GAMMA...I remember
By Kamran Hussain, Iffat Saud and Shahid Bashir

Well some people have fond memories of Gamma. I certainly do not have fond memories of him although some are funny memories.

I remember that he failed almost the whole batch in a substage that he took... in fact three substages in a row and then the stage as well. This was part of the reason that I fell out of favour with my father who although he was not a strict disciplinarian used to keep an eye on my academics. It is certainly embarrassing when one has a certain reputation and is failing repeatedly in tests.

I remember he took the supple of one of the first substages of the Upper limb region. This was in his office and we were waiting anxiously outside. Interestingly the question he asked me was not anatomical in nature at all. He asked me to recite the Namaz for the Fiqah i Jafaria. Probably because of my name. I had been told beforehand not to argue with him so I stayed silent as telling him that I was not a Momin was tantamount to him asking me even more difficult questions about the Sunni faith. He relented and said that I was a good boy and to prove it I should get my hair cut and he would only pass me I would show him my newly cut hair before everyone had their viva.

You should have seen me bolt out of his office like a jackrabbit.

There was then the next problem.... I was out of money and could not find Asaad and the other friends anywhere. I was without any transport as some clever fellow had rung up my father and told him that I was dating girls everywhere in my car... my father’s only conditions on the use of the blue Mazda 808 was no girls in it and home by ten pm.....and of course one of the friends who knew of this played a practical joke. In addition, I had just finished my money in the cafeteria.

So there I was running to Masson Road down the Mall cursing Gama and my luck... sweating away.... Anyhow got to Masson Road... got a military cut as I had just had a haircut a few days ago, promised to pay the barber another day, hopped into the banned item... almost without petrol and drove like a madman to the anatomy department. I just got there in the nick of time as Gama was about to leave, showed him my haircut and passed...without having to recite the Namaz for the Fiqah i Jafaria.

There is also another aside to this. When we were in third year, we were having dinner and Gama turns up at my home with another dangerous looking Moulvi... meyn langh reyan sahn tey sochia tenun mil lawan. And in the next breath said I need to get to Mozang Chungi. When in the car he said that, he needed to get to Bund Road. I dropped him off on Queens Road making an excuse my parents needed the car. Probably just as well considering his later reputation

Kamran Hussain

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I also remember the day when I had to appear before him for my substage and failed as I had no idea how to make bhindi ki sabzi (He should have asked Bhindi about it) in supply I again flunked as i had no idea of bagan ka bhurta third chance was my lucky one as I knew dua-a-qunat. By the way now I make excellent bhindi ki sabzi and bagan ka bhurta ,thanks to Dr Ghulam Ahmed. May he rest in peace at high ranks.

Iffat Saud

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My lasting memory of GAMA is when I appeared before him in a substage. As soon as I sat down a peon who he had asked to get a drink for him came back and refused to get it. He got angry and started swearing at him and carried on for a good five minutes. When he finished you can imagine my state, he asked me one question and said go away. Of course I failed and that was the only substage I ever failed. Afterwards, he said in front of the class ‘menoo patta se anu aunda se me ung he fail kar deta’

Shahid Bashir