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

Taj Mahal - Symbol of Shahjahans lust vs true love

For TRUE LOVE:
1. Mumtaz was Shahjahans 4th wife out of 7
2. Shahjahan killed Mumtaz’s husband to marry her
3. Mumtaz died in her 14th delivery
4. After Mumtaz’s death Shahjahan married her sister

What comes time and again to my mind after reading these facts is whether we should call our prestigious “Taj Mahal” the true symbol of love. Shahjahan didn't even know the meaning of true love, all that I can deduce is that he was blinded in lust. I won’t disagree that architecturally it’s a marvel, but I would think a zillion times before calling it a “Symbol of True Love.”
Taj Mahal gives us Foreign Currency but it would be foolish to compare anyone’s love with that of Shahjahan and Mumtaz.

Paradise for Racism – “India”

Do we really have a right to feel offended when Indians have to face the racist brunt in US, Australia, UK etc? Aren’t we Indians racist ourselves? We appreciate everything that the white world does, we rarely appreciate our nation.

When Shilpa Shetty won in Big Brother (The UK Version), she made India proud. If anyone saw an episode in that series they’d exactly know how much of proud Shilpa did to our country. She mentioned India so sparingly in the entire series that it was clear she was herself not very proud of India. I don’t blame her because there are very few things in India that can make us proud. There was a huge hue and cry when racist comments were passed on her. Didn’t that work perfectly for her; she was clearly riding the racism wave for commercial gain. After all, She shot to tremendous fame internationally after winning in Big Brother.

Now let’s discuss the Indian counterpart, “Big Boss” when famous advocate Abbas Kazmi was in the show he was condemned by many. To the extent he was divested from his rights as a trustee from the Imamiya Masjid Trust on the grounds that his conduct was not appropriate and brought shame to the trust. WWF wrestler, The Great Khali has been the recent entrant in Big Boss. However, the Indian kushti board (or some organization like that) has been demeaning Great Khali claiming that he is bringing shame upon India. This is really a sign of how emotionally driven a nation we are. Both Kazmi and Khali have not uttered anything against our beloved nation or done any compromising acts, but still they are being condemned for merely being a part of Big Boss. I question all these people who are condemning them, whether their feelings would be the same if instead of Big boss, they were participants in Big Brother. Are we not racist too??? Don’t we appreciate the so called White world more than our brown world??? Frankly, aren’t there enough reasons why the white world is superior to ours???

When the same acts are done by a lady but on an international platform among “whites” that’s considered as making India proud. However, when an Indian in India does the same acts he is bringing shame onto our nation. I totally fail to understand this analogy.

Another similar example, Malika Sherawat kissing Imran Hashmi in Murder condemned, same Malika Sherawat sleazing with Jackie Chain in Myth alright, rather appreciated. Further, our queen of bollywood Aishwarya Rai Bachan kissing Martin Henderson in Bride and Prejudice applauded. Why do we Indians fluctuate so much when it comes to appreciating our own kind? Isn’t it clear more than any other country men being racist towards us, it is we ourselves who are racist. And this is precisely the reason why we are a billion years behind the white nations when it comes to all types of development.

Jana Gana Mana OR Vande Mataram

"Jana Gana Mana" - Just a thought for the National Anthem! How well do you know about it? I have always wondered who is the " adhinayak" and "bharat bhagya vidhata",whose praise we are singing. I thought might be Motherland India ! Our current National Anthem "Jana Gana Mana" is sung throughout the country. Did you know the following about our national anthem, I didn't. To begin with, India 's national anthem, Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, was written by Rabindranath Tagore in honour of King George V and the Queen of England when they visited India in 1919. To honor their visit Pandit Motilal Nehru had the five stanzas included , which are in praise of the King and Queen. (And most of us think it is in the praise of our great motherland!!!) In the original Bengali verses only those provinces that were under British rule, i.e . Punjab, Sindh, Gujarat , Maratha etc.were mentioned. None of the princely states were recognized which are integral parts of India now Kashmir, Rajasthan, Andhra, Mysore or Kerala. Neither the Indian Ocean nor the Arabian Sea was included, since they were directly under Portuguese rule at that time. The Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka implies that King George V is the lord of the masses and Bharata Bhagya Vidhata is "the bestower of good fortune". Following is a translation of the five stanzas that glorify the King: First stanza: (Indian) People wake up remembering your good name and ask for your blessings and they sing your glories. (Tava shubha name jaage; tava shubha aashish maage, gaaye tava jaya gaatha) Second stanza : Around your throne people of all religions come and give their love and anxiously wait to hear your kind words. Third stanza: Praise to the King for being the charioteer, for leading the ancient travelers beyond misery. Fourth stanza : Drowned in the deep ignorance and suffering, poverty-stricken, unconscious country? Waiting for the wink of your eye and your mother's (the Queen's) true protection. Fifth stanza : In your compassionate plans, the sleeping Bharat ( India ) will wake up. We bow down to your feet O' Queen, and glory to Rajeshwara (the King). This whole poem does not indicate any love for the Motherland but depicts a bleak picture. When you sing Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka, whom are you glorifying? Certainly not the Motherland. Is it God? The poem does not indicate that.It is time now to understand the original purpose and the implication of this, rather than blindly sing as has been done the past fifty years. Nehru chose the present national anthem as opposed to Vande Mataram because he thought that it would be easier for the band to play!!! It was an absurd reason but Today for that matter bands have advanced and they can very well play any music. So they can as well play Vande Mataram, which is a far better composition in praise of our Dear Motherland - India . Wake up, it's high time! Shouldn't Vande Mataram be our National Anthem. Come Join together to put Vande Mataram as our National Anthem.

Girl Who Cries Tears

I saw this documentary on National Geographic and was pretty amused. Its worth watching if someone can find the video on Youtube.

Obviously people of India think its HOLY and flock her house. However, Doctors say its faked, but how difficult is to confirm that. Why not hospitalise the girl and keep her under cameras?

India is the 88th Best Country in this World to Live in.

A travel magazine "International Living" states that India is among the best countries to live in in South Asia. Can you believe it... we are better than Russia and China. This is based on some calculation which compares our cost of living, leisure, economy, environment, etc.

Something unbelievable is the comparisons are made with a milestone - United States. And countries like Iraq and Afghanistan are the worse countries to live in.

Comparing Kutch Bhukamp to Haiti Earthquake.

Read the well written article:

"Haiti reminds Indians of Kutch. The rescue, relief and rehabilitation of earthquake victims have local requirements that vary from region to region but, the story of how Kutch was reborn after the devastating earthquake of January 26, 2001 can became a useful template for Haiti...."