the hand of "god"

THE HAND OF THE GESTAPO

I

i got selected for the md course in physiology based on my performance in the pg entrance examination of the corresponding year - based on relative merit i would say, for physiology is not, or was not, a coveted discipline in this place at least and so there is not much of competition. all the same you have to find a place in the selection list; and even after all those years in the wilderness i was able to off hand ensure that my name is in the list - there were many who were washed out.

i was then working in td medical college alleppey and i took one day's casual leave and paid a visit to trivandrum ( replenished my stock of alcohol from the csd canteen) and met the then dme. the lady (who had the misfortune of a character like me sitting in her class) consulted her staff on the matter and assured that i will be accommodated as lecturer trainee as per the existing rules. the charm of the lecturere trainee appointment is that one can work as lecturer and draw the salary and simultaneously do the postgraduation!

on the basis of this verbal assurance from the Director of Medical Education, Kerala (DME) i joined the M.D., course in the Department of Physiology of Medical College, Trivandrum in May 1995. the dme's office in the same complex as the medical college and i used to meet the DME frequently in her office in order to expedite my appointment as lecturer trainee. initially the DME's response was that as soon as a vacancy comes i will be given the appointment.

however after a couple of months waiting the dme had a change of mind and one day told me bluntly "i dont think you will get the appointment" - those were the exact words used.

this was a bolt from the blue for it meant that i will have to forego the privilege available to all serving lecturers who get admission on their own in the discipline they are teaching of simultaneously doing the pg course and working as a lecturer and earning a salary.

with my precarious financial position the only choice available to me would have been to discontinue the course and rejoin duty as lecturer in td medical college alleppey of course with a break in service and the associated bit of embarrassment.

however i did not loose heart and made a representation in person to the then health secretary. convinced of my claim, the secretary was magnanimous enough to waive the orders of the dme and directed that i be appointed as lecturer trainee.

i am not aware of any specific reason for the dme' change of mind on the matter of my appointment. no new rules were introduced in the intervening period and again the fact that the secretary health did issue the orders and as a result i ultimately got the appointment makes it obvious that i was being rough shod over by the dme.

perhaps the dme had her own compulsions. she was extremely nice to me initially and i remember her telling me that i can call her on her personal phone. and i still have a clear picture memory of the meeting with the dme on that fateful day. she conveyed her shocking decision to me and then never looked up at me after that but was going on scribbling something. i waited for some time and then got up and quietly walked out.

what made the dme change her mind ?
the hand of "god" ?


II

The confidential report on me for the year 1995, my first year as trainee lecturer in medical college trivandrum by the head of the department (HOD) of physiology, was a flattering one. There in, the HOD commended me for my exemplary conduct and punctuality in all matters, praised my extraordinary proficiency in understanding new and difficult matters, resourcefulness and originality in giving suggestions and pursuing them constructively, ability to get systematically to the root of the problems and for my consistently sound and well balanced judgement. Above all the HOD specifically mentioned my keen interest in improving the standard of the practical classes.

the very same HOD in the next year gave me an advrese report and recommended that i be given behavioural therapy.

how come a middle aged male made such a sudden transition ? i have not heard of a male climacteric; have you?! then what could be the reason for the sudden reversal of the HOD's report?

the hand of "god" again?


III

i challenged the adverse remarks. the authorities were adamant and the result was a series of litigations in the kerala high court. the first writ petition on the matter was decided in my favour.

from the second petition onwards i myself was pleading the cases for the simple reason i could not have afforded the lawyer's fees. i know it is a professional's field but i did not have much of a choice there. the second petition was decided in my favour on my own pleading.

i got the third petition admitted on my own steam. the judge fixed the hearing for saturday, 25 septemeber 2004 and even told me that i could come in the afternoon and that though 25.9.04 was a saturday, the court was going to be in session.

but when i reached the court in the morning itself on 25.9.04 i was told that the case has been heard on 24.9.04 the previous day! as far as my information goes such a change of the dates that is preponing to the previous day and without informing the party concerned is unheard of.

and it is not that the petitioner was not there and so the hearing was postponed - it looks the concerned people were in a hurry and things did happen on that day for sure. the case was sent to the chief justice which for all practical purposes was the end of the petition as far as i am concerned.

the fact of the matter is that the preponing was a carefully manipulated dirty trick aimed to ensure that the i was not present in the court at the time of the hearing so that the opposite party can get away with whatever nonsense they had to, unopposed.

obviously when i was told that the case was to be heard on 25, the presiding judge was not aware of this later turn of events. that means some power had intervened at a later stage and manipulated things.

what or who could that power be ?
the hand of god ?

well, no; not the hand of god ( i do NOT believe in god; if you ask me, i would say that god is man's best invention - i said invention and not discovery.) if not the hand of god, then whose hand is it ? here is the answer:

the power that intervened in all the three cases was
the hand of the gestapo.

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petition under article 32 beta episode00

petition under article 32
beta version

episode 00 PERSON, THE

The petitioner is a citizen of india by birth and domicile; a law abiding citizen at that, he never had any skirmishes with the law of the land, not even a case of traffic violation in his name, till date.

Over and above a first class degree in biological sciences, he has an MBBS degree from the kerala university and is a registered medical practitioner in modern medicine with permanent registration with the medical council.

The petitioner retired from Kerala Government Service on 30 April 2005 on superannuation at the age of 55 years. At the time of retirement the petitioner was holding the appointment of Lecturer in the Department of Physiology of Medical College Trivandrum.

Prior to his joining the Kerala Government Service the petitioner has served in the Indian Army as a short service commissioned officer from 23 march 1982 to 22 june 1992. The initial five years of his army service was in the rank of a captain and in the the latter five years, the petitioner was holding the rank of a major in the Army Medical Corps (AMC).

The petitioner was given an appointment as Lecturer in Physiology in the Medical Education Service of the Hon'ble Government of Kerala in 1983, after being duly selected for the above post by the Kerala Public Service Commission. The petitioner, who by then was in service in the indian army, was granted extension of joining time by the Kerala Government till the time of his release from the army for joining duty as lecturer as per the above appointment.

The petitioner left his ancestral home for good way back in 1975, and ever since, has been living alone. He has no family, was never married, and during the last thirty two years, he has faced every one of the terrible ordeals of his eventful life all alone, without any help whatsoever from any kith or kin.

The petitioner is not a member of any organization, political, religious or other wise, and has no leanings towards any groups, political parties or ideologies. He is a non-believer and do not worship any deity. The petitioner does not believe in preaching and is a very private person who believes in minding his own business.

Being homeless, the petitioner, ever since his release from the army in 1992, has been living in rented houses, and all through has been managing every thing, including the household chores, on his own. In the course of the last fifteen years the petitioner has lived initially in Chennai in Tamil Nadu for one year and Alleppey in Kerala for the next two years.

In the context of the later happenings, the petitioner would like to point out tht there were no untoward incidents of any sort involving the petitioner while he was residing in Chennai or in Alleppey.

On release from the army after successful completion of the contractual period of ten years, the petitioner joined duty as Lecturer in the Dept. of Physiology of T.D.Medical College, Alleppy in August 1993. The petitioner spent an enjoyable and most rewarding period of nearly two years teaching Human Physiology, both theory and practicals, to the first M.B.,B.S., students of T.D.Medical College, Alleppy. During this period the petitioner was actively involved in all aspects of teaching including lectures and demonstrations as well as setting up of question papers, conduct of examinations and even evaluation of the answer papers, and the petitioner had performed all the duties entrusted to him to the entire satisfaction of his superiors.

Spurred on by his successes in Alleppey which acted as a morale booster for the petitioner who was a novice at teaching, the petitioner made efforts to update his knowledge in human Physiology, a field of science that is making tremendous strides almost daily, in order to be able do better justice to his students.

Based on his performance at the entrance examination for post graduate courses in the medical colleges in Kerala, the petitioner managed to get selection for the M.D., degree course in Physiology. On the basis of a verbal assurance from the then Director of Medical Education, Kerala (DME) that the petitioner was eligible for appointment as lecturer trainee in Physiology, he joined the M.D., course in the Department of Physiology of Medical College, Trivandrum in May 1995. The path was now open for the petitioner to go ahead and complete the postgraduate course which would have brought him almost immediate promotion to the next grade and brightened the petitioner's prospects.

After joining the course the petitioner started his work in right earnest from the very beginning and had some remarkable successes to begin with. The project mooted by the petitioner for the M.D., thesis work with the kind guidance of a research professor in a neighbouring institution was approved by two reviewing bodies of the Hon'ble Government of Kerala after scrutiny by experts in the field. The Science Technology and Environment Committee of the Hon'ble Government of Kerala was kind enough to award a research grant of rupees twenty five thousand to the petitioner for the above project. As far as the petitioner's information goes, this is the first time a postgraduate student in the department of physiology of medical college trivandrum was awarded such a grant.

The confidential report on the petitioner for the year 1995, his first year as trainee lecturer in medical college trivandrum by the head of the department (HOD) of physiology, was a flattering one. There in, the HOD commended the petitioner for his exemplary conduct and punctuality in all matters, praised his extraordinary proficiency in understanding new and difficult matters, his resourcefulness and originality in giving suggestions and pursuing them constructively and the petitioner's ability to get systematically to the root of the problems and for his consistently sound and well balanced judgement. Above all the HOD specifically mentioned the petitioner's keen interest in improving the standard of the practical classes.

When, for once, after ages, the question of revamping the practical records in physiology for the first MBBS course came up, the work on one of the two records, the one in experimental physiology, was entrusted to the petitioner who was one of the least experienced of all the lecturers in the department. And the HOD appreciated the result.

(to be continued)

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ADDENDUM

you might be wondering why i am putting it all on the net? well, there is a very good reason. my personal home computer has been made into a client of the gestapo's net work and whatever i am doing on my puter is known to the spies. so rather than restrict it to the enemy party, i thought i might as well make it public.

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PNG vs. TVM

compare and contrast PNG and TVM

COMPARISON

recently, people in PNG decided to bury certain humans alive the intelligentsia in TVM also decided to bury a human being alive; that was long back.

CONTRAST

my sources tell me that PNG has already done it; and according to a witness one of the Homo sapiens being buried was crying out "mamma" as earth was being shovelled on to him in the burial pit.

however in TVM, they have not yet done it; the intelligentsia of TVM has decided that the fellow's mother should have the privilege of doing the honours of shovelling the earth.

and now comes the most pertinent information: if the mother is not able to do her duty due to debility (she will have to produce a certificate to this effect from one of the head shrinks of thiruvananthapuram ), she can authorise some one else on her behalf.

so why dont you try, and be the NoK ? the reward INR 200,000 is idling in the additional sub treasury vanchiyoor for about two years now! hurry up.

GRANDIOSE DELUSIONS

mean while the fellow who is to be buried is having a nice time shooting pBirds and his friend thatichi pathu is getting fatter feeding on the birdy's body.

not only that, the B&**^# B@&&$% recently publicly declared that he is going to approach the supreme court with a petition under article 32 and get the indian gestapo fixed ! typical grandiose delusions, no wonder.

the jocker says that he is on the job drafting the petition and is going to publish the petition in parts, "khandasha" that is serialise it, on his blog. the first episode is to be published within a couple of days he says. must make interesting reading, i am sure.

"by the way, TVM is short for thiruvananthapuram (trivandrum of yonder years); but what is PNG ?"

"oh, PNG ?
PNG is an isotope of phosphorus."

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