Dr. Anupam Sharma (Fictional Name) was a professor in the department of surgery at AIIMS, New Delhi. He was going to attend a surgical conference at Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Dr. Vijay Mohan (Fictional Name) was a junior resident in his unit and he was from Tirupati. When he learned that Dr. Anupam was going to Tirupati, he implored Dr. Anupam to extend his stay by at least one day to stay at his home and allow him to take him for local sight-seeing. Dr. Anupam graciously accepted his offer.
Dr. Vijay Mohan took leave and reached his hometown to coincide with Dr. Anupam’s visit.
After the conference was over, true to his words, Dr. Vijay took Dr. Anupam to visit the local places including the famous Lord Shiva temple at Srikalahasti.
While coming out of the temple Dr. Anupam asked Dr. Vijay, “Why is this place called Srikalahasti?”
Dr. Vijay was stunned for a moment. He had been visiting that place since childhood but had never thought about the origin of the name. He thought if I say do not know the reason I will appear a fool that I don’t even know about such a famous place which I had been visiting since birth.
Dr. Vijay raced his mind and to impress Dr. Anupam he explained, “Sir, ‘Sri’ is a title of respect, ‘Kala’ means black and ‘Hasti’ means hand. So this is the place of the ‘Respected Black Hand’.” Dr. Vijay felt satisfied that he had salvaged the situation by his quick thinking.
Leaving Dr. Anupam alone, Dr. Vijay then got busy in arranging the transport to take them back home.
Next day at breakfast Dr. Anupam informed Dr. Vijay, “When you are busy arranging return transport yesterday at the Srikalahasti temple, I saw and purchased a book on that place and read it last night. According to that book the Srikalahasti town is named after ‘Sri’ a spider, ‘Kala’ a snake and ‘Hasti’ an elephant that once worshiped Shiva Lingam there and attained salvation.”
As Dr. Anupam kept on speaking about what he had learned from the book, Dr. Vijay’s embracement kept on growing.
Tip: Guiding your Head/Mentor/Boss/Teacher on a local visit can be a good opportunity to form a bond especially if there is a language problem. For example, the local language at Tirupati was Telugu, while Dr. Anupam knew only English and Hindi.
Tip: It is better to brush up and learn about the proper history and other facts about the places you are planning on visiting to avoid looking ignorant and make the visit more interesting.
Tip: If in doubt be honest. It is better to be an ignorant honest person than to be thought of as a false story-teller. In this day of smart-phones, internet, Google and Wikipedia, anything you say can be easily checked.
(Based on a true incident)
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