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A world between Ganpati bappa and sanitizer!!

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"Find the dumbest man on earth", Akbar ordered Birbal. Birbal wondered how but went out on this search. He searched and searched. At night he found a man searching for something under a light near his hut. He asked the man what he was searching and the man replied that he was searching for a ring. Birbal asked,"When did it Fall?" He replied,"While I was in the jungle." "That is funny."Birbal said,"You should look for the ring in the jungle." The man told him something which made Birbal realize that this was the dumbest man on earth. He had said, "BUT THERE IS NO LIGHT IN THE JUNGLE!"                  This was a story that Dr Abhay Bang used to always tell. Work where it is actually needed and not where the facilities are available. This had struck a right chord in my heart and I always longed to work as a health proffesional in the rural areas. However after 6 months of working in Gadhchiroli I had to come back to Mumbai....

Dolce far niente

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                                                       LONG BLOG ALERT !!! It is 1:43 a.m and I am filled with immense energy and creativity. I just came home at 12 a.m from an amazing night filled with music and great vibe. I had hosted a gathering where there were 2 singers and composers and a poet. Manuka with her honesty felt very relatable. Bhupendra had amazingly powerful poetry to share on feminism, religion and looking at oneself. Mayur's song stirred crazy emotions and Sunder with his violin mesmerized everyone. So why will I not have the urge to create something after being in company of such vibrant people? That day Satish mama had come for lunch and he casually asked me like everyone generally asks, "So Rucha What are you doing these days ?". I replied with a equally casual, "Nothing." Then we just had lunch and debated on polit...