Must read article written by Dr.Sudhir Shah for all the students who are staying in hostel for their study and staying away from home town and for those couples staying in USA-UK -in couple and away from India-Ma tuje sallam...... add your views too as at the end it will be published in media with your name at your views-write me to shahsudhir@yahoo.com

1. Home Sickness - How to Overcome
Dr.Sudhir R.Shah
In every ones life a day always come when we feel home sick- we
feel to be a way from family members and seek their company. It
happens more frequently when you are staying far away from
family- for a student in hostel or for a couple staying in a strange
town away from family members .I have experienced both
situation .The first when I was studying in Medical college at
Ahmedabad for long 7 years from year 1973 to 1980. The Second at
present at Rajkot.
Now the question is how to overcome the situation and remain
happy. Over the experience I have got the following conclusions.
1. Be in a company of friends and colleagues. That will keep you
away from loneliness feelings. Make some very good friends
and do not expect anything from them-instead help them in
all the ways. That helps you to make good friends and long
lasting friendship. Smaller events with friends are to be
forgotten rather then to remember all the time. Friends are
the family members of your own choice.
2. Always remain in contact with your Parents –call parents once
in a day or once in 2 days. Thanks to the newer faster
,cheaper and easy way of communication by mobiles in
present days. That will be very helpful to you in boosting up
your spirit to read or to work at office and at home. Share all
your feelings with them. By doing this Both the party on either
side become very happy. Happiness is far more then the
money spent for that call. So do that.
3. Next comes the close family members. It is also better to call
them and talk with them once in a month to share your
feelings and to get the feelings of a member of large family.
Do it even if they do not care to call you –because you are
doing that for your own happiness. Call only those who are

2. having positive attitudes and thoughts. Avoid calling
depressive personalities.
4. Cultivate some good habit of sports-reading-making new
things on computer-net-etc
5. Try to learn some new things away from your profession like
web designing-photography-making food dishes etc ---- will
keep you very happy
6. Be a good planner of the life by week to week-Month to month
and year to year. This will make your life exciting.
7. Think high about you and never say any one that you are not
doing well – in study or in job etc. except your parents---cos
others have a habit to zoom the problems and to broadcast it.
8. Live a disciplined and king size life . The best time in the life
is when you are going to office in a car and you are alone-
You can sing a song-which you like all time- very loudly-cos
you are the singer and you are the listener. This will decrease
extra adrenalin from your brain and will relax you. The second
way to do it –is to curse loudly to the person you hate a lot.
Speak all wrong things for him-her loudly and that will
decrease your stress and will make you relax.( reference-
movie Jab we met—Karina makes a call to her ex BF and
speaks all wrong things )
9. Never do a thing which hurts your own feeling and give you a
guilty feelings
10.Always do prayer to God –before you go to sleep and ask the
God to forgive you for any wrong thing you have done knowingly
or un knowingly. HE always forgive and makes you relax and
bring the deep sleep easily.
These are my views –Add some of your own views and send back to me- Article to
be published in leading news paper so your views will be covered under your name
only-so write to me at e mail(shahsudhir@yahoo.com)
Dr.Sudhir R.Shah –Rajkot-Gujarat-India