tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post304087916191616208..comments2024-03-29T12:44:53.928+05:30Comments on gappa: The Onco SocietyUgich Konitarihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-33532383157457407832012-06-21T17:53:51.078+05:302012-06-21T17:53:51.078+05:30How insightful! :)How insightful! :)Shruti Nargundkarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12724119392904144451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-4474927008383897802012-06-16T21:03:00.481+05:302012-06-16T21:03:00.481+05:30USP, Thank you . What intrigues me again and again...USP, Thank you . What intrigues me again and again, is that in the old days, there were less complicated ways of dying, living, communicating, relating and so on. Both rivers and the human body were treated with respect.No longer so . .... :-(Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-84717306376090518622012-06-16T20:15:16.289+05:302012-06-16T20:15:16.289+05:30I couldn't help but soak in silence your thoug...I couldn't help but soak in silence your thoughts on cancers within and without. And nothing sums the rot within and without better than this: <i>"The Ganga, of my younger days, is now a troubled flow, replete with the silts of progress, industrial effluents, and sewage of a shameless humanity."</i>umashankarhttp://uspandey.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-49630791686419248262012-06-16T19:00:51.832+05:302012-06-16T19:00:51.832+05:30Zephyr, Thank you for the kind words !I was readin...Zephyr, Thank you for the kind words !I was reading Emperor of Maladies by Dr. Siddharth Mukherjea over a long period of time, and the more I read it the more I thought of the similarity between cancer in the body and the scourge in our society. Hopefully, we will realize our mistakes before the cancer spreads all over.Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-60276929684748799602012-06-16T18:56:51.505+05:302012-06-16T18:56:51.505+05:30HW, Thank you !HW, Thank you !Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-25935443390957900262012-06-16T18:56:18.486+05:302012-06-16T18:56:18.486+05:30Sandhya, Thank you ! And yes, I have been reading ...Sandhya, Thank you ! And yes, I have been reading that book. Took me for ever to complete it.Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-71903184623356989182012-06-16T18:55:03.152+05:302012-06-16T18:55:03.152+05:30amitha, Thank you!amitha, Thank you!Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-58510612751363372652012-06-16T18:54:44.821+05:302012-06-16T18:54:44.821+05:30Madhuri, sometimes I think one needs to develop an...Madhuri, sometimes I think one needs to develop an attitude of looking at things optimistically. Which is difficult, and so people take an irresponsible easy way out ..... Hopefully , things should change....who knows ?Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-62716797959669694242012-06-16T18:51:58.436+05:302012-06-16T18:51:58.436+05:30Bhavana, thank you ! Another way to look at it is ...Bhavana, thank you ! Another way to look at it is that the cows are more sensible than us.....and todays kids think milk comes from a machine in a plastic pack ......:-(Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-9390682293242777382012-06-16T18:49:11.262+05:302012-06-16T18:49:11.262+05:30Manju, thank you. The last para of your comment n...Manju, thank you. The last para of your comment needs to be written in a huge bold font .Ugich Konitarihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15901335427613806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-74394132755136202592012-06-16T17:48:47.478+05:302012-06-16T17:48:47.478+05:30I regret having not read this so far. Perfect pros...I regret having not read this so far. Perfect prose analysing the scourge that ails the society today. You have rightly pointed out that unlike good medication and invasive treatments that get rid of the cancer of the body people who try to correct the cancer of the society are hounded and maligned. You are as good with prose as you are with poetry :)zephyrhttp://cybernag.innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-32168296904884791962012-06-16T08:28:43.161+05:302012-06-16T08:28:43.161+05:30I so hope your post is read by more and more peopl...I so hope your post is read by more and more people ! We need more and more people to write like you and get the message across ! <br /><br />Wonderful post !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-45009805292974367922012-06-14T14:28:55.698+05:302012-06-14T14:28:55.698+05:30Wonderful metaphor! As always, dissected medical f...Wonderful metaphor! As always, dissected medical facts excellently.One can make out you have been reading 'Emperor of Maladies'! :)sandhyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09654489216158421654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-40509371846714387422012-06-14T08:08:58.799+05:302012-06-14T08:08:58.799+05:30Perfect analogy.nice post.Perfect analogy.nice post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-7364188360937438672012-06-13T15:54:20.696+05:302012-06-13T15:54:20.696+05:30Yes i agree with you Suranga. Very well written. T...Yes i agree with you Suranga. Very well written. There is another cancer that i can think of...<br /><br />Not caring. It is always 'let someone else do it'. many times i am told, 'you people in NGO sector' should do this that or the other. Education, employment, equality, rights, responsibilities all are 'someone else's' job. like manju said, we can't look beyond our noses. <br /><br />But again, the whole situation is not hopeless. Sun shines, rivers flow, crops grow, we smile... life is beautiful.Free Spirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13670810244881270641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-8784829802087501472012-06-13T15:00:08.746+05:302012-06-13T15:00:08.746+05:30Yes, Suranga. The cancer is spreading and is findi...Yes, Suranga. The cancer is spreading and is finding innovative ways to proliferate. But more than ever I am seeing medicine men/women take the battle against cancer to where it is starting from. Greater awareness, greater refusal to accept the state...there is a change Suranga and I am seeing it.<br />This morn my colleague told me about cows in a dairy farm run by Goenkas for Express Group who chew on fallen mangoes smartly enough to spit out the seed. It was such a sweet moment to just hear about the cows, the tall grasses, the mango grove, the fallen baiganpally mangoes--the music of it all.<br />There is hope, there is hope, there is hope--I hold on to it desperately!Bhavanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799522192219059459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25171037.post-27928853284321100982012-06-13T10:20:42.459+05:302012-06-13T10:20:42.459+05:30Thoughtful post, Suranga. Yes, there is certainly ...Thoughtful post, Suranga. Yes, there is certainly a similarity between the course that the disease takes- in the human body as well as in our society.<br /><br />As you have pointed out, members of a society are reluctant to isolate and regulate the gene responsible for the cancerous behaviour.<br /><br />Part of the problem may lie in the current popular view, that each individual should look out only for him/ herself, and does not need to feel any responsibility for the well-being of society as a whole.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com