The Extra Finger

My Dear God has blessed me with an extra finger for the left hand thumb.. yaaa just like Hrithik Roshan’s right hand..!! (see the pic on the left keenly).

When I was a child, my friends or teachers were so amazed and surprised to discover that I have an extra finger. It used to be kind of show off for me to flaunt my left thumb and allow them to touch it once..! They fired me with all kind of weird questions that one could think of like ‘can you move it?’, ‘is there is any sensation on it if I touch it?’, ‘Does it pain when a wound is inflicted on it?’, ‘Does blood oozes out of it?’ etc etc. I used to laugh at them and answer all of them patiently. On some occations, I used to wait for people to discover that I have an extra finger and feel that I am special..!

People say that I am blessed and so lucky. They say I will be so happy and prosperous and I will get whatever I wish for (?!!). Is that so? Am I happy? I must say I am doing good.. Got placed and have a decent job, though I crib so much now; I am getting salary and its better than not to have a job. I am staying with my family in Hyd. So I should say I am lucky to be like this.

Coming to my extra finger again, these days if someone notices that I have it I don’t see much reaction from them like I used to get before. They say ‘Hey you have an extra finger’ and smile. That’s it. They don’t pose any questions or don’t even touch it.. :( This disappoints me a lot because some where down inside, I feel that it should get more attention and make me special for atleast some seconds. However I don’t get that kind of show stopper attention now a days. I wish I can get into a time machine and go back to those good old days..!