Irony of similar thoughts

A house with a swimming pool,

with a name board carved in gold

was life is what they thought.

Sacrificing their love for a limousine

didn't seem a sacrifice at all.

Life's journey made them

take different paths,

Walking on a lonely road wasn't

difficult, right from start.

Each passing day made them

regret choosing their own path.

Both felt Life would have been

better if they had killed the love

in their heart, right from the start".

Another couple watched the moon lit sky

with a sweet wind passing by,

For their house didn't have a roof.

Love had brought them together,

They had two lovely kids

And a lovely family.

Each day they had to struggle

hard to make end meets.

They yearned for a limousine and

A house with the name board carved in gold.

Both felt Life would have been

better if they had killed the love

in their heart, right from the start".

Of feminism, stupidity and randomness.

My mother calls me a zombie. Everyday I wake up at 7, sometimes 8 and the days I sleep at 5 a.m, I wake up at 8:30. I quickly get dressed up and with a blank look on my face, I leave for work. My ears are plugged with with head phones of my mp3 player and with random thoughts clouding over my head I cross the crowded roads and subways. I get back home by 7, and straight I go to sit with my computer.I read random blogs, view random videos and talk to random people. This has been my life for the past one month, my two best friends being my computer and my mp3 player.

So this weekend, I decided to break off from the zombie routine. I took my patti ( grandmother in Tamil. I detest referring to her as granny or grandmother.) for a movie she was long wanting to watch and spent time helping my mom with the Navarathri pooja. I also decided to pay some attention to one gadget I had lost touch with- The Television. After the huge tamasha Rakhi Sawanth created choosing a groom for herself, she has now decided to play mom. As I just flipped through channels, I saw this show named "Mein, Mere pati Aur Woh" ( I,My Husband and That). I wonder which parent would refer to their child as woh. This show showcases the child managing capabilities of some pseudo celebrity couples. And Rakhi Sawant cribs about the child assigned to her. She is unable to put the poor child to sleep and ends up bitching about the child. I would want to tell Mrs. Rakhi, that being a mom is not only about raising kids. Its needs a whole lot of sacrifice, patience, love, affection ,practicality and ability to handle tough situations. The women in this show showcase none of the above mentioned qualities and they are the going-to-be moms. Wasn't there a better way of gaining publicity? I guess the supreme court should bring a stand against casting such shows on national television. These shows not only portray a false image of celebrities but also tarnish the image of the many smart mothers in the country. Moreover the impact Rakhi Sawanth would have on the mind of a poor little one year old, toddler is definitely a punishable offense. On the pretext of a reality show, T.V channels are performing a different kind of child molestation.

Another funny show that I came across was called perfect bride. I wonder why this show is called the perfect bride. A woman remains a bride for a maximum of 48 hours. I wonder if the show is to search for a bride or for the most stupid woman and man in India. The main motive of this reality show is to search for the perfect bride who can adjust to the needs of the husband and mother-in-law. And here's how it goes. There are a bunch of 12 women and 12 men who are in search of a perfect partner. The men come along with their mothers who also specify their demands from their to-be Daughters-in-law. The demands are as follows: she must be pretty, she must be well mannered, she must be able to adjust to our family, she shouldn't get angry. Now the bunch of mothers in law and to-be brides are put into one house and all the grooms are put into another. Some of the girls already begin to eye some of the guys and try to act as good as possible with the particular moms. There are situations when two women eye for the same guy and cheap fights take place among the two. Among these groups of 10 men and 10 women some get eliminated. I have no clue why. In the house these women hang around in mini shorts and low neck T-shirts and the mothers- in-law seem to be pretty cool with their clothes. Most of women are in the age group of 20-24. The men are in the age group of 24-30.

The thing that makes me wonder is how could these men and women in their 20's come on national television and show the world their worthlessness. I was under the impression that the youth of this country were an ambitious lot. I wonder which company would have given these men, more than a month of leave during times of recession. And one among these men are going to be crowned as the perfect groom. While feminists in the country are fighting for women to be included in the army, and against the cheer leaders during T-20 matches, I think they should fight against such a stupid show, which shows to the world a bunch of women who's only ambition is to become some sort of pseudo daughter-in-law who publicly stalk men. At the end of it all, I had a good laugh.

The poor quality of reality shows is something that makes me cry. I miss the days when there used to be only 2 channels on the T.V. One was Doordarshan National and the other was DD metro. The most sought after shows were The world this week, Surabhi and Malgudi days. Every week, as a whole family all of us used to look forward to it. And each time I heard the song mile sur mera tumhara I run to watch it even if it was the millionth time. Its been more than five years now, that I watched a T.V show regularly with my mom,dad and patti.

I want to be me.

As I stepped into this world,

I came to be known as a Daughter.

Years rolled by and I became wife,

Soon a mother, I will be.

Time sped and I just realised,

Entangled by the chains of Daughter,

Mother and wife,

I have never been me,

Never been the one I wanted to be.

As of now I have only one dream,

Before I die, the world I have known,

Should call me no mother,

no daughter, no wife..

But just call me as

'The one and only one.'

Singling Out Men and Women

When we sit to think about what made us the person today we are, what would make us the person we want to be tomorrow, there pop up numerous answers. But none of us can dispute the fact that there was a lot of sacrifice that was borne by our very own creators - mom's to make us the person we are today. My grandmother sacrificed a companion to raise three kids all alone, after becoming a widow at quite a youthful age of 32. My mom scarified promotions and perks to make me the person today I am.

The thing that bothers me today is the fact most women have to weigh their profession and work against their family. One of the biggest atrocities most middle class women face, is when they are made to make a choice between her career and family. Not all of them get to enjoy the complete package of goodies: an understanding husband and Great kids and a successful career. We do see real life examples.Jaya Baduri had to do away with her acting after she married Mr.Bachan.She had a perfect family and perfect kids but her career went for a toss. She could have turned out to be the greatest star who might have won most number of national awards if she hadn’t become Mrs. Bachan.It was a choice she made no doubt. But why do women always have to make these choices. All women get the cake but most women never get to eat it.

When you weigh down single men and single women (dumped, divorced, widowed or single by choice) you'd clearly find single women surpass single men on every scale and are a way lot smarter than them. Let’s compare two of our very able single politicians too.Jayalalitha and Atal Behari Vajpayee.Don't you find Jaya Amma a way smarter than Mr.Vajpayee?  Be it in career or in raising kids, single women are better at handling both. Women always have clearly defined purposes in life. 

Most single women are single by choice. This does not apply to single men. Why would any man choose to be single??? Most single men either have this huge complex about themselves or suffer from depression which makes them do weird things. So next time you get a random friend request or you receive a sympathetic mail on Orkut or face book you know who's doing it. For men who choose to be single its definitely not a choice. Singleness is forced upon them. 

To the man who quoted the following: "Behind every successful man there is a woman and behind every unsuccessful one there follow two." I want to tell you that you need us more than we need you. Singleness be it forced upon us, or be it by our own choice, WE DON'T CRUMBLE.

Hey Mr. Principal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s that time of the year again! Board examinations! Every student is burning the midnight oil, cramming in facts that they never learnt before, and the adrenalin is pumping really high. They are told that this phase can make or break their lives.

Generally the 12^th standard board examination is the real test of fire as the marks acquired in the exam determines one’s admission into the course of his/her dreams. The 10^th standard examination which was introduced to give the students a feel of a public exam has become more important these days. Schools set the marks acquired in the 10^th standard examinations as a bench mark for giving their students the science/commerce / humanities streams. If you don’t get the required marks you wouldn’t be given the stream of your choice. This leaves many students in a dilemma. They could stay in the same school and pursue a course which they don’t like or change schools to follow their dreams.

The school is considered a second home and the teachers our second mothers. It is here that each individual learns his first lessons in life and makes impressions that last forever. It is here we make our first friends in life. Every student shares a bond with his/her school.  It is unfair when schools refuse to give you the course of your choice only because you got a few marks lesser than what is required.  It is even more unfair, when schools admit new students and ask those who have been with the school since Kindergarten to leave. The 2 digit number called “marks” is all that matters to them.

They don’t care about the trauma a 15 yr old student undergoes. The pain of parting from friends and teachers who have been with you during the formative years is difficult to overcome, and it is even worse when you are made to feel like a loser for not having secured the required marks. The system fails to provide you with enough information about the various streams. Students must be provided with more information about the various options available to them and asked to make their choices. It is often considered shameful to pursue any course without a science and mathematics base. All of us have this wrong notion that only those with weak fundamentals would take up the humanities or pure science groups. In the race for the IIT’s and NIT’s we fail to explore new avenues .We fail to understand that there is no Nobel prize for engineering or Business. Schools fail to understand that the marks obtained in the board examinations never judge a student’s aptitude or interest in a particular subject.  They only judge the student’s ability to cram in facts.

It is sad to see that our schools are making their students mere mark churning machines. A system of testing that can judge both the student’s interest and aptitude must be adopted by schools. This would bring out the best talent in each student. The rat race for the IIT’s and NIT’s has made creativity and innovation take a back seat. Schools should focus on making their students well rounded persons with a sense of social responsibility and not mere mark-churners.

Dear Mr. God!!

It was a hard day.I wanted to be in solitude for a while. So, I took a stroll to the nearby park and sat on a bench there. I was immersed in thoughts when I found this notebook beside me. curiously I opened it and flipped through the pages to read the following, I could relate to it so well.

"Dear Mr God!!

Hello, I really don't know where you exist or in what form you exist? They say you are in people's hearts. I searched hard couldn't find you in mine. But I certainly believe, you do exist. God today has been the worst day of my life in ages. I haven't spoken to anyone or even smiled a bit. Well even you didn't help me out today. Coming to the point I just realized something. You are even more confused than I am.

You created the world. Thats something worth appreciating. You really did a very good job. The mountains,oceans,rain ,snowfall,the breeze, the snow fall everything is amazing. You do have some great engineering sense. And you have crafted the interiors of the world in a brilliant way. Hats off to you for that.

You know where u really goofed up. It was when you created man and a woman. I guess you created them by mistake or something, but why the hell did you make them love? Now don't gimme this crap that you didn't create love and that it was just an outcome. You are bloody well responsible for it. With this damn thing called love came an entire package of baddies- hate, envy,jealousy,revenge. And you have the cheek to say love is simple. Love is so complicated and damn you for creating it. And guess what?? No one can live without it. We can live without food but not without love.

This damn love is creating hell for me. It really hurts God. It aches inside me. I wanna cry aloud but no one is listening. You made a mistake god. Love is very painful. Why did you create it. Did you wanna watch a 24X7 soap from the skies by creating this damn thing called Love? You are sadistic!!!

yours sincerely,

Man

PS: Come down from where ever you stay and answer me you SOB. Otherwise I'll come to heaven someday, catch your collar and make you answer me.

The frustrations are truly amalgamated.

Sarkar Raj: Not worthwhile at all

The audiences are not retarded. This is the message, I would like to give the director Ram Gopal Verma (RGV) for his recent venture, Sarkar Raj. For the hype and hysteria surrounding it, Sarkar Raj turns out to be just a shade better than the worst film of his lifetime AAG.

Featuring bollywood's star family - Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, this movie terribly fails to live up to its expectations. This would teach a good lesson for this entire family of vetran actors to chose better scripts in the future.

The story begins with the tag line POWER CANNOT BE GIVEN . IT HAS TO BE TAKEN.
Subash Nagre(Amitabh bachan) a retired Don, is a happy man who is proud of his son shankar nagre(Abhishek Bachan) taking over his place. With an extremely slow pace of delivering dialogues he tells his people outside is house, about how his has accomplished more than what he had done in his entire life time. The usual scenes of him waving slowly at the public with his Rudraksh tied up over his hands and the background score of govindaaaaaaaaaa is quite stereotyped. With soaring temperatures it is quite surprising to see Amitabh looking quite comfortable in a long black kurta and black Dhoti. Sometimes he covers this attire with a white shawl too.

Now to bring some pace into the movie RGV brings in Anita (Aishwarya rai) a bold and brash business woman , CEO of Shepperd power plant who approaches Sarkar with a proposal to build a huge power plant in Maharashtra. Shankar percieves the good it would do for the state and convinces his father who never agrees to it in the beginning.
The plot takes a twist here, and there are many people scheming against the Sarkars and and in the bargain Shankar looses his wife. RGV fails to bring out the emotions from Abhishek as he just has a blank expression on his face after his wife's death. He doesn't emote well even when she tells him that she is pregnant.

Shankar and Anita go to every village and explain to the villagers about the benifits of the plant. RGV shows their car which follows a string of motorbikes with the huge yellow flags again and again which makes the pace of the film even slower.

There are many plotting against the Sarkars and aim at Shankar's life. The scene showing Shankar being shot is extremely slow. The junior Sarkar who is more witty and smart than the Sarkar himself, doesn't have the presence of mind to lie flat of the floor during an attack. The story after this is how the Sarkar finds out who plotted against him and kills them. Being quite a straightforward don I wonder how he gets the money to have about fifty gunned men with machine guns in their hands. The film ends with a big surprise and a emergence of a new Sarkar.

On the whole the movie is extremely slow paced, without being gripping at all, it demands a better screenplay and cinematography and definitely better music. The actors havent been used well.Every scene needs a proper finishing touch. Govindaaaaaaaaaaaaa .... I guess RGV was hinting that your money was gooovinda. For someone who loves Ash and Abhi this is definitely not the movie to watch. A very poor performance by RGV.