Sri ``Vasool'' Ram M.S., M.S. (Part 1)

If a book were to be written on any of my classmates, the most interesting would be the one on MS. A book on K7 though funny would have share of its own tragic moments. My definition of interesting is being funny. If you are Kollywood fan then one of our fellow bloggers story will win hands down. His years in USA has led him to being the expert on all kinds questions a desi student won't/mustn't/shouldn't/ain't face in USA. We will talk about him some time later, now we will turn to our attention to MS.

Most of what follows is true.

Many people reading the title might be under the wrong impression that it was lifted from Vasoolraja MBBS. Infact, most important scene in that movie கட்டிபிடி வைத்தியம் (Kattipidi vaithiyam) was pioneered at our college by MS. The technique was originally developd by MS to calm people down not to cure people as shown in the movie. Unfortunately it did not calm down people, it made them more mad. The more they were mad more faster they got out of MS bear hug. Many conspiracy theories are abound about the reason. It is said that he used a Cuticura talcum powder tubba for 4 years.

As usual with any thinker he was derided by his own people for these kind of techniques. It took some Bollywood guy to spin money out of this simple but original idea. Unlike the dark ages, hopefully we will understand this original thinker in his own time.

MS was born in a family of winners. He never wanted to take the beaten track of being a winner i.e. going to the elite institutes of technology like his uncle/aunt/cousin did.

He persuaded his father to get a seat in an obscure college in a lifeless town. Although he had great connections in the college he never flaunted it like few of his much derided classmates did. He went great lengths to remain faceless and nameless. But his lineage was such that it was very hard for him to keep his genes in check.

(contd.)