Well.....as i said...Procrastination got the better of me yet again.
I was going through my friend divya's blog (Diva's Dreamworld) and her post about street children....That reminded me of an incident tht took place about a week back.
I was returning from NARI(National AIDS Research Institute) after my day's work. This guy stopped me and asked something.I didn't get him at first and thought his tone was pretty rude.But then he repeated his question.Then I heard him clearly...He was asking me whether the clinic at NARI is still open.Then I noticed, that he was pretty sick.
I answered him that it might be and he should go and check.When he left, I realized he most probably was HIV positive,that the clinic he mentioned was just down the corridor from where I work in the lab, and the fact that the work I'm involved isn't gonna help him in any way at all!!!!
I feel quite smug that I'm actually working on HIV but this thing shook me...Realities of life.....
I know the answers..that somewhere further down my work might help ultimately....
Firstly....stop dreaming...
Secondly, there are so many people doing scientific research just for the heck of it.
The reports my classmates bring in from their labs in other national institutes really makes me wonder.....People like this guy are dying out there...and here people come in at 10...go for tea-come back-chat-go for lunch-chat again, work a bit-tea at 4-leave for home at 5.....end of days play!!!!!
and now I'm all set to join the system myself.....only time will tell whether I can change the system or survive the system or be consumed by it........
I was going through my friend divya's blog (Diva's Dreamworld) and her post about street children....That reminded me of an incident tht took place about a week back.
I was returning from NARI(National AIDS Research Institute) after my day's work. This guy stopped me and asked something.I didn't get him at first and thought his tone was pretty rude.But then he repeated his question.Then I heard him clearly...He was asking me whether the clinic at NARI is still open.Then I noticed, that he was pretty sick.
I answered him that it might be and he should go and check.When he left, I realized he most probably was HIV positive,that the clinic he mentioned was just down the corridor from where I work in the lab, and the fact that the work I'm involved isn't gonna help him in any way at all!!!!
I feel quite smug that I'm actually working on HIV but this thing shook me...Realities of life.....
I know the answers..that somewhere further down my work might help ultimately....
Firstly....stop dreaming...
Secondly, there are so many people doing scientific research just for the heck of it.
The reports my classmates bring in from their labs in other national institutes really makes me wonder.....People like this guy are dying out there...and here people come in at 10...go for tea-come back-chat-go for lunch-chat again, work a bit-tea at 4-leave for home at 5.....end of days play!!!!!
and now I'm all set to join the system myself.....only time will tell whether I can change the system or survive the system or be consumed by it........
