We the 1978 NSCBians

The 1978 NSCB batch

Never did get a parallel match

As 50 girls of the batch by their ability

Proved the reservation policy’s futility

Malviya Sir was one of our anatomy professors

Who walked in the dissection hall always with a scissors

Dr Guha was out always to set an artistic trend

Dr Malhotra our HOD was the strictest friend

Dr Verma knew his subject well

So could efficiently cast a scholarly spell

The mathematical subject physiology

Brings back memories flooding

At the sight of blood

Of a friend fainting

It was funny to see boys

Requesting the girls for pithing

As they went about advising

Though Guyton was

one of Favourite books

Ganong did provide me

With a good read on few topics

Pathology never did interest me

Except for reading Boyd like a novel

Though Robins always did provide me

With the better option

PSM the happening subject of today

Was the dullest during our times

Except for the lorry rides with batchmates

While returning from the village postings

Which provided us

With memories of a lifetime

Forensic the subject of the dead

Reminded one of smelly dungeons

Though Dr Sakalle did add humor

To reduce its gloominess

The memory of stating khus khus as poisonous

In pre-university exam still lurks in my mind

Relating the whole story of which at home

Made halwa of khus khus an interesting find

Pharmacology was the dullest of the lot

And was of interest only for the medical lot

For it was a subject to be crammed

Without the clinical knowledge at hand

In second prof, the clinical postings

Saved us from the dreariness

Of theoretical teachings

By providing us with opportunities of bunking

An ethical way to avoid the feeling of sinking

Final prof always sounded so intriguing

With medicine, surgery

Obs gyne and ophthalmology

Quenching our clinical thirst

We waded our way through the final year

With full zest

Medicine was there for those who detested surgery

And surgery for those who loved creativity

Obs Gyn was the subject sought by topper girls

The reason to date I could not comprehend

Ophthalmology was for the docile,

The aesthetic and the tender

Who detested emergencies

But loved the surgical manoeuvres.

So together,

We the batch mates

Travelled this path

Which lasted for four years and a half

Before we parted

For our internship and specialisation

To become competent

And become masters of our profession

Dr Archana Tandon

1978 Batch NSCB GOVT MEDICAL COLLEGE STUDENT