Dengue and Me

Hi friends I had been to places in India which are remote in the literal sense of the word. My friends who are from Kerala might not understand the word 'remote'.But i am sure that those of you who have been to northern parts of our country can feel the meaning better. Well, there is always a danger of falling sick (& helpless) whether you are in a city, town or a remote rural area. Generally when one gets into northern parts of India where climate swings to extreme ends, there is always a chance of falling prey to a communicable disease. Normally it is either Jaundice or chickenpox. I have been to various sections of India for the past 19 years starting from 1994 but never got into such an imbroglio. I hope you can imagine a situation where in you are alone and get into sickness. surprisingly, after my posting into Thiruvananthapuram, i somehow managed to break free from my record and fell prey to Dengue. 'Saalaa, Ek Machar Aadmi ko.....' Yes dengue is supposedly spread by day time mosquitos. My previous posting was near visakhapatnam which is coastal just like Kerala. There was Dengue fever lurking around for most of the time in the rainy season. Still it eluded/spared me! At the nip of things where a gettogether was being organised for the 20th anniversary of golden batch of CET (College of Engineering, Trivandrum where i graduated),I was under attack. Though i can't claim to belong the elite class of organisers (at least officially as per the documented photos) of that gettogether even though i was an early bird and some what active member of the core group, i was down on 5th july admitted to hospital. I managed to attend the function at college on 13th July but missed out all the fun at the poovar resort. Alas i was there for the dry run of the poovar function and booked tickets for my family too to join the fun. Everything had to be called off at the last moment. I am thankful for my batchmates who welcomed & appreciated my prescence at CET. I had a chance to see many of old mates face to face after a gap of decades. I hope to have similiar events in future. I must admit that i missed many of my hostel mates. Hope we can have yet another meeting in days to come.