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Change of heart 
Jaspal Bhatti

"DIL diwana hai ... dil to pagal hai." Don’t worry, if your heart is not under control you will be able to get it changed. France’s leading heart transplant specialist Alain Carpentier has said that a completely artificial heart will be available for human use within two and a half years.

At presently we say whether a person is kind-hearted or soft hearted, then people will ask, "Bhai sahib aap kaun si company ka dil use kar rahe ho?" (Sir, you are using heart of which company). Many may reply, "Ji Ranbaxy ka dil dalwaya hai, lekin battery bahut khata hai." (I am using Ranbaxy’s heart but it consumes too much battery.)

Glaxo would come with an ad, "Dil jo chale salo saal." (Heart that beats year after year). Many companies may come out with diesel or petrol-run hearts. The government might give subsidy on hearts, run on solar batteries.

But when the battery goes down the heart will stop singing songs for its own self. I remember a couplet, ‘Mohabbat ke liye kuch khas dil makhsoos hote hain (There are some special hearts designed for love). Some hearts may with the warning, ‘Chasing young girls with this heart is risky.’

Once a team of doctors transplanted a prosthetic heart into a police officer. The operation was successful but after a month the doctor, heading the team, got a legal notice for putting a soft heart in the officer’s body. The police department had protested that the police officer is getting over courteous to every criminal ‘Bhai Sahib koi takleef ho to batana’ (Sir, if you have any problem, do tell.)





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