: With Compliments from :STANDARD GREASES GROUPSTANDARD GREASES (SILVASSA) PVT.LTD,an ISO 9001 : 2000 CompanySTANDARD GREASES PVT.LTD,an ISO 9001: 2000 CompanyTARAPUR GREASE INDUSTRIES PVT.LTD,an ISO 9001 : 2000 CompanySTANDARD OILS & GREASES PVT.LTD,an ISO 9001 : 2000 CompanyManufacturers <strong>of</strong> Automotive,Industrial Greases and SpecialitiesROYAL CASTOR PRODUCTS LTD,an ISO 9001 : 2000 CompanyManufacturers /Exporters <strong>of</strong> Hydrogenated Castor Oil,12 Hydroxy Stearic Acid.Administrative Office :101, Ketan Apartments,233, R.B. Mehta Marg, Patel Chowk,Ghatkopar(E), Mumbai - 400 077.Tel: 25013641-46 Fax :2501 0384.E.Mail:-standardgroup@standardgreases.co.in,rcppl@bom3.vsnl.<strong>net</strong>.in, royalcastor@vsnl .com36Vol. 91, No.6, <strong>June</strong> <strong>2010</strong>Kanara Saraswat
the ambulance to pay their final respects.On Monday morning, my sister and I cameat 10 am to the Anatomy Department <strong>of</strong> theMedical College, where we were given the form<strong>of</strong> an affidavit in Marathi that we had to executeon a Rs.100 stamp paper, which took us around35 minutes outside the nearby District SessionsCourt. Another ten minutes to get it notarizedbefore a Public Notary and we were back in theAnatomy Department before 11 am. It took usten minutes for the polite Dr Anagha Apte at theAnatomy Department to fill out, get signed andgive us a Certificate for Body Donation. That wasdone and finished by 11.15 am. That was all!I found that they also have a facility <strong>of</strong> preregisteringfor body donation -- they will issue thedonor a Body Donation Card, which will make theprocedure even simpler. That records the intentbefore death.While I was waiting for the certificate, I sawsome old newspaper clippings about body donation,which explained that any organs good enough touse for transplantation would be "harvested" first,including the skin for grafts for burns victims.The rest <strong>of</strong> the body would then be used to teachdissection to medical students, and later theskeleton and any other body parts not suitable fortransplantation, would be preserved in formalin forthe benefit <strong>of</strong> students.One <strong>of</strong> the doctors I was talking to told methat technology existed to shave the cornea intothree layers, and use each layer for grafting inthree different patients, so a pair <strong>of</strong> eyes with goodcorneas could restore the sight <strong>of</strong> as many as sixpersons!I have decided that I shall do the same, followingthe last lesson imparted by my mother throughpersonal example.Nilgiris — The Blue HillsKu m u d La j m i, Mu m b a iOotacamund, Queen among Niligiri HillsStretching for miles these lovely hillsCovered in Eucalyptus trees and many othersGave these beautiful hills scented air altogether.Going up the Blue Hills to reach the topTaking 19-odd hairpin bends and various stopsBurliyar Gardens at the bottom before theinclineSo tranquil and peaceful and utterly divine.Coonoor, the next halt, after harpin curvesGardens <strong>of</strong>fered delightful walks among scentedflowersThe Silk Institute checked quality, price andtextureTo improve silk woven, with years <strong>of</strong> research.Grassy downs <strong>of</strong> the hillsides were charmingto findKept us totally amazed that Nature was so kindBotannical Gardens with well-laid plantsand shrubsMade us want to admire all the fragrant herbs.Clouds hovered around the mountains readyto rainAfternoons and evenings it was usually the sameAt 7000 feet above sea level the downpourwas heavy,Leaving us city dwellers feeling cold and weary.We hastened our return before nightfall to lowergroundsAfter enjoying an exhilarating day in the highergroundsComing down the hairpin bends the view wasspectacularOotacamund will live in our memory foreverand ever.-----------------------------The poem has been written in the past tense as a recollection <strong>of</strong> thesplendour <strong>of</strong> the gorgeous hills visited, which, even today, are just asmagnificent.ERRATAIn the article “In search <strong>of</strong> a song” by Manohar Chittar (KS, May <strong>2010</strong>, page 25), in column 1: Para 1, line 4should read as: “.. or which movie it was from….”l; para 3, line1, as: “..Raagas (not Raaga’s) listed….”. In column2: para 1, line 12, as: “…. and left a message …”; para 2, line 1, as: “A few months (not month’s) later…”; and para3, line 4, as: “…the (not it) song only ….”.In the Letter to the Editor, on page 5, column 2, C.A. Kall1anpur should be read as C.A. Kallianpur. We regret theinadvertent errors.-- EditorKanara Saraswat Vol. 91, No.6, <strong>June</strong> <strong>2010</strong> 37
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