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The Swollen Finger

One year ago , As a part of Internship programme I was posted in Rural Hospital OPD when  a old man around age of 80 entered the room. As a usual question I asked in Hindi (as from his appearance & personality it took me no time to know that he belonged to Islamic community) “kya takleef hai chacha ?” He replied in calm voice “kuch nahi sahab machine aajkal bahot dard deti hai ”  Well at first I couldn’t understand what machine he was referring to so I asked  “konsi machine ?” With a little smile he said ,”Aur konsi yahi 80 saal purani jo aapke samne baithi hai ” That old man was referring himself as a machine so I said ,”Thoda tel~pani aur dekh bhal acche se kiya karo nahi dard degi ” Just after my sentence he started explaining how he & his wife manages their daily expenses with no help or support either emotional or financial from his only son. Stopping him in the middle I asked him to tell his medical problems & then  he started telling  his ...