pw.
MBBS,MD ( Gen medicine), ]Tn¨Xpw c≠p hÀjw FaÀP³kn
saUnkn³ AknÌâv s{]m^kdmbn tkhw ApjvTn¨Xpw
Hs¡ tNÀ¯v ]Xnsm¶c hÀjw Rm³ AhnsSbp≠mbn
cp¶p.
Hcp]mSv ckIcamb Ap`h§Ä D≠v. Hsc®w FSp¯v
]dbm³ ]dªm _p²nap«mIpw. R§Ä¡v à kzmX{´yw
D≠mbncp¶p. AXmbncp¶p B tImtfPnsâ {]tXyIXbpw.
knna A[njvTnX IpSpw_ambXnm knnabnte¡pÅ
{]thiw Ffp¸ambncpt¶m?
XoÀ¨bmbpw Hcp]t£ knnabntebv¡v R§Ä hcm³ Xs¶
ImcWw AXmbncn¡pw. hÃyѳ knnamS³, Aѳ nÀ½m
Xmhv, Ikn³ Xnc¡YmIr¯v Chsbms¡ R§sf ¶mbn
kzm[on¨p. Aѳ BWp BZyambn R§sf knnabnÂ
AhXcn¸n¨Xv. BZys¯ kocnb nÀ½n¨Xv AÑmbncp¶p.
]t£ ]n¶oSv knnabn ]nSn¨p nev¡m³ Ignhp thWw,
AÀ¸Wt_m[hpw. CsXms¡bnsæn ½Ä Cu taJebnÂ
n¶v ]pd-¯m-hpw.
Ip«n¡mes¯ knna HmÀ½IÄ, {]tXyIn¨v tPmkv {]Imiv
kmdns Ipdn¨v?
As¶ms¡ Nn{XoIcWw a{Zmkn Bbncp¶tÃm.. am{XhpaÃ
hÃyѳ FdWmIpf¯mbncp¶p Xmakw, AXpsIm≠v skäv
Hs¡ ImWmdp≠mbncp¶nÃ. hÃyѳ hcpt¼mÄ hoSnp Npäpw
P¡q«w ImWmw. At¸mgmWv At±lw knnam S³ BWv,
knna C{Xbpw henb kw`hamWv Fs¶ms¡ R§Ä¡v a
ÊnemImdv. At±l¯nsâ Ahkm mfpIfn R§Ä hfsc
ASp¸¯nembncp¶p... A§s At±ls¯ Ipdn¨v Hcp]mSv
à HmÀ½IfmWv DÅXv.
saUn¡Â s{]m^jsâ Xnc¡pIÄ¡nSbnepw FgpXm³
F§s kabw Is≠¯p¶p?
kabw ¶mbn hnntbmKn¡pI. BZyw Fn¡v cmhnsebpw
sshIn«pw H.]n. D≠mbncp¶p. c≠v hÀjw ap¼v sshIn«t¯Xv
A§v nÀ¯em¡n. At¸mÄ IqSpX kabw e`n¨p. ]ns¶
DÅnse CjvShpw A`nnthihpw BWtÃm ½sf bn¡p
¶Xv. CXv kabw Is≠¯m³ klmbn¨p.
saUn¡Â ^oÂUn Hcp tdmÄ tamU A§s Hcmfpt≠m?
D≠v. tUm amXyq ]md¡Â kmÀ, saUn¡Â tImtfPn n¶pw
hncan¨ At±lw Cu ASp-¯-Imew hscbpw saUn¡Â skâ
½sfImWm³ hcp¶FÃmhcpw AkzØcmbn«mWv
hcp¶Xv, tcmKnbmbmepw IqsSbpÅh-
cmbmepw AXpsIm≠v Hcn¡epw Ahsc
Hcp ISp¸n¨ apJt¯msS tm¡cpXv, AXv
AhÀ¡v H«pw kpJIcamhnÃ. Ahsc Hcp
NncntbmsSbmWv kzoIcnt¡≠Xv.
à coXnbn s]cpamdpI, t]mIpt¼mÄ Hcp
Bizmkhm¡v ]dbpI. 'A smile and pat can
achieve wonders' At±lw FÃmbnt¸mgpw
C§sbmWv tcmKnItfmSv s]cpamdpI.
]pXnb Xeapdbpw A§s sN¿WwF¶v Fn¡v tXm¶p¶p.

31. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
29Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
dnÂtkhwApjvTn¨ncp¶p.84hbÊp≠v.At±lwFt¸mgpw
]dbpw ½sf ImWm³ hcp¶ FÃmhcpw AkzØcmbn«mWv
hcp¶Xv, tcmKnbmbmepw IqsSbpÅhcmbmepw. AXpsIm≠v
Hcn¡epw Ahsc Hcp ISp¸n¨ apJt¯msS tm¡cpXv, AXv
AhÀ¡v H«pw kpJIcamhnÃ. Ahsc Hcp NncntbmsSbmWv
kzoIcnt¡≠Xv. à coXnbn s]cpamdpI, t]mIpt¼mÄ Hcp
Bizmkhm¡v ]dbpI. 'A smile and pat can achieve wonders'
At±lwFÃmbnt¸mgpwC§sbmWvtcmKnItfmSvs]cpamdpI.
]pXnb Xeapdbpw A§s sN¿Ww F¶v Fn¡v tXm¶p¶p.
Ct¸mgs¯ saUn¡Â kaqlw tcnSp¶ {]iv§sf Ipdn¨v
kmdnsâ A`n{]mbw?
saUn¡Â tImtfPpIfpsS F®w Iq«p¶Xv nÀ¯em¡Ww.
BÀ¡pthWsa¦nepw saUn¡Â tImtfPv XpS§mw F¶
ØnXn amdWw. ImipsImSp¯m {]thiw e`n¡pw F¶m
bm Cu s{]m^jsâ hnizmkyX jvSamIpw. 25 e£w sIm-
Sp¯m BÀ¡pw tUmIvSÀ Bhmw F¶ AhØ hcnIbmWv,
AXv P§tfmSv sN¿p¶ Gähpw henb t{ZmlamWv. Xmev]cyw,
_p²n, A§s Hcp tUmIvSdnp th≠ KpWta· Ds≠¦nÂ
am{Xta Hcp Ip«nsb CXnte¡v hnSmhq. CXp Dd¸phcp¯m³,
Hcp]s£ _p²nap«msW¦n IqSn, Hcp kv{IonwKv sa¡m
nkw thWw. ]T n-e-hmcw h¨p, F³{S³kv F¶Ã, ssk-
t¡mfPn¡Â Bbpw _u²nI]cambpw Ip«nsb Af¡m³
]äp¶Xv. AtX t]mse A²ym]IÀ, em_pIÄ XpS§n
saUn¡Â hnZym`ymk¯np th≠ FÃm amZWvU§fpw Xr]v
Xns¸Sp¯nbm am{Xta Kh¬saâv taJebnepw ]pXnb
saUn¡Â tImtfPpIÄ XpS§mhq.
FgpXphm³ Xmev]cyapÅ saUn¡Â hnZymÀ°nItfmSmbn
kmdnp ]dbmpÅXv?
B Ignhv Hcn¡epw jvSs¸«pt]mImXncn¡phm³ {i²n¡pI.
Cu s{]m^j³ ½psS kabw Bhiys¸Sp¶Xv BWv.
F¶ncp¶mepwDÅnseIgnhns]cnt]mjn¸n¨m½Ähfcp
¶Xmbn tXm¶pw. Fsâ hyàn]camb A`n{]mbamWv. Rm³
Hcp]s£ tUmIvSÀ am{Xambn Ccps¶¦n Hcn¡epw C{X
bpw hfcpambncp¶nÃ. Hcp nÝnX A¨n Pohn¡pw t]mse
Btbs. knnabn ½Ä Xmsg¡nSbn n¶v A§v Xmc
temIw hsc DÅhcpambn CS]ngIpw. CXn ns¶ms¡ Hcp
]mSv Imcy§Ä aÊnem¡mw AXv Hcp apXÂIq«mWv.
aäpXc¯nepÅ kmlnXycq]§Ä FgpXm³ Dt±iapt≠m?
CXphscbnÃ. H¶maXp kabanÃ. ]ns¶ Xnc¡Y FgpXm
mWv R§Ä IqSpX Iw^À«_nÄ. Xnc¡Y Hcp kmlnXy-
cq]amtWm F¶p tNmZn¨m BsW¶pw Asöpw ]dbmw.
Xnc¡Ybv¡v ]qÀ®X e`n¡Wsa¦n AXv knnabmIWw.
Csæn A]qÀ®amWv. ]s£ tmh Hcp ]qÀ® cq]
amWv. AXv hmbn¡pt¼mÄ Xs¶ hyàamWv. Xnc¡YbnÂ
"hnjzssetkjp' hfsc henb ]¦p≠v. AXpsIm≠v
AXns Hcp kmlnXy cq]w F¶p ]dbm³ ]mSmWv. CXphsc
tmh FgpXm³ Xmev]cyw tXm¶nbn«nà Ft¶ DÅq.
aäp `mjm Nn{X§Ä¡v Xnc¡Y FgpXm³ Xmev]cyapt≠m?
Xnc¡Ybv¡v kw`mjWw FgpXWsa¦n AhnSps¯ `mj
bpw kwkvImchpw Adnªncn¡Ww. Ay`mjbn A`n
bn¡pw t]msebà Xnc¡Y cN. Ct¸mÄ Xs¶ "lu HmÄUv
BÀbp' Xangn FSp¡p¶p. AhÀ Xnc¡YbpsS ASnØm
IYmX´p' am{XamWv FSp¯Xv. AXns Xangv kwkvImc
¯nte¡v amän FgpXnbmWv Nn{XoIcW¯nv FSp¯Xv. AXn
m Ay`mj Nn{X§Ä Ct¸mgnÃ.
]pXnb t{]mPIväpIÄ?
Bkn^v Aenþ hn.sI {]Imiv Nn{Xw, tdmj³ B³{Uqkvþ
]rYzncmPv Nn{Xw, emÂtPmkvþ nhn³ t]mfn Nn{Xw Hs¡ hcp
¶p≠v. CXnsâsbms¡ ]Wn¸pcbn BWv. kabw Aev]w
FSp¯XmWv FgpXmdv, AXnm Chsbms¡ ASp¯ hÀjw
Hs¡ BIpw dneokmIm³.

32. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
30 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
Heyya! I’I’m a day scholar. A lazier one actually.
(I’m not the laziest I hope :p)
I love sleeping, so it makes a lot of difference to me - getting
up at 7:15 and getting up at 7:40 - that extra 20-25 minutes
- which my 'last minute' hosteler friends get. Even more
frustrating is when, after sacrificing my beautiful sleep, I reach
college only to find that no one from my unit is there. On
enquiring about their whereabouts I get to know that they are
just brushing their teeth. My hosteler friends come in groups
- and its a group decision to be 5 min (sometimes 15 or 25 :p)
when one person becomes late.
ThissmallexampleisenoughtoshowthatlifeinKMCisdifferent
for a day scholar and a hosteler. So, lemme continue the day
– Frustrated, I go to the common room – where of course –
my sweet friend- (won’t say the name - enne aval kollum) will
be waiting for her unit mates (our roll nos. are close by, but in
some postings – we get separated). Of course, this friend is not
the lazy type- she gets up early in the morning and comes to
college daily –‘I want 100% attendance – 99% vanna polum –
College
As a Dayscholar
Among Hostelers
LifeAngela George
2011 Batch
she is like – what about my 1%?Where did it go?”:p
initially; but now, thanks to friends like me, she cuts
every now and then. We wait until “the call”comes
that our hosteler unit mates have finally arrived.

33. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
31Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
After posting, at lunchtime, I have this day scholar friend
with me,again. And another friend, who is an unofficial
day scholar, with a room at hostel but is rarely available
there,as well. The three of us usually have lunch at ICH
and sometimes at Anand especially if its a Friday. On
Monday, sometimes we have yet another hosteler friend,
who joins us, when she brings food from home.
After lunch, we go to the lecture hall and‘catch seats’for
our hosteler friends. :p
Seat preference - where we are least likely to be observed
and least likely to get questions.:P
Two of my hosteler friends are more punctual, so they
reach by 12:45 for class at 1 pm, while the rest reach
exactly at 1 – except for one person who reaches by
1:05 – 1:10 and is usually among the last to reach. She
has a lot of friends and she sits with us or with her other
besties. Lemme tell you, catching the correct seats is not
all that easy – ‘cause even though there may be just 3-4
other girls in the class, they will all be catching seats and
the ideal seats will be gone if we reach too late. This is a
regular day.
SPECIAL SITUATIONS:
1. Day before 2 days holidays
We are asked by our hosteler friends to come that day
– ‘cause if there is class – someone has to come right?
Thankfully, some of them (particularly 2 of them) can’t
make themselves do it (cut the class) and they will come
even if I may take a cut. If I cut after saying that I’ll come,
one of them won’t talk to me (Koch Koch pinakkangal-
“nyan pinangi, mindoollaa”) :p. My other friend – a
day scholar – is sure to come if asked but sometimes I
change my plan – especially if its a cold rainy day. My # 1
irritation is my early riser dayski friend calling me 20 min
too early to ask if I’m coming. :p. Ipo she only messages
to avoid my wrath :p
2. Hartals - in school, I prayed for them. In college, I hate
hartals, that make it so difficult to get to college (I do
have a driving license, but car onnum edkarilla)
3. Cultural events – that is really a bit hard on us dayskis,
because the best is always the last – which never starts
before midnight which means stay in the hostel –
meaning packing for the same the previous day – being
lazier, I do ‘last min’ packing. Its really annoying to find
out that you forgot the toothbrush on waking up the
next day (I never forget phone/charger/ headset and
things of that sort b/w :p)
4.Treats – Our group goes to very few treats. Us dayskis,
esp me – We are always ready for a treat(preferably
non veg ):P It usually gets delayed because of one
very busy madam in our group :p.Other causes of
delay- sickness(had a sore throat but inspite of that
drank cold coffee, making it worse), laziness, tiredness
after too much evening classes( rand manikkur irnu
madthu), vritham, test (athu maybe next month but still
padikkanund :P),rain. Usually, the treats that are planned
in June, we go out by September. I’m to return early,
before it gets dark, because while hostelers can go as a
group, I’ll be alone.
Hehe, so you see, dayscholar life is different from hostel
life. Personally, I’m happy to be a dayski, but like you
alwayshavepointsinfavourofandagainstthediagnosis,
there are benefits and disadvantages of being a dayski.
Missing out on the cultural programmes, the ‘Kattis’ in
hostel, etc. Yes, we do miss a lot, but, at home, I have my
TV, I get to do whatever I want in my room and of course
– no travelling at 4 am from home on Mondays :p.

34. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
32 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
ARvP... Fns¡mcp t] Xcptam?''
Fsâ... £an¡Ww.... R§fpsS
apdnbn t] Xn¶p¶ Hcp Ip«n¨m¯³ D­v.
Fs¶¦nepw buddysb Rm³ IpSp¡pw. A¶v
CXphsc Xn¶ FÃm t]bpw Xp¸n¡Ww. Hcp
t]¡mbn Rm³ Aebm³ XpS§n kabw
Gsdbmbn. F¶t¯bpw t]mse Hcp I®v Xpd¶v
Fs¶ ]pÑn¨ tijw Znhy n{ZbpsS Bg§fnÂ
Iq¸pIp¯n.
""o Fsâ _mKn n¶v FSpt¯mSo...''
B nanj¯nmbmWv Rm³ Im¯ncp¶Xv.
AhÄ dqan DÅt¸mÄ F§m AhtfmSp
tNmZn¡m­v _mKn n¶v t] FSp¡p¶Xv?
ss]ktbm {Utm FSp¡p¶ t]memtWm
t]!!! ARvPenbpw Znhybpw Fsâ dqw taävkv
BsW¶v ]dtb­XnÃtÃm! Ipäw ]dbp¶p
F¶v hnNmcn¡tÃ. F´v FhnsS F§s
sh¨ncn¡ps¶¶v AhÀ¡dnbmw. lm!!! thsd
Bsc¦nepw Bbncp¶p F¦n ]t­Fs¶ Cu
apdnbn n¶v Nhn«n¸pd¯m¡ntbs. CXv Rm³
]dªXÃ. Nne NpůnIÄ ]dbp
¶XmWv. Hm ]nt¶bv.... Dd¡¯n n¶v H¶v
FWoän«ptht­ Nhn«n¸pd¯m¡m³. hfsc
""IjvSs¸«v'' BWv AhÀ Dd§mdv. 2 dqw jn^vänp
tijhpw AhcpsS apdnbn Fn¡v Cu hnime
lrZbÀ A`bw ÂIn. CubpÅhÄ F¶pw
ISs¸«hfmbncn¡pw.
Fns¡´nm t]? Fn¡pw t]bpsS Bh
iyap­v. Ubdn FgpXm³. sdt¡mÀUv Fgp
Xm³. ]ns¶ ssk³ sN¿m³. Cu sNdnb Imcy
¯nv F´nm Hcp t] kz´ambn? AXntÃ
½Ä Poke sN¿p¶Xv.
Ct¸m Fn¡v t] YUVAbpsS amKknn Hcp
krjvSn {]kn²oIcn¡mmWv. IYbpw IhnXbpw
ths­¶mWv _lp: amKkn³ FUnäÀ ]d
ªXv. F¶m ]ns¶ ""Editor p Hcp t{]ate
Jw'' Bbmtem? AXv FUnäv sN¿psa¶v
At±lw `ojWns¸Sp¯nb ØnXn¡v Rm³
Ipd¨v tXm¶yhmkw FgpXs«.
GIm´Xbn n¶v c£s]Sm³ 3 BWv
amÀ¤§Ä. ]m«v, hmb, Fgp¯v. memaXv
Hsc®w `phn nÀt±in¨p. ""m«msc sNmdnbÂ''
Fn¡Xv F´m¶v IqSn Adnbnà tIt«m. CXnÂ
]m«v Ipd¨v dnkvIv BWv. Nne ]m«pIÄ ½psS
GIm´Xsb Xo£vWs¸Sp¯pw. ]ns¶ hmb,
AXv acn¨v sIm­ncn¡pIbmWtÃm. _m¡n DÅ
Fgp¯nemWv Rm³ A`bw {]m]n¡mdv.
Bcpw hmbn¡mnsö Dd¸n BImiw ImWm
sX Nne Ipdn¸pIÄ ImWpw. ]dªpXocm¯
{]Wbw t]mse AsX¶pw aÊn AebSn¡pw.
CSbv¡nsS hr¯nbm¡p¶Xnm (]mhw
ARvPptw Znthytw Ddp¼v ISn¡cpXtÃm!) NnX-
ecn¡msX Ah Aeamcnbn [ymw sN¿p¶p.
FgpXm³ ajn AXymhiyamWv. siSm! AXv Rm³
]dªv thtWm Adnbm³? Rm³ Dt±in¨Xv t]
bnse ajn AÃ. Hcp IYmIr¯v ]dªn«p­v.
""Fgp¯nsâ AkwkvIrXhkvXp
¡Ä XIÀ¶ {]Wbhpw kulrZ§fpamWv''
""

35. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
33Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
{]Wbs¯¸än CubpÅhÄ¡v AdnhnÃ. XIÀ¶
kulrZ§Ä Hcp]mSp­v. AsXm¶pw
]s£ FgpXm³ BhnÃ. lrZbw pdp§n
t]mIpw. Ah Xp¶n tNÀ¡m³ Rm³ Hät¡
DÅq. tXm¶p¶Xnsâ sNdnb iXamta hncepI
fn F¯q. AXp Xs¶ Nne FUnäÀamcpsS
FUnänMv Ignbpt¼mÄ F´mIptam Ft´m?
tXm¶nbsXÃmw FgpXn tIcf¯n Pohn¡m³
Akmamy XtâSw thWw {]tXyIn¨v kv{Xo¡v.
amXrXz¯n¸pdt¯¡v Hcp hnjbw AhÄ
ssIImcyw sNbvXpIqSm. kv{Xo ]pcpj _Ô
§Ä AhÄ¡v FgpXm³ ]mSnÃm¯ hnjb
amWv. H¶p ]dbs«, ]pcpjsâ tm«tam kv]À
itam Npw_tam kv{Xobn DWÀ¯p¶ Nn´IÄ
AhÄ ]dªpXs¶ AdnbWw. kv{XobpsS
Nn´IÄ Duln¨v FgpXp¶ IYmIr¯npw
tmhenÌnpw kXy¯n H¶pw AdnbnÃ.
F¦nepw aebmfnIÄ Ahsc ]pIgv¯pw.
PohnXs¯ ]¨bmbn Nn{XoIcn¨Xns A`n
µn¡pw. AsXmcp kv{Xo F¦n AhÄ hgn
]ng¨hfpw XtâSnbpw BWv. A`nµn¡­,
s]s®gp¯v F¶ t]cn Ahsb
]mÀizh¡cn¡mXncp¶m aXn.
4 apdn DÅ ho«n 2 apdn Xmpw _m¡n 2
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A
necdotes in life’ was the topic suggested by
J the affable and perseverant editorial board
member who demanded an article. An
anecdote by definition is ‘a short amusing, interesting
story about a real incident or a person’. But when it
set me thinking I suddenly realized that majority had
occurredduringacademiclifeinvolvingeitherteachers
or students; the reason is that irrespective of being
either a student or teacher you need to complement
the other and cannot survive independent of the
other. Only a good teacher can create a good student
while a bad student can unsettle even the best of
teachers. I managed to compile a few of them, which
could be recollected immediately, but not necessarily
in the chronological order. It should be appreciated
that none of these are fictionalized; all the events
and personalities described are real and any uncanny
resemblance to any known individual could best be
described as purely intentional!
School Vignettess; Travails of being a Malayalam
teacher : The upbringing in a residential public school
is always sort of strict to say the least. Exaggerated
stories about teachers abound; whether original or
manufactured the emphasis was always on enjoying
the joke rather than dissecting the reliability of the
source. In an English medium school where mother
tongue was taboo the brunt of such attacks used to
fall on hapless Malayalam teachers who, despite their
brilliance in teaching, were considered as weaklings in
English.
So how would you translate a complaint submitted to
the principal by a Malayalam teacher which read…...‘
Sir, the boys are discussing the windows’… Well as
the legend goes, what he meant by that was ‘quite
Dr. Shibu George
Additional Professor in ENT
"A very wise teacher once said:
I consider a day's teaching
wasted if we all don’t have
at least one hearty laugh."
‘Gilbert Highet’ (1906-1978)
‘
On being
‘Teachers &
Students’

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a few window panes were shattered by students
practicing discus throws near the dormitory as a part
of preparation for the sports day’! Equally thought
provoking was the follow up on the same complaint;
“Sir, they are also wasting electricity by flying fans and
burning lights!!”
There is an even nastier one on the same teacher
about him writing a leave letter when his daughter was
born. Watch out….. ‘Sir, my wife is born; the boy is a
girl; I am the only father; so please leave me’!!! …..
The emotional roller coaster : Being emotional
can take the punch out of your speech, jumbling up
words leading on to disastrous consequences. This
piece occurred during my MBBS days; The pre-clinical
professor was furious that the majority of students
secured scores insufficient to pass the final sessional
exams. He was that sort of a personality who would
declare in between that “There will be a ‘surprise test’
on next Monday, second hour” just out of genuine
concern for his students. So he was really taken
aback by such a mediocre display of commitment
from students. The worst ten among them were
asked to tender explanations in an open class with
all staff members present. Curiously enough all the
explanations bore a common reason for failure- short
notice and inadequate time for preparation! That was
the last straw and it was enough to blow his lid off!
(The notice for examination date had been declared
as early as one month back in the notice board! But
what had hurt him more was the way his students lied
to him.) In an emotionally charged speech he came
down heavily upon every one about keeping values
and ethics in life. But again the old villain surfaced
when his emotions took too much of him towards the
climax; When he unwillingly changed propositions in
the very last sentence using ‘with’ instead of ‘to’. In a
voice quaeling with emotion he pointed to a senior
lady faculty member and concluded “Today you lie to
me…. tomorrow you lie with madam!!!”
Tips : Giving a tip to the student is a gracious way for
teacher to tell his student that he cares; and for the
student during examination it may be as precious as
oxygen when he is gasping for breath cornered by
the barrage of questions. However, there are times
when a tip may be counterproductive when he fails to
recognizethesamewithsomehilariousconsequences.
S came out of the histology lab after the university
spotter examination visibly elated and trembling with
excitement. “I can’t believe this; she is a goddess !!”
he blurted out to us. He was excitedly talking about
the young anatomy lady tutor who was the skilled
assistant for the histology spotter. “She went out
of the way to help me“ he could not still control
his excitement. “I didn’t know the 7th spotter
and looked at her; she actually gave me a
clue that it was section of breast so that
I could get it right. Imagine… she is a
female giving a clue regarding breast
just to save her student! She is a true
goddess, man” he continued.
Pandemonium broke out in the batch
at this juncture. No one could remember
having seen a section of breast as one of
the spotters. There was panic and distress
at the thought of having missed one; some
girls even started crying. At last after the initial
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asked S about the clue given. With a sheepish grin he
explained…..“ She actually expanded her chest and made
everything prominent by simulating a deep inspiration.
How else can she possibly give a tip on breast?!!”
It was then all others cried out in unison heaving a sigh of
relief. She had provided the same tip to all of us. But, it
was meant for the section on pulmonary alveolus which
everyone got right except S who mistook the tip on lung
as that for breast! Poor S; over since, he kept getting
robbed constantly, right upto his graduation days, that
the ‘eye sees only what the mind is trained to see!!!
aura of Napoleon after the battle of Toulon he turned
to the examiner and pat came the answer….. "Shigella
gymnastica”!!!
Double jeopardy : The stress of the MBBS curriculum
has many a time proven to be too much to students and
resulted in such extreme measures like suicide attempts.
Sadly some of them had proven to be successful as well!
On the brighter side, a vast majority of these attempts
were unsuccessful usually because of the futility of
attempts by a novice! Later on these unfortunate souls
had served as living examples of how clumsy these
attempts could turn out to be.
Overburdened by the weight of own expectations on
him, Mr X decided to commit suicide early in his first
year; the method he adapted was fool proof for his
planning. He decided to cut one of his major blood
vessels and then drown himself ensure his death; sort
of ‘double jeopardy’ in order to ensure 100% success!
So he jumped into an isolated well in the campus after
cutting the major vessel in his leg hoping to die drinking
water and losing blood. Just how cruel a twist of fate
this can be? Not only did he survive but also he had to
walk around rest of his life limping! Reason? The water
level lower down in the well was only up to his waist; he
couldn’t even drink water, forget about drowning. Then
what happened to the bleeding vessel. Well, anatomy
was never one of his strong points; for him the most
important blood vessel supplying the lower limb was
palpable just behind his foot. He actually cut his tendo
achillis and jumped into the well!!
Then there was Mr Y who adopted the same double
jeopardy strategy; but using entirely different two
methods. He decided to commit suicide by hanging
after overdosing himself with a drug. So he consumed
a bottle full of Diazepam tablets and started walking to
the banyan tree about 500 meters from the hostel with
a rope in hand. On the way however he saw some of his
hostel mates coming in the opposite direction towards
him. He decided to avoid them and hid inside a bush
just by side of the road. But never did he realize that he
was going into hibernation! He was found the next day
sitting inside the bush and snoring away to glory with
the rope with a noose in his hand! He continued his
slumber for two more days before waking up as a fresh
new man!!
Therewasanotherinstanceofhilariousmisinterpretation
of a tip. During Microbiology university oral examination,
R was being quizzed by the external examiner about
different Shigella species. He could only recollect
Shigella sonnei, dysenteriae and boydii but not flexneri
and was struggling with the answer. The good hearted
internal examiner who was seated slightly behind the
external examiner decided to throw in some help; then
without the external noticing, she flexed her elbow
to showing off the biceps to help R recollect flexneri
if possible. R saw the tip and a broad grin crossed his
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What is your breaking point? : To conclude this little
session on ‘teachers and students’ let us ask ourselves
a question if it doesn’t appear diabolical. Can a teacher
ever foulmouth his student?! The logical answer would
be an emphatic NO for any teacher.. OK look what
happened !
P was one of those happy go lucky characters who lived
to party day and night and to make the best out of his
college life. He had gone in for oral examination as part
of his anatomy final average and was being examined by
Dr M, a benevolent teacher, ever doting and affectionate
to his students. But as the examination progressed,
you could see every muscle of facial expression did its
duty on the face which registered expressions ranging
from disbelief, agony, misery and shock during that
question answer session.Towards the peak of this all the
onlookers where stunned to hear these words escape
from his mouth “Poda ......... mone!” Gesturing at P to
get out, he then covered his face with his hands as if to
ease off his mental conflict; while P made a nonchalant,
expressionless exit from the hall. He was not available
in the hostel for his comments since he had made a
beeline for the post exam bash. Next day, this is what
he said: “Man, you cannot find fault with sir. I realized
that only on getting out of the examination hall. I think
he showed me internal organs like liver, lung, heart,
kidney and spleen to identify which I unfortunately did
in the reverse order and that might have triggered his
emotional outburst. Then I had to tell him that heart had
only a single chamber, the liver is situated on the left
side, function of spleen was reproduction and that radius
and ulna where branches of humerus. He then asked me
to name the last four cranial nerves and I replied that
they are the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth. He asked
me which books I read for exams and I told him I read
the red book and green books, the names of which I was
not quite certain. Then trembling with rage he took the
adrenal gland and hissed at me to identify; since it was
very small I could only think of one answer at that time
and told him that it was a piece of cadaver !!! He snapped
at that very moment and exploded “Poda .....mone”.
So its clear now; don’t push your teacher too far up to
his breaking point; he may be forced to react to this
extreme!!!
PS: P is now one of the top nuclear medicine experts
in India while Dr. M has reached the fag end of his
illustrious career.

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kabw IrXyambn HmÀ¡p¶nÃ. 2014 hÀj
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REEL
I
stumble out into the light from the
darkness. My eyes can’t handle the glare.
I trip and nearly fall, but helpful hands
appear suddenly to straighten me up.
I’m confused and slightly disorientated.
My head feels like it has been clobbered
with a hammer. My retinae feel like they
have just survived an hour in a juicer with
the contents of a paint box, and are still
protesting the blinding light. Nausea
creeps in. My brain wrestles with concepts
which I feel a bit out of depth with. I look
around, and see that everyone wears the
same expression. But the overall effect is
exhilarating. I feel good. I’m high. I’ve just
been to a movie…
Every year, a few weeks after the college
elections and formation of the new College
union, a group of three students come
hunting for me. This group is made up of
the general secretary, the arts club secretary
and the movie club guy. They want to hold
the annual campus movie festival. For
better or worse, I have had the opportunity
to curate movies for students for the past
10 years. It’s a fun task, and one I undertake
with great pleasure. The obvious problem is
the need to strike a balance. Does one go
for commercial movies and ensure that the
auditorium is full, or does one go for classier
stuff, at the risk of being inaccessible to the
majority?
The press of humanity around me pushes
Dr. Harikrishnan V.G. (Asst
Professor, Infectious Diseases
Unit, Department of Medicine) is
a wonderful teacher who takes
classes to the MBBS doctors all
over Kerala preparing for their
PG entrance examination. That is
something he is well known for.
A less popular fact... He is also
someone who watches films with
great interest & then analyses
them-Hollywood, Bollywood,
Mollywood & what not !! He has
been the advisor of the College
Film Club for the last one decade.
His inputs were very valuable in
the selection of films for the 2 Film
Fests held during the union period
(Ojos Fiesta & Lumiere)
Dr. Harikrishnan V. G.
Asst. Professor, Dept. Medicine
me into the narrow street in front of the
theatre. I hear discussions all around me,
some puerile, some dense, some inane.
Frame compositions and camera angles are
being analysed threadbare. The movie I just
watched was Jean Luc Godard’s “Goodbye,
Language”, and I for one don’t think that
Monsieur Godard can be bracketed into
any conventional movie framework. This is
someone who once showed a continuous 7
minute shot of a traffic jam just to shake up
contemporary movie convention.
My legs guide me through the crowds
on the sidewalk. I open the bag slung on
one shoulder and hunt around blindly
for my schedule. My hand comes up with
the schedule and the movie guide. I start
riffling through the pages, my eyes making
occasional contact with my surroundings,
just enough to stop me becoming roadkill.
I cross check with my schedule to confirm
a choice already made. My strides lengthen
as I walk to the next destination.
I’m never ceased to be amazed by the
hidden talents of some of our students. By
around 16 years of age, students all over
India make a choice, as far as their future
education is concerned. Or rather, they are
forced to make a choice. Between science
and humanities, in general. The implication
here, of course, is that studies in one are not
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available for public viewing and gives back something to the
person who spent an hour and a half watching it? The former has
the advantage of popularity, while the latter one of erudition. I
have even found that the conventional idea of arthouse movies
having a poor audience in our college is a myth. I’ve been
pleasantly surprised to see full houses for movies like Run Lola
Run, Bergman’s Seventh Seal, or Krystoff Kieslowski’s “Blue”,
when I turn up at 9 pm to check on the students.
The oncoming pedestrians flow around me. I don’t need to
check for directions. This is Trivandrum, my hometown. I know
it as well as anybody. It sends tendrils, feelers into my soul with
each footfall. Its harmonies and hues embrace me. Its smells
paint colourful murals on the walls of my subconscious. I wear
the city like my skin. I take corners blindly relying on my mental
map. I don’t have far to go. I can already see the hoardings and
the restless crowd in the distance.
Ipushthroughthecrowdtoseewhat’shappening.Kissoflovehas
hit the film festival. A few couples are milling around, surrounded
by a huge ogling crowd. The dirty brown of law enforcement
hovers on the fringes. Cat calls ring out, so does encouragement.
I watch a couple of girls lip-lock. I turn away. One sympathises
with their cause, but if I want to watch pretty girls kiss each other,
I can just re-watch the excellent ‘Blue is the warmest colour’, last
year’s sleeper French hit. I push on. I see Lenin Rajendran sipping
tea morosely, watching the entire fracas.
All of us have our guilty pleasures as far as movies are concerned.
I like a thriller or slapstick comedy as much as the next guy. A few
decades back, at least in Malayalam filmdom, the line between
arthouse cinema and commercial movies blurred as to become
almost indistinct. But increasingly our mainstream movies
are made by and for the mentally pre-pubescent. But a movie
festival is a bastion for indie and arthouse movies, a vital space,
to be safeguarded in a world where crass commercialism often
dominates. Like all art, it should serve to enrich us with values
and ideas which help us to retain our humanity in our profession.
I enter the foyer and join the long queue at the door. I look
around. A balding Sidharth Shiva is explaining to the media why
his new movie isn’t plagiarism. A scream gently starts from long
forgotten part of my body. I realize it is hunger. I spot a friend
in the queue, an IT professional from Technopark , who has sold
his soul to get a week’s leave at a stretch. Seeing my famished
face, he opens his bag and shows me the contents. I can see the
outlines of rolled up chappathis in a translucent plastic lunch box.
I politely decline, and instead help myself to a pack of peanuts. I
have a half-finished Frooti in my bag. The doors open. Back from
the light into the darkness. We find seats. To my left, my friend has
opened his lunchbox and started on his chappathis. I see a mobile
camera flash in the seat on my right, and see Shyamaprasad take
a selfie with a friend. The lights dim. The signature film comes
and goes. The screen darkens transiently. Once again I plunge
headfirst into the magical world of movies.
Movies
Movies
Movies
which forms part of the language curriculum or the routine half-
hearted studies of music or dance which they carry on from their
school. These last vestiges are often lost when they enter the
medical education system, and the extent and depth of medical
studies gradually start to weigh them down.
But I’m happy to see that a few have not lost their moorings
completely. They still prefer paper to touchscreens, content
to bling. And these few are important because, as we know,
in our profession more than perhaps in any other, the place of
values and ethics is paramount. These are our guiding lights, the
beacons which lead us unerringly to our goals, the rocks we cling
to in times of self-doubt. From the time we enter the Medical
College, teachers constantly remind us of these facts. Art lets us
see a side of humanity which we do not encounter every day in
our lives as doctors. It shows us emotions that we didn’t realize
existed. It shows us the possibilities of an open mind, and the
uses it can be put to.
These are some of the thoughts that spring to mind when
talking to the aforementioned group of three. I can freely admit
that some of them are more mentally mature than their age
suggests. On the immediate question of movie choices, the
issue is clear. It’s as clear as the choice between bubblegum and
a six course dinner. Does one put up a movie which can be seen
anytime as a TV rerun or a DVD purchased on the pavement, or
does one put up something with substance which is not readily

44. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
42 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
""XpS¡w amwKeyw ´pmt''þ aµmInnbpsS t^mWnse Aemdw
ASn¨psImt≠bncp¶p. shfp¸ns 5 apXÂ 5 annäv CShn«v ASn
¡p¶XmWv aµmInnbpsS kz´w ""Dd¡wsImÃn'' "ChÄs¡¶m
CXv sh¡mXncq¶qsS?! ½tfmSv ]dªm t]msc hnfn¡m³'
F¶v X½n ]dª dqanse c≠v klhmknIsf tm¡nhfn¨
Nncn Nncn¨v, apgposf ]pX¨ ]pX¸v amän aµmInn F¶ aµp I®p
Xpd¶p. kabw IrXyw 7.30 aWn. slm, Fs´mcp ssSan§v, F¶p
kzbw ]dª AhÄ I«nentmSv XXv¡met¯¡v "ss_' ]dªp. ]
Xnhv t]mse BZyw I®mSnbpsS ap¶n sN¶v kzbw AhtemIw
S¯n. "Dw, Xct¡Snà h®w Ipd¨v IqSntbms¶mcp kwibw'. dqanep
ÅhtcmSv tNmZn¨t¸mÄ tZ hcp¶p ]cnlmkw Dudnb Nncnþ "Chtfm.
IY

45. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
43Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
XSn shbv¡mtm' F¶ a«nÂ. slm! ]dªp nÂ
¡m³ tcanÃ. 8 BIpt¼mÄ t]mÌn§nv Ft¯
≠XmWv.
sshIn Fgpt¶ämse´mþ IdIväv kab¯v t]mÌn
§nv F¯m³ Cu aµmInntb Igntª BfpÅq.
t]mcm¯Xnv Ct¸mÄ Iymjzmenän t]mÌn§pw.
"Fn¡v sN¿Ww, Fn¡v sN¿Ww' F¶v FÃm
hcpw hmin ]nSn¡p¶ Øew. AhnsS aµmInn
hn«p sImSp¡mtm, Ã IYbmbn. 104þÂ t]mbn
tm¡n. tIkv H¶pw h¶n«nÃ. C¶v ""Dry day''
BsW¶v tXm¶p¶p. Asæn ]qkmbn Xmsg
hoWv ssIapdnª HcmfpsSsb¦nepw C&D [cleaning
& Dressing] ImtW≠XtÃ? 8.30 Bbt¸mtg¡pw
bqWnäv taävkv FÃmw lmPÀ. Aäâ³kv Ignª
t¸mtg¡pw an¡hcpw sskUv dqantebv¡v Øew
hn«p. "o hcp¶ntà a´q' F¶v Xmlnd hnfn¨t¸mÄ
tZjyam h¶Xv. thsdm¶pw sIm≠à hÃm¯ sXmÅ
bmWv B ]lb¯n¡v! AhnsS n¶ FÃmcpw,
sN¯³ ]n.Pn tN«·mÀ hsc Xncnªptm¡n. Hcp
t]cv ImcWapÅ AhØtb! ChnsSÃmw C§s
c≠£capÅ t]cmsW¦nepw Npcp¡n Ifbpw.
A§s kp[ "kp' BIpw. AXv t]mse t]cnsâ
hmev Xs¶ hnfnt]cmIpw. DZmlcW¯nv tkmb
jmPn shdpw "jmPn' BIpw. Npcp¡¯n A¸v
hnfn¡p¶ t]memIpw. Htc t]cv BsW¦n ]ns¶
]db≠, ImgvNbnepÅ hyXymkw sh¨mcn¡pw hnfn
t¸cvþ Longus, brevis' A§s. F´mtWepw aµmInn
ChnsS h¶t¸mÄ aµp Bbn, ]n¶oSv a´p. Ct¸mÄ
Bsc¦nepw þ aµmInn F¶p hnfn¨m Bsc
bmWv hnfn¡p¶sX¶v H¶p kwibn¡pw.
D¨hsc n¶t¸mÄ Hcp Catheter CSmpw 2 Suturing Dw
In«n. D¨Ignªv HmÀt¯mþbn Ibdmw F¶p
IcpXn Sideroom te¡v t]mbn. _mKn IcpXnbncp¶
sNdnb I®mSnsbSp¯v apJw tm¡n. cmhnse
]uUÀ C«XmsW¶p t]mepw tXm¶p¶nÃ... lpw.
Xmlnd nkvIcn¡mpÅ Hcp¡¯nemcp¶p.
ChcpsS Hcp IjvS]mtS.... ]mhw ]{Xw FSp
t¯m≠mWv hcp¶Xv. F¶n«v Uyq«n dqanse s_
Unsâ apIfntem, Xdbn CXv hncn¨nt«m BWv
nkvIcn¡p¶Xv. ChÀ¡v th≠n Hcp Øew sIm-
Sp¡Wsa¶v ]dªv i_vZw DbÀ¯Wsa¶v ]e
h«w IcpXpw. ]t£ aµmInn Bcm... HäbmÄ
]«mf§Ä¡v ChnsS hnebnÃtÃm!' of¯nsâ Im-
cy¯nepw aµmInn _m¨nse [qatIXphmWv. "]pen',
"Npų', "Npůn', "kpµcn', "]Tn¸nÌv' F¶o
]«§fpÅhÀ nc¶p n¡pt¼mÄ Gähpw
Aä¯p ImWmw "s]mSntamÄ /kvtamÄ' F¶]«hpw
]nSn¨v Cu Ipdnb saenª aµmInn F¶ "a´p'.
Ignª saUnkn³ t]mÌn§nsâ kab¯vþ Hcp
XSnamSmb sIm¼³ aoi¡mc³ A¸¨sâ tIkv
BWv FSp¡p¶Xv. akn ]hÀ tm¡m³ ka-
bambn. aµmInnbpsS ]cn{iaw I≠v A¸¨sâ D]
tZiw "tamÄ t]mbn Ign¨v ¶mbn«v hm.. F¶n«v
ap¡v _ew tm¡mw..' ]ns¶ AhnsS n¶nÃ,
thKw _p¡psaSp¯v Øncw hfn¨ Nncn ]mkm¡n,
Hcn¡Â Cu aµmInnbpw "henb' tUmIvSÀ Bbn
Xncn¨p hcpsa¶v ]ndp]ndp¯psIm≠v Øew
Imenbm¡n.
Hmtcm¶p ]dªv tcw t]mbXdnªnÃ. Cn
HmÀt¯mbn t]mImw. AhnsSbpw aµmInn BZy
sa¯n ]Xnhpt]mse... ]pdsI bqWnänse B¬Ip«n
Ifpw _m¡n s]¬Ip«nIfpw Hcp Shoulder dislocation
tIkv.F§stbmAXvkw`hn¨p!!!TractionFSp¡m³
aµmInn cwK¯v. bqWnänse B¬Ip«nIsfms¡
"At¿ Chtfm''F¶ a«n tm¡p¶p. Iq«pImcnI
sfms¡ AS¡w ]dªv Dudn¨ncn¡p¶p. ChnsSbpw
mWw sISm³ t]mhmtWm? F¶ a«n Xmlnd
I¿pw Iemihpw ImWn¡p¶p. F¶m C¯hW
aµmInn¡v H¶pw Hcp hnjbaÃ. aµmInn kIe
iànbpsaSp¯v... sImSp¡m³ XpS§n. s]s«¶mWv
AXv kw`hn¨Xv aµmInn sXdn¨p hoWp.
I®p Xpd¶t¸mÄ I¿pw Xncp½n Ictªm≠v nÂ
¡p¶ dqw taäv. "At¿m At¸mÄ Rm³ sImSp¯'....
aµmInn ]ndp]ndp¯psIm≠ncp¶p. At¸mgpw dqw ta
änsâ i_vZw D¨¯n AhnsS apg§ns¡mt≠bn
cp¶p. ""BZyw nsâ Aemds¯ t]Sn¨m aXn
bmbncp¶p. Ct¸mÄ nt¶w t]Sn¡WatÃmþ
Cn o nsâ I«n B aqe¡n«v InSt¶m...
_m¡nbpÅhÀ¡v akam[mt¯msS Dd§Ww...
AhÄsS Hcp.... kz]vw I≠v Fsâ I¿n Nhp«n
]nSn¨m hen¨Xv... ZpjvtS....''
SpXncp½n Xdbn ns¶gpt¶ä aµmInn kabw
tm¡n, IrXyw 7.30þ slm IdIväv kabw. apJ¯v
h¶ PmfyX ad¨v, Xs¶ ¶mIm³ k½Xn¡m¯
kzbta I≠p]nSn¨ MalabsorptionSyndromeþ s ]gn¨v;
Iq«pImcnsb tm¡n, £ans¡So Hcp kz]vw
I≠XtÃ, AXnnt¸mÄ F´m F¶ a«nÂ, H¶pw
kw`hn¡m¯Xpt]mse aµmInn ho≠pw sdUnbm
Im³ XpS§n.

46. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
45Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
harangT

47. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
46 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
Tharang

48. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
47Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...

49. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
48 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
Tharang

50. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
49Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...

51. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
50 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
Sports & Games

52. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
51Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
nsâ ImX-en XoÀ¯ shfp-¸nÂ
Fsâ càw ap¡n Rm³ FgpXn
qdp-tZ-i-§fpw qdm-bncw Bfp-Ifpw
AXn nd-ªmSn
Ah-cpsS Nncn-bn Rm³ kt´m-jn¨p
I®p-oÀ Fs¶ s]mÅn-¨p.
A«-lmkw IÀ®-§sf _[n-c-am¡n
XoPzme I®p-Isf Dcp¡n
Ã-sXm-s¡bpw kwXr-]vXn-X-¶p...
]m]-§Ä hoÀ¸p-ap-«n-¨p..
HSp-hn Aán-ip²n hcp¯n ]pd-¯n-d§n
Ipcn-ip-a-c-W-¯n-mbn
Fsâ ssIIÄ AhÄ apdn¨p
mhp ]ngp-sX-dnªp
Rm³ tXmäp
Fn¡v A`bw nsâ XW-en Bbn.
Xm§mbn Hcp apgw Ibdpw...
""s]cp-amÄ apcp-I³''
aX-cm-j-{Sob Acm-P-I-Xz-§Äs¡-Xnsc
t]mcm-Sn-b Xangv kmln-Xy-Im-cv Hcp Ffnb kaÀ¸-Ww.
Xm]-am-]n-n-bn-Â
nd-bp-t¼mÄ...
ckw

53. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
52 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
tUm. apl½Zv j^oJv sI.
2009 _m¨v
2013Pqsse 6 p tIcfm FIvkv{]kn "ssZh¯nsâ kz´w
m«n n¶v tZh`qanbnte¡v' bm{XXncn¡pt¼mÄ lnameb³
aSn¯«nsâ `wKnbmbncp¶p aÊv ndsb. lnameb¯nsâ hkm{µX,
Imänsâ Hmf§fnenfIp¶ ]pÂtaSpIÄ, PessNXyw ndª KwKbpw
aµmInnbpw AfIµbpw, lna{]`mhnXamb KncnncIfnse XpwKamb Ib
ä§Ä. hÀWNn{XmwewIrXamb IÀjI Krl§fpw, aeIÄ¡nSbn t]mbn
adbp¶ Nhn«Sn ]mXIfpw, ]£nIfpw mm_lpeamb ]q¡fpw ie`§
fpw, AhsbÃmw Hcp I­À Nn{Xw t]mse Fsâ aÊn sXfnªv n¶p.

54. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
53Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
lcnZzmdn n¶pw cp{Z{]bmKnte¡pÅ 7 aWn¡qÀ bm{Xbn B If­À
Nn{Xw Fsâ aÊn n¶pw t]Pgnªv hoWpt]mbn. ]Xnhv amÀK§fnÂ
n¶p amdn Gsd t¢iIchpw ZpÀKahpamb hgnIfneqsSbmbncp¶p bm{X.
]¨bpsS ]e ØmbnIfnepÅ aencIÄ¡v ]Icw apjysâ HSp§m¯
BÀ¯nbm B{Ian¡s¸«v XeIpn¨v Icbp¶ ]ÀÆX§fpsS I®p
oÀ þ KwKbmbn BcpsSsbms¡tbm ]m]§fpsS shfnndw t]dn,
k¦S¯nsâbpw {]Xntj[¯nâbpw nehnfn i_vZ§Ä DbÀ¯n
{`m´p]nSn¨v HgpIpIbmbncp¶p. bm{X¡nSbn I­pap«nb, PohnX¯nse
Hmtcm {]hr¯nbnepw AnÝnXXzw ndªv n¡p¶ Akm[mcW ap
jyÀ aÊns hÃmsX kv]Àin¨p. Zo{]hml¯n GXv kab¯pw
ap§nt¸mImnSbps­¶ A]mbkqNbps­¦nepw, D¯cmJWvUnse
apjyÀ aähnsSbpw t]mImnSanÃm¯Xnm AhcpsS ssZwZn
PohnXw km[mcWt]mse XpScpIbmWv.
2013 Pq¬ 28v AJnte´ym saUn¡Â kÀÆokv skâÀ (Fw.-F-kv.-kn.)
D¯cmJWvUn Zpc´nhmcW {]hÀ¯§Ä Bcw`n¨p. cmPy¯nsâ
hnhn[ `mK§fn n¶mbn tkh k¶²cmb tUmIvSÀamÀ, tgvkp
amÀ, ]mcmsaUn¡Â Ìm^v, aäv {]hÀ¯IÀ saUn¡Â kÀÆokv skâ
dnv th­n D¯cmJWvUn F¯nt¨À¶p. R§Ä tIcf¯n n¶,v
saUn¡Â kÀÆokv skâdnsâ kwØm tIm HmÀUntäÀ tUm. lcn{]
kmZv saUn¡Â hnZymÀ°nbmb Rm³, s]mXp{]hÀ¯Imb s_¶n
tZhky F¶nhÀ Pqsse 9v D¯cmJWvUnse t_kv Iym¼mb cp{Z{]
bmKn F¯nt¨À¶p.
cp{Z{]bmKv PnÃm BØm¯pw ]tamen PnÃbnse _kzUbnepw
Fw.Fkv.kn. t_kv Iym¼pIÄ Xpd¶ncp¶p. AhnsS tI{µoIcn¨v sIm­v
AUzm³kvUv Iym¼pIfpw Bcw`n¨p. Cu Iym¼pIfn n¶v 50Dw 60Dw In-
temaoädpIÄ AIsebpÅ hnhn[ {Kma§fnte¡v samss_Â Iym¼pIfpw
{]hÀ¯n¸n¨p. Unkw_À hscbpÅ ImebfhnpÅn Fw.Fkv.kn.

55. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
54 Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
Zpc´¯nncbmb GXm­v 16,000t¯mfw t]À¡v
272 Iym¼pIfneqsS NnInÕ ÂIn. GItZiw
qtdmfw {Kma§fn {]hÀ¯n¨Xnsâ Ap`h
sas´¶m R§Ä F¯nb {Kma§fn AXnp
ap¼v Bcpw Xs¶ Cu Zpc´¯nv tijw F¯n
bn«nà F¶mWv. AXmbXv Zpc´w S¶v Hcp
amkw ]n¶n«n«pw AXnncbmbhÀ¡v Bizmk-
sa¯n¡phm³ kÀ¡mcnsâ kwhn[m§Ä¡v
Bbn«nà F¶XmWv. D¯cmJWvUnsâ t]cnÂ
hym]Iambn ]Ww ]ncn¨ F³.Pn.H.Isfbpw
AhnsS FhnsSbpw ImWm³ km[n¨nÃ. Nne
kwLSIÄ F¦nepw AhcpsS dneo^v km[
§Ä cp{Z{]bmKn hens¨dnªn«v XncnsI
t]mIp¶ ImgvNbmWv I­Xv.
Zpc´nhmcW {]hÀ¯§Ä¡nSbn tcn«
Gähpw henb hnLvw KXmKX kuIcyanÃmbv-
abmbncp¶p. AcaWn¡qÀ bm{X th­nS¯v 4Dw,
Iym¼v taJebn AS¡w nch[n Øe§fnÂ
Fw.Fkv.kn. S¯nbn«pÅ {]hÀ¯§fpsS
Ap`hk¼¯v ChnsS {]tbmPIcambn.
Zpc´nhmcW {]hÀ¯§fpsS GtIm]hpw
kwLmShpw Bscbpw AXnibn¸n¡p¶ nebn
epÅXmbncp¶p. {]tZihmknIfmb à apjy-
sc Is­¯pIbpw AhcpsS ap³ssI¿n {]h
À¯§Ä Bkq{XWw sN¿pIbpambncp¶p.
_kv I­IvSÀamÀ apXÂ kvIqÄ A²ym]
IÀ hsc Cu {]hÀ¯§fn BgvNItfmfw
eoshSp¯v ]s¦Sp¯p. If¦clnXamb kvt
l¯nsâ hmSm¯ Xfncne kq£n¡p¶ Hckm[m
cW Phn`mKs¯ R§Ä¡v AhnsS ImWm³
Ignªp. FÃm Znhkhpw Iym¼n tbmKw
tNÀ¶v A¶¶s¯ {]hÀ¯§Ä hnebncp
¯pIbpw ASp¯ Znhks¯ {]hÀ¯§Ä
Xocpamn¡pIbpw sNbvXp. C´ybpsS hnhn[
5Dw aWn¡qÀ bm{X th­n h¶p. tdmUpIÄ
]eXpw ]mtS XIÀ¶pt]mbn. St¶m aeIb
dntbm aäv amÀ¤§fneqsStbm BWv AXv
t]mepÅ Øe§fn F¯ns¸«Xpw AhnSps¯
tcmKnIsf kwc£n¨Xpw. Zpc´¯n FÃpIÄ
HSnªhtcm, kÔnØmw sXänbhtcm Bb
hÀ¡v t]mepw NnInÕ e`n¨Xv R§Ä Ahsc
Is­¯nbXnv tijamWv. hbdnf¡w h¶v nÀ
ÖeoIcWw kw`hn¨v acW¯nsâ h¡nÂ
F¯nb Hcmsf Fw.Fkv.kn.bpsS {]hÀ¯IÀ
c­caWn¡qÀ aeIbdn F¯n c£n¨p. nch[n
bmb CXpt]mepÅ {]hÀ¯§Ä hgn saUn
¡Â kÀÆokv skâÀ Bbnc¡W¡nv Bfp
Isf NnInÕn¡pIbpw qdpIW¡nv BfpI
fpsS Poh³ c£n¡pIbpw sNbvXp. KpPdm¯n
kwØm§fn n¶v h¶ tUmIvSÀamcpw aäv
BtcmKy{]hÀ¯Icpamb Fw.Fkv.kn.bpsS `S
·mÀ HäatÊmsS {]hÀ¯n¨p. apjykvt
l¯nsâ DZm¯amb Hcp _Ôw AhscsbÃmw
tNÀ¯v nÀ¯n.
C¯c¯nepÅ ZpcnXmizmk {]hÀ¯w PohnX-
¯nse BZymp`hambncp¶p. Cu {]hÀ¯w
Fs¶ kÀÆmÀ°¯nepw ]pXnsbmcmfm¡n amän.
saUn¡Â kÀÆokv skâÀ F¶ kwLSsb
IqSpX ASp¯dnbphmpw Cu {]hÀ¯§Ä
klmbn¨p. Fw.Fkv.kn.bpsS {]hÀ¯IcpsS
nkzmÀ°amb {]hÀ¯coXn Fs¶ AÛpX-
s¸Sp¯n. Hcp ]cn`hhpanÃmsX F{X Bbmks¸«
tPmenbpw AhÀ kt´mjt¯msS GsäSp¯p.
aäpÅhÀ¡v th­n C{X Bµt¯msS ITnm

56. C o l l e g e M a g a z i n e 2 0 1 3 - 1 4
55Amygdala
a-Êp- Xp-d-¡p-¶p...
²zmw sN¿p¶ BfpIsf Rm³ BZyambn ]cn
Nbs¸SpIbmbncp¶p. IntemaoädpItfmfw sN¦
¯mb Ibä§Ä S¶v Ibdn AhÀ Xe¨paSmbn
acp¶pIÄ F¯n¨p.
Pqsse 16þmw XobXn ]Xnmbnc§Ä Cu apjy
nÀ½nX {]IrXn Zpc´¯nv Ccbmbn«v 30 Znhk
§Ä Ignªp. Ct¶ Znhkw acn¨hcpsS HmÀabv
¡mbn Fw.Fkv.kn. "{i²mRvPen' kwLSn¸n¨p.
Xm¡menIambnsI«nbp­m¡nbkvarXnaWvU
]¯n qdpIW¡np BfpIÄ ndI®pI
tfmsS ]pjv]§fÀ¸n¨p. AhcpsS I®ocnsâ
Hgp¡v XSbm³ apjynÀ½nX AWs¡«pIÄ
¡mhnsÃt¶mÀ¯t¸mÄ sXsÃm¶v Bizmkw
tXm¶n. AhcpsS hnja§sfsb¦nepw XSbWI
fnÃmsX Hgp¡n¡fbs«. I¯n¨ sagpIpXncnbp
ambn kmbmÓ¯n S¶ {]Z£nW¯nepw qdp
IW¡nv BfpIÄ ]s¦Sp¯p. Fw.Fkv.kn.
¯n Xs¶ hmÀ²Iy¯nsâ ]nSnbneacp¶ ]mh
s¸« P§Ä. lrZbt`ZIamb ImgvNbmWv AXv.
t]mjImlmc¡pdhv sIm­v odp¶ Hcp kaqlw.
hnIv Icnbpw sNdnb IÃpIfpw `£n¡p¶ ioe
apÅ ao F¶ kv{XotbmSv IqSpXÂ tNmZn
¨t¸mÄ AhÀ ÂInb adp]Sn R§sf
sR«n¨p. a®pw sNdnb IÃpIfpw hndIv I¯n¨
Icnbpw sNfnbpw tNm¡pw t]¸À IjW§fpw
Ign¡p¶ ioew AhnSps¯ _lp`qcn]£w
kv{XoIfnepap­s{X. icoc¯n Ccp¼nsâ Ipd
hpwt]mjIAk´penXmhØbpwkrjvSn¡p¶
B{^n¡bpsS Zcn{Z cmjv{S§fn ImWp¶
"Pntbmt^Pnb' F¶ AhØ ½psS cmPys¯
D¯cmJWvUn hym]IamWs{X. BZys¯
KÀ`[mcW kab¯mWv Cu ioew D¯cm-
JWvUnse {koIfn Bcw`w Ipdn¡p¶Xv.
AXmbXv t]mjImlmcw Gähpw Bhiys¸Sp¶
kµÀ`¯n t]mepw AXv e`n¡msX hcpt¼mÄ
bpsS tXrXz¯n S¶ ApkvacW NS§nÂ
P§Ä sshImcnIambn AWnnc¶Xv AhnsS
S¯nhcp¶ Bizmk{]hÀ¯§Ä hgn
Fw.Fkv.kn. P§fpsS lrZbt¯mSv F{XtaÂ
CgpIn tNÀ¶p F¶Xnsâ hyàamb sXfnhmbn.
Zpc´w k½mn¨ BtcmKy{]iv§tf¡mÄ
R§sf Sp¡nbXv D¯cmJWvUv F¶ tZh
`qanbnse km[mcW P§fpsS s]mXphmb
BtcmKynebmWv. t]mjImlmc¡pdhpw hnfÀ
¨bpw tcmK§fpw _m[n¡m¯ Bcpw Xs¶bp­
mbncp¶nÃ. kzmX{´y¯nsâ Bdc ]Xnäm­p
IÄ ]qÀ¯nbm¡nb cmPys¯ FÃpwtXmep
amb km[mcW P§Ä. hmÀ²Iy¯nsâ e£
W§fpambn ap¼n h¶ncp¶ Hcp kv{XotbmSv
{]mbw tNmZn¨t¸mÄ 30 F¶mWv ]dªXv. buh
`mcX¯nse kv{XoIÄ IÃpw a®pw Xn¶p¶p.
cmPyw hnIkn¡pI Xs¶bmWv.
mepamkw KÀ`nWnbmb Hcp kv{Xo R§fpsS
ap¼n h¶ncp¶p. cà¡pdhv ImcWw I®p
Ifnse Nph¸v amªv t]mbncn¡p¶p. Hcp Ipªn
sâ `mcw hln¡mpÅ {XmWn B icoc¯nnÃ.
tcmKhnhcw Bcmªt¸mÄ e`n¨ {]XnIcWw
hfsc thZbpfhm¡n. {]kh¯n Ip«nsb
e`n¨m `mKysa¶v ]dbmw. amXmhv PohtmsS
Ahtijn¨m AXntesd `mKyw. A½ acn¨nsÃ
¦n Ipªns Im¡m³ A½ ImWpw. AsÃ
¦n Bcpap­mhnÃ. hfsc nÊwKXtbmsS
bmWv AhcnXv ]dbp¶Xv. `mcXkv{XoXz¯nsâ
{]XoIw!! Ahsc tm¡mpÅ ½psS m«nse
{]mYanImtcmKy tI{µ¯nsâ kuIcyw t]mepan
hnTIv Icnbpw sNdnb IÃpIfpw
`£n¡p¶ ioeapÅ ao F¶
kv{XotbmSv IqSpXÂ tNmZn¨t¸mÄ
AhÀ ÂInb adp]Sn R§sf
sR«n¨p. a®pw sNdnb IÃpIfpw hndIv
I¯n¨ Icnbpw sNfnbpw tNm¡pw t]¸À
IjW§fpw Ign¡p¶ ioew AhnSps¯
_lp`qcn]£w kv{XoIfnepap≠­s{X.