I had a chance to pass on the road in front of hospital in West recently. I never had a chance to enter hospital from inside there. I remembered the poem of Ernest Hemmingway “East is East and West is West and twin shall never meet”. Its not to hurt anybodies true feelings its about way of life in east and west and the traditions will always be different because of way of life is different. Things can become easier for doctors if less relatives will visit the hospital lawns or corridors enquiring about health of relatives. People forget doctors ( with due respect to doctors all over the world , doctors cant give life to the people they help in keeping it healthier and happier by removing pathogens, or biochemical or some unknown causes affecting health but once the heart stops breathing which eventually will for every single individual on this earth at some point of time , no medical science can provide life. ) It has become a recent trend in some of the hospitals in Asia to beat the doctors for negligence once the patient has died. The more vigorously you attack a doctor and damage hospital property more you are the closest relative of the patient. It is a mark of respect to beat the doctor in honor of the departed soul. Some times the doctors go on strike to protest and many more people die due to lack of medical attention. If this trend continues medical colleges will have to give some lessons of self defense to the doctors. Its the way of life to show your concern and more concern. Person may bring patient to the hospital when disease is out of control or person is already breathing his last but if he or she dies on hospital bed the doctors are to be blamed. In this mortal world every body has to die at some point of time and death is a biological process. One has to see the corridors of a hospital in Delhi filled with thousands of patients, well wishers and relatives and see the corridors of hospitals filled with people showing concerns, bringing food and water sweets and fruits to the patient. Doctors are to be saluted for handling, treating and managing huge hospitals thronged by several thousand people each day and Government has to be thanked for providing free medical health care to all in Government owned hospitals. I salute them all. Higher the post you hold in some office greater number of people will visit you. More people visit hospital when some big guns wife is sick not because they love his wife but because they have to show the concern to the boss how caring they are. Front lawns of hospitals , departure platforms of the trains, and airports are oceans of human heads and hands waving or waiting for their near and dear ones. Every body has to come to the hospital in Asia and sit in front of the hospital lawn (, eat and even cook while waiting to ask for the health of the near and dear ones. I missed seeing such huge crowds in West which one can witness in front of any hospital. Its tradition to show concern how sorry you are feeling if someone is sick, keep on asking doctors about the condition of a patient from each white coat person we see in the corridor, and show concern. If one does not come to enquire about the well being in person he is not fulfilling his duty or registering his concern. I don’t know how doctors face this problem of visitors, or how stations manage with huge crowds of people coming to see off people as we must go to station and wave till the train has departed apparently to show how sad we are feeling for departures of our relatives. Air ports (or I have not seen sea ports ) for that matter also witness the huge crowds of well-wishers. No doubt the departure lounge has a bigger area in Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi airport which can house thousands of relatives coming to see off the people going abroad. It was tradition in my home to put a tilak on my forehead and offer some sweets and even put some garland while going abroad and my parents did it at Delhi airport (Terminal 1 of that time) when I went out first time in 1974 and if my parents would have been alive they might have done it to me even today. Probably the parents never knew whether their son will reach destination or will be eaten by lions or tigers on way to destinations as we had to travel through thick forests in good olden times on horse back. Now the thick forests and jungles are gone, tigers are gone so you find less people with tilak . A bridegroom has a to carry a sword to ward off any trouble on way to marriage ( trouble not from former lovers ) but probably from lions or tigers which can attack marriage parties. Now wild life is gone but the traditions still persist. But that is the way of life here. However its best tradition to remain united as families take care of parents and relatives and be with your loved once at times of their needs. This is healthy tradition of east which you can miss in West and feel it also. However it’s the overdo and show off which is puzzling. East is east and west is west and twin shall never meet.