Dr. Priya orthodontist, looked at the young woman before her admiringly. She was around 23 and looked like a taller version of that beautiful Komaliya Thakore Saxena. She was Parvati Mahadev P@-- , and a newly wed. Priya marveled at the mysterious celestial bodies which had divinely plotted in bringing together, THIS terrestrial Parvati and Mahadev, THAT heavenly jodi's namesakes, into her very mortal CLINIC. WOW, MADE FOR EACH OTHER NAMES! . Priya saw that she needed some fillings and suggested that she come on Tuesday at 8.00PM to which the girl looked shocked. Then blushing, she said 'no ma'm, at 8.00 PM, my Mahadevji will come , so I have to be at home, see.' Priya smiled at her and said 'Of course, I forgot you are a newly wed and will be waiting eagerly, for your hubby to get home. My bail budhdhi'..' she was vehemently interrupted by Parvati, ' no, no, not my hubby Mahadev, (demurely) THAT MAHADEV, THE DEVON KA DEV, who comes on TV at 8.00 P.M, and I am so crazy about him that I told Santosh, i.e. my hubby, to change his name to Mahadev, if he ever wished to be married to me.'
The next in line was K PREMI, another young woman who looked smart and cute. To make her comfortable, Priya asked the girl what ' K' in her name stood for and her jaw dropped when the girl said 'KRIYA'. This was the height of passion and dedication of a fan, she silently clapped in her mind and wondered how her parents or her hubby had let her wander around with this 'surreal' name. Picking her jaw up, she stared at the girl, who gave a cute laugh and said 'I had you stumped, right?' Then in a disgusted voice ' see my dad is a workaholic and to instill that quality in me he named me KRIYA, as in WORK, MOTION, ACTION, take your pick . I think you would be 𤣠if you hear what his first choice was, KAAM PREMI, no, no, it is HINDI, HINDI, KAAM. Then my Ma and GRAMA put their foot down and demanded what if people mistook it for SANSKRIT KAAM, like in WISH, WANT, DESIRE! Scandalized, he settled for KRIYA. Thank god, for small mercies!' Then the girl went coy and jubilant at once, ' Ma'm, do you watch MKAP and that gorgeous Jodi, KRIYA? l am crazy about them. You know what, all my friends who used to make me the butt of many snide jokes, are utterly jealous of me now, because I think I am the only KRIYA FAN among them all, who is also a KRIYA PREMI, OFFICIALLY! See, who is having the last laugh now!'
Ever since the above incidents, Priya has become rather cautious and asked her receptionist to scrutinize the patients' names , before sending them to her. Even with all the precautions, stray cases like that of PYARAKESIA, SHYAMPYARI, SA(J)JAN-I, AM-RUTA(ADM) come to her. She scratches her head, racks her brains, still no. she cannot get to the root of the names. unlike in her profession where Dr. Priya, can get to the root of the problem. But then she could still ask the persons in question, only She has stopped being curious, knowing what it did to the cat!