Dr S.S. Sethi of Delhi had few questions. I said I wanted a rhinoplasty, asked whether hecould alter my nose, make it as sharp as that of the man in the photograph I'd taken alongto show him. "No problem," said the good doctor, "ho jaayega." Whatwould it cost me? "Rs 16,000," he replied. Rs 5,000 before, the rest on the dayof the operation. Would it be painful, I asked. "Na…aah," he said. Would itbe a long surgery? "About an hour," he assured me. The surgery took all ofthree-and-a-half hours. The anaesthetist goofed. The consequence: I cam to during thesurgery, fought the nurses, cutting myself on the head and leg in the process. It ispainful. Post-surgery you have to breathe through the mouth because your nose is raw andbound, your face is swollen and your throat's dry. The hospital (three rooms on his firstfloor go by that name) is dirty.