The government can hire our bolly stars to spread awareness about environment issues. If SRK shows his dimples and tells me to plant trees I sure will be more than inspired to do so. If Ranbir Kapoor grins and tells me to save I definately will. If Shahid Kapoor smiles down at me and tells me to switch off lights and fans I will surely do it!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Jeane's adventures
Jeane was sitting quite comfortably in the bus, humming her little song; when a lady stood beside her and put her potbelly on Jeane's shoulders. The potbelly sat quietly on the already burdened with cardigan shoulder and its discomfort began(the shoulder's not the potbelly's). It is quite obvious that heavy potbellys protruding out of not- so- young- pretty- ladies are not comfortable pillows for young shoulders!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Doing what is right
I am all for justice and individual rights and feel elated when I read stories about the "wronged who are triumphant after the justice tug of war." One feels empathy for the underdog because one thinks that one may be in the same situation at some point of time. Its human tendency to feel for the minority, the needy and all kind of victoms. Even if we do nothing to help and forget about it all in five minutes! But once in a while( maybe blue moon, maybe decade) something pulls tightly at the safely hidden strings of our heart and we actually take some action and help someone out. We may donate blood, we may take part in a rally, we may make a poster; whatever we can do, we do.
Yes, that happened to me once-I really felt something, an urge to help. If anyone remembers, in 2007 there was this poor guy who loved a rich girl whose rich dad was against the match and the guy died? It was big news in West bengal, stories about it were filed for more than a month. A candlelight vigil, a protest march and a petition was held to get justice for the guy- a CBI investigation to be precise. I was one of the protestors.
Taking part in something like this brought in a few changes.
1. It made me more confident.I learned how to talk to perfect strangers.
2. I learned that if I believe in something, reallly believe in something, I am as confident as can be and can convince others too!
3. I realised that change can happen, that "we" are the change, the aam junta has power to change however sceptical people are.
4. I learned to light candles and got over my fear of getting burned something i had developed ever since i had got burned badly when I was 9
5. But best of all it inspired me to "do" other things in future and reinstalled my belief in justice
If helping someone has helped me so much then I am all for helping people, justice and individual rights!
Yes, that happened to me once-I really felt something, an urge to help. If anyone remembers, in 2007 there was this poor guy who loved a rich girl whose rich dad was against the match and the guy died? It was big news in West bengal, stories about it were filed for more than a month. A candlelight vigil, a protest march and a petition was held to get justice for the guy- a CBI investigation to be precise. I was one of the protestors.
Taking part in something like this brought in a few changes.
1. It made me more confident.I learned how to talk to perfect strangers.
2. I learned that if I believe in something, reallly believe in something, I am as confident as can be and can convince others too!
3. I realised that change can happen, that "we" are the change, the aam junta has power to change however sceptical people are.
4. I learned to light candles and got over my fear of getting burned something i had developed ever since i had got burned badly when I was 9
5. But best of all it inspired me to "do" other things in future and reinstalled my belief in justice
If helping someone has helped me so much then I am all for helping people, justice and individual rights!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Cricket friendly?
Recently my parents had gone to see a Day and Night Match between India and Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens. This occurrence instantly got me thinking. In this age of global warming and carbon footprints, we are all thinking of ways of saving energy. Almost everyday we read articles telling us what we can do or rather what we should do to literally save the planet.
Aren't we all nodding our heads and promising ourselves that we'll close the taps the next time we brush our teeth and use a bucket and mug instead of a shower next time we enter the bathroom?
Aren't we all switching of the lights and fans to reduce the energy used as well as our enormously large electricity bills? Are we all taking off the plugs of our chargers when the batteries are fully loaded?
We indeed are being told to do all these and more to keep the environment healthy.
I too want to make a humble suggestion, not to individuals but to all cricket associations around the world. Scrap Day and Night matches! Utilise the daylight and play while the Sun shines. Can't that happen? Something to think about huh? We will save loads of electricity if we do this.
All the cricket lovers will think that am talking nonsense! But one can think about this with an open mind. When the Twenty20 concept was new everyone was sceptical about it but it worked wonders, didn't it? So why not abolish day and night matches altogether? It would work if we make it work.
Cricket for environment anyone?
Aren't we all nodding our heads and promising ourselves that we'll close the taps the next time we brush our teeth and use a bucket and mug instead of a shower next time we enter the bathroom?
Aren't we all switching of the lights and fans to reduce the energy used as well as our enormously large electricity bills? Are we all taking off the plugs of our chargers when the batteries are fully loaded?
We indeed are being told to do all these and more to keep the environment healthy.
I too want to make a humble suggestion, not to individuals but to all cricket associations around the world. Scrap Day and Night matches! Utilise the daylight and play while the Sun shines. Can't that happen? Something to think about huh? We will save loads of electricity if we do this.
All the cricket lovers will think that am talking nonsense! But one can think about this with an open mind. When the Twenty20 concept was new everyone was sceptical about it but it worked wonders, didn't it? So why not abolish day and night matches altogether? It would work if we make it work.
Cricket for environment anyone?
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Why I believe in 2012
I havent seen the movie 2012 but I do believe that we are going to die soon-the world is gonna end soon. If not in 2012 then maybe 10 years later, 20 years later or at the most 30 years later.
1. I have a fantastical mind which likes to believe in such far-fetched stuff. It may be true. I believe in aliens, in witches in magic, so why not in destruction. It sounds kinda cool huh? Who knows what is true and what is untrue?
2. Scientific reasons like global warming and stuff.Blah blah blah...you know all the technical details and me being a dud in science related information, this is not the best forum to understand global warming. ( google search is the ultimate easy way out)
3. Actually the most important reason for me to believe in the destruction is based on information that is not widespread. My theory is based on Hindu mythology. Let me proceed to explain this obnoxious idea whirling in my head called the YUG THEORY. We all know that the Puranas, the Vedas, Mahabharat and other Hinduism related texts talk of four yugs, namely Kreta, Treta, Dvapara and Kali Yug. When one yug ends another begins and so the cycle rolls. We are basically living in the kaliyug(you must be knowing that by now!) Dvepara ended when Lord Krishna's descendents Yadavas killed each other, following which a new era began(this happened after the first war fought in Kurukshetra ended! I mean Mahabharat ofcourse!) So basically when Kalyug ends Kreta will start again each Yug is supposed to comprise of 4 lac 33 years.Lets count backwards.We are living in the 21st century-so 2100 years have passed already. Before that many many years have passed in the B.C era. And this is only the time measurements which were recorded. So obviously many thousand years had already been over. Thus it is quite possible that 4 lac 33 years allotted to Kalyug are nearly over. May be just a few years are left?
Who Knows? This can be possible?!
Actually am quite exited and fascinated by the whole idea! Lets see what happens.
What say? All set huh?
1. I have a fantastical mind which likes to believe in such far-fetched stuff. It may be true. I believe in aliens, in witches in magic, so why not in destruction. It sounds kinda cool huh? Who knows what is true and what is untrue?
2. Scientific reasons like global warming and stuff.Blah blah blah...you know all the technical details and me being a dud in science related information, this is not the best forum to understand global warming. ( google search is the ultimate easy way out)
3. Actually the most important reason for me to believe in the destruction is based on information that is not widespread. My theory is based on Hindu mythology. Let me proceed to explain this obnoxious idea whirling in my head called the YUG THEORY. We all know that the Puranas, the Vedas, Mahabharat and other Hinduism related texts talk of four yugs, namely Kreta, Treta, Dvapara and Kali Yug. When one yug ends another begins and so the cycle rolls. We are basically living in the kaliyug(you must be knowing that by now!) Dvepara ended when Lord Krishna's descendents Yadavas killed each other, following which a new era began(this happened after the first war fought in Kurukshetra ended! I mean Mahabharat ofcourse!) So basically when Kalyug ends Kreta will start again each Yug is supposed to comprise of 4 lac 33 years.Lets count backwards.We are living in the 21st century-so 2100 years have passed already. Before that many many years have passed in the B.C era. And this is only the time measurements which were recorded. So obviously many thousand years had already been over. Thus it is quite possible that 4 lac 33 years allotted to Kalyug are nearly over. May be just a few years are left?
Who Knows? This can be possible?!
Actually am quite exited and fascinated by the whole idea! Lets see what happens.
What say? All set huh?
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