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@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ First Edition April 2013 \\
 \mainmatter
 
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 \chapter{ഓര്‍മ്മയിലെ ജിനേഷ്}
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@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ First Edition April 2013 \\
 
 % Blog Posts
 \chapter{Blog Posts}
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@@ -162,7 +163,8 @@ First Edition April 2013 \\
 %--------------------
 % Articles published in Malayal.am
 \chapter{മലയാളം ഇന്റര്‍നെറ്റ് വാര്‍ത്താ\\ \hspace*{2.3em}പോര്‍ട്ടലില്‍ നിന്നും}
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@@ -193,7 +195,8 @@ First Edition April 2013 \\
 
 % Hospital Logs
 \chapter{Hospital Logs}
-\pagestyle{empty}	% don't print page header on new chapter
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diff --git a/blog1.tex b/blog1.tex
index e4708c8..ac3e364 100644
--- a/blog1.tex
+++ b/blog1.tex
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 \secstar{Hospital Log 1}
 \vskip 2pt
 \begin{english}
-On Monday, the 4\textsuperscript{th} of October, I got diagnosed with a case of Acute Lymphoblastic Luckhemia 
+On Monday, the 4\textsuperscript{th} of October, I got diagnosed with a case of Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia 
 (I didn't know it till Thursday). After 12 days, I find myself in one of the best places in
- India for haematology related treatments and am sitting in a room worth Rupees 2k a day
+ India for hematology related treatments and am sitting in a room worth Rupees 2k a day
  with AC/TV/attached, bath/nurses on call and to top it, complete room service.
 
 The words and worries of others who love us and still not having the slightest idea of
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Everyone tells us not to feel depressed or sad or moody. Treatment is difficult,
 will turn your physiology upside down for sometime. It does cost a lot and some 
 estimates put it at as much as 20 lakhs. But actually in mind, I am relieved. Why? May 
 be it is because of the mentality of the scientist inside me who doesn't like unknown variables. I loved
-it when I was diagnosed with Lukhemia. I at least have a diagnosis. I should say I 
+it when I was diagnosed with Leukemia. I at least have a diagnosis. I should say I 
 felt like Dr.Gregory House in House M.D. To be frank, I didn't even stop to think whether
 it is life threatening or not, I was so happy that I had a diagnosable issue which was 
 creating all that stupid or weird pains on my thighs, legs and my general loss of appetite.
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ to understand where you were losing your ground.
 
 Interestingly enough, that does give a positive approach to the whole thing. I have nothing to be 
 concerned about, except may be financials, Which I am quite sure is a waste of time. I can have 
-concerns on how bad my lukhemia is, but the again that is another waste of time once you decide
+concerns on how bad my leukemia is, but the again that is another waste of time once you decide
 to go for treatment. Concern on how I would complete my MS will be my last since, if treatment
 works, I will get enough time to go for finishing the studies. If my ALL is life threatening
 and I am not responding well, there is no point in thinking about that.
@@ -101,13 +101,13 @@ as it bothers everyone else.
 
 \subsection*{Question of "getting impatient about the details"} 
 
-Everyone wants to know what kind of lukhemia it is that I have. What I know is that it is just Acute 
-Lymphoblastic Lukhemia. Then they want to know whether it is life threatening or not. I do believe 
+Everyone wants to know what kind of leukemia it is that I have. What I know is that it is just Acute 
+Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Then they want to know whether it is life threatening or not. I do believe 
 it is. Then next question is about the stage and I don't know which stage it is in. I don't really know 
-how lukhemias are staged. I guess they are not staged as per time, but according to the types. 
+how leukemia are staged. I guess they are not staged as per time, but according to the types. 
 Some of them make genetic mutation and there is ALL with genetic mutation, which is somewhat 
 dangerous. I do have one with a genetic mutation. But I am not an expert on what it is and 
-how it is. People think diagnosing lukhemia, its types, then understanding details is like 
+how it is. People think diagnosing leukemia, its types, then understanding details is like 
 diagnosing a normal blunt wound or common cold. It is not. There is a larger scientific process 
 involved and there is no point in getting impatient. But interestingly, only me, who is not 
 supposed to understand it, understands this detail.
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ my systems. There is no strict code of conduct when you work on situations like
 as you see results. The entire idea of protocol for 2 years will be the same. However, in the case of medicines, it might not be so. Only for 
 generic cases does it remain the same. 
 
-I don't really know, but I think genetic mutations don't happen as per lamarkian principles but on darwin's 
-theories (there was a recent news on lamarkian effects of genes too, haven't read that in detail). 
+I don't really know, but I think genetic mutations don't happen as per Lamarkian principles but on Darwin's 
+theories (there was a recent news on Lamarkian effects of genes too, haven't read that in detail). 
 So, if I had this problem, I guess it was there for the last 24 years (not sure, will ask my doctor 
 to confirm). It is not a disease outside my body but a change in my system from the normal being. My 
 body is built to have this mutation and it will be difficult to make it believe it is not. It 
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ word cure might not even be appropriate in case of cancer since we are not sure
 or breaking :)
 
 The way to obtaining results is always through continuous aggression of experiments and thoughts. Keeping 
-up to date is always a big part of it. Where I was lagging for sometime, now I am keeping upto date. 
+up to date is always a big part of it. Where I was lagging for sometime, now I am keeping up to date. 
 As my professor pointed out a week before I left for treatment, I needed to increase my reading. 
 These six or so months are a good chance for that. 
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ I understand is, you can never avoid it. Starting of a treatment doesn't guarant
 It just means that the beginning of the treatment is the same. It is easy for me to understand this since, 
 datasets don't change for experiments. For entirely different experiments, we can use the same datasets, 
 may be with different annotations or labels. There will be ambiguities and half answers, 
-like "it is ALL and no idea which type". People don't understand that diagnosing from lukhemia to 
+like "it is ALL and no idea which type". People don't understand that diagnosing from leukemia to 
 the farthest details of its reach is a big process. There is no direct answer for patients' queries 
 like "How bad am I?". It depends. Something can be predicted but not everything. The treatment is not 
 straight forward and it is a little scary, but what to do, our whole life is like that. At least do it 
diff --git a/blog2.tex b/blog2.tex
index 77ef70c..524fea5 100644
--- a/blog2.tex
+++ b/blog2.tex
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ in the danger of keeping me out of other activities.
 During the last few days, I had a large set of visitors. Apart from my father's brothers,
 my aunt and uncle also visited. They were here for a day. Then two friends from IIIT 
 came with news, books and a lot more. Two more are coming on Wednesday. My cousin visited 
-twice. Two friends from kuttippuram came. Everyone wants to see the sick and 
+twice. Two friends from Kuttippuram came. Everyone wants to see the sick and 
 show their moral support, while I'm more interested in poaching for their blood and 
 platelets :) 
 
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ have access to the so called geeky hacker community for having a niche of my wor
 language computing and being a avid fan and user of GNU/Linux. Though not much active for the past 
 few years, I do have my presence in the Indian Free Software community, courtesy of friends I made in 
 due course. I still involve so much in the activities of a free software group I revived back in 
-college in keeping it active. I would say I have a good friend in the journalist community who, whole
-heartedly, provides me access, knowledge and space for my thoughts and perspectives.  
+college in keeping it active. I would say I have a good friend in the journalist community who, wholeheartedly, provides me access, knowledge and space for my thoughts and perspectives.  
 
 
 All these gives me access to a varied set of friends and community of people who are all, I say, 
@@ -86,7 +85,7 @@ in an aided Malayalam medium school and there I have a lot friends who are eithe
 or managed to lift themselves up from the poverty they had, through hard work (only handful of my 
 primary friends managed to get through SSLC. Although most of my classmates were Muslims, I don't 
 remember any of them getting through). Most of my female primary classmates were married by the time 
-I finished my 12\textsuperscript{th}. Very few of them even thought about studying till 10th. Even on the male side, 
+I finished my 12\textsuperscript{th}. Very few of them even thought about studying till 10\textsuperscript{th}. Even on the male side, 
 very few were interested in studies. So, for a class topping studious guy, I was more than a friend 
 to them. More like I was someone to most of them to tell their children that we were in the same school :) Still 
 I meet them occasionally (we don't cross paths much as I visit my village only once in a while 
@@ -143,7 +142,7 @@ unexpected situations and different kinds of people. On top,
 my philosophy of changing the numbers of life according to the numbers I get might have helped me. I 
 expect ambiguity, abnormality and interestingly on top, a pattern in life. I do think and try to
 understand about society and life at large. My little access to different circles of people gives 
-me food for thought too. It also gives me experience in the so called etiquettes of different 
+me food for thought too. It also gives me experience in the so called etiquette of different 
 groups of people. I get a chance to observe by being a part of the society, and be aware of what society 
 is capable of. 
 
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ made sure that the details of money were correct and kept out equation wherever
 
 There is enough and even more family troubles and issues in each of the atomic families. However, usually any 
 big issues are put forward to something like a family meeting and I should say everyone is made 
-to participate in that. Plus, they gather for onam, vishu, different poojas and other festivities 
+to participate in that. Plus, they gather for Onam, Vishu, different poojas and other festivities 
 every year. On top of their participation, they make sure people who can participate from next
 generation is sure available and is on the scene. The sense of being a part of the family and all these 
 people are our own (they are not cousins but brothers and sisters) is something they like us to
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ them think alike. There used to be huge debates on any issue with people having
 thoroughly debated out. Head of the family takes the decision in the end. May be this level of
 involvement due to the diversity of opinions might be creating a chance of discussing out all 
 possibilities of a problem. The kind of rationality obtained when things are debated well to 
-understand its different perspectives. This is not to say that they are modernists or reformings, but instead, most 
+understand its different perspectives. This is not to say that they are modernists or reforming, but instead, most 
 of them are believers with different political mentalities and have kind of orthodox views in 
 social relations. But, I should say, they understand change, they resist when I grow my hair or 
 decide to make a choice to go into research and academics than the money spinning IT Galore. 
@@ -234,7 +233,7 @@ thing to do is understand the system, keep it out of you but be inside it. Here
 large systems of society (friends and family). I managed to be a part of the system, at the same time 
 kind of out of its reach. I tried to learn the system, using it to increase my leverage when I needed to have 
 an interaction or when I come to loggerheads. I am not interested in, or believe in direct
-confrontations. Very rarely do I end up in one. I like to manoeuvre through the system without 
+confrontations. Very rarely do I end up in one. I like to maneuver through the system without 
 alerting it. I think I did it right so far. :) If I publish this as it is, it might make a difficult 
 and awkward situation, but then life is not always what you want. :)
 \end{english}
diff --git a/blog3.tex b/blog3.tex
index 8e53ffc..a63c55f 100644
--- a/blog3.tex
+++ b/blog3.tex
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ was over on Thursday and by Monday, my counts started to increase. Doctors were
 progress, so they decided to discharge me temporarily for a week. Voila! I was out of hospital after a month. 
 
 I was getting out of a room (a floor I should say) after a month. For 2 days I was in a 2\textsuperscript{nd} floor ward and from 
-the third day onwards in a room on 8th floor of a building. At times I was free to roam around the floor corridors 
+the third day onwards in a room on 8\textsuperscript{th} floor of a building. At times I was free to roam around the floor corridors 
 and I was allowed to look through the windows and gaze at the people and the rush outside. But I did not literally 
-get out of a building for one month. To be specific, from 7th October to 8th November. But the problem was, I didn't 
+get out of a building for one month. To be specific, from 7\textsuperscript{th} October to 8\textsuperscript{th} November. But the problem was, I didn't 
 feel it. I did not have any problem being in a room for a month with my father. I did not feel happy or special to 
 get out of that room. 
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Playstation/Internet/armchair/beanbag generation (though I never owned a gaming
 world is there on my finger tips and I like to get out of it whenever I pleased to do so. I like the power to switch off 
 or log off from others. Being alone is not a problem as long as I am sure I can connect back to the world. But unlike 
 others in this generation, my twitter/facebook usage is very minimal. I might have tweeted some 200 times so far 
-and get on facebook only once in a week. Itis nothing like "I don't want/like facebook or twitter". Basically, I use 
+and get on facebook only once in a week. It is nothing like "I don't want/like facebook or twitter". Basically, I use 
 twitter/buzz to update my status or give out news and very rarely do I get something to update :) About facebook, 
 huge volume of information just scares me! I use it once in a while to check on my friends, check their trip pictures, 
 status, etc., but not on the level of reading everything on the wall. But I do follow a lot of other details like dozens 
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ form real human relationships, difficulties in understanding human relations, la
 problems (some people call it "reset button syndrome" :)) to even lack of moral values (I don't really know how. 
 May be all the fps is making us blood savvy). I should say these are exaggerations. Its not like, no one in the 
 Internet generation can make sense of the world. I point to myself as a proof of concept. I am better off alone in 
-front of a computer with access to wikipedia and google. But that doesn't mean I am good only there. We are very 
+front of a computer with access to Wikipedia and Google. But that doesn't mean I am good only there. We are very 
 comfortable getting out of comfort zones too. We do make friends and most of the twitter/facebook/playstation 
 generation do a lot of partying. Most of the page 3 figures are kind of people who can live in a room for a month 
 without much trouble if they have a computer, mobile phone and internet connection. 
 
 The idea of being a very social guy with a lot of friends from different groups and levels, and a nice family fellow 
-with lots loving relatives, and someone who feels comfortable being alone in a room with a pc and internet 
-connection is kind of bizzare! But some how I am able to manage it. May be the contrasting images of me in 
+with lots loving relatives, and someone who feels comfortable being alone in a room with a PC and internet 
+connection is kind of bizarre! But some how I am able to manage it. May be the contrasting images of me in 
 different scenarios is a suggestion that the real me is not there in any of these broad pictures. But that is usually 
 the pet idea for grand unified theorists. I am more of a believer in existence of multiple instances. 
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ helps in bringing out his personal identity since within the group, identity of
 who belong to a large variety of groups like me, there are visible contrasting identities on play. Even within a 
 group, the identities from other groups becomes your personal identity. So, ultimately when someone defines me, 
 it will be based on his perspective about me from his knowledge regarding the various identities that I possess. 
-I think it is true for all human beings. Everyone has different identites in different groups and one's perspective on 
+I think it is true for all human beings. Everyone has different identities in different groups and one's perspective on 
 another is just an opinion of the group from which he knows the other to be from. In conclusion, what I wanted to 
 say is, it is wrong to say someone belongs to a group just because he is comfortable with a group or he is a 
 part of it. He might belong to another contrasting group too. It is very much possible that he can be comfortable 
diff --git a/blog5.tex b/blog5.tex
index a5e4b5b..bba2ab3 100644
--- a/blog5.tex
+++ b/blog5.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 \begin{english}
 \date{Friday November 19 2010}
 
-It has been 10 days since I got discharged after my first chemotherapy. I was supposed to get admitted last Sunday (14th). However, India being a country of a billion people, it has less than the adequate medical facilities to cater to all of them. Hence, getting a bed in an hospital which excels in treatment for these kind of serious diseases was a headache. I am hoping to get a bed sometime this weekend! To add more to the news, my sis flew from the US to be with me for 10 days. She will be here till the 30th of this month. 
+It has been 10 days since I got discharged after my first chemotherapy. I was supposed to get admitted last Sunday (14\textsuperscript{th}). However, India being a country of a billion people, it has less than the adequate medical facilities to cater to all of them. Hence, getting a bed in an hospital which excels in treatment for these kind of serious diseases was a headache. I am hoping to get a bed sometime this weekend! To add more to the news, my sis flew from the US to be with me for 10 days. She will be here till the 30\textsuperscript{th} of this month. 
 
 Today, she asked me something like, "Why don't you write down your experiences as an ALL patient?". I guess she meant something like a memoir. She knows that I write certain columns and stuff. She added, "I like to write, but I can't. If you can and you like do it, that's good".
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ So, my writings are simply nothing more than the most realistic (in my perspecti
 
 I started the note talking about novelty and my quest for novelty in the content. But after a retrospection of my writings, my approach to problems and the logics I apply, it seems, my writings are not so novel. My only novel contribution in it is putting it together. I should say, I am doing the role of a packager than creator/developer. At least in case of the kind of stuff I write, I believe there is no claim for creation of novel content. May be there is space for a novelty factor in packaging it all together. This is quite similar to the novelty factor I get for applying techniques from other domains in my own. The novelty in that process is actually for the thought to use the technology in a different domain, by being able to see some underlying similarities between the different domains. Anyway, I am not sure how novel it is when you point out the trivial facts in some problems. :) 
 
-It is quite confusing. We have seen a lot of discussions and debates on protection for creative content from what many call `piracy'. People were called pirates for making copyrighted content available over World Wide Web. Interestingly, it was not the content generators who raised objections. But, the owners of the copyright -- publishing houses/record labels/studios -- were in forefront of the assault. They raised arguments of losing revenue considering each download as a lost purchase. They were never interested in checking the details of increase in audience and effective use of technology in content distribution. For them, in age of information explosion, the distribution of content should follow rules dating back to 18th and 19th century. 
+It is quite confusing. We have seen a lot of discussions and debates on protection for creative content from what many call `piracy'. People were called pirates for making copyrighted content available over World Wide Web. Interestingly, it was not the content generators who raised objections. But, the owners of the copyright -- publishing houses/record labels/studios -- were in forefront of the assault. They raised arguments of losing revenue considering each download as a lost purchase. They were never interested in checking the details of increase in audience and effective use of technology in content distribution. For them, in age of information explosion, the distribution of content should follow rules dating back to 18\textsuperscript{th} and 19\textsuperscript{th} century. 
 
 Their concern, as they put it was, ``survival of the original content generators''. They argued that rewards of content generators will be hit if open access advocates were allowed to continue the distribution over WWW. The argument of rewarding the novelty factor in the generated content was the one which is still raised at a lot of forums. It even includes questions of survival and attraction of new talent. It seems people like to go with the argument that, discarding all the technological advances and possible new markets, we need to stick to age old rules of publishing that may be as old as Gutenberg himself. Amazingly, people support it because none favor a change in status qua. Tomorrow, if they become a writer, what will they do!
 
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ I used to believe that there is novelty involved in content generated. But, when
 
 \subsection*{Half baked analysis and Questions!}
 
-I do accept that analysing only my writings won't be the best method to trash the entire idea of generation of novel content. But, it is quite true that new ideas are hard to come by. Most of the times, ideas tagged new are just repackaged versions of existing ones. Still it is quite true that some 20 articles I have written should not be the base for the conclusion that there is no novelty in content. But I do believe it is quite right to raise the question, "How much of it is novel". On top, "while you reward packagers, what is the plan for original content generators?", should be examined as well. Another question is of effectively tapping into the new markets and opportunities in distribution, brought forth by advancements in technology.
+I do accept that analyzing only my writings won't be the best method to trash the entire idea of generation of novel content. But, it is quite true that new ideas are hard to come by. Most of the times, ideas tagged new are just repackaged versions of existing ones. Still it is quite true that some 20 articles I have written should not be the base for the conclusion that there is no novelty in content. But I do believe it is quite right to raise the question, "How much of it is novel". On top, "while you reward packagers, what is the plan for original content generators?", should be examined as well. Another question is of effectively tapping into the new markets and opportunities in distribution, brought forth by advancements in technology.
 \end{english}
 \newpage
diff --git a/blog6.tex b/blog6.tex
index b07eeff..1a41664 100644
--- a/blog6.tex
+++ b/blog6.tex
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 \begin{english}
 \date{Monday December 13 2010}
 
-It has been almost a month after the last note. Considering that the last note took sometime to complete (around 2 weeks), it is still a long time with out any news. A lot happened during this period. My sister went back to the US, and Mom and Aunt came to help me and father. An alumni meeting happened at JNV on December 5th. I was not able to attend. So I sent a message through one of my friends. Got discharged and readmitted for third cycle. Still playing rummy with Father and as of now, around 650 points down. Incidentally, I got one more paper published (Rasagna did all the work. Thanks to him). Since I have around 4 papers on different Pattern Recognition subject, I guess it is high time now that I started reading some basics. Still reading "Orientalism" By Edward W. Said. 
+It has been almost a month after the last note. Considering that the last note took sometime to complete (around 2 weeks), it is still a long time with out any news. A lot happened during this period. My sister went back to the US, and Mom and Aunt came to help me and father. An alumni meeting happened at JNV on December 5\textsuperscript{th}. I was not able to attend. So I sent a message through one of my friends. Got discharged and readmitted for third cycle. Still playing rummy with Father and as of now, around 650 points down. Incidentally, I got one more paper published (Rasagna did all the work. Thanks to him). Since I have around 4 papers on different Pattern Recognition subject, I guess it is high time now that I started reading some basics. Still reading "Orientalism" By Edward W. Said. 
 
 My notes almost always start with some observations I make of myself or from some conversations I had with someone. I am not changing the routine. What really triggered this note is again a conversation with my sister. I gave the 4 chapters I finished so far for her to read and she commented on them. Pointed out some mistakes (mostly spelling/grammar). Then she asked me to write about my nurse friends, the closely built slum like houses beside CMC, etc.
 \end{english}
diff --git a/blog7.tex b/blog7.tex
index 228df6a..8fb26d7 100644
--- a/blog7.tex
+++ b/blog7.tex
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 \vskip 2pt
 \begin{english}
 
-It is the 6th of June and in Kerala, it is raining like hell it seems. Anyway, in Tamil Nadu, it seems they are having a calm and quiet summer. I never liked the change of seasons although I knew they were inevitable. Just like changing the place of your operation. For the last few years, I had bases in many different places. However, leukemia made Vellore my base for the last 8 months. I was admitted on the 7th of October last year. So now it has been exactly 8 months. I did see different lives and people during these days, all of them nurses, doctors, patients and relatives. May be a very few other hospital staff too. Many know me by my masked appearance by now, and in turn I know many of them too. The friend circle did grow and I should say I have some good friends among them. From nurses who come from OPD, to those in wards and doctors who are PG registrars to consultants and department heads. I do turn many heads because of a simple reason. When I get admitted, I usually go there with a laptop and most of the times, many see books as niche or weird. 
+It is the 6\textsuperscript{th} of June and in Kerala, it is raining like hell it seems. Anyway, in Tamil Nadu, it seems they are having a calm and quiet summer. I never liked the change of seasons although I knew they were inevitable. Just like changing the place of your operation. For the last few years, I had bases in many different places. However, leukemia made Vellore my base for the last 8 months. I was admitted on the 7\textsuperscript{th} of October last year. So now it has been exactly 8 months. I did see different lives and people during these days, all of them nurses, doctors, patients and relatives. May be a very few other hospital staff too. Many know me by my masked appearance by now, and in turn I know many of them too. The friend circle did grow and I should say I have some good friends among them. From nurses who come from OPD, to those in wards and doctors who are PG registrars to consultants and department heads. I do turn many heads because of a simple reason. When I get admitted, I usually go there with a laptop and most of the times, many see books as niche or weird. 
 
-Very recently, I got a chance to catch up with one of my classmates from JNV. Though we sat in the same class for, kind of 7 years, I couldn't describe her as a friend. Only during the last 3-4 days did we get to know of each other really. While we were catching up, she kind of gave me a very good advice. :) Not to have complex words and ideas in my world and to see everything as simple and plain. Though I don't agree my thoughts and ideas are complex just because it doesn't align with the perspective of the majority, the thing she said just before struck me even more. It was, ``this is not a friendly conversation anymore". I might have pushed her to the intellectual limits or the black truth part, I don't know. I was just arguing (which I have been doing so well for some years) about our school not being progressive. It might have hurt her pride and good memories she cherished of being a jnv-ite.
+Very recently, I got a chance to catch up with one of my classmates from JNV. Though we sat in the same class for, kind of 7 years, I couldn't describe her as a friend. Only during the last 3-4 days did we get to know of each other really. While we were catching up, she kind of gave me a very good advice. :) Not to have complex words and ideas in my world and to see everything as simple and plain. Though I don't agree my thoughts and ideas are complex just because it doesn't align with the perspective of the majority, the thing she said just before struck me even more. It was, ``this is not a friendly conversation anymore". I might have pushed her to the intellectual limits or the black truth part, I don't know. I was just arguing (which I have been doing so well for some years) about our school not being progressive. It might have hurt her pride and good memories she cherished of being a JNV-ite.
 
-Interestingly, she was not the first one to tell me to shut my mouth. Many of my classmates from my JNV days bite me back when I tell them about the gap JNV created among its male and female population. For them, its not friendly talk. I am someone who have been called a male chauvinist and many other names in different forums for just raising simple queries. I'm quite sure that people who call me so wouldn't have read J.Devika, C.S. Chandrika, Kadeeja Mumtaz or Urvasi Bhutalia as much as I have. Many of them might even agree with a B.S. Sherin version of having no individuality for women or women are beyond individuals when they are collectively addressed with family ties. But none who might have read `The Other Side of Silence' by Urvashi Bhutalia would agree with it. She clearly shows how women were arm twisted during partition years and how much women activists considered the opinion of women back then. Still, when I tell my friends that it was bad for our school when they don't allow us to even communicate freely with our classmates, it is me who gets arm-twisted. :) I guess even JNV has got holy status at least in the minds of ex jnv-ites. 
+Interestingly, she was not the first one to tell me to shut my mouth. Many of my classmates from my JNV days bite me back when I tell them about the gap JNV created among its male and female population. For them, its not friendly talk. I am someone who have been called a male chauvinist and many other names in different forums for just raising simple queries. I'm quite sure that people who call me so wouldn't have read J.Devika, C.S. Chandrika, Kadeeja Mumtaz or Urvasi Bhutalia as much as I have. Many of them might even agree with a B.S. Sherin version of having no individuality for women or women are beyond individuals when they are collectively addressed with family ties. But none who might have read `The Other Side of Silence' by Urvashi Bhutalia would agree with it. She clearly shows how women were arm twisted during partition years and how much women activists considered the opinion of women back then. Still, when I tell my friends that it was bad for our school when they don't allow us to even communicate freely with our classmates, it is me who gets arm-twisted. :) I guess even JNV has got holy status at least in the minds of ex JNV-ites. 
 
 Or may be its my problem. I might be out of place. The niche and weird character that doctors and nurses see in me might be true. But I believe the thoughts and ideas I developed and words I write as this guy is far more better. For me, they are progressive, they are liberal. May be society does not have a place for niche and weird. You might get into the stereotype intellectual. I tried to beat that appearance by growing a long beard and hair at same time and carefully seeing to wear shorts and t-shirts. But it might not work always. People like to compartmentalize. The most recent complaint I heard of compartmentalization was from the National Award winning actor, Salim Kumar. Even though he was talking about the trends in cinema field, what he said holds true for any field. It is a part and parcel of the simplistic view my friend suggested to me instead of the complex words and ideas. She is someone who is trained to nurse ailing patients and thus, knows the complex anatomy and physiology of human beings are not anywhere near simple. I don't know why she then wants the thoughts of human beings to be simplistic. 
 
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-It has been quite long since I wrote anything. The stay at hospital this time is not allowing me to have a lot of time to write and even note down my hospital experiences. To give the minimum details, I got admitted for my Bone Marrow Transplant on June 15th. On 16th, they put line, then shifted me to the Stem Cell Transplant Unit, an isolation ward for BMT patients. Then for 2 days, I got heavy chemotherapy and the next 3 days Total Body Irradiation. TBI was given in two sessions for 3 days. After that on 23rd, they transplanted or transfused the graft cells. So far so good. It was so for some more days, then effects of TBI started to show up. By the way, after chemo and TBI, I practically had no immunity system. To top it, I took kind of a risk with going for BMT with an unhealed chest infect (which is still there as residues). 
+It has been quite long since I wrote anything. The stay at hospital this time is not allowing me to have a lot of time to write and even note down my hospital experiences. To give the minimum details, I got admitted for my Bone Marrow Transplant on June 15\textsuperscript{th}. On 16\textsuperscript{th}, they put line, then shifted me to the Stem Cell Transplant Unit, an isolation ward for BMT patients. Then for 2 days, I got heavy chemotherapy and the next 3 days Total Body Irradiation. TBI was given in two sessions for 3 days. After that on 23\textsuperscript{rd}, they transplanted or transfused the graft cells. So far so good. It was so for some more days, then effects of TBI started to show up. By the way, after chemo and TBI, I practically had no immunity system. To top it, I took kind of a risk with going for BMT with an unhealed chest infect (which is still there as residues). 
 
 After transplant, food stopped, and it was all TPN or what was commonly called food packet and water and juices. Ailments started when chest infection shot up long before it was time for counts to come up. The situation became so bad that, I was shifted to the ICU. Doctors and nurses then said that it was just for observation to keep me calm. But understanding minds have a problem. They get what's going on around them without anyone telling them anything. Hidden conversations and random spurts of speech is enough for an observing and deducing mind to get the picture.