Minding one's own business
The place was eerie quiet. I put my mobile on silent mode and looked up at the wall, there were beautiful faces with Closeup smiles, Colgate white teeth and a lot of quotable wordings about the need for a perfect smile and bright white teeth. There was a long list which looked something like this: Porcelain veneer Ceramic crowns Zirconia CROWNS... ('I couldn't register the other fancy names') For a moment I wondered if I had wrongly entered an antique store, while I was supposed to accompany my dad to the dentist. But wait, no I was at the right place. Until then, I thought dentistry was itself a medical specialisation. But I was proved wrong, there was a list of specialities in dentistry like orthodontist, paedodontist, endodontist, prosthodontist, maxillogacial surgeon! (This time I was wise enough to take a picture of the list). I was reminded of my 11th Standard English teacher. Had she seen this list, she could easily make a note for our challenging daily