Stay United (Mumbai terror Attack)

We are all devastated with the recent terrorist attacks on Mumbai. Many lost their lives. The number of dead are still being counted. May all the departed souls may rest in peace and may God give strength to the families that lost their loved ones. This is not just an attack on financial capital of India, but it is an attack on our democracy and on the core values that this nation stands for. Thankfully, our security agencies have been able to curb the terror.

While our brave soldiers were fighting against the maniacs, the politicians in our country were busy playing blame game and trying to grab media attention. More than the terror attacks, I think the attitude of our politicians is more condemnable.

While the battle is over, the war has just begun. And this brings upon us some great challenges that we will have to face. Given the situation, the politicians will try the following things
· Blame other countries and try to deviate focus from the need to strengthen intelligence gathering and the social reforms that are required in order to curb terror attacks
· Try to gain political mileage by fueling hatred and possibly even violence amongst communities

We, the citizens of India, have a great responsibility to ensure that we DO NOT let our politicians take advantage of the situation and mislead us.
Through these tough times, we all must stay united, stay focused; on spreading a message of peace and harmony and ensure that the situation comes under control.

To begin with, we request everyone across the world to tie a WHITE BAND on their arms on Wednesday December 3rd 2008. Usually, we see black bands to express protest. We chose a white band because we want to convey a message to the terrorists and to the politicians. We want them to know that we will not bow down. We will not fall prey to their tactics of dividing us on the basis of our religion.

No matter what they do, WE ALL STAND UNITED.

RECENT UPDATE on MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACK

Location Type of Attack
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station shootings, grenades
South Mumbai police headquarters shooting
Leopold Cafe, Colaba shootings
Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel shootings, six explosions, fire on top floor, hostage
Oberoi Trident hotel shooting, explosions, hostages, fire
Mazagaon docks explosion, boat with armaments seized
Cama Hospital shootings, hostages
Nariman House siege, hostages. Home of the Chabad Lubavitch center
Vile Parle suburb, North Mumbai explosions

Terror Attack in South Mumbai 27 November 2008

In what appears to be a surreal sense of reality, television channels are airing footage from the various places in Southern Mumbai that are being attacked.

Ultrabrown writes -
A large-scale S. Bombay terrorist attack is going on right now using automatic weapons, hand grenades and possibly a taxi bomb. Commandos and military are supposedly being rushed in. Gunfire is still being heard on live TV.
And the logistics of living in a country which constantly finds itself under terrorist attacks. Meandering thoughts… writes
A friend called from Mumbai to find out if I'm fine and mentioned that he's actually made groups in his phone's contact list - one for each metro city of the country. Makes it easier for him to react and find out about family and friends every time a blast happens.
I'm beginning to realise he has a point.
Worryingly, there already is a sense of conflicting information from various sources. While some mainstream media sources suggest that the situation is under control, others give the impression that there maybe a hostage situation developing in some of the hotels, especially with foreign nationals being held by the terrorists.
Tweets from Mumbai were one of the first to break the news.

Manic Scribe writes.
A bunch of terrorist are in the midst of a co-ordinated attack on Mumbai, India. The reports first started trickling in on Twitter, of all places, as I follow a few people who live in Mumbai. They have actually heard the explosions.
India Retold writes
They are still there, firing and waiting to take the police on. The lobby of Oberoi Hotel has been set on fire. A petrol pump in Colaba has just been blown up, as this is being typed. Dadar station has been evacuated. An explosive laden taxi has been blown up in Ville Parle. Two terrorists have entered GT Hospital. They are exchanging fire with police near Metro cinema. Some terrorists have even commandeered a police jeep and are moving around in it firing indiscriminately. Incidents of blasts/ firing/lobbying of hand grenade have been reported from at least nine places. And the number is only increasing even at this hour past midnight. Live firing can still be heard on TV. It is 12:31 AM.
As the minutes go by, more reactions emerge from the blogosphere. An angry post at Doing Something For My Country!!
Makes me wonder what will make our so called LEADERS to stand up and notice of whats happened and again happening… They of course do not realise the importance of lives of INDIANS, otherwise some concrete action might have taken place… Calling the INDIAN POLITICIALS WEKELINGS AND COWARDS would be the understatement of the century…
The attacks came quite late in the night on a weekday. Chances are that the city will take a few days before things return to normal. (Once was) Mumbaiwallah writes
It's 00.17 on 27 November as I write. CNN on Twitter tells me that the city is under seige again. A grenade apparently went off at CST and shooting was reported in Colaba. NDTV.com live tv shows that the Oberoi lobby is on fire and an ‘encounter' is on at the Taj and Trident Hotel.
Trains on the central line have been stopped until further notice. 20 people have been reported dead at this time.

Answer this Simple Question

Do you love me because I am beautiful ?

Or

Am I beautiful because you love me.

Never Ever Lie to a woman

Howdy,folks...lovely story I just had to share. 'Never Ever Lie to a woman'

A man called home to his wife and said, 'Darling , I have been asked to go fishing up in Canada with my boss & several of his friends. We'll be gone for a week. This is a good opportunity for me to get that promotion I've been wanting, so could you please pack enough clothes for a week and set out my rod and fishing box, we're leaving from the office & I will swing by the house to pick my things up' 'Oh! Please pack my new blue silk pyjamas. ' The wife thinks this sounds a bit fishy but being the good wife she is, did exactly what her husband asked. The following weekend he came home a little tired but otherwise looking good. The wife welcomed him home and asked if he caught many fish? He said, 'Yes! Lots of salmons, some bluegills, and a few swordfishes. But why didn't you pack my new blue silk pyjamas like I asked you to Do?'
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The wife replied, 'I did, dear. They're in your fishing box! ...'

Never Ever Lie To A Woman...!!!

Hard Time For US and also for U.S.

Indian economy is in dire straits. While double digit inflation has made the life of common man difficult, steep fall in value of rupee and a slump in stock market has shocked the investers. The foreign institutional investers have played a major role in this market slump. As per news reports, on a single day, yesterday, they sold shares worth Rs.1431 crores which led to the Sensex fall by more than a thousand points. It is really a Diwala for traders on the eve of Diwali.
Our imports are on the rise, while exports are stagnant and the gap between exports and imports is increasing. Most of the articles of our daily use have a foreign made stamp.
I am not an economist, but it is a matter of common sense that government must take action to curb imports and to encourage exports. Custom duty on foreign goods should be hiked and excise duties on the Indian goods should be lowered to enable them to compete with cheap imorted goods. Further, there ought to be some regulations for the foreign institutation investers.
These are really hard times for all of us. They say inflation has started declining, but I do not see decrease in price of any essential commodity- potato, tomato, seasonal vegtables, wheat, pulses, tea etc.etc. are costlier than they were a month ago.
Amid this unhappy economic gloom, I wish a HappyDiwali for all Bloggers and friends. May all your heartiest desires be fulfilled during this Diwali.

Lassi Confidence

George Bush was sitting in his office wondering whom to invade next when his telephone rang.'Hello,Mr. Bush!' a heavily accented voice said, 'This is Gurmukh fromPhagwara, District Kapurthala, Punjab .. I am ringing to inform youthat we are officially declaring the war on you!''Well, Gurmukh,' Bush replied, 'This is indeed important news! How big is your army''Rightnow,' said Gurmukh, after a moment's calculation, 'there is myself, mycousin Sukhdev, my next door neighbor Bhagat, and the entire kabadditeam from the gurudwara. That makes eight'Bush paused. 'I must tell you, Gurmukh that I have one million men in my army waiting to move on my command.''Arrey O! Main kya..' said Gurmukh. 'I'll have to ring you back!'Sure enough, the next day, Gurmukh called again.'Mr.Bush, it is Gurmukh, I'm calling from Phagwara STD, the war is stillon! We have managed to acquire some infantry equipment!''And what equipment would that be, Gurmukh' Bush asked.'Well, we have two combines, a donkey and Amrik's tractor.'Bushsighed. 'I must tell you, Gurmukh, that I have 16,000 tanks and 14,000armored personnel carriers. Also, I've increased my army to 1-1/2million since we last spoke.''Oh teri....' said Gurmukh. 'I'll have to get back to you.'Sure enough, Gurmukh rang again the next day.'Mr.Bush, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselvesairborne.... .. We've modified Amrik's tractor by adding a couple ofshotguns, sticking on some wings and the pind's generator. Four schoolpass boys from Malpur have joined us as well!'Bush was silentfor a minute and then cleared his throat. 'I must tell you, Gurmukh,that I have 10,000 bombers and 20,000 fighter planes. My militarycomplex is surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites.And since we last spoke, I've increased my army to TWO MILLION!''Tera pala hove....' said Gurmuk, 'I'll have to ring you back.'Sure enough, Gurmukh called again the next day.'Kiddan, Mr.Bush! I am sorry to tell you that we have had to call off the war.''I'm sorry to hear that,' said Bush. 'Why the sudden change of heart''Well,'said Gurmukh, 'we've all had a long chat over a couple of lassi's, anddecided there's no way we can feed two million prisoners of wars!'NOW THAT'S CALLED PUNJABI CONFIDENCE

I THINK YOU'RE THE FATHER OF ONE OF MY KIDS . . .

A guy goes to the supermarket and notices an attractive woman waving at him. She says hello. He's rather taken aback because he can't place where he knows her from. So he says, 'Do you know me?' To which she replies, 'I think you're the father of one of my kids.' Now his mind travels back to the only time he has ever been unfaithful to his wife and says,' My God, are you the stripper from my bachelor party that I made love to on the pool table. She looks into his eyes and says calmly, 'No, I'm your son's class teacher.'

Boys Or Girl Who is more Intelligent

I have a very beutiful mail from one of my close friend
Just Go through it
BOYs and GIRLs both u really enjoy !!!

One day, a girl, 16yrs old, heared from her mother that if she will do a regular prayer for 4 yrs, a divine "Devi" will come to her dreams & give her 3 boons(Varadaan). So she decided to do it. She completed 4 yrs successfully, doing prayer regularly.

Now it was a day for "Devi" to come. So she slept earlier with thoughts in her mind to ask. And, really a "Devi" comes in her dreams. Now this is the dialogue between
them.

Devi: O Girl, you prayed to me regularly within last 4 yrs, so I am very very happy with you. I will complete any of your 3 wishes. You can ask anything you like, but there is one condition.

Girl: Condition!, what is that?

Devi: You have a boy-friend?
Girl: Yes.

Devi: When you were doing a prayer, he was waiting for you, so he also sacrificed same as you. Moreover, he didnt know anything about boon and all, so he is also eligible for the boons. So whatever you will ask, he will get 10 times more than that of you. If you are agreed, then proceed for the 1st boon.

Girl: (After thinking for some time ... ): Yes, I am ready.

Girl: 1st, Make me 10 times richer than the richest person in the world.

Devi: But your boy-friend will be 10 times richer than you.

Girl: It's OK.

Devi: Be as you wish!

Girl: 2nd, Make me 10 times more beautiful than the most beautiful girl in the world.

Devi: But your boy-friend will be 10 times handsome than the most handsome boy in the world.

Girl: It's OK.

Devi: Be as you wish.

Devi: Now the last boon remains.
Girl: O Devi, please give me a MILD HEART-ATTACK.
Devi: What? Are you sure!

Girl: Yes. Very sure!

Devi: Be as you wish.

Think friends, .......................


what happened to her boy-friend, he got a severe heart-attack & died
at once, while the girl remained alive. Thus, the girl became the world's most beautiful girl and the richest one, too.

Moral of the story: So intelligent the girls are! Girls are really more
Intelligent than

we believe about them to be. So be careful boys!

Now, girls please stop reading ... boys continue till the end of the mail
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Dear boys, dont worry, actually what done is something different than what
you all think!

Actually, the girl's boy-friend got a heart-attack, 10 TIMES MILDER than that of the girl. So the boy-friend lived longer than the girl, being world's richest and the most handsome boy.

Moral of the story: Dear boys, the girls are not really that much
intelligent than what we believe them to be. So dont worry if you
think that you have girl-friend, intelligent than you.

In the mood for love

I saw the movie “In the mood for love” by Hong Kong based director, Wong Kar Wai some days ago. It left quite an impression on me. I have seen a couple of movies by the director. I like the way he uses music in his films. I also like the way he plays with colour and the way he builds the characters in his movies. I think I like “In the mood for love” the best among his work. This movie has received a lot of international acclaim and awards. What I specifically liked in the movie was the way he showed the 2 protagonists. The background score. The lovely heroine in her very beautiful and stunning cheogsams (1970 style dresses). I am not a big fan of skinny, thin women, but Maggie is so beautiful and ethereal. Her long swan like neck and the silhouette she makes has to be seen to be believed. I hope the You tube link works. If not then, do go and watch some clips of the movie in You tube.I know, many of you might find that the pace of the movie too slow. But all in all, I loved the mood the director has created.
I was wondering if I should put a disclaimer saying that the title of this post is about the movie and not about the way I am feeling J. That brings me to the question, what mood am I in? I have gone through myriad different moods over the past few weeks. It has taken me a long time to finally get myself to write something. Renu dear, I am definitely not going the Frozy way. Frozen sun is apparently neck deep in work and hardly has the time to breathe. I have had some intermittent bouts of “busy- ness”, but nothing alarming. There were some unexpected heavy showers in Mumbai today. Maybe that is what got me in the mood to write this post. The weather had become unbearably hot and sunny and I was bracing myself for the ‘October heat’. That is when it started pouring. I loved the way the rain looked from the glass window at office. Nice! Very nice!
October has been a good month, so far. Lots and lots of public holidays. Last week we had 2 day’s holiday and tomorrow, we are getting a holiday for Dussehra. I wish you all a Happy Dussehra. The thing is that I was looking for a nice short vacation this time of the year. I was thinking of a 5 day vacation. I did try and make plans, but sadly nothing panned out. I so wanted to get away from Mumbai at least for a couple of days. I could have gone to some place touristy, but I didn’t for want of company. Isn’t it ironic? When I was still in good terms with my husband, I used to say that I will go vacation on my own, in jest. And now, when I really can go and have a vacation on my own, without having to bother about calendars matching etc etc, I wish that I had company.
Maybe it is the way we humans are wired. We look before and after and pine for what is not. It was not so bad being in Mumbai. I did go for a concert by Shankar Ehsaan Loy. It was a good experience. It was great to listen to them perform their hits from over 10 years in Bollywood. It’s a pity that there were no good movies to watch in theatres. “Drona” and “Kidnap” both didn’t live up to expectations. I gave them both a miss. I have been watching some movies at home, instead. Maybe I ought to find new options for entertaining myself. More concerts maybe. Plays, theatre, community service.
And about getting in the mood for love, I still think I am very jaded and cynical. So, no love for me anywhere, anytime soon.

The 3 words a woman really wants a man to tell her..

You lost weight

Delhi Bomb Blast Victims Live Photos

"Do whatever you can. Stop us if you can,"
This was the statement given by a group calling itself the "Indian Mujahideen".A small bunch of anti social group challenging the world largest democracy ? What Does the Government of India Doing ? I think one should crap this democracy and go for the power in Single Hand. Five bomb blasts rocked the national capital in quick succession on Saturday evening killing at least 18 people and leaving over 100 injured. Most of those injured have been admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital. Some of the injured have been admitted to Sucheta Kripalani Hospital.


Photos of Delhi After Blast

The damaged bikes and bicycles at the blast site at Gaffar Market of Karol Bagh.

Police and onlookers at the blast site near the Gopaldas Building at Connaught Place in New Delhi on Saturday. Five serial blasts rocked the national capital on Saturday evening, killing 18 persons.



The blast site at M-Block of Greater Kailash I.

Is this really a FATE !!!

Last evening as I entered home, I saw my mother in deep conversation with our part time cook. She was withdrawing her 11 year old daughter, Ruby, from school. My mom was trying her best to talk her out of it.

At the root of all her problems is her husband who is unemployed, and has no intention of earning a living. He takes away most of her earnings too (after having sold away all her jewellery). He is addicted to liquor and gambling. Any attempt not to give him money or stop him in any other manner results in her getting beaten up badly. As if this wasn’t enough, she often had to pay the local “thana” when he got arrested.

To earn more, she will be taking up jobs in the mornings as well (until now she works only in the evening) and her daughter will have to stay back to take charge of the house and younger siblings. So, school is out for the little girl (just because an irresponsible drunkard happens to be her father).

Unable to hold myself back, I asked her why she doesn’t just kick him out of her house and her life. Her answer stunned me… she said living with two daughters (she has 4 children in all) in a basti is very unsafe. As long as there is a man in the house, others will not try to mess up with them. It’s this “majboori” that makes her put up with everything...its her "fate" and she has accepted it.I had no answers or solutions to offer.

It also made me realize how lucky I was. All the things in my life which spelt “security” came from my parents. I never ever thought, in all my life, that I would be denied any opportunity to move ahead in the direction I chose. Yes, there have been many times when we disagreed and whatever may have transpired amongst us, they always stood by me (of course there were limits set, which I do not stretch, or need to). They were always a buffer between us siblings and the world at large. Isn’t it strange the things that form the strongest anchor of our lives are the very ones we take for granted?

I do not know much about karma to say that my actions in my previous birth contributed to all that I have today. But, I do know that there is God above who has crafted my destiny in a manner that has saved me from much pain. I just want to say “THANK YOU GOD”

Ganapati Bappa Moriya...

Mumbai 3rd September, 2008. What does the term Ganapathi signify? 'Ga' means Buddhi (Intellect). 'Na' mean Vijnana (Wisdom ). 'Ganapthi' means one who is the Lord of the intellect and wisdom. He is also the Lord of all Ganas (spiritual entities). Ganas also symbolise the senses. Ganapathi is thus the Lord of the senses.

So Today Ganapthi has entered in your house to bring joy in your life and peace in this world.

The Sea guardian Life Guard wish one and all "Happy Ganesh Festival".

Ganpati Bappa Moraya

This is the chant i grew up hearing every year when the elephant god was brought to our homes with much fanfare and celebration. Ganesh Chaturthi is a very big festival like all the others :) and celebrated in a big way in Mumbai.

There are huge pandals with varied themes and decorations ranging from mythology to current events and huge Ganesha idols preside over all of these. Throngs of devotees wait for hours in long queues to catch a glimpse of their favorite god, participate in the aarati and partake prasadam.

For me and my dear, this is an important festival as Ganesha is our favorite God. So, like every year we celebrated the festival this year also. The highlight was i prepared the entire Neivedya without any help :-). Here's what I made.
Clockwise starting with salt, poori, potato-peas sabzi, tomato chatni, hesarbele kosambri, papad, steamed modak, fried modak, basundi, and rice-dal. All the dishes turned out well and we had a good lunch :).

Many things have changed, some for the better. We no longer immerse the idols in wells, lakes etc, but in a bucket in our house. My little one was thoroughly excited, fascinated, and amused with all these customs. He loved every minute of it and refused to budge from his position in front of the idol. We finally managed to convince him that bappa had to go back to his house and he agreed :-).

Hum Hindustani

A very amusing incident happened in our office today. There is an avuncular gentleman in our office, Mr. Nair (I am using his name with his permission). An agony uncle of our office who is forever telling people to calm down, slow down, relax etc appeared very perturbed and obviously upset. The reason…..a client had called him a Madrasi!!! (He is heading a marketing group). He was & always is furious when Indians get their country’s geography, history or in this case, demography wrong. Being an extremely well read & widely travelled person he has no time for what he calls “nincompoops”. He stressed out to all of us (the client had left by then) that he is a Malayalee from Kerala. And also went on to explain the basic differences between the four different Deccan states.
Soon, the topic turned to other states as well & the movies & serials were blamed for creating prototypes & thus hindering understanding about the real culture of the states.
By then another person (not naming him as he does not have Mr. Nair’s sporting spirit) said something to me about punjus(his language , not mine----I choose to leave out the rest of his statement). When I told him that my family is originally from Haryana….he looked perplexed & said “ aren’t haryanvis Punjabis” when I said no, “ah!,then Jat” that too was wrong as I am a Rajput….
But, Mr. Nair took over from there & gave him a good piece of lecture on Indian states & cultural diversity. When we were leaving for the day, Mr. Nair had called the other guy & was offering him a lift back home!!!
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Dear readers please do not interpret it as parochialism or any such thing. This is an incident that has happened…what is impressive was Mr. Nair; a South Indian was explaining the geographical & cultural identities of the North Indian states.
It’s a victory for national integration!!

View Point

A year ago during a family vacation abroad I received a frantic SMS from a friend telling me to buy a higher end brand of cologne and aftershave combo pack which she wanted to gift to her boyfriend. In a rather long SMS, she told not to worry about the price tag as he was “priceless”. She sent this SMS at least thrice during my holidays; I got what she wanted…its cost--- 85 euros (for the smaller pack). I was hesitant but thought what the heck; she’s going to pay for it…

Two weeks later, we were back in India. When I met up with her, can you guess what she told me… she had broken up with him!!! The very sight of the cologne-aftershave pack only hurt her more &so she wouldn’t like to take it, IF I didn’t mind. (I wonder what she would have done if I said I did?)I was almost on the verge of telling her that, “keep it for your next guy”. While with a pathetic ex-pression she set out to explain how “priceless” became “useless”, my mind was chanting quietly inside “85euros, 85euros...” (Now for those of you who think I was being mean ...well I work hard for what I earn…and 85 euros could have been better spent, if only they had broken up 3 weeks earlier).

As for the reasons why she dumped him ….they seemed incomprehensible to me - all these things are a part and parcel of our daily lives. I have 2 brothers – elder is 2 years older than me and younger is almost 8 years younger - and they behave exactly the same way (as her guy did ), i.e., they don’t understand the difference between brown and pink lipsticks, they’ll say, “oh looking great” without even looking at you, they enjoy their food more if they eat faster( sometimes before I finish my second mouthful, they have finished their whole plate), their sentences are liberally laced with slang, its like punctuation marks for them (only exception- whenever mom is around ),they whistle all the time, in fact bhaiyya can whistle any tune he wants to & to top it all my dad too joins in ( I don’t think anyone of them is a “cheapo”) and oh yes…to the outside world they may be like the active volcanoes(both my brothers do not take any nonsense lying down), but at home they too are mamma’s boys(they may just kill me for telling this!)

I don’t know what ex-pression I wore on my face, but my friend seemed to overflow with sympathy for me (or my lack of knowledge) whereas I was thinking which planet did she land from? …and also, thank god I never invited her to my home…

That day, on returning home, I jokingly I told my brothers “tum log to kuware marne wale ho”.

Language Barrier with so funny incidents

Hi friends, I just had to post this, its so funny….happened about 30mins back, just as we were leaving office…a very senior officer in our company comes from a non-Hindi speaking background. Moreover he spent all his life abroad, so exposure to Hindi was limited, if at all.
A bearer of our office had accidentally left a dusting cloth in his cabin (on the top shelf) & he was furious. He came out and in his deep baritone voice, right in the middle of the office called the bearer and said, “andar jaake kapda utaro”.
The bearer’s reaction ? “ I know English, sir” in a very injured tone.

Banglore, Ahmedabad Serial Blasts: I am very Angry NOW!

Just as I had lamented then...

Once more ‘mutilated’ bodies are strewn on roads, who were living human beings just couples of seconds before blasts. Some body’s Father/ Mother/Husband/Wife/Daughter/ Son. Once more these ‘bodies’ are now merely statistics.

Once more same ‘mundane’ routine.

Once more ‘Dirty Harry’ of Sonia brigade, MoS Home Affairs, In charge internal security, Sri Prakash Jaiswal, visiting victims in hospital.

Once again Prime Minion Man Mohan Singh mumbling same old shock and offering insincere sympathy to victims and their families.

Once again ‘Walking Zombie’ Home Minister caught UN aware.

Once again ‘BaliDaan Moorti’ Signora Sonia Maino Gandhi expressing her totally phony concern.


I am asking you, How many more innocent lives to be lost, before we get angry?”

I urged you all, Yes, get angry now before you too are ‘NOBODY’ but a mere figure in the ever increasing list of innocent victims. Refuse please, to be sacrificed at the altar of some ‘perverse’ and misplaced ’secularism’.”

Anger, is a very potent weapon in a functioning democracy. People just do not vote ‘in’ the incumbent government but they also ‘vote out’ the Governments. More so especially,when we have ‘one’ like the present day Manmohan Singh Government Amoral it was, crooked they are, inefficient is an understatement, what right do they have to continue even a day more?

When my fellow country men; women; children are being killed almost on ‘monthly’ basis, on streets, in bazaars, in HOSPITALS even! What right a ‘foreign Imported Lady Sonia Maino’ has to travel in a cavalcade of 40 cars at the very same poor men,women children’s expense? Why should she and her crowned prince need any special elaborate security cover?

Why should we pay tax to provide ‘ARMED TO TEETH COMMANDOS’ to protect sleaze balls like AMAR SINGH, SHIBHU SOREN, LALOOS, MULAYAMS? What good they are serving for the cause of Nation that they need to be protected?

IF it is that they are by default - and UNFORTUNATELY TOO, FOR REST OF INDIANS - are Indians and thus needed to be protected then, what crime ‘AAM ADAMI’
has committed so he/she can be slaughtered like stray animals?

“Ahmedabad Blasts: Time to Take Back the Government”

Prudent Indian

Richa

My First Blog

My First Blog

What I will write in my first blog? It is ironical that I am stuck with what to write and how to write….so I will start with what made me to be a part of rediffiland…

It was last Sunday; I was sleeping ……n one phone call ringing on our LAN number at 9 am disturbed me from my deep sleep..........,Holding my half sleep ,I had moved to granny’s room and again started sleeping there lying in her lap , enjoying her soft touches in my fore head………

Even though I was enjoying that, my pending works for the day forced me to get up from there. Sunday is the day for cleaning, washing, experimenting cooking, short listing some matrimonial proposals.…………….and after those tiring works mom asked me” shall we go for movie?”…That was surprising for me; as she never asked me a movie outing, so we had planned for a Malayalam film at near by theater.

Movie, I can say was not up to the mark.However, it was Mamootty’s so I wnt say it was boring though J…...I really doubt why to waste money for these super stars this much…? Are we fool to go and spent money for such films? Really now I am realizing, Malayalam film Industry really missed great directors like padmarajan, bharatan etc.

So after reaching home, had a small discussion about the "Trust Vote" and Somnath Chatterjee’s interesting debates at lokha sabha with dad.

Then I had moved to my room n started passing my time over net, reading some articles and searching for some interesting blogs to read. but I was feeling very boring reading that time ,may be b’se of that film...I felt as whole day had gone waste!Then for checking scraps I have logged in toorkut,,,,…there was no new scraps waiting for me rather I had no mood to start scraping too……totally boring day ….L

So I thought to see some good snaps, thus started watching orkut album of one of my frdz who recently married, I was the broker J…,,but while searching for his wife’s profile in his frds list ,,, my eyes took me in to someone’s else’s profile snap…ya thr was one profile pic,,,someone sitting in the window side of a moving train.....seeing that profile, I was curious to click on that profile.

So quiet interestingly without reading his profile, I had clicked on his album…OMG, it was full of his talents, drawing in the light, intelligent professional snap shots and lovely paintings and drawings, which made me happy ……hats off to him…

Thus holding all of my online frds,I had started reading his blogs and read about him ,,

I felt very happy to know about such a talent and my mind did not allow me to leave from his profile without sending a message to appreciate his talents and attitude towards life……………
..ya touch wood ,I am glad to meet such a person who is having good vision towards life and just with in 10 mins,,such a gal who never added any strangers in orkut,,,sent him one message telling to keep up his good work and wished him the very best…………

B’se of our mutual frdz , we are become too good frdz in a very short span of time. When heard about my interest in writing ,even though I never published anything yet ,that new friend of mine asked me:”chumma angu ezhuthy koode”…………………………ya I am starting here my writing ,,,,dnt know how good I am to write …or express myself through letters…

But excuse me its not for me as a hobby to spend my leisure time... just wanna use my quality time for something good by reading and writing thus like to add up new skills . Like to meet new interesting persons from here and thus like to live as much as pleasing as possible with my own stylish personality

Hope I did not bore too much …J
Hope you guys will give me support
Nice to meet u all in advance and thanks for reading my blogsJ

Thanks
Richa

LOVE

LOVE IT IS NOT THAT COMPLICATED To be happy with a man, you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman, you must love her a lot and try not to understand her at all. Married men live longer than single men, but married men are a lot more willing to die. Any married man should forget his mistakes, there's no use in two people remembering the same thing. Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed. Women somehow deteriorate during the night. A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, and she does. A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument. There are 2 times when a man doesn't understand a woman - before marriage and after marriage. DO WRITE U COMMENTS. THEY DO MATTER.

ROMANTIC COUNTRIES.

ROMANTIC COUNTRIES.

These are some of the romantic countries in the world.
H.O.L.L.A.N.D. - Hope Our Love Lasts And Never Dies.

I.T.A.L.Y. - I Trust And Love You.

L.I.B.Y.A. - Love Is Beautiful; You Also.

F.R.A.N.C.E. - Friendships Remain And Never Can End.

C.H.I.N.A. - Come Here.. I Need Affection.

B.U.R.M.A. - Between Us, Remember Me Always.

N.E.P.A.L. - Never Ever Part As Lovers.

I.N.D.I.A. - I Nearly Died In Adoration.

K.E.N.Y.A. - Keep Everything Nice, Yet Arousing.

C.A.N.A.D.A. - Cute And Naughty Action that Developed into Attraction

K.O.R.E.A. - Keep Optimistic Regardless of Every Adversity.

E.G.Y.P.T. - Everything's Great, You Pretty Thing!

M.A.N.I.L.A. - May All Nights Inspire Love Always.

P.E.R.U. - Phorget Everyone... Remember Us.

T.H.A.I.L.A.N.D - Totally Happy. Always In Love And Never Dull

DID U LIKE MY RESEARCH ? DO TELL ME ABOUT IT. IF YOU FIND SOME MORE DO WRITE TO ME

HOWz That

At A Clothes Store...

At a clothes store, a pretty girl spots a nice material for a dress and asked the salesman ”How much does it costs?”

"Only one kiss per meter," replied the salesman with a smirk.

“Really??” the surprised girl asked him.

“You heard Right” He replied

"Then that"s fine," said the girl. I"ll take ten meters."

With expectation and anticipation written all over his face, the salesman quickly
measured out the cloth, wrapped it up, and then teasingly held it out.

The girl took the bag and pointed to the old man standing beside her, and smiled, "Grandpa will pay the bill."

'Assisted Marriages'

'Assisted Marriages' - A term that I have had a fixation so strong that it compelled me to pen down my thoughts on the same.

I was so convinced about this concept, the author of this article was introducing a third dimension to the sacred institution of Marriage. Often, we have come across various articles / views on Love Marriages and Arranged Marriages. I have utmost respect for both these concepts and have seen success stories amongst my friends under both these types of Marriages, however, it was indeed time to rationalise and re-define the terms.

The author went on to explain in detail how this concept actually works, there is collective effort from the whole family to join two people from different backgrounds / parts of the world to live as 'One' - for trusting, respecting, caring and looking after each other and the families involved therein. The two people have become more involved these days, more so in the urban society. The decision is taken by the whole family, which in itself means that our society has come of age.

I personally havent been too fond of people who have eloped and hurt their parents, for whatever reason, our parents deserve better respect is what I feel. Also, forcing the son / daughter into a everlasting knot when they have shown little / no interest in the alliance is not a great idea.

These days the Son / Daughter need to be consulted on what they expect from a life partner, after all is a decision which, all of us would not want to go wrong in. The days of both girl-boy not seeing each other before the day of marriage just dont work anymore. 'Compatability' has become so important, especially the generation which have been coming along are not accustomed to ajdusting, they want it all and want it now! A few things have to be inculcated from very young, so is the idea of 'Adjusting', understanding the 'Value of Money', being accountable for ones actions, respecting others etc.,

Back to the topic of 'Assisted Marriages', every person involved should take adequate responsibility and letting the two most important people talking to each other is a gesture which should be appreciated and not condemned.

The most important aspect is to communicate, understand each others' view and take a collective decision...

Pappu can't dance saala...!!

It has been quite heart rendering to see so much news across tabloids about how a rich, spoilt kid runsover / shoots while he is weaponed with either his dad's car/gun...and ofcourse, he is not without the fatal combination of dope...we are talking about the numerous pappu's and their female counterparts...who have been taught that 'sabse bada rupaiya'...

They are indeed out to conquer the world, backed by their egos, free-spiritedness...they try so hard to be the best amongst their brethren...will they ever realise that life is probably a tad bit more than just impressing your senoritas and ofcourse the other bunties and babbloos who tag along with you...

The most astounding of all the stories that caught my eye over the last 2 weeks was that of a young teenager who managed to get through as an airhostess and wanted to throw a party at a 5-star hotel, her father did not consent for the same (maybe due to lack of funds) and the next best thing that the lady did was to hang herself from the ceiling...what the heck??

Wassup with you guys...are you nuts or what?? what kinda friends are you hanging around with?? Beats me...Parenting has become a very tough task...but at some stage they are the ones to be reprimanded, for they need to inculcate values and principles in their kids...I remember 'Jug Suraiya' famous columnist/cartoonist mentioning that all parents should obtain parenting license, funny but apt and true, given that I have seen how young / busy parents are always on a guilt trip...my colleague goes, "Kya karega bechara, he does not have anybody through the day, mein usko sab kuch dila deti hun...jo bhi mangta hai...afterall, kahin pe toh compromise karna padega na..."

Compromise?! duh...uh...I am not sure if lollypop could compromise for quality time with parents...nor would a licensed gun...??

I think it takes a mature mind to sort out priorities, adults should set an example by stepping aside from the 'rat-race'...it's high time Pappu got his due...of adulation and affection...of values and quality time...

And then Pappu will not only dance, but will also rock the world...wot say?

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