Nikhil Dev

One of my friends scrapped me today about the sources of HIV and this message was put forth in a really simple way that even a school going kid can understand. I thought it would be really good to spread it across to a larger audiencs.

“HIV can *never survive in any other liquid* medium also other than
blood or semen (& please for God sake … never in Pani Puri wala pani)

* Even if one drinks an HIV infected blood (or semen) of someone
(ingest through Gastro Intestinal track), the virus can not survive in
the
acidic pH of stomach*.

* Exposure of less than 1 second in AIR KILLS the HIV virus*(hence
story of needle pricks in Cinema theatres is a crap). Even if blood
from
a wound (of infected person) dries up (*blood clot*), *the virus
dies*and can not infect anyone else

* HIV transmission is *ONLY* an *INFECTION* i.e.entrance of virus in
one’s body. It *DOES NOT MEAN AIDS*.

* An HIV-infected person (after entrance of virus) can progress to a
condition of AIDS only after *8 to 10 YEARS *(not in 15 days as in the
Pani Puri story)

* It is *not HIV (virus) that kills a human* …..the virus attacks
immune cells (cells that fight against foreign pathogens/antigens) and
hence a person’s ability to fight against infections & diseases slowly
diminishes and person ultimately dies of a disease which could be as
simple as TB

* Most importantly, HIV is no longer a dreadful disease … it is
“*CHRONIC MANAGEABLE DISEASE*” just like Diabetes or Hypertension.

* If there is anything you need to be careful from to prevent HIV is
Unsafe sex*, *Blood transfusion* (check before taking) /Blood donation
(use sterilized needles only) and any *blood contact during an accident
*or so where amount of bleeding is very high.

PLZ PLZ spread this message to avoid rumors and to educate people.”

I know I have the same thing to write all the time that I am too busy to blog. But I admit that I am lazy as well. Got a laptop but with no internet connection. Cant use it at the office. How am I supposed to blog? I guess this is going to be the situation in the country at least for the next 10 years.

Mom is anyway getting annoyin at me after I get back home. She wants me to get back to some study and do some course that will fetch me a better. Have thought about it seriously and I think that is fair enough. All my friends who have started with me(I MEAN ALL of them) are earning more than twice of what I earn. So what if I get a few facilities that really do not matter much, for free. How is my family able to benefit from that? Its hight time I understand this point and do something about this.

This weekend I was thinking about what I would be about 3 years from now. Still working in the same place? Still riding a bike? Still having a ‘0′ in my bank by the 15th of every month? Still living in a rented house? Still thinking twice before buyin a beer? I dont think so. I am sure that things will change pretty soon. Its not the destiny. Its what I believe in and I am gonna make that happen.

The day before, as me and some of my friends were talking about their visit to the Chilkur balaji temple I happened to do something that I always do. I said “Who is going to benefit from such huge temples? Why not use that amount for some god cause. Donate to some charitable institutions? And there was this mum of silence. Why is it that people dont want to be practical in this country. Why do you want to fear God in talking these things when God would be the happiest. All the life you are taught that humaity is next to divinity. What happened to all that teaching now? Useless? Are we fucking donkeys who dont care what people tell us. We are supposed to be the smartest race of all the living organisms. What about it now? Most of us not even close to it. Anyway, anytime if anyone wants to argue with me on this, I am always ready. I can prove myself.

Anyway, this something I like talking about and can talk for hours. Its 12:30 am and I am here talking about crap, expecting someone to call me. Sipping on spiced rum and vodka after a pleasant “Maa ke haath ka khaana” and listening to some ol’ Clint Black. Surely makes me feel better. Need to get some Sprite the next time cos this Red Bull is for sure going to keep me up until 3 tonight.

Time to read some tech feeds.

We talk so much about we being so humane. Then how come we end out spending so much money on prayers, poojas, churches, and all the crap that really does not matter. We need to reason out how it is going to be helpful to us. I stopped believing in religion the moment I realized that we havent understood the basics of what it is to be a human being. We have the ability to help our fellow being. We were fortunate to enough to have been educated cos we had parents who could afford. But look at all the kids who work their asses out just to stay alive, What about humanity and religion there? There are so many oppurtunities that we are provided with to make a difference in a kids life. We can show them a whole new world. One of the organization that I really have believed in is CRY which is Child Relief and You. They take really small donation but use it for a really humane cos. You can feel really safe that your money is used the right way unlike all those coins that you put in the hundi. Try it once and see the joy it brings to your heart. Believe me. I tried it. It turned me into a better man. If you dont know where to start, logon to their website http://www.cry.org/.

Remember one thing, its more important to be a better human being than a good follower. I am sure that God has the same plan for us too.