CSI and THE WHO?

CBS's mainstay are procedural dramas and the CSI series top the list and the listings. CSI: Las Vegas and its two off shoots CSI: New York and CSI: Miami are three of the top rated shows on network television in the US as well as in syndication in different countries around the world.

The theme songs for all the CSI shows are songs composed by the British band, THE WHO. The title song for CSI: Las Vegas is the signature hit "WHO ARE YOU"



This song was one of THE WHO's biggest hits and according to Pete Townshend, the lead guitarist of the band, the song is associated with eastern mysticism, with the words WHO ARE YOU? directed towards god.

CSI: NY ( which incidentally is my favorite) uses BABA O' RILEY as its theme ( which is my favorite WHO song). Recorded in 1971 and written by Pete Townshend as part of a science fiction rock opera called Lifehouse, which was later abandoned. The title of the song is derived from the Band's spiritual influence Meher Baba and their musical influence, Terry Riley.


THE WHO perform Baba O' Riley:




WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN is used for the theme of CSI: MIAMI ( yes, Horatio Crane and the sunglasses!!). This song, again one of their biggest hits, was written by Pete Townshend to herald the power of music and how it reflects the people. The song is about a revolution, in the first verse, there is an uprising. In the middle, the rebels overthrow those in power, but in the end, the new regime becomes just like the old one.

THE WHO performing won't get fooled again at the LIVE 8 concert in London.

IF.

I remembered Rudyard Kipling's famous poem this morning on my way to work. I heard it for the first time during the teacher's farewell for my seniors, when my principal recited it on stage. Elegant, inspiring and plain wonderful, I love this poem. In fact, I had a poster of it on my wall for more than 5 years and quoted it in many an autograph book.

If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man my son!

Rudyard Kipling

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Doctors

I havent been consistent in writing, largely due to the fact that I have been prioritizing work over everything else of late. I am trying to keep myself busy doing a bit of traveling, reading, sorting out my books and music, volunteering at the Hospital and playing some tennis. I love being around at MGH. The place is abuzz with activity throughout the day, and you get to interact with so many people from all walks of life. Its heartwarming to see them contribute their bit towards making someone feel better, physically and mentally.

I recently read about 4 new residents who have joined Brigham and Woman's Hospital this summer.Sarah Billmeier (MD, Surgery) lost her left leg above her knee to bone cancer at the age of 5. That did not deter her from learning to ski and she made it to the US paralympic team at the age of 14, winning medals at different events in France, Norway and in the USA. She completed her MD from Dartmouth college and began her residency this summer at BWH. She hopes to utilize her experiences in healthcare to show that obstacles are meant to be overcome. Sashi Ranganathan (MD, Radiology) graduated from Yale and relocated to Calcutta to work at Prem Dan, run by Mother Theresa's sisters of charity. At Prem dan, she tended to tuberculosis and AIDS affected patients and returned back to the US to complete her MD at the St. Georges University in Grenada.
Nirav Vakharia (MD, Internal Medicine) graduated from Case Western and spent 2 years teaching 7th and 8th grade kids and eventually researched policy initiatives for the goverment. He then relocated to Burma to train educators in refugee camps there, and returned back to commence at Harvard Medical School.For Michael Westerhaus (MD, Internal Medicine), a service trip in Mexico made him realize he wanted to directly work with patients than performing research. He spent a year volunteering at a health care camp in Uganda, returned back to the US to pursue his MD at HMS. He spends his summers in Uganda, researching HIV transmission and working with AIDS patients.
4 diverse backgrounds, 4 unique experiences and 4 inspiring individuals.