Ill, and loving it
Updated On: 24 June, 2009 10:13 AM IST | | Kavitha Kumar
We must be a city of hypochondriacs
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We must be a city of hypochondriacs. The question 'Haegideera?' (How are you, in Kannada) is actually considered an open invitation to take you on a grand tour of your acquaintance's Wonderful World of Diseases.
Strangely, the moans don't emanate from the muffler-wrapped mama-mami, who pound the pavement, rivaling the milkman on his early morning rounds. The young and seemingly able-bodied laptop-lugging techie, the gym rat and the paintbrush-wielding artist have their favourite medical lore u2013 a slipped disc here, a torn ligament there, and aches and pains everywhere. Just tell someone you haven't met in a while that they are looking marvellous, and you will see that they are seriously annoyed.
Strangely, the moans don't emanate from the muffler-wrapped mama-mami, who pound the pavement, rivaling the milkman on his early morning rounds. The young and seemingly able-bodied laptop-lugging techie, the gym rat and the paintbrush-wielding artist have their favourite medical lore u2013 a slipped disc here, a torn ligament there, and aches and pains everywhere. Just tell someone you haven't met in a while that they are looking marvellous, and you will see that they are seriously annoyed.
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