BBM and What's App

In every day life there are moments when we feel lonely, not lonely enough to pick up the phone and call people but we just wanna have some meaning less conversations. It kind of acts like a buffer makes us forget all our worries, makes us feel less lonely, like a stress buster. BBM and what's app have become so important and integral part of our day to day lives, we all know we are addicted to them. They make us smile in moments of pain, they keep us entertained and most importantly they help us gossip. There are those times when we can even connect with the people from the past from whom we have moved on, just to realise they still care. Lovely feeling! Also, those weird moments when we search for the person, start typing stuff just in an effort to start a conversation and don't know what to say to keep the conversation going.... So we keep on sending all sorts of smiles. Then comes those times when we know he/she has read the messages but is not replying and we eagerly wait and wait for a reply! People pour their hearts out in status messages and display pictures... Plus we have our bunch of agony aunts and uncles who'd ask whats upsetting u for the sad status message... And provide valuable advice. Just that Life does seem a little easy thx to BBM and what's app. Helping people feel less lonely in a very lonely world is a true achievement.

In 2012

Need to put my thoughts to action... 

An open letter to BCCI by Kunal Salvi.

I m not that big a cricket fan but most of my friends are. Only thing very very annoying is during IPL matches most of my cricket lover friends are either glued to their TVs or are checking the scores. Most complaint that IPL has made cricket boring and I kind of agree.... Kunal's letter to the BCCI is precisely tackling this and more issues related to the multi million business in India - Cricket.

Effects of living in an Ass-licking country - US after 30 years of Bhopal Tragedy decides to not compensate the victims

Firstly, our country men are used to delayed justice or no justice at all. Secondly, non-assertive aam janata of India thinks its destiny that we are the meeker and the weaker class and that US can dictate its terms on us. Gandhiji to be blamed for this. There are times when we have to pick up the pieces and not join them but hit the guy suppressing us. Make that guy bleed. After 30 years of the Bhopal Gas Leak tragedy and after letting the US Court adjudicate a matter which involves inummerable deaths and injuries to health and the environment of our country, US Court says that the parent Union Carbide Company is not responsible for the gas leak and that they will not pay any damages to the victims. On the face of it and with all the evidence this is clear travesty of justice. The more important part is what will India do about this. The judge compared the KFC case, I would like to bring the judge to this fact that he should also compare the damage that people suffered in these 2 cases. Did 25,000 people die in the KFC case? Dod over a million people Suffer severe health injuries? 30 years, and traces of the gas are still evident in the soil and water around the devastated lands. I wonder if an Indian company caused similar devastation on US land, would US tolerate it the way we are? I think they would rather declare war out of spite on India. More than feeling sorry for the victims and their families (as they all might be dead by now) I feel bad for India and her pride as a nation. A country so big and in its pursuit to shine has no idea of the repercussions of allowing companies manufaturing hazardous goods to set up plants on our land. Make contracts wisely, is my only advice to the government. Keep strict damage clauses and let Indian courts adjudicate. Start to think that you are the king and you will become one. Power is a subjective term. Don't see a white man and think he is obviously superior to us. He is superior because we as Indians consider ourselves inferior.

Romana and her Playschool

Romana is my 18 month old daughter and this June she has started play school. I was very apprehensive before she started. She would not sip out of her sippy bottle not eat not sit in 1 place for more than a minute. All this has changed substantially. Now after 2 weeks of starting school I am so impressed with what all she has learnt in this brief period. To all my friends who have babies and are apprehensive as to what age to start their schooling my advice is 18 months in a reputed school. The faculty and the facility in her school kangaroo kids is excellent. They are well versed with how to handle every type of child. They teach constructive play. Now Romana listens to my basic instructions and sings songs. She is more independent and playful. She loves going out so this morning routine makes her whole day go well. She comes home and tries to read out of her books. Points and narrates animal and fruit names. It's an amazing feeling to see my child learn and grow positively. She sings songs and dances. Her confidence shines out now. She is less scared of things. These are big achievements for an 18 month old. Obviously all this is possible only because of the way in which this school functions. So choose a school after completely being satisfied that your child will be safe and will learn good habits.

Let's start with what all I was caught up with!!

Having a baby changes everything. It has changed me as a person and has made me in some ways more resilient more enduring and more tolerant at the same time it has made me more irritable and hyper.

Now everything revolves around Romana. When in the past I'd research current affairs to write on, now I research on baby food and diaper rash creams. This is what babies do to us women :)

And the last reason being no access to internet. This just taught me how dependent we are on internet and how obsolete news papers have become. So now here I'm trying to use the wifi service at home that totally sucks to blog again. Don't know how will blogger survive this harsh internet facility but please stand by me my blog!! I m going through a rough patch. Lol!!

Back to Blogging!!

Someone took a slay knife and killed my writing spirit. Trying 2 revive it. Learnt it the hard way how important freedom of speech and expression are. Wish I'd known this before.

I almost lost myself in nursery rhymes and my babys developmental milestones... So now trying to find myself again.

My Baby Gal - Romana