2011 Highlight... My Middle Finger!!!

2011, a brand New year. We look forward to new ambitions, new desires, challenges, aspirations to push ourselves so that we make the best of what will be offered to us in the New Year. I too was looking at it with renewed vigour, 2010 was an OK year for me, but then it wasn't that bad either. My resolution was to ensure that I come out of my laziness which had dragged me into the ground in 2010, had to push myself and ensure I don't repeat another 2010.

I was on vacation in Goa, quit my job and was looking forward to the new place where I had got in. I had ample of time to unwind my tired mind before I get into the rat race again. A week of madness n mayhem in Goa, with a dash of relaxation just to be a lil considerate to my body, and another week at home lazing around waiting for my first day at the new place. Was thinking to myself, I must be the luckiest person to get a long break in-between jobs, and was being mesmerized with the whole thought. Its just a great feeling to actually be relaxed when you know that you are gonna slog your ass off in your next job. So its refreshing and you have an opportunity to rejuvenate yourself before the next rat race.

On the 5th day I left late from office and was heading home on my Enfield bullet, since I've been traveling to office on the bike ever since I started my career. I was riding down the new King's Circle flyover, when I had to change lanes due to some maintenance work on the street lights and get onto the next flyover. I was behind a four-wheeler, so I decided to overtake from the left side. I looked in the left mirror just to check if there is any vehicle coming from the left side, before I could look back on the road, I hit something really hard. I was seeing the sky & the road turning upside down, rolling over in the middle of the road. Me lying on the road with the bike a few meters away from me I knew I was in deep shit. I knew it was a bad accident, I got up on my own and started looking at the damage on me, couple of riders stopped to help me and check on me. Slowly the pain was saying hi and I was looking at the injuries to me, my right hand middle finger was bleeding from the nail, my left leg ankle was paining and I was struggling to take a step ahead. My left shoulder was in excruciating pain and I was hoping I hadn't cracked my shoulder. So I tried to lift it but with a lot of pain and difficulty I managed to move it up, and I was hoping it wouldn't be a hairline fracture.

Other riders help me walk to my bike while others lifted it, and I was assessing the damage caused due to my 3 seconds of looking into the mirror. It was fucked up and I knew for the second time it was a bad ass accident. I was just wondering why now, at the beginning of the year do I get punished, what did I do that gave me such a jolt. I called up a friend who lived close to where the accident had taken place, he helped get to the doc, and after telling him where I was hurt, I realized I might have fractured my right hand middle finger.

The next day I visited the hospital, and got an x-ray done. The doc confirmed it was a fracture and that I would have to undergo surgery to get it fixed. Monday morning was my appointment for the surgery, I was calm since the doctor had said that it would be a 25min procedure and it would be a local anesthesia. As I watched the doctor drill wires in my finger, I was reminiscing my fateful accident and just wasn't able to get over it. I took me a few days to get over the whole episode of my accident since it would just keep coming in my head.

Its been 3 months since the accident and even today while my bike is still at the garage getting repaired, I pass through the accident spot at Sion everyday and pray that i'm really fortunate that I escaped the accident with only a minor finger fracture, though its consequences I will have to live for the rest of my life...

Drive / Ride safe people, it aint worth it... Trust me on this.