The Lost Screw

Welcome! My name is Srinath Kuntipuram. You can call me SK. I play many roles in my life and the newest role that I have taken upon is to be the writer of this blog. I am a medical doctor, fresh out of medical school and a person who loves to travel. Of course, I do write a lot, but this is the first time that it is on a platform where people can read what I write.

It took me a long time to finalize the name of this page. I really did consider naming it 'The Blog' so that it is a literal representation of what it really is, but I was talked out of it and the domain was not available for purchase. Hence, the name took some effort. There is a simple, yet interesting story behind it.

 

Since my childhood, I have always been imaginative and very talkative. While every kid in pre-school was busy with their shapes and colors, I was more interested in earthquakes and moons. I have been told that all I wanted then, was an audience. Maybe I still am that way. I always did something funny or mischievous and then confess that ‘my screw got loose’.  When it was a little more unexpected of me, I would tell my parents sheepishly that it was because I lost my screw on my way home from school. Maybe my parents started it by telling me that first, but it was something that caught on to my curious 3-year-old mind. Any kid does things out of pure innocence and that was an age when I would have no idea what losing my screw meant. At first, I thought this was just another Indian joke that everyone had, growing up. But as I grew older and saw more of the world, I realized that it was a reference to the innocence I had as a child. That innocence gave context to everything that I did as a child and even gave me an identity because everything was pure and unadulterated. Now, I am 24 years of age and I am desperately searching for that lost screw.

 

The world, today, requires us to have an opinion on everything. In fact, every person is judged purely based on their opinion rather than their actions. Opinions do not necessarily govern actions. Once, the decision is made on what kind of a person one is, there is no going back. I feel that it is the biggest challenge in being a part of a group or a society. Further, this creates bias for every future thought one has and vice versa. Before we realize what happened, we are already in an endless loop with no idea how we got into it. It needs an outsider, someone who cares for us, to remind us of what we were or might have been in the first place. Just like you, my beloved reader, would want to point out to me now. I have just made my opinion on making an opinion but c'est la vie and there is nothing we can do about this. Nobody can express themselves with clarity because of this and the rest is all lost in translation.

 

So, I would like to say that 'The Lost Screw' is a piece of my mind, a true representation of myself and a forum for my thoughts. I will even go on and say that I will ensure that all my thoughts and feelings are pure and unfiltered from what was originally constructed in my mind. Of course, that will not be the only thing that this blog is limited to. It is not every day that one gets thoughts that can be shared with the world. So, I will also write about a variety of other things. I have visited a few countries now and have even learnt medicine over 3 different medical systems. I will also blog about my experiences travelling around the world, learning medicine across the world and the occasional advice on medicine and a host of other topics. Please look out for my post descriptions and topics.

Thank you for spending your time with my thoughts and I hope that you continue to do so! Feel free to share them around. There is also a space for any comments that you may have. I will always check them and ensure that we stay connected! Enjoy!