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On Dr. Rohan’s Blog: Hijacking And Plagiarising The Suffering And Pain Of Poor

By Dr. Fayaz Ahmad Bhat

20 May, 2015
Countercurrents.org

Screen shot of the NDTV article

On a rainy, dusty and stormy day a dog with her young four children walked into an abandoned and dismantled shed to refuge her beloved ones from the ramp and rage of nature which was blowing and blistering in form of wind, thunderstorm and rain. She was yet to take a position when the owner of the shed glanced from his villa and observed the poor dog struggling to rescue and refuge her beloved ones. Without wasting his time and energy the owner called his men and ordered them to take the dog out from the shed and tame a puppy and sell the rest into the market. Looking a group of persons lace with tools and food the dog assumed and assumed it wrong that her beloved ones will be rescued and given relief. The dog gave them (group of people) way to take her soul (children) and leave the body. Next morning the dog became restive to have a glance of her beloved ones and started rounds here and there. Barked, cried to catch the attention of someone, the dog did everything to have a glance of her beloved children but of no avail as everybody was busy in competing his fellow being. Irritated by the cries and circles of the dog the owner declared dog mad and got him shot dead as he owned base and controlled superstructure.

The poor, powerless and oppressed have legacy and patent of suffering, pain, misery and oppression. However, in modern times, in the age of capitalism, liberalism and media jingoism there are attempts and efforts on the part of rich and powerful to hijack and plagiarize the only inheritance of poor, powerless and oppressed.

Dr Roshan Radhakrishan, an Anaesthesisiologist, from Kerala in his web blog posted a write up which has gone viral on social media sites. The blog has at least 2729 likes or followers. Dr Roshan, recently caught the attention of national media for his write up ‘Why I will never allow my child to become doctor in India ’. According to NDTV, the blog has been shared at least 2000 times on face book and a Reddit thread has also started on it.

Dr Roshan, has attempted to highlight the “miseries” and “hardships” which physicians and surgeons in India are going through .The development pointes out how important fruitful it is to have access and control over modern means of communication. Which not only makes one to communicate his/her thought and opinion but help to hijack and plagiarize miseries, sufferings and hardships of poor, weak and oppressed.

It is very shocking and surprising to observe that a physician like him has attempted to plagiarize and hijack the miseries, sufferings, and hardships of poor, powerless and oppressed people. He is also putting blame in the wrong place.

The close analyses and examination of the write up speaks loads about the pollution to pious profession and fabrication of facts to distort the reality. His own write up deflates his own claims and arguments and discloses the exaggeration of words and phrases. While attempting to narrate the “mistrust” and “suffering” of doctors in India Roshan, maintains, a pup (physician) after receiving stones from few boys, brutalized physically, learns to mistrust whole humanity and label the whole mankind as the species of stone throwers. What about these boys who have been brutalized physically, emotionally, spiritually and economically from centuries by the pup community? Where they (boys) have learnt to mistrust the pup community? At government hospitals, where senior doctors seldom arrest the attention of a gullible patient and students enjoy the arrival of “cadaver” (patient)? At private nursing homes where their pockets are drained like anything? During clinical trials were they are used as guinea pigs? It is not outcome and construction of overnight interaction but has taken centuries to develop such consciousness and learnt mistrust pup community. Mead and Cooley are exceptional in making understand this trajectory. Yet if your community will declare them (boys) lunatic, it won’t be surprising for me as your community owns not only structure but do control the superstructure also. Modern means of communication, allegation, are all at their disposal.

It is very shocking and surprising to observe that Roshan has exaggerated the very concept of sacrifice by contending that doctors in India sacrifice their time, parents, spouse and child. I would have no objection had he (Roshan) not expressed his dissatisfaction with the salaries doctors in India are being paid. He maintains that doctors in India are walking out at 7 AM and returning home at 10 PM “for handsome salary of 50,000/ a month”. Roshan, seems unhappy and dissatisfied with the salaries, bank balance and work load of doctors in India and attempts to bargain on it. Sacrifice neither means bargaining nor implies complaining. Sacrifice is nothing but self suffering for sake and good of others at the cost of everything, including, spouse, time, children and parents and money without cursing and curbing others.

Dr. Roshan, through data and statics of Medical Council of India claims that over 75% of the doctors in India have faced some form of violence at the patients’ hands in India. The data and statics are totally unreliable as there is no definition of violence and it has been totally left on the mercy of doctors to define acts and behavior of patient violent. It is beyond my comprehensions that how can a patient even dare to resort to violence when he or she is totally dependent on the mercy of a doctor. Moreover, observations and interactions reveal that seldom has any doctor been killed by a patient. However, there are countless cases and reports when doctors have been found responsible for the murder of gullible patients.

At the end let me extend my greetings to Dr. Roshan, for having choices to offer his son in choosing the field of his choice and retaining higher prestige and status in the society. We have no choice no alternative but to be drained economically, exploited emotionally and experimented physically.

Lastly, I want to say to Dr. Roshan that your post got shared 2000 on facebook and a Reddit thread has also started on it as it talks and represents elite class. Mine may not get shared 2 times even published anywhere as it narrates the suffering of poor, powerless and oppressed.

Dr. Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, is a student of Sociology, social activist and currently teaching Sociology at Government Degree College, Banihal, Jammu and Kashmir, India. He is an alumnus of Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

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