Aey Dil-e-Nadan…
…Aakhir is dard ki dawa kya hai?...My heart is beating…, keeps on repeating…I'm waiting for you…these are the simple yet magical words of age old songs that still echo in our ears and instill melody in our heart. From times immemorial, the poets of all tongues have associated the heart with the emotions of love and dejection. Fine, lexicographers also use such words as hearty, heartfelt, heartless, heart-rending etc, etc. I feel this is justified as the first symptom of any irresistible reaction seems to rise in our heart and not the brain: heart pounds, sinks, fills with disgust, hatred, ennui, feels elated and lovelorn.
We know that heart is really an ugly looking 340g piece of flesh, just a tirelessly working four-chambered pump that circulates about 15100 litres of blood to all parts of the body through 90,000 kilometres of blood vessels. This World Heart Day is once again here to remind us of the most precious organ that we are endowed with by the almighty God. As the good heart is to good health, it is also more prone to suffer from the insult of corrupt atmosphere, physiology and sociology.
Hurry, worry and curry are the three alarming words that may run your heart hypertensive. God forbid, the eminent cardiologists are there to take care of your ailing heart and tell about heart matters… they may try hard to scare you, but don't lose your heart, with a steadfast mind you can still begin to take care of your loving heart. You should listen to them intently. Adieu.
