i hate...

I hate foreigners who pass judgement on the indian way of life after visiting the country for purposes not forced on them. hey! we are different! that is why you would visit us at the first place. if you expect your place to be the bench mark of how life should be led then you should get some adhesive, stick your ass on some bench and stay put in your land...

its is a delicate thread ,the thread of life
...i tugged at it with care...
life moved along
...then one day...
i lost patience and pulled it hard.life was thrown fast forward,so fast that i stood and life moved,way ahead of me,before i could grab any meaning,i saw it moving ahead
...fast...
faster...
it is a constant race now
...to catch up with life...
to find some meaning
...but...
do i want my old life back
...which is a better state...
finding meaning or meaning to find.

its been two years since i wrote for this blog...and more!whew n hooray! welcome back me! its great to be back. to be caught in a moment between the past and the future( i plan to be regular from now)....see you soon with more...

we dont need no religion

when karl marx said that religion is the opiate of the masses he meant that people find solace in religion.however his obsevasation in contemporary times can be interpreted as religion having drugged the minds of people.religion has numbed the senses.people have lost touch with how and why religion originated .for one thing no religion originated to establish its supremacy over other religions.nature had to be interpreted in the earliest times when humanity originated.and the doings of nature was explained away as the working of a supernatural being.when the gods cried we had rain!in time more complex theories developed.for example one supreme being multiplied to 320000000 gods for the hindus.caste system was born.right were taken away from some to make others powerful.exploitation showed its ugly face.religion also originated to keep men on the right track.a god fearing man would not do evil reading would not usurp other people's rights.however all the humane qualities of religion lost ground.intermediates came between god and man.man has lost out in the fight between the gods for supremacy.humanity is sacrificed in the alter of temples and mosques.i was shocked to read that the new pope did not encourage condoms!that is as good as commiting suicide in this day and age of STDs!isnt religion suppose to make better humans out of people.where did we go astray?arent we better of without religion then?i would suggest we go back to believing in one supreme being,burn the religious text and write new tenets based on humanity.life over bloodshed anyone?

growing up

i have been on my own for 3 years now.well "on my own" reading away from parents.when i came away to another city for my graduation i wasnt exactly sure what to expect from the big bad world where parents would not be there as road directions to point the way.i was scared but i was excited at the prospect too!the independent spirit in me had to break away.and i got a good deal too.since i was away from home i had a say in what i wanted to do.and whenever doubt crept parents were always a phone call or email away.no i dont take my parents for granted,infact more so since i have come away from home.i have started to have new respects for their efforts.life is a big responsibilty!the past 3 years have taught me so.i have grown up like i had not in the initial 18 years of my life.the thing that i found most exciting is living with friends.it is true what they say about friends being the family we get to choose.yes living with people who dont share the same background,same culture,language,up-bringing has its flip sides.things do heat up,tempers fly sometimes,but we learn to compromise and also respect each others differences.we are there for each other,we feel for each other and being of the same age group helps us relate to each other better.we discuss everything from pregnancy to pubic hair!i have also learnt some handy tips from experience.i have finally got the hang of washing clothes for one thing.i do manage to clean a pair of jeans without shrinking them.after many disasters i have also learnt to wash clothes that let off colour separately!living on my own has made me agressive!i know that i have to take care of myself.at the end of the day we are all on our own.i am always on my gaurd so that no one takes me for a ride.i have learnt that everything or everyone is not what it/they seems.and i have discovered that i have inherited my mom's skill of haggling
!i never pay what the auto/taxi driver asks at the first go.as i said i dont let anyone take me for a ride.i have learnt to respect my womanhood.i stand up for my rights and dont let anyone get away with a sexist jibe!oh yes i have learnt to wake up in the morning by myself too.it was difficult initially without mom being around to shake me awake.but soon got used to the alarm clock.managed to reach college on time by the first month itself!i will graduate this year.but a dergee is not all i will have to show for the past 3 years.i am a new me who has graduated from being a giggly teenager to a responsible adult!

ShhhhhhEX

virginity is the most over-rated virtue!and one way to keep girls virgins is to act like sex does not exist.that we were actually dropped by storks!parents in india and i am sure in most parts of the world drill it into the heads of children that sex is a shhhhhhhh word.it is something that should be kept away from dining table conversation or from any conversation at all!the result is obviously what can be expected.with hormonal changes children begin to wonder about the different sensations they go through.and because sex is a taboo subject in the family they look to the outside world for information;the outside world before the internet happened was restricted to friends who were equally confused or cheap porn easily available in the market.so all they got was half baked information which they were better without.what the parents dont realise is that if ignorance is bliss ,knowledge is power!especially with the threat of STDs looming large sex education has become an invitable part in the school curriculam.the sooner the society strips away the shame related to as natural a thing as sex the more empowered will it become.a body will make its demands felt no matter how much parents try to cover up the S word.by rationally talking about the matter will help the children from making mistakes which might cost them thier's and their beloved's life.

benefit of the doubt!

well the other day i came across this line which really got me thinking.not that i am a profound person or something.its just that sometimes you come across thoughts which you cant really ignore.anyways as i was saying, the line went "i respect faith but it is doubt that gave me an education!" .and i thought how true.we are what we are because someone dared to doubt.we have our sciences because darwin decided that there was something wrong with the theory that the human species started when adam mated eve or because gallileo freed us from the notion that the earth was shaped as a saucer supported by elephants!revolutions freed number of people because some dared to doubt the divine right of the king to rule. if some women did not question the right of men to subjugate the "second sex" i wouldnt have been here sitting and typing this blog!so one must take nothing at face value or as given.not even what i have written now!well so my name...