Bizarre - Ivth instalment

15. DENMARK DOCTORS HIRE CALL GIRLS FOR PATIENTS

The Danish Government made no objection to this development. There was a tendency earlier for some of the patients to seek company of female employees for honourable purposes! To cope up with this situation and not lose clientele, doctors came up with this innovative idea. This neat arrangement is bound to be followed by some other countries, because hospitals there may find exodus of male patients to Denmark.

My comments: This news may bring wariness, astonishment, shock, etc., among many of the Indian readers. But come to think of it and one may see plus points. Patients go to hospitals for treatment and occasionally for recuperation also. Treatment and recuperation could be through medicines, operations, rest, etc., This new development has to be viewed from this perspective. If the added activity (!) of the patients leads to curing their problems, then why not. Whatever puritans may say, this is the truth.


16. UK HIRED AN ASTROLOGER TO FIGHT HITLER

Desperate for a glimpse into Adolf Hitler's unpredictable mind, British spies hired an astrologer during World War II to write horoscopes of Hitler and other Nazi leaders.

My comments: Astrology is an enigma. It has no scientific approval. Yet even rational people are hooked into it. Most of the people at one time or other would have noticed that some of the predictions of astrologers had come true. And then onwards they are hooked, despite many other projections going wrong. The truth is overlooked that without any knowledge about the future one could do some guess-work and some such predictions could come true. If something goes wrong, i.e., against the prediction, then pundits advice the corrective measures, most often this or that puja. However irrational it may be, people who are believers in astrology, cannot shake it off. That is why still the mandatory horoscope matching before marriage among Hindus in India. And many people consult astrologers or look at their horoscopes before undertaking travel. It is because of this belief in astrology that so many TV channels and magazines thrive. There are daily columns in papers. Illogical. But beliefs are beliefs, such as, There is God/ there is no God, and it would be naive to look at the matter from the point of view of rationality. The beliefs have been carried on for ages. Our genes contain that belief transmitted from generation to generation. It is difficult to shake off that belief. Hence even after another century, astrology would in all likelihood would be as much sought as it is today.


17. WEIRDEST EXAM SUPERSTITIONS.

Wear blue and then you will pass the exam - so said a Pundit to a student. And that is exactly what the student did: blue shirts and blue pants to blue underwear. Some use only one lucky pen. Some don't shave during the period of exams. Some don't take bath on the day of exam. Some use only green pencils. Some have a peg of whisky before the exam. Some, being superstitious, start with the fourth question first for writing the answer.

My comments: Man by now have achieved many things. Yet, when it comes to superstitions he is still in the primitive age. It is there in his psyche. This has nothing to do with education. It must be a punishment of God. That is my reasoning or is it my superstition.



18. A husband too many

A 32 year old woman and her parents were arrested by the Mumbai Police for allegedly cheating city businessmen over the last 18 years.

The police said Bangalore based Kausar Begam cheated people by marrying them and fleeing with their money and valuables. Then, she would register complaints of dowry harassment against her husbands. Begam's parents Iqbal Pasha and Gulnaz, who had allegedly been assisting her, are in police custody.

The police said the trio targeted only businessmen and visited five star hotels to approach them. Begum would befriend the victim and propose marriage. After the wedding, she would flee with valuables and threaten to lodge a dowry harassment case.

My comments: I like crooks who do such operation. There is style. They are not uncouth. If there are suckers in the world, then there would also be tricksters. However, I cannot resist commenting that the tricksters as above are really people with verve, energy and courageous.