I dance to my Music..!!

Cinnamon Tea Cake

2012-02-14T07:08:00.000-08:00

Its 12/02/12... My dear brother's engagement day and it calls for a celebration. I have never baked a cake for a celebration and so I wanted to do one for this! Since my brother is not a great fan of chocolate, I wanted something simple yet YUMMY!!! Then CINNAMON struck my mind..Thanks to Divya's cooking blog. Here I go.. I tried this and undoubtedly this turned out to be one of my best till date..!!

Ingridients:

Maida (1 cups)
Grounded Cinnamon (1/2 tsp)
Sugar (1 1/4 cup)
Oil (1 cup)
Curd (1/2 cup)
Baking powder (2 tsp)
Eggs (3)

Procedure:
1. Separate egg yolk and white.
2. Beat oil, sugar and egg yolk till the sugar almost dissolves.
3. Sift maida, cinnamon and baking powder (together flour mix).
4. Beat the curd properly.
6. Mix in the curd, flour mix into the sugar syrup and mix till it becomes a smooth batter.
7. Add egg white and mix it in upward and downward movement.
8. Grease a pan with oil and sprinkle flour(i used wheat flour) and spread it evenly as a thin layer.
9. Preheat oven at 180 degrees.
10. Pour the batter into the grease pan and spread it evenly.
11. Sprinkle sugar crystals over the batter. (It looks awesome!)
11. Bake it for 35 minutes till the cake turns into golden brown color.

Maddur Vada

2012-01-01T04:39:00.000-08:00

Its new year time..!!! Wish you all a very happy and healthy new year 2012..!!! My resolution for the day is to never compromise on food.. But exercise..!!
Its wonderful to spend the first day of the year with Amma Nanna with lots of special food.Special food for the day has to have OIL FOOD... Hehe..!! Anyways its okay for today.. I got this recipe from my cook at home. This is the famous Maddur Vada. Maddur is a this small town on the way to Mysore from Bangalore. Hope you enjoy this "Unhealthy recipe". After all you got to have unhealthy food at times. I totally loved it.. So here's the recipe.

Ingredients

1. Rice flour (1 cup)
2. Maida (1 cup)
3. Onions - 4
4. Jeera
5. Green chillies
6. Fresh coriander
7. Curry leaves
8. Oil

Procedure

1. Finely chop the onions and green chillies.
2. Mix the chopped onions, chillies, coriander and jeera with oil. Mix it properly.

3. Mix rice flour,maida and salt into the above mix and make it into dough. You may add required amount of water to make it into the consistency of chapathi dough.

4. Make the dough into small balls.
5. On a paper, tap the dough as puris.

6. Deep fry them in oil in a pan.
7. Take them out and place it on napkins to absorb the oil.

You dont need any side dish with this. It tastes YUMMY just like that..!!!

Have a great year ahead..!!!

Simple Chocolate Cake

2011-12-28T08:12:00.001-08:00

When it comes to baking, how can I not start with a yummy chocolate cake..

Ingredients:

Corn flour - 1 cup
Maida - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Milk - 1/2 cup
Cocoa powder- 3tbsps
Baking powder - 2 tsp
Baking soda - 1 tsp
Salt - Just a pinch
Vanilla essence - 2 tsp
Vegetable oil - 1/2 cup
Eggs - 2
Cadbury Gems - As many as you like

Procedure:

1. Mix all the ingredients well till there are no lumps of the flour. I followed no particular order though.
2. Grease the dish ( I had only one BOROSIL dish) and pour the mix into the dish.
3. Preheat oven at 180C.
4. Baking time : 40 minutes
5. Decorate it with Cadbury GEMS.. :-)

P.S:- I use the microwave cum convection oven.

Introducing My Food Journal

2011-12-26T07:27:00.000-08:00

Yayyyy..!!! Finally here I am ready for my food blogs..!!! Cooking has always been my favourite hobby and after coming to Bangalore it has been my need, fun and more than anything best stress buster. Recently the baking-bee has bitten me and I am going bonkers and have been into it almost every weekend... So I thought why not write what I learn. Most of the recipes are random picks from internet. Even though there are many food blogs, these are my TASTED AND TESTED recipes. I hope my reader enjoys these as much as I did..!!!!

82 days of Namma Bengalooru..!!!

2011-09-22T08:18:00.000-07:00

82.. My research says is a HAPPY NUMBER... Wondering why? Check this out.
Honestly I wanted to start this blog on a happy note and did a random research on 82 and I found this..!! Aw its interesting.

As confessed in more than one blog before, its my sheer laziness that hinders me from scribbling on my blog world. But these days, I see myself having more than one reason to write. Shhh...!!! The code word is "Project Platinum ".

Coming to the 82 days of life here in Namma Bengalooru..!!! SO FAR SO GOOD... Do I sound dull... Oh no! I am sooper happy with my life here... Independent, interesting and INCOME(ing)....

I realised living alone is one of the most important things to learn in life. I am not trying to show I am depressed. I am certainly not. :-) Seriously in today's world when we feel bored we pick up the phone and call someone or go online. But to live without having to depend on someone else is the YO feeling I say!! Now I feel glad that I can do it. (THIS IS THE INDEPENDENT PART)

Before I talk about the INTERESTING part I got to speak about the INCOME(ing) part... Yeah that is my first job and the income is coming... It was ofcourse the finest feeling to have had the first pay cheque in hand and the excitement to buy stuff for all your near and dear ones. But its just work and weekends..!!! The day I joined work is all the more important as my friends put it as it is America's independence day! Watte connection sirji! This new episode of my life is just too good atleast for now with its own negative and positive sides... All I can say is a work place is the best place to test your personality resilience. Win it and LEARN TO BE YOURSELF!

NOW THE INTERESTING PART:-

These are some tiny-miny things I figured out.... I might have known most of them before but NOW THEY STAY IN MY HEAD..!!!

1) You have to wake up early ( Much earlier than to class)
2) You cant go to work without a bath like you can go to a class :-p
3) Avoid autos and cabs. Try walking or taking the bus. (Its late but cheap)
4) Cooking- Is the best relaxation. You will learn self appraisal :-)Lot can be made beyond Maggi.
5) It pays to keep the bai (maid) happy. So praise her when she does good work for you.
6)When you swipe your debit card, you can feel the pain in your bank balance.
7)You got to pay your BILLS which all come in first one week.
8) Switch off the lights and fans if you are not in the room. ( Poor my mom and dad! How many times they told me.. Only when it comes to me, it struck me).
9) RETAIL THERAPY... OMG! Dangerous. Avoid malls unless there is a sale. ( Please note I never mentioned NEED)
10) Watching movies alone is fun. Couples around you might think you are dis-owned by everyone. Bear with it.!!! Why should couples have all the fun!
11)Buy stuff in wholesale. They are cheap.
12)POST PAID connection is a luxury.!

All said and done.....
The best part? Definitely the feeling -- and ability -- to just take off any Friday night, sometimes partying, sometimes travelling over the weekend to my BIG HOME to see mom and dad, sometimes crashing at my cousin's place, hosting friends, lazing at home etc..

A sense of living a complete everyday..... MAKES MY NEW LIFE CHEERFUL in my new HOME and a new place with a new job and new people around.

-Signing off

A day when a new Identity was born!

2011-06-09T10:25:00.000-07:00

June 9th 2011..!!! The day I am officially a Lawyer by profession. I thought it would be like any other it was in the last 9 semesters. But it was not! The sense of happiness that touched the soul was sweet! The fact that a new identity is associated with my name brings me excitement. This is not something un-achievable! Everyone gets it, but the feeling of having it for yourself is beautiful.
The journey to have this has been equally beautiful. It was a sudden decision in life. It was not a passion but just an interest. Sometimes decisions taken in a quick moment are the best..!! For me it has been the case most of the times..Little twists and turns before reaching that application of ILS in May 2006! After that life seemed to have been something I have never imagined! What I experienced and learnt have been a class apart! Being lazy to being crazy, every little thing was FUN..!! The beautiful people that entered my life, self learnt lessons, the good and evil side of human nature and what not... the place where a total new world was introduced to me to turn me into a new self. The five years in Pune are most surely the most important days of my life..!!!
Three cheers for the days that will never come back..!!!
And waiting to embrace the new future ahead..!!! BANGALORE HERE I COME!

A round up!

2011-03-14T23:37:00.000-07:00

Hey Folks!

The last time I wrote was on December 25th! Life has been going in a whirl wind speed since then! A new year gets new things into life in just two and half months. MY FIRST JOB making me a productive consumer! :-p on 4th March 2011. Though its usual to say that "time just flies"... It just happened. One random conversation is wat that leads me to a job... A great EXODUS farewell with an amazing night and early morning.. Watte day it was ..9th March 2011!
One more.. MY brother gets married on 13th March 2011.. This is wat proved to me that my instinct works.. And today back from the Gala marriage( proud sister!).. Woo marriages are fun..!! Had a great time with so many new people..

One last time back home before winding up in Pune.. YIPPPEEE I am soo glad I am done there.. Its not funny. Can't wait to start a new life now!

AND most importantly its MARCH my favourite month of the year..My Birthday month..Yayy..!!!

@Home and enjoying the peace and pleasant feeling being home.. The best place in the world for me..!!

-Signing off

Tees maar khan...Farah Khan ne maar diya

2010-12-25T11:00:00.001-08:00

Rating: -1/5

OH MY GOD..!!! What "shit" was that.. Its the old(Rotten) wine in the same old bottle.. farah is back with her old formula of movie-in-movie and utterly failed.

Movie-in-movie: Tees maar khan..the wanted criminal plans to shoot a film "Bharat Ka khazana" which is fictitious. As part of the plot he uses the villagers where the film is shot to rob the antiques in the train. (Trust me this plot actually is shown as worked out plot!) And the villagers don't realise the fraud director even if he is shooting with one camera with no reel after a point of time (chorified one thought :-p)

Akshay Kumar: Total repetition of his previous so called comedy flicks. A "Not-chindi chor" who is capable of anything and everything.

Katrina: Its only because of the hype "Shila ki jawani" has got Katrina survived especially with no role in the movie but to be an aspiring item girl in the movie-in-movie. Oh! Her role is to put more and mroe make up for a "pack up". Never the least she was there to show off the sex appeal.

Akshay Khanna: Supposedly an actor with 10 years of industry experience who is crazy about winning oscar. He is the bakra hero that our real hero finds to do his fictitious film and this Bakra doesn't even realise that he is doing so..as he thinks he is doing a film of some Hollywood director which gives him ticket to Hollywood. Wah!

Others: Nothing is worth mentioning...

In toto TMK is a mockery(I detest to call it a parady) of Oscar awards (the whole crew of TMK are given Oscar like awards at the end..typical FK types), inability of police(not again!) and farah's films themselves... I think this was a bed time story turned into a movie...and I am sure the crew hasn't watched it before sending it before audience.

Throughout the movie you will see yourself laughing...trust me its because you are unable to digest the fact that its a MOVIE and you are watching it!

-Signing off

Balance sheet..not for an year but for a life

2010-12-20T23:29:00.000-08:00

I was going through one of my books and I realised I have written this long back in 2009 May..when I was working in DUA Bangalore.. Oh just before that I learnt accounting as part of my syllabus.. Probably a little overdose of accounting!The only thing I liked while learning was Balance sheet.. Hehe

Birth - Opening Balance (Accounting life starts on 29th March)
Will power and Self confidence - Capital
Knowledge is the investment
Hard work - Asset
Laziness leads to Liability
Character - Good will
Appreciation gained is interest earned
Thoughts and ideas are Patents
Fame accumulated is the dividend
Experience gained is the outstanding income
Mistakes committed are outstanding expenses
Death is the closing balance

Last but not the least... Balanced life with happiness and sadness... Balance sheet tallied

In the name of Last Semester

2010-12-01T18:26:00.000-08:00

"This is your last sem. Enjoy your college days. Make the most out of it". This is what everyone has been telling for a few days now. Yeah! Finally reached the last sem after a long journey of 9 semesters in 4 and half years.(Ofcourse which accounts to almost 2 years of vacation!!Hehe).. I definitely can't say "Time just flew away". I spent precious long five years. I was for sure waiting to get out of this place since a long time. When I was packing my bags for the last semester I never felt bad. Ah! I sounded way negative all the while. And now not because I wanted to be diplomatic but yeah it is not the place but the people I have met in my life here that I am really gonna miss sometime in life. After home this is the place where I lived the maximum especially my one roomie I lived with for 4 continuous years. The Hostel life especially taught me so many things. Interdependently independent is what I have grown to be here and I am happy the way things worked.
Ah I have tried so many things in life, many things changed and little things learnt, . Pune is definitely a wonderful place to live, an ocean of opportunities for someone who can make most of it. I think I would have enjoyed this place and especially my college more had my stay here would have been just for 3 years.
Whatever it is when I am almost done, the only thing to look forward is to enjoy the days like never before when I actually find that I have lot of stuff to do like never before.! You know the quest that just begins in every 'FRESHER', just gonna be out of college and is going to be pretty more"Responsible free bird".
Oh! If I have never mentioned I am soon gonna be in the League of Lawyers!!

-Signing off

Its just the time..!!!

2010-08-25T09:56:00.001-07:00

Hello my blog!!!

I know its long time no see..!!! Life has been on a roller coaster all the while with lot of things happening..just making me feel all the tastes in it..

Being in final year of college seems to be so Awesome!! New people, old people in new forms, new things, new decisions, new obstacles,new opportunities... Reality Checks everywhere.and FACEBOOK..Thats been my life fro past few days... I have never enjoyed college like this ever before in four years..It might also be so because all the four years I was waiting to be out of it and even now I want to be out of it but liking the last days here...
PUNE....My Gosh! One place I would miss especially for the food and the number of eating joints I have been to.. IN THE NAME OF FINAL YEAR...just enjoying "Baahar ka khana"... and lot of fun...!!!

Anyways hopefully again with this post I shall post lot many things on my blog...

-Signing off

Varudu

2010-03-31T06:55:00.000-07:00

VARUDU (Release date: 31st March 2010)..

Varudu Premier League (VPL).. Only 2 teams: Kooshmanda Vs Naaticharami

It was such a bad watch!
Inka producer Daanayya ehh Daariko ???

Story line: Respect the culture of arranged marriages! Thats all!
Direction: 0/10 (Cant believe he was the director of Okkadu!)
Acor: His acting was decent and he was also looking decent.
Actress: Hmm..after so called build up of secrecy..Flop! Poor she had only 4 outfits!
Villan: Kalakaarudu (Artist)... A big Psycho!

Now you can just guess the story.... Hero says OK to arranged marriage- Dhum Dham Marriage- The bad guy takes away the girl- Chase begins for the GIRL hero takes villain's brother and so villain gives the girl to hero- Challenge for VPL at the Kalyanamandapam-Villain invited to marriage- Telugu Ishtyle Matrix fight- Villain dies.... END

Oh the twist in the story is Girl and boy see each other only in marriage (Old Ishtyle...Sampradayam!)

Highlght: Outfits...Wah Kalamandir!

Music was good for listening...but not great on screen!

-Finally Vammo VARUDU

RISK

2010-03-15T00:40:00.000-07:00

RISK

To laugh is to risk appearing a fool
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental
To reach out for another is to risk involvement
To expose your feelings is to risk exposing your true self
To place your ideal, your dreams before a crowd is to risk their loss
To love is to risk not being loved in return

To live is to risk dying
To hope is to risk despair
To try is to risk failure

Yet risks must be taken
Because the greatest hazard in life is risking NOTHING

The person who risks nothing
Does nothing
Has nothing
Is nothing

Self-realisation is harder than Self Sacrifice

Author Unknown

Blog strikes again!

2010-03-14T23:37:00.000-07:00

Yeahh!!! Finally after September 25,2009 I am blogging with no topic in my mind... And the reason is that I am in my preparation holidays, which means I have I have all the time in life. With Pune University exams in next 25 days I can think of everything else except for preparing for my exams!

Oh I am gonna be done with my IV year (hopefully) and left with one more year! And the confusion begins.. What I have realised in the recent past is that when I meet anyone there has to be a discussion or atleast a point raised on one of the two issues.
1) Whats your next career plan?
2) So when are you getting married?

Gosh! Both these questions drive you crazy! Especially when both are made to be interlinked (which i believe is yes!)... So what am I supposed to plan! Each time I take a big decision I choose something different with the only proposition that I want to experiment with something people in general don't do. Fortunately many decisions worked in my favour. And now I decide to go to Litigation and NO to corporate jobs! (For those reading my blog for the first time I am Law Student!)...

Masters plan and other things I wanted to pursue...Gosh when do I this..By the time I decide all this my ISSUE 2 will be talk of the family! Especially when your mom's friend's kids are getting married you are in a trouble! Poor your mom(in the name of dad too) she says she has a point!

Oh! Today I agree that Birthdays are not fun especially lot many things in life depends on the new number each Birthday gets to you!...

-Signing off

Latest news on Delayed Justice!

2009-09-25T01:18:00.000-07:00

If a movie runs for many days it is a super hit work of the movie cast and crew. But if a case runs for many years! (counting just on days is out of question!) it is a big flop show by ???? (WHOM). Thats the question. The first answer comes to the mind is COURT..Is it totally true. I don't believe, this every case like any other movie has crew... India's judicial set up is totally based on so much evidence and paper work that a man's conscience is given least priority (I could so no use!)... It is just not the judge or an advocate or a police man who is responsible for delay of disposing of cases which eventually results in piling up of the cases.

"Justice delayed is Justice denied" is an old wise saying!(I don't know who exactly said that)... Indian Judicial System is a set example for this saying...But very optimistically we discuss this issue....There have been many reforms that were recommended result of which were fast track courts etc. But the causes to this problem are not being totally uprooted. In a recent judgement (In June 2009), of the Supreme Court the two judges(Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Harjeet Singh Bedi) pointed out that this practice by high courts to entertain a second appeal is one of the main reasons of delay in the administration of justice in civil matters. Infact as per Section 100 of the Civil Procedure code if the judgement by an appeal court is similar to the judgement by a lower court, a second appeal should be admitted only if a "substantial question of law" is involved. If this is at the appeal stage, even at the lower level there is an absolute need for a speedy trial. There have been plethora of cases where the cases were just not getting disposed...Uphar cinema case, jessica lal case, Kasab (talk about the royal treatment)....
Anyways...
To address this need, the new UPA Law minister, Veerappa Moiley is on his mission for judicial reforms which he announced at the beginning of this week. The father of the nation (Mahatma Gandhi!) must be happy to know that this mission is gonna start from his birthday. As he believed, villages as the backbone of country, this judicial reform is gonna start with 'Grama Nyayalayas', a catalyst for the dispense(reaction) of cases.
The law minister has an ambitious figure to reduce the time span of a case from 15 years to 0ne year!(Alas! Touch wood)...For this purposes they plan to utilize the services of retired judges too... It is proposed to have an increase in number of Courts and in the number of sessions of the Court. Oh! It is worth noting that the Law minister proposes to make our courts technical savvy! He realized the importance of technology!

One thing that has to be remembered is that speedy justice takes place only when there is competency in the judges. I personally don't agree with the idea of giving judicial magistrate exams immediately after finishing the law course. Experience in the practical field must be compulsory!
Also competency from everyone, police, litigants, court staff is necessary to achieve the positive aim if this mission.

Lets keep our fingers crossed for this "Sooper Mission" to get into implementation stage and work (if possible wonders!...We are very optimistic...Aren't we???

Godavari

2009-09-20T23:32:00.000-07:00

Godavari! Gosh I just love the movie. It was released on May 19th, 2006. I just love the movie. It is a beautiful romantic musical movie. I watched this movie over 50 times and now may be I know the dialogs by-heart! .Ram(Sumanth) is the name of the hero in the movie who complemented the heroin Seeta (Kamalini mukherlee) in the movie. Its a beautiful simple love story between Ram an aspiring young wannabe politician and Sita, a designer with hell lot of individualism. The attitude of the actors portray the attitude of "wanna be be different from the crowd". (I like it that way!) The backdrop of the movie is the beauty of Godavari river."Nee dokku moham, nee chetta tea, nee sutti invitation naaku nachale", "nenu seetamaalakshmi ni dokku maalakshmi ni kaadu", "nakku sorry cheppali"... every part of the movie is just so near to naturality. Pullatu pullamma, ammamagaru...suprabhatam types amma...everything that you hear everyday!...I just dint understand the need for Veerayya story though even after watching it for these many times...Thats ok! Sekhar Kammula, the director...nothing more to say than a Hats Off!... The director I love after K.Viswanath Garu. Infact i liked 'Anand' after I watched 'Godavari'.

I have to go to a good Coastal Andhra Trip now!..ALONE...that needs no objection certificate from Amma Nanna though!

Godavari waters is shown in a very elegant manner...Sad when I actually went there it was very dirty! To go to Bhadrachalam was my dream since the time I saw the movie and I finally could go 2 weeks back!...Its the movie me and my room mate enjoy watching! This movie so inspired me to go for Godavari trip that I gave up my Novice Moot Court in my college and went for the trip. Though I so wanted to find "The Ram". It is from this movie that I wanted to be a dubbing artist too one day!(Thanks to Sunitha..) Expressing the emotion of someone else's heart in your voice is a challenging task!

Do watch it!...Like it or leave it!

Section 377 vis-a-vis "Right to Love"

2009-09-20T23:24:00.000-07:00

I have co-authored this article with my friend Lakshmi Ratna. It was published in our college magazine last year.! Wanted to post it long time back but din't do it!..The judgement on NAZ foundation was delivered in July. Will post my comments on that too!
This article is our work so would like to post it!While copying this from the document, the references are deleted!

“Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law.”
- Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, A.D. 524.

Introduction
“Jayanthi Malar and Rukmani, two married women who were in relation with each other in the southern city of Chennai ended their lives when they were being forced apart by their families”.
“Lesbian couple in Uttar Pradesh who eloped were arrested and handed back to their parents, despite the fact that both women were above the age of consent.”
“In January 2006, four men were arrested by the police in a public park in Lucknow where they had gathered to socialise. According to the police accusations these four men had earlier met on an internet website for gays and then met in one of Lucknow’s parks”. The basis for their arrest rests on Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.
Of late, Hindi cinema depicted instances of homosexuality in various movies like Page 3, Life in a Metro, Fashion and Dostana. As early as 1998 Deepa Mehta’s ‘Fire’ also portrayed lesbianism. These movies depicted nothing but a true reflection of prevailing practices in the Indian society. The above instances show that the consensual love between individuals of the same sex is neither permissible by law nor is it tolerated by the society.
The issue of homosexuality is delicate and sensitive because, over the time it involved human rights and public morality as two sides of the debatable coin. A deliberation on the same is intended in this article.

‘Unnatural’ Perception
Homosexuality can be described as a tendency to be sexually and romantically attracted to members of one’s own sex. Homosexual behaviour is perceived to be deviant and unnatural, barring it from achieving social and legal recognition. The so called majority has never considered homosexuals as human beings worthy of the same respect as ‘normal individuals’. In short, they are considered sexual minorities with no human rights.

Legal Perspective
Homosexuality is considered ‘unnatural’ as presumed under Section 377 of Indian Penal Code. This section was enacted by Lord Macaulay in 1860 upon the traditional Judeo-Christian moral and ethical standards. Section 377 reads that whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse ‘against the order of nature’ with any man, woman or animal shall be punished with imprisonment for life or imprisonment of either description for the term which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine. The section seems to be ambiguous on what is ‘unnatural’ and what is ‘against the order of nature’ because the body of the section does not mention “unnatural” except for the title. Hence the interpretation of the same is left to the discretion of the Courts. Over the years, since the inception of this section, the interpretation of the courts it has led to a leading controversy and has attracted criticisms from various institutions like Naz Foundation India Trust, . In Khanu v. Emperor , which is perhaps the earliest judicial interpretation of section 377 the Court has laid down that, “ the natural object of sexual intercourse is that there should be the possibility of conception of human beings, which in the case of coitus per os (oral intercourse) is impossible”. From then the courts have been considering all the sexual activities among homosexuals and heterosexuals which are non-procreative as against the ‘order of nature’ within the ambit of section 377. However, it is to be noted that instances have been proving that what is punished in India is both sexual behaviour as well as sexual identity. For instance, seven school girls in Kerala were expelled in 1992 for forming a Martina Club and were penalised for declaring their identity but not for any sexual behaviour.
The irony is that what is punished under Section 377 is something that cannot be wiped out. This is to say that homosexuality is a mere personal and a private manifestation of an individual’s personality. Homosexuality is not a characteristic that can be changed neither by any medical assistance nor by any punishment. It might be interesting to note that in a complaint filed with the National Human Rights Commission of India, a patient at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences was forced to receive almost four years of treatment aimed at the conversion of his homosexuality. The Supreme Court defined the right of personal liberty within Article 21 of the Indian Constitution as a right of an individual to be free from restrictions or encroachments on his person. Hence, Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code should be interpreted not to include consensual acts between individuals of the same sex as it invades their right to privacy as guaranteed by Article 21 of the Indian Constitution.
To sum up, by criminalising consensual acts between individuals of the same sex, they are prevented from asserting their fundamental freedoms guaranteed under the Indian Constitution.
At this juncture, it is the opinion of the authors that this section should not criminalize the acts of homosexuals.

What the past has to say?
History reveals that homosexuality was prevalent since time immemorial almost in all cultures. Ramayana has a narrative of two queens who conceived a child together named Ashtavakra. In the “Jayamangala” of Yashodhara, an important twelfth century commentary on Kamasutra talks about homosexual inclination of women. Anthropological research has found homosexual sub cultures in Native American cultures, ancient Greece, Chinese Traditions, sub-Saharan Africa and Samurai Traditions of Japan. Acts of sodomy have been depicted in the carvings of the Khajuraho temples. It is interestingly noted that people who have made a significant contribution in their respective fields like Leonardo Da Vinci, Socrates, Oscar Wilde, and Michelangelo were all homosexuals!

International scenario
It is a known fact, that no society is left untouched by the evils of discrimination like race, language, gender etc. This discrimination has now extended to include ‘sexual orientation’. The stigma attached to people of ‘not straight’ orientation is on par in almost all the nations of the world. However, the notion of homosexuality has been dynamic in the international front and has been gaining both social and legal acceptance. Many countries around the globe have decriminalised the practice of homosexuality. South Africa is the first nation to add the word “sexual orientation” in their Constitution thereby recognising the rights of gays and lesbians. The United Nations Human Rights Committee monitors the compliance of the States to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). In the case of Toonen v. Australia , it was held by the United Nations Human Rights Commission that the criminalisation of same-sex relations between consenting adults relations violates Article 2 which talks about equal protection to all and Article 17 which provides for right to privacy of the ICCPR. The Committee has ruled that ‘sex’ in Article 2 is to be taken to include the term ‘sexual orientation’. India is a signatory to the ICCPR and this pronouncement is now a precedent and has the force of international human rights. The Brazilian delegation, in the 59th session of the UN introduced, “A Resolution on Human Rights and Sexual Orientation”, which though didn’t achieve the desired result yet had great significance. The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights, has held in its comment to Article 14 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights that ‘sexual orientation’ is a prohibited category of discrimination.
It is aptly recommended that it is now time for the word ‘sexual orientation’ to find a place in the Indian Constitution

Indian Scenario
At present, these sexual minorities are regularly harassed by the police, goondas, health care providers and other state and non-state agencies. Moreover, since their right to family is not recognised, various benefits under the labour laws, right to inheritance and property are also denied. Their present status even hampers the HIV/AIDS prevention efforts carried on by various non- governmental organisations thereby denying their basic right to health. This denial triggered PILs filed by AIDS Bhedbhav Virodh Andolan in 1992 and Naz Foundation (India) Trust in 2001(the case is now in the Supreme Court of India) both in the High Court of Delhi questioning the constitutionality of Section 377 of IPC.
The irony is that the present section which is on similar lines as one in Common Law since the colonial era though has decriminalised certain homosexual practices in specified circumstances there, it still continues to exist in India . The 172nd Report of the Law Commission, Government of India has recommended that this section be deleted . The Planning Commission of India in its 11th Five Year Plan also recommended the same. It is hence suggested that homosexuality be legalised keeping in mind the changing trends in the society. Moreover, the Supreme Court in relation to IPC pointed out that the Courts should as far as the language of the Code permits, construe it with reference to the modern needs of the society and not with reference to the notions of criminal jurisprudence prevailing at the time when the Code was enacted.

Recommendations
Keeping in mind the need of the hour, a few steps have been enumerated below to deal with the legal aspects of this problem.
• The first step towards this would be to include the word ‘sexual orientation’ in Article 15 of the Indian Constitution. By doing so the homosexuals would be brought on par with the rest in relation to all facets of their life and law.
• However, to address their present condition, for the time being an explanation to the Section 377 of IPC is to be added to bring a change in the interpretation by the Courts. That is to say that this section should from its ambit exclude consensual acts between homosexuals. The text of this section after amendment with improvisation by the law makers may read as follows-
377. Offences of Sodomy and bestiality._
Whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man, woman or animal shall be punished with imprisonment for life, or with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation._ 1. Penetration is sufficient to constitute the carnal intercourse necessary to the offence described in this section.
2. Penetration is inclusive of oral, anal, vaginal, and other forms of penetrative intercourse, including insertion of foreign objects without consent.
Exception: Sexual intercourse, both oral and anal between any two consenting adults of the same sex shall not be an offence under this section.

Provided the consent for sexual intercourse is not obtained through coercion or fraud, or when the person is of unsound mind, or when in intoxication, or under the influence of all narcotic drugs.
For the purpose of this section,
1. “any two consenting adults” shall include adults of any sexual orientation.
2. “narcotic drugs” shall mean as defined under Section 2(xiv) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.

• The legalisation of consenting same sex acts would require an amendment in marriage and divorce laws and they can be under the umbrella of the Special Marriage Act, 1954, the only secular law available under the family laws.
Section 4 of the said Act contemplates marriage ‘between any two persons’ and the same should now be in consonance with the basic principles of interpretation. It is a general principle of interpretation of statute that if there is a reasonable interpretation which will avoid the penalty in any particular case we must adopt that construction. If there are two reasonable constructions possible, we must give the more lenient one. It has been held that the constitutionality of a provision will have to be judged keeping in view the interpretative changes of the statute affected by passage of time.
• Now, issues related to adoption, custody and inheritance of the children of such unions need to be dealt with. An amendment in the existing laws is difficult as it would need an extensive change in the wording of the related Acts. So it is recommended that law called “The Homosexuals Act” be enacted which can deal with the issues of all the other areas of family law such as custody, guardianship, adoption and inheritance. The whole idea of special legislation mooted by the authors is on the premise that the liberal idea of the homosexuality would not require or would not want to take the shadows of religion as is in the other cases. Such a bold entry in terms of so called societal norms would gain recognition slowly with the advent of this Act.

Conclusion
Legal reform in any field is just one way to bring a social change with respect to any problem. But such a reform will have a greater impact if it tackles the issue of uprooting the stigma attached to the problem from the society.

“Justice is not settled by legislatures and laws. It is in the soul. It cannot be varied by statutes than love, pride and attraction of gravity can. It is immutable. It does not depend upon majorities.”
-Walt Whitman (American Poet)

Unlocking Ceeping Thoughts!

2009-09-20T22:45:00.000-07:00

Its been three and half years that I have been in a Law School and I still have a year and half to go! I have to confess that I just feel enough of it! But why is my question? Am I tired of the course..NO...Am I interested in something else?...I am always interested in more than one thing at a time. Thats why I say, "I am a person who like MORE"...Am I tired of this place. Kinda YES!..
Life seems to be very monotonous. No deadlines(if any they are voluntary deadlines...which always extend for eternity). Most of my friends who are engineering graduates keep telling me to enjoy that college life which never comes back...
I have a question?? Is mine a college life.. Oh I sound like I am disappointed, but not actually because I chose this place and to be in this place...so no wining! So whats that I simply don't enjoy but got used to enjoy!

1. Hardly 2 hours of lectures: starting at 7 AM, as the clock ticks 6.45, the restlessness to go to a lecture, where the lecturer is extremely boring (wanna use strong words but I refrain from being defamatory!). Not even one teacher I would want to come back for. I just call them commercial teachers!
2. Everyday is a holiday: 6 months of the year I am at home, for some or the other reason getting teased by my cousins and friends that I rather could have joined distance education course! Now being at home is more fun though I have nothing else to do! We might call ourselves college-maker (Like house maker you know!)
3. Self motivation: I am tired of self motivating. I used to love it once and now tired of it. Except for the semester exams, I don't remember even one thing that I have done without voluntarily going for it!...When my friends from other schools ask me for some projects...I just tell them.."Oh we don't do all this"...You know I sometimes miss the whip!
4. Familiarity breeds contempt: I can't explain why I put this here, ya! Its so right.
5. Career Options: Huh! 4th year, and this is what is challenging...Placements,corporate firm, litigation, LLM, dance, or something different? Buzz words for the next one and half year! Taking a decision have to be the goal I have to reach now!.. When I really don't understand what my sub-conscious mind says especially your stupid superficial conscious is influenced by etc etc... The think tank is superfluous with ??? (let me figure out what that something is!).I work many a times not because I like doing it but because I should do it. Thats pretty ok!

So now why all this? A confused soul is making confessions though not clear enough to be admitted as substantial evidence but corroborative! I just questioned myself because I read this quote by Anthony Robbins which says " Questions provide the key to unlocking our unlimited potential". Some questions did lead to unlocking my emotional potential.!! Proud of myself!

Creeping thoughts better come to an end! I am sure they did...

Guitar+Magic=Vamshi..!!! (Equation defined)

2009-09-19T08:06:00.000-07:00

Finding yourself in every guitar…you play…
Ur lady with 6 strings…. expressing six tastes of life….
Whispering all silent thoughts of your heart as melodious tunes….
Turning words meaningful by every chord you touch…
Getting life with the magical stroke of your hand…
Turning screams to music…
For music is the expression of words….
Your best friend…lets you be alive when alone too….
May be one thing that’s not in your dictionary…”If not guitar”…. Musically passionate soul….
A personified guitar has just one word to say…”Thank you”...!!!!
Sister as your strength and music as your love….
Have a more lovely musical life ahead….

Lakshmi

For Malaveeka

2009-09-19T08:03:00.000-07:00

Malaveeka,

For the person you are…
Bold, Cheerful, playful, hardworking,confident….

One word I have for you is “KEWL”…..

Let me define it for you with reasons….

Kicked in confidence I see in your actions.
Everlasting impression you make with your words.
Wonderful sense of selfless appreciation you have for every small thing.
Lovely Girl next door.

The days with you…
The first time I met you in my first year
I only knew you could debate without fear…
But then I came to know you are more than something….
“Oh Please”, “Loser”, “Oh Shit!”, “ Anything”, “So funny”
“Few long talks we had just like that”, “Listening to everything I say”, “Looking nice”, “HNMUN 2008”, “ Come up yar.. its too boring”, “Labour law exam”(How can I not say that)….. “Appreciating every small things” “your lovely jewellery”…..

I have never met such a friendly positive person like you….

Now before you are off to sail into new waters in life….
This is just to bring to you all the good wishes, good luck and blessings….
Also congratulating you for all your efforts you put to stand as the BEST STUDENT
Trust me this success is worth your smile….
And the words you said today are worth your hard work…..

From this time as you travel onward with your future aspirations....
I wish you joy, success, fame....

I should say…… You are an inspiration to me in your own ways….
You will be forever be fondly remembered
Lakshmi

YOU & ME

2009-09-19T07:59:00.000-07:00

Its hard to find everything perfect.....
Perfect wind, perfect night, Perfect friend....
But the Happiness is when you make it perfect....
Perfection is the way of living....
I am happy I could make out a perfect person who can be called a friend in YOU....

We all need some one to talk to in life....
someone who lends a shoulder to lie on...
someone who will wait for your call...
someone you know who will care for you....
I think I found that SOMEONE.....

In the book of my memories....
I deeply treasure the days we spent...
Days keep passing...and its nice to know we are there in each other's life....

I know life has made you and me busy....But still have time to each other....

I dont think I know you so much as you know me....!!!
I know what you like but dont know what you feel...!!!!
Sharing is what makes one more closer....
If you ever need me and you think I can understand you and can help you....
I am just a step behind you....

On this special day I just want to send you my Love...
And these words....Just so you will know...
A friend means a lot to me...
YOU mean a lot to me.....

KUCHI’s TERRIBLE TWOs

2009-09-19T07:58:00.000-07:00

Woooo..!!!!I am gonna be TWO year old…which people say is Terrible…I am told!!!!
But Noooo….You know why??????
I have learnt to walk…..enjoyed playing in the park…
I have listened keenly to everyone and now I can talk…
What next…? I am growing…. You know what that means?
AMMA….I can go to play school….
NANNA….I can swim deep in the pool….
ABCD…is what I sing...Making you all swing….!!!
One to ten…I can count….
Within in my thrilling THREE to more numbers I shall mount…
More words I will spell….that you all will say I have done it well….
I will learn to read and write…May be I might even learn to fight….
I will learn more colours….And smell more flowers….
I will grow tall….I think I can help mom hang things on the wall…
I will have my own cool buddies…
Sorry! We will be in a mess…playing in muddies!!
If car is what you ride….My Bike is what I will ride with you by my side….
And my dear Mom and Dad….When you just see that I do all this things….
You will know….how much joy and happiness your dear son brings…..
With one more new year I start….. With lots of love in your heart…..

FRIEND UNHEARD!!!!

2009-09-19T07:56:00.000-07:00

Friend for years,
You are always in my heart and mind
Days we were together
Memories are fading...
Times change and feelings grew...
Led to a unclear 'US'
Few days forever passed....
Snatched away the precious FRIENDSHIP.....

What happened to the years of friendship we shared....???
Misunderstandings are too easy which makes a relation difficult...

But I dont fear...We will one day be the way we had been once!!!
For I believe in Us and ME

For all these years unseen.....and all these days unheard....

I cherish your friendship....
Within the book of memories...!!!!

To bring us back those days....
I present before you these few words.....

HOPING THIS FRIENDSHIP DAY WILL REVIVE ALL THE DAYS....!!!!

FOR A FRIEND…..WHO WAS MORE!!!!

2009-09-19T07:54:00.000-07:00

Our friendship has not gone but not alive too...
Its in the air...!!!!
Once more than a friend....but not Happy...!!!!
Now...we can be FREINDS and be more happy....
All I see is how good friends we can be!!!

Within my book of memories...I have special thoughts shared with you...
Some pages torn but some pages so fresh..which will never be torn...Those are of friendship....
There are memories..we got together and talked about this and that and this!!!!

As life goes on and many more things get into life.....
Life becomes busier and thoughts become easier....

Forget the past and nurture the future...
For I can see that future giving us more and more precious days....

Dear Friend.... Be more cheerful and life is going to be colorful....
The hurdles you face are the steps you going to take to reach your STAR...

So go and discover what is waiting for you...
Just know wherever you go, whatever you do, however you feel...
If you need a friend....One thing you need to do is CALL..
( a long distance call)

Annaya Graduation

2009-09-19T07:52:00.000-07:00

Gosh! We wish we were there
Remembering the day u left us here (to go)
Across the seas and across the miles
Dedication you showed to realize this day…
Understanding what you should..dos and donts
Achieving what you hold in your hand today….
Tatayagaru….I wish he was there to see u…2day…VIDVAMSAKARAYA!!!
Inside our hearts we know we are happy and proud of you
Our good wishes are with you forever…so are God’s blessings…
Nurture good and love….. you always share with people….
We come across so many challenges in life…. We end up handling them….
Your life taught you so many things….and put before you so many challenges….
Your way of handling them with conviction will one day prove the essence of those….
If “To give a life” is God’s gift to you…. “To live life” is your gift to Him….
Hope is the best way to see life…. But remember…
Good hope is hoping good and doing best…
Your graduation was not gradual in life…you never knew you were going to be here
…. And today you are…so just be proud of yourself….so are we….
Your life was always a miracle….. is a miracle too…
Tell yourself….that there are many more happy moments waiting for you…..
“One of them is when we see you….the way you wanted Amma Nanna see you”…Its not far though!!!
Your proud parents…Our proud parents….. and everyone out there….should be congratulated….on your graduation…. Not for their work….but for their love…. LOVE MATTERS A LOT….
Swim through your life….no one can beat you….You will be the ultimate winner…

#1

2009-09-19T07:49:00.000-07:00

As you set off to sail in new waters in life....
These words come to you with best wishes, blessings and good luck...

Moment you awaited is here in front of you.... Embrace it.. as its all yours!!!
The fruit of your seed called "HARD WORK" watered with will and dedication....

You had worked for countless hours...
From dawn to dusk.....
To learn was your passion
To compete was your way
To win was your goal.....

Not knowing what is the outcome...
Chasing dreams with passion...
You stayed focused on your challenge....
Believing in you and your work....

To be successful is part of life....
To be an inspiration to others is life....

Life is always a change....a game!!!
For there is always a tommorrow which is never going to be the same....
A bright future you have to aim....
A colorful victory star you have to claim....

From this time as you travel onward with your future aspirations....
With warm congratulations I wish you joy,success,fame....

ENJOY EVERY MOMENT TO CELEBRATE YOURSELF...!!!!

Colour your life with more success (as)
Omens which are good are on your way.
Nurture the habit to taste more success for thats the self motivation.
Great things happen with great work (and)
Remember this success is worth your smile.
Aim to the stars that want to reach you (and)
Treasure your work that gives you satisfaction.
Superlative in success..is what life awaits....!!!!

Memories and Laughter

2009-09-19T07:45:00.000-07:00

Our journey from where to here....
Chasing the race of Life.....
Never came here to meet a person who is just You....

I wasn't looking for it....it just came and found me...
I had nothing to react....but to embrace it....

It is a magic in everyone's life...and my life....
Magic of Friendship....

We had a walk, we had a talk....
We shared the room, we shared a similar taste...

The unlimited shopping, the unending movie-ing,the yummiest cooking and the no reason photo-ing...
the irritating alarm, the saddest jokes and the
Chatting, laughing and playing....
you make my day....everyday....

At home away from home...you make me feel with You around...

Comforting each other...is the reason of our friendship
Believing in each other...is the way of our frienndship
Caring for each other....is the heart of our firendship
Sharing with each other....is the benefit of our friendship

Being Each other....is our friendship....OUR friendship.....
a musical relation dancing to the tune of LOVE, CARE and AFFECTION.....

swINe FLU

2009-08-19T23:48:00.001-07:00

Swine Flu! The word thats creating real fear in some and influenced fear in some...Yes I know what I am saying...
I always wondered about one thing...there were sometimes when I wouldnt even be aware of something till yesterday and when somehow I come to know about that today I will encounter it many times from the next moment I come to know....Sorry if I could not make it clear...Its ok..Its confusing to me too....
Now why this story....Ya one day I saw something written in Marathi regarding Swine flu in my college and I proposed in our Environmental Cell regarding spreading awareness regarding swine flu in the college...Oh BTW I study in PUNE...(Ahhh) So that was the first day I read about swine flu in wikipedia...dats it the whole hype of swine flu in pune started next day.....Oh My Gosh...RESULt....which my friends call Swine Flu holidays something like Diwali holidays....Ayyyoooo....
And now we know whats the height this Swine flu reached to the extent of killing people from scaring them.... When I came home people asked me if I got tested because I am coming from Pune...Poor friend of mine he was in papers too just because he had little fever and he came from Pune....Newspapers called him to ask his experience with swine flu....what an exiting interview it must have been!!!
Grrrr....Masks, Influenza 200...we tried human best for the prevention...But once a doctor said all we need is a philosophical approach to this...Nice to hear but dont know if its easy to practice...May be we can!!!
Its not possible to avoid social life especially college for this long....sitting at home....Too much holidays....(Already my college funda is...more holidays,less college)...Now 2 weeks of holidays....
Ofcourse got to spend good time at home though.....which is any day nice....
I hope this Swine story will have a good ending and ends soon too....

-Signing off

For my Brother's graduation....

2009-05-13T10:33:00.000-07:00

The Woman In Me

2009-03-11T23:19:00.000-07:00

From a dependent creature within four walls to independent strong citizen in the society is what a woman’s stand is today. International Women’s day was initiated by Clara Zetkin, leader of the Democratic Party’s Women’s wing in Germany. She mooted this idea in order to press some demands on behalf and for women. The major issue was that of voting right for women. From then the idea of this day was passed on by word of mouth all over and was successful in its First International Women’s day celebration in 1911. It was in 1913 that the day was decided to be 8th March and thus continued it thereafter with a global recognition. In 1975 the UNO also recognized this day as the days of global importance.
Now having said the story of the day I feel sad that we still have to celebrate this day. No offence! Going by the reason behind the day, celebrating this day means we are still fighting for our rights. Isn’t it sad? ‘Right’ is something we are ought to have without bar and that is still something we are fighting for. So if in a country a section of people are fighting for their rights where can the word ‘development’ see the light. And if that section is one gender then it’s the worst!
Today all the newspapers, news channels highlighted women. Woman is the star of the day. It was rather surprising to see in newspapers today various surveys conducted to seek women’s say. One thing that was striking to me was “Who has to decide what women can do in the evenings”. That was pretty interesting survey and it seems most of the women said that the parents should, the other options being themselves and police. Who cares who decide? Anyways it is high time we stop bothering about these petty issues and seriously give a thought to many other problems. At this juncture I have to agree that the position of women has definitely improved since the time of our independence socially, politically, economically and legally also. But we still have a long way to take them. When I say ‘we’ I mean all those who don’t fall under the under privileged sector and those who can give a hand to help them achieve their fair position irrespective of man or woman.
I personally enjoy all the other special days such as Father’s day, Mother’s day, Teacher’s day. But these are all I feel are in the honour of those people for being a wonderful father, mother and a teacher. It is a big anomaly if one side we, women want to be treated equally with that of men and on the other we fight for a special recognition. Why do we need to be treated specially? We are not weak. Are we? Yes I know what I am saying. I don’t think we need that 33% reservation just because we are women. We should be able to get because we deserve it. I never understand the fact that by getting many more women to sit in the assembly or parliament the women’s position in the country will improve. How will that handful of women decide the fate of all the other? I am sorry but I really pity those women who want special recognition.
Now that we are still recognizing this day we might as well see through the problems this section of people is facing. Let me be clear I am not trying to be a feminist here but a problem analyst. It cannot be denied that India still follows patriarchal family system and I would say women are not given equal importance rather than saying that they are not given importance at all. I call my generation almost a lucky one because I don’t think we have seen the discrimination between a girl and a boy child in our families which our previous generations might have seen. May be this is because the victimized previous generation understood the problem of discrimination and did not want to impose it on their children. I would say the idea of changing India in terms of western ideas would only be an ideal situation but not a practical one. There are some things that we cannot change in India. We can afford not to fight for it as it does not harm us. Call it Indianism and leave it!
The biggest devil that irks the section is what I call “misnomer woman”. Woman is in the world to enjoy the world as any other man and also to let this world continue. ‘Woman’ is not for pleasure and the way some people treat woman as their vehicle of pleasure is the misnomer and is what is bothering the society. If not for this why do we see in the newspaper every day that there is a physical abuse on woman? Is it the thirst of those men for woman irrespective of the age? To top it all the reaction the victim receives is more irksome. Now who can change this? Just You and me! Impossible it’s the inner voice if such men that have to change them. Being a law student this gets me to the point that the punishment imposed on such men and the execution of such punishment does not trigger the deterrent effect on them and so is not able to make an impact. When he commits a sexual abuse what is it that is stopping to shoot him? If pleasure is the reason for commission of the crime he is not fit to be a human being. This is a different side of the story but something that cannot be ignored. The reason I pointed out this is that personally this according me is the only God given weaker side that women in special needs protection with a bit of self regulation. I don’t curse Him for that. The rest problems I feel are faced by everyone irrespective of gender. May it be education, job opportunities etc. Gender does not need attention. It is the needy that needs attention.
I think we can have a better recognition as being a good and successful human being. I would be happy if I am recognized for my achievements as a human being rather than especially as a woman. We can dare to see things as they come by. It is time for us to fight not for special recognition but for a rightful status.
Saluting all those great men and women who brought this change in the society, and who are striving to bring a better change I make my last statement “ I am proud of being a woman only because it’s the woman who can be a mother”.

Man Making Education....

2009-01-17T02:14:00.000-08:00

Its a little late that I am posting this thought I wanted to do it right away then.. What am I talking about?? The Youth Convention that was held in the Pune Ramakrishna Math. The theme was Man Making Education. For some this must be a familiar word...For me it was not when I first saw the Notice on my college board... These are the words of Vivekananda.
As soon as I saw that poster, I wanted to register as I saw that Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is going to be a speaker. Infact that was the sole reason that drove me there. But when I actually went there I realised that I have spent two beautiful days in my New year. Every speaker at the convention was that awesome...!!!
Generally its not that interesting when you continuously sit and try getting some motivation (so called...because the person speaking must have had no idea...
But here when a person said something...he was the right one to say as he himself was a standing example for what he was talking...
I got to meet so many eminent people..
We had Dr, Narendra Jadhav, Vice chancellor of Pune University as the Inaugration speaker. He was just excellent. His life had complete instances of self confidence as a jewel to a man. But I was just wondering if such a dynamic person is the administrative head of Pune Unicversity, why is that we always have to be unhappy about whats happenign with the administration. God only knows!!!
The other speakers who were good at their work were Dr. K.R Rao..who just could show how the element of Humour could do wonders in one's life.
Then ofcourse Dr.APJ, the much awaited person especially when its with students...He was his usual and created his all time enthusiastic surroundings...with his amazing bold skills of interraction...
But I have something that just changed something... There was this one person who shared the stage with Dr.APJ and very honeslty impressed the gathering may be more that what APJ...and gained a standing ovation....He said no big words..he was not aggressive in his talk...He was calm and cool...he just said how his life was till the day...dats it...that itself had a knowledge..that valuable is his life....
He is the Pepsi Youth Icon,2008,Bits Pilani and IIM A graduate-Mr.Sarath Babu from Chennai. I was shocked that I did not know him before this..I somehow missed the whole news though he made it to the headlines yeaars back...(that shows how well I followed news..hehe)..But I am happy I know him now....though its late... His life had instances of Will power,concentration,self discipline,mother's love,chasing dream,realising dreams...wat not... Google about him...U will start valuing ur life so much....if u r u will do it more... To love life and valuing life is different...
Thanks Sarath...

I was very happy after this and I just wanted to jot down...so that when I read it down the years..I m sure I will be more happy for doing this...

-Signing off

New Year....

2009-01-05T05:04:00.000-08:00

Offo...I was supposed to post this on January 1st and I am already late by 5 days....
Infact that was new year resolutions...1) not to postpone things 2)be regular at blogging... Already broke my resolutions....Isnt it way to go!!!!

Ohh A very Happy New Year...!!!!

"New Year Resolutions"....one thing everyone talks about in the beginning and end of a new year....ofcourse with me too... Infact I dont remember any old "New year resolutions' but I am ready to take new ones...hehe!!!

2008...A very memorable year to me.....Ups & downs,shocks and surprises, sweet and hard love, opportunities, college,struggle,exams,new friends,harvard, World record, surgery,memorable journeys,misunderstandings, caring, terror...blah blah blah....I think that makes a "Perfect complete year"....Thank you my dear 2008...

As everyone asks...How was your new year??? PARTY...u knw...hehe it was a pretty silent one...except for some dance that I managed to do...

Oh finally atleast in this new year I have been to Bombay for the first time after I joined my college in Pune....It was a short nice trip...Met new people...(Oh my forecast for 2009 says I will meet many new people...) Visited The TAJ...,Leopold Cafe....

Anywyas....This blah blah ends here....

Have a gr8 year ahead....!!!!

Signing off....

Egjams overrrrr!!!!!!

2008-10-24T09:58:00.000-07:00

Finallllyyy!!! Egjams over!!!! It was all just a matter of one month of hungama but felt like a yugam!!! Anyways ITS DONE!!!! Now overall OK!!!
And now I am in Hyderabad for the next one month for my internship....
Hoping to have good time there!!!
Anyways just wanted to say hi to my blog...
I am going off to sleep.. Have to catch up on sleep I missed....that too without an ALARM!!!!

Signing off

Pune Universuty EgJaMs!!!

2008-09-30T02:25:00.001-07:00

Woo...Just heard yesterday that my exams got postponed! Not a time for a big Hurray!!! its just a matter of 6 days... huh!! Oh they were supposed to be from Oct 14th...can u beat it when people are discussing why is that India is not able to give many Olympians ( I wonder why spend time only in thinking and not implementing anyways!!)....
Common wealth supposedly the talk of the town...i dont think its for India but atleast Pune. trust me it just looks like Pune is taking the pride of the Games but not India...I know it sounds absurd. But yes! I am sure we talk about this from 12th October to 18th October (oh by the way these are the days of gmaes..for those of you who do not know..haha!)....
Ok why did I tell you about this? Pune University inspite of these games announced that it would be conducting the semester exams from 14th octoober to 18th October... Nice opportunity to have fun right! many students in Pune are part of the Volunteer programme for which they have undergone pretty much training i guess for about a month...How stupid is it to have exams during the days of exams...
When China hosted Olympics the schools were closed for a month and kids were infact taken to watch the games. leave aside taking us...!!!
Suddenly now Pune University realises the situation and postpones our exmas to 20th...
I was just wondering why cant we be a little more professional in making plans. It was not a difficult situation that one could not foresee(almost every important road in Pune has a Count down machine!!!...Now 11days to go) to think of but still could not make a clear decision. hmm...oh by the way we did not get our revaluation results for the last semester from the University when we are about to give our next semester exams...No words...DISGUSTING!!!

Anyways apart from all these....I am getting all set for my nest dance programme at the Tirumala Brahmotsavas. the programme is scheduled on October 1st 2008 at the Hastakalaramam....Did I tell you I am Kuchipudi Dancer...( I will post a blog about my village soon)
Will get back with those experiences. leaving tonight to Tirupathi.
Wish me good Luck

Signing off

Mumbai Mere Jaan

2008-09-11T05:48:00.000-07:00

All I knew before going to this movie is that it is something about the serial train blasts in Mumbai, which it is but not showing a particular plot of the bomb blasts or some investigation but some human emotions to this. It is a cluster of stories of 5 individuals after the devastating bomb blasts of Mumbai.

Kay Kay A middle aged freelancer who supplies computers and do not have no orders who has hatred towards Muslims for his own reasons and believes that they are responsible for the blasts. He goes to the extent of suspecting a person to be part of blasts but later comes to know that he is not. His character at the end realizes his wrong way of thinking through a intelligent conversation with Paresh Rawal in the police van and finally accepts the order to supply computers to a Muslim Company which at the beginning rejected due to hatred.

Soha Ali Khan: A journalist in one of the news channels. Her character portrays a character we see everyday once we turn on a news channel who goes to a person in pain and asking "How you feeling". She finally realises the pain in answering such posed questions when she herself loses her would be in the train blast and she is posed with such questions. It was a nice spoof of the 'Sensationalising' habit of our news channels.

Paresh Rawal: A police officer about to retire in a week and realises with an incident with his subordinate that he has not done nothing great in his service rather was not given a chance to do something great. He is portrayed as ever smiling with his short and sweet situational jokes.

Madhavan: His character starts with explaining to a vegetable vendor not use plastic bags. A person from well to do family, good job, reluctant to go abroad even when have a chance. By a chance of luck he escapes form the bomb blast which puts him off to a shock and from then scared to go in the local train anymore. He rethinks to go to USA but realises when he has a discussion with his friend from USA.

Irfaan: A character which is just off the track. A jobless Tamilian with a wife and a kid.Feels disgraced when he was insulted in a mall and so decides to give hoax bomb calls to all the malls in Mumbai to take revenge in his way. He finally realises his mistake at the end through an incident which is sensitive and feels ashamed.

The movie is well taken with maintaining balance for all the stories happening simultaneously. It has to be appreciated that just short aftermath short stories could make a meaningful movie that could drive the audience out the cinema with a message, heart felt with silence.

It was incidental that I could watch this movie on 9/11.
Yesterday's 'A Wednesday' and todays 'Mumbai Mere Jaan' has things in common. And you know what I am talking about. Its just not about the object of story but the effect of that object. Movies are now aiming to show the other side of this unfortunate Happenings.

A Wednesday

2008-09-10T05:01:00.000-07:00

This is a story of a Common Man. Infact a stupid Common Man. You are wrong if you are thinking if this is some movie highlighting Inidia's common 'Roti-Kapada-Makhan' problems and the always described 'Aam Janta problems. But something much more than that.
The movie starts with The Commissioner of Police, Mumbai(Anupam Kher) narrating one of the unforgettable stories in his service, the day before his retirement. Something which is not in records. This was a story which happened on A Wednesday. The plot was this. The plot man(Naseeruddin Shah) calls the Commisssioner of Police from an Unknown number and says that he has planted 5 bombs in various places in Mumbai and that he would tell the exact location of the bombs only if his demand is met. His demand was that he wanted 4 terrorists(names very hard to pronounce, actually remember)to be assembled at one place. Thats it. The whole story revolves around this. The police are set into action immdeiately to know who this person is and where is he calling from. Mind you. The police is successful in this film. In very few movies the police are shown successful in their mission. I wont tell you what happens to the end. This is a MUST WATCH!!
But the minute things of the movie that grabbed my attention are:
1) In cracking the plot the police realises that they are not technically equipped and therefore calls for a young hacker. And he is shown as a College drop out by choice. (True, college education doesnt necessarily makes you a genius).
2) Oh! I saw the control room of the Commissioner whiich was shown very naturally and the police men were not actors, i mean they just lived their character...Three cheers to their acting.
3) For the first time in a movie every police shown is a strict officer. I think all the real police must be feeling good about it.
4) ha! they should how media today covers every minute thing as a issue. I am talkign about 'Electric Baba'.
5) Fantastic acting by every artist. Fantabulous work by every technician. Amazing story and script and Direction by Neeraj Pandey. I am not even sufficient to talk about Naseeruddin Shah ji.(This is the first time I am referring to an Actor with ji. we generally use name when talking about them.)
6) oh this movie has no songs in it. And teh background score sinks with the situation that you actually dont realise there is something of that sort. Kudos to Sanjoy Coudary.

I know its been 5 days that the movie has released and if I have to review the movie its too late. Anyways this movie makes you appreciate the work this way. U will say I am right if you watch it.

By the way 'A Wednesday' is a movie of Friday Film Works and I watched it on a Wednesay.

Defining boredom

2008-09-08T06:02:00.000-07:00

I am bored. I am sure everyone says this one time or the other. And now I am actually bored. I was just thinking what do i actually do when I am bored.

1) Open a Microsoft word and keep pressing S P A C E B A R.

2) Give missed calls to people who can actually call me back. There might be quite a few.

3) Think what else can I do to kill my boredom.

4) Read a boring book.

5) Fiddling with my phone.

6) I can actually shout verrrryyyyy loud.

7) Read Newspaper.(This I do even if I am not bored)

8) First time I am writing a blog when I am bored. Not a bad idea!

9) What else....

Hmmmm I actually dont have more options....Ohhhh this is what is called boredom. You dnt even know what to do???? Ohhh defining Boredom....Now I am not bored....
Anyways now I am not boring you!
-Signing off

Grandfather

2008-09-06T06:32:00.000-07:00

Grandfathers are fathers who are grand
Respect and love is what I have for you
Affection and love is what we share with each other
No childhood is complete without a grandfather
Demanding little from us and gives us anything on demand.
Father you are to my mother,
A Big Thanks for making her an inspiration to Me..
Tata…an affectionate word…your
Hearty blessings forever with me make my missions successful.
Every experience of your age is wisdom to our age…
Remembering all the days in my 20 years…with you….

I might have not said it….But I LOVE YOU!!!

The Right to know

2008-09-06T02:23:00.000-07:00

Information is the source of knowledge. In a democratic country like India it is the people who selects the Government. Therefore it is the right of the people to know what is it that is happening in the Government. Right to Information was recognized by the Supreme Court of India in the Bennet Coleman v. India in 1973 as a right under the Fundamental Right of Speech and Expression guaranteed under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution of India. After 55 years of Indian Independence The Parliament has passed the Right To Information Act, 2005 in June 2005 in order to promote transparency and accountability in the working of every public authority. This can ensure people’s participation in the Governance making it a true democracy if utilized properly. Many eminent people hailed this as a milestone in the evolution in the in the history of Indian Democracy.

This is some information which might be useful to you to utilize your right under Right to Information Act, 2005.
1)Central Public Information Officer(CPIO) or State Public Information Officer(SPIO), are the designated officers to provide information to persons requesting for the information under this Act.
2)The information sought as the case may be, available free or at such cost of the mode the information is made available or the print cost price as prescribed by the concerned.
3)A person who desires to obtain information should request for the same in writing or through electronic means(email) in English or Hindi or in the official language of the area in which the application is being made.
4)The application is made to the above mentioned Public Information officers or the concerned public authority with the reasonable fee prescribed.
5)If any later fee has to be paid, by the applicant in obtaining the information then the PIO shall intimate the applicant regarding it.
6)No fee shall be charged from the persons below poverty line. In such a case the required certificate should be attached with the application.
7)The PIO should render any reasonable assistance to the person making the request orally to reduce the same in writing.
8)If the applicant is disabled then the PIO is bound to provide appropriate assistance to enable access to the information.
9)The applicant making the request need not give any reason for requesting any such information under this Act.
10)The applicant is also not bound to provide any personal details except those that might be necessary by the office for contacting the applicant.
11)While making an application it is to be made to the concerned department.
12)If the application is made to the department not concerned then the application has to be transferred to the concerned department within 5 days of the date of receipt of application.
13) The transfer of application is to be notified to the applicant.
14)Once the application is received with the required fee, the PIO should either provide with the information as soon as possible, in any case not exceeding 30 days after the date of receipt of application.
15)If the PIO do not provide the information within the specified time limit then he is bound to provide the information free of cost.
16)If the application requesting the information is rejected then the reasons for such rejection are to be communicated to the applicant.
17)The rejected application can be appealed to the higher authority within a period and the PIO shall specify the period and the particulars of the appellate authority to the applicant.
18)Two appleas are provide for under this Act. The first appeal lies with the officer senior in rank to the PIO and the second appeal may be made to Central Information Commission or the State Information Commission, bodies constituted under this Act.
19)The appeal will be disposed off within 30 days or with an extension but within 45 days from the date of receipt if appeal.
20)As far as possible the information sought should be provided in the mode asked for unless it is a deterrent to the safety of the record in question.
21)Information except relating to the matters which affects the privileges enjoyed by the public institutions such as parliament, courts, Legislatures, Government, Intellegence and Security organizations, official secrets, infringing copyright shall be disclosed under this Act. (That disclosure of information that is exempted from this Act is prescribed in the Sec8 of the RTI Act, 2005).
22)If the PIO without any reasonable cause, refused to receive the application or do not furnish the information within the specified time limit then the Act imposes on the PIOs, both Centre and State a penalty of Rs 250/- each day till the application is received or the information is furnished, whatever the case may be. (However this penalty shall not exceed Rs25,000/-).
23)The Central and State Information Commissions prepare a report of the number of applications received by each public authority, number of applicants who received the information and who were not entitled to receive, the amount collected in providing information, appeals etc. ( So you can even get the statistics from the Commission under this Act!)

Fee and Cost Rules
1)The request application with a fee of Rs10/- shall be paid in cash or Demand Draft or banker’s cheque to the Accounts officer of the public Authority and the applicant should receive a receipt for paying the same.
2)The following are the prices to be paid for whatever the mode the information is requested. This is to be paid apart from the application fee of Rs10/- paid at the time of application.
• Rs2/- for each page(A3 or A4 size paper), created or copied.
• Rs50/- per diskette of floppy.
• For inspection of records, no fee for the first hour and a fee of Rs5/- for each subsequent hour.

So if you need any information rather if you want to utilize your Right to Information, pick up a paper and address it to the PIO(state or central depends on the information), write your full name and your contact details and describe the particulars of the information required like the subject matter, period to which the information relates, description of the information required, if you want the information in post or person(if post by ordinary, registered or speed and the additional charges will be paid by you). Sign the application with the date and place.

There you go. Be a true citizen. Feel how it is to be in a true democratic country!!!

Books referred:- 1) The Right to Information Act, 2005 (Bare Act).
2) Right to Information, S.P.Sathe,2006 edition.

-Signing off

Nature's Red Eye!-Kosi Disaster

2008-09-04T00:32:00.000-07:00

Its a real disaster...not just a natural and economic disaster but a political machinery disaster. YES! I am talking about the recent flood in the Kosi River in Bihar where thousands of people were marooned after the Kosi river, flowing from Nepal to India breached its banks upstream in Nepal, flooding villages and towns in many areas across the state. The river which changed its course not only changed the entire life of the inhabitants but also gave rise to a big debate of Disaster Management once again in our country. About two million people in 14 Bihar districts have been affected by the flood, one of the worst in 50 years. The most seriously hit areas in the state are Madhepura, Supaul, Araria and Purnia.

Looking into the past,a barrage was built in 1954 on the Kosi River under the
Indo- Nepal Treaty. The responsibility for the proper operation and maintenance of the barrage and the 22-km long embankment on both sides of the river is the Government of India's. Due to the pressure on the breach side of the embankment the river changed its course and entered the villages in Bihar. Apparently there were some repair and maintenance works that were to be completed in the embankment areas before the monsoon started in Bihar, which is generally in June. The same was not completed. Also the pressure was increasing at the breach on August 5th and was not seriously noticed by either of the Governments and thus leading to the calamity on August 18th. No point on cribbing on what has happened as the criminal can never be pointed in this situation.

But there are much severe questions which need immediate attention.Everything which can be addressed under Disaster management.
1)Shelter and food
2)Health and hygiene
3)Rehabilitation

It is the primary responsibility to provide the victims with a proper shelter after losing out everything in the floods.Many are waiting on the rooftops of their submerged houses. The transportation from the flood affected sites to the safe areas has to be largely increased. We still see people stuck in the affected areas or using there own small boats. It is high time that the concerned(Is it just the Government?) take this primary step.

4 days ago the main page of a news paper showed a picture of the Rice grains thrown at the throng of people. The site was so horrifying. Should the victims be disrespected in such a humiliating manner. Even after the so called distribution of food lakhs of people in Bihar are still without food, shelter or water. The hygeine levels are totally upset and leading to many diseases like measles that is spreading in the flood affected regions. Health camps are present in the regions by various private organisations and the Government bodies. If the problem of health and hygeine is not addressed with care that would deter the rehabilitation process.

With the help that is provided with regard to food,shelter and water it is also important at the same time to look into the rehabilitation methods including the education and earning opportunities that should be provided to the victims.

What is the Government doing? This is not to blame the Government per se but the machinery in India. As one of the victims rightly said it is a national shame if we are not able to tackle this with a social responsibility.The aid reaching the victims is more from the NGOs and other private organizations. The aid by the Army, Navy and Air force is cannot be left appreciated. It is high time that the state and centre Governments stop the blame game and concentrate on what is needed for the PEOPLE!!

P.S: Anyone please tell me why is Kosi River called the Sorrow of Bihar?
If you are interested to know more about Disaster Management UNO's report on "Linking Disaster Risk Reduction and Poverty reduction" , 2008 can be helpful too.

-Signing off

Dad...The Treasure of Love

2008-09-01T06:22:00.000-07:00

Love inspires learning naturally… Then the mind reaches the heart’s goals
Your love.. made me to be what I am today…
Your trust in me…the pride you take in my success…
Are my ever driving forces to achieve anything in life!
Your love can never be measured….I can treasure it forever….

The quiet sleep in your arms
The friendly walk with you
The serious talks with you…

Happy Boy and Angry Man…Is what you are!
Whatever it is…
If you are the Bestest Dad….I am the luckiest daughter!!!

The first Man in my life….you make me feel special in all beautiful ways….
Beyond Now and Forever….
Love you…!!!!
May you have many more healthy years ahead!!! God Bless You!!!

‘He’ is the Gift of God

2008-08-26T07:47:00.000-07:00

‘He’ was four when I was born
‘He’ broke my dolls and clips
‘He’ taught me to ride a bicycle
‘He’ took me to school
‘He’ tolerated my teenage years
‘He’ grew with me every year
‘He’ supported my dreams to come true

‘He’ is sweet and spicy! He is there in all my times…
‘He’ is my best friend and the Second Man in life….Next to my father
‘He’ Takes care of my Mom and Dad…His family!!!..Our family….
‘He’ does things that I hate…Wish I never talk to him…but
‘He’ does things that I never do to myself too…Wish I love myself as much as he loves me….
Who is ‘He’?
Someone who has been with me always
Someone who wants to always see a smile on my face
Someone who can substitute my mom and dad….
Someone who never says ‘’NO”….
Someone who loves me forever
Someone I care for and someone I am possessive of…..
‘He’ is my BROTHER…..
Thanks for being what you are in my Life…
Love you forever

Late but Latest...

2008-08-26T06:30:00.000-07:00

Its been exactly 3 months that I have posted in this space. I actually have no big defence for this than to accept that I have been lazy to write though I enjoyed writing offline in the Microsoft Doc in my lappy!!... Whatever Life in 3 months was extremely happening....
After the internshp days in Reddy's..
the most memorable moments in my life took place at The International Kuchipudi Dance Convention held at Cupertino,CA,USA from Jue 20-June 23. Meeting the elite of the Kuchipudi Dance Community(Nata Kulam) including Padma Bhushan Dr.Vempati Chinna Satyam Master, Vempati Ravi Shankar, Vedantam Radheshyam Garu and many more. The one week spent in practice gave me immense happiness of being a dancer and I actually felt Soul of dance lies in the practice. Will never leave dance...Will keep continuing till I can...
After this episode...back to college and in III rd year. My graduation year....for some reason it feels happy to thinking about this.. But the real graduation is after 2 more years....when I am gonna be a Lawyer..(prefer to be called an Advocate). The most happy thing is that I am actually feeling good the way I am thinking about my career and the confidence I am able to acquire to acheive them.
Like one of my T-shirts I bought recently says...Arian-"I am happy the way I am"...
Life is appeling to be good in whatever manner it is coming in my way!!!!...
New ambitions,luck and unluck,new friends,old friends in new shoes,missing some,....new courses,new hostel room, new hobbies,early morning lectures,more writing,more reading,more music... is my everyday!!!!..a funday!!!!!!
Like my Labour Law Lecturer said...what we want is MORE.....

I hope I keep my blog active...which makes me feel that I am active...

-Signing Off

Twister

2008-05-27T00:23:00.000-07:00

With a twist everyday and the police naming it to be a clue to CRACK the case, the most sensitized Arushi’s Murder case has grabbed the Top seat in the news stories. But the fact that is to be questioned is that if these clues will lead the case anywhere.

Right from the time I have started to follow the case, it has been yet another Bollywood film may be we can call it a daily serial with too many twists more than the K serials.Script and screenplay: Police Direction: Media.

This statement is not baseless as the the statements made by the police regarding this case. I know this is not a funny thing. I am neither trying to make it funny but just pointing out how this case has been proving the efficiency of police. In the recent Jyothirmayee Murder case the London police were able to find the culprit in less than a day. Even though I am not comparing but its something I cant stop to comment. Its been almost 10 days that this young girl Arushi has been brutally murdered and still not a single strong clue has been found. What the police call ‘clues’ are baseless. To just cite an example: the reason the police gives for the alleged affair between Dr. Talwar and Dr. Anita is that the number of calls from his mobile were more in number to Anita than to his wife. Do you call it something a clue? Here let me make it clear that I am not expecting a clean chit of Dr. Talwar in this case but just that the allegation is baseless. This is not what is called perfection which is expected from Police. Also on what basis did the police allege an affair between Arushi and Hemraj? Why cant the police investigation be a transparent one atleast to the levels that the public do not come to any wrong conclusions. Doesn’t the law permit to this extent?

Above all I was very surprised to see Arushi’s mother giving almost a half hour interview on a News Channel. I thought the mother was strong but it was hard to believe that the mother was much worried about the husband who was in the jail than the daughter who left the world just few days ago. (kudos to her strength!) I wonder the News Channel did not catch on this point when they expected a hand of the parents in her murder.

Media, is the fourth estate and a strong pillar to the democracy. I wish the media could be a little more emotionally concerned. I know what I am talking about. The continuous display of the same news regarding this issue definitely has an effect on the little minds. With this 24x7 news channels kids are exposed to the happenings even more and which can effect their thinking on various issues. Why cant the media think about that. The parents should be very protective regarding this in order that the kids are safe with any inner fears.

May Arushi's soul rest in peace!

At dr.reddy's

2008-05-23T02:57:00.000-07:00

Oh its been 22 days that I have not opened my blog... and 22 days that I have been working here at dr.reddy's. Its Friday afternoon in the office at my table and with no boss to give any work! What an afternoon! Since when I joined work I do not why, I was very lazy to post on my blog. I was sick of staring at this computer screen, the whole day. I need to go to an eye doctor!

One more week of internship. This is with this internship I entered the Most said " Corporate World". But its too early to comment on it and that too just in a span of one month. Anyways my stay at this place is definitely a very good experience for various reasons. Learning work, reading all the time, hours together in front of my computer, nice colleagues and friends and ofcourse my co intern, Amrita who helped me feel comfortable at the work place and ofcourse helped me with work!(thanx ya!),superb lunch and unlimited coffee(the best part)..., long hours of work(not used to it)....is my experience at work... This is one of the place's I dreamt of working with and I cant believe thats my first work place of its kind. This is definitely a place to come back!!!
Anyways in exaclty, a week I am going to be done with my internship and I will be free..Yippe I can go home and have holidays!!!..Not exactly!!!!
Anyways I am signing off...I need to go for a cup of coffee!!!

'SHE' IS MY WORLD

2008-05-14T23:33:00.000-07:00

She knows me, she understands me, she encourages me, she talks to me, she listens to me, she scolds me, she inspires me, she walks with me..

She is my Reason

My Motivation

My Inspiration

She is my life. I wonder if this life could be the way it is without her.
She taught me how to see, learn and understand life.
I fight with her, I irritate her, I argue with her. But she always has a way to forgive me.
She has an untiring quality of Forgiveness.

She is the sunrise to my bright day!
She is the song of my soul!
She is the moon light in my dark days!
She is the taste of the fruit of my life!!!
She is the reason for my fruitful life.

She is my first teacher.
She taught my first alphabet.
My first step with her! The journey of my life began with her…
She is my first word…a meaningful word…

Her Smiles taught me what Happiness of life…is
Her tears taught me what is a Mistake I can do! I am sorry for that!

A Special way to Thank her is to LOVE HER FOR EVER….
A key to her heart is LOVE…

My dreams are her aspirations!!!

My Goal is her destiny

My Smile is her Laugh

My Success is the victory of her life

My life makes her world….

Who in the world lives for you other than yourself?

SHE is A MOTHER…The Divine substitute to Almighty!!!!

For my mother, teacher, and friend...saluting to the wonderful creation of Motherhood….

I admire you!!!

I love you

I miss you

I care for you

I need you

FOREVER!!!

Kuchipudi convention

2008-05-01T11:22:00.000-07:00

Its exactly one more month. I shall be leaving to USA to perform in the International Kuchipudi Dance Convention. I am very excited and looking forward for this show where I get to meet the legends in Kuchipudi dance.
Thanks to my one day delay of my flight last time I came to know about this show and so I am able to be a part of it. I am sure I will have more to share on this once that is done.

My dream of performing with Dr.Vempati Chinna Satyam's group is going to come true. As a dancer I always wanted to see all the legends dancing on one stage. And this show going to make that happen. (Touch Wood!). A feast to eyes!!!Another felicitous moment is that Kuchipudi Dance is given such a big international platform for the first time ever. As the organisers of this event calls it a MAHA YAGNA. The village of Kuchipudi in the Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh has now come to lime light and it deserves it. ( will try to post on this dance form and the village of Kuchipudi).
(More about the convention: http://kuchipudi.siliconandhra.org/)

But the preparation to my trip is something which is very tiring. I always enjoyed performing on stage but the practice off stage was always boring. I know I should not tell this. But feels good to go to a dance class everyday and practice with others. I have been missing this since I left Home for the sake of Studies. Sweating in dance is what is relaxation. One thing I shall I ever be grateful to God and my parents is for gifting me this art of Dance. I remember reading that Dance is the poetry of foot and to dance is to be out of yourself . It is the language of the soul.
That is why I say I dance to my music.

Examsss over!!!!

2008-04-27T23:40:00.000-07:00

Yippe...Finished 4 semesters...ya i am sure!!! 1 week of study for a 3 day...exams..Done with history for ther rest of my life...!!!!
I dont understand why do i feel like doing anything else other than studying for my exams...only when I have exams is when I feel like doing anyhing else in the world... That too even if I study for a week when I have a month holiday for the preperation.

Ayyo Exams

Life was too good till I felt 'Ayyo Exams'

I am made to love you...I hate you

You decide my career...I do not want you

I love to write poems...You disturb me

I want to watch a movie...You spoil the mood

I want to go online...You come my way

I wish I could be at home...U do not let me

When I feel doing all this, I have exams

When I have exams is only when I feel like doing all this...

Exam Study..The gam I never win.. Coz i ebd up studying for exams

But I win forever as I win in lofe if I study!

Whatever ir still feels...Ayyo Exams!!!

Why can't I get over with it????

Anyways...Exams done!!!Back home for Holidays!!! Summer Holidays!!!

Four more months for exams to come agian...!!!

27%- THE BIG NUMBER

2008-04-10T12:16:00.000-07:00

It was on my last Birthday that the Supreme Court has granted a stay on the 27% Reservation for the OBC’s in the Central Government Educational Institutions like IIMs and IITs. And it was just before that the students of AIIMS and other institutions were very were much against the Reservations that was to be introduced and protested against it.

But today the Apex Court has given its final verdict regarding this. The Supreme Court said YES to the 27% quota to the OBC’s in the Central Educational Institutions. The judgement was given by the 5 judge Constitutional bench with Chief Justice Balakrishnan and Justices Arijit Pasayat, C K Thakker, R V Raveendran and Dalveer Bhandari. As this being discussed in all the news channels from the morning as the top story of the day this is how I opine on this issue.

Caste: My first issue is that why is this reservation which is based on Caste be the criteria for joining an educational institution. Is there not any other way to identify the Backward classes. There are better criterion like the income, social status, education that is in reach of the student etc. Just because the father belongs to the Back ward class, why is it taken as a Bench rule that his children must be benefited in the name of his caste. If it is not the caste but other criterion many other people will be benefited. The Kelkar Committee of 1955 also recommended that Caste should not be the basis for identifying the Backwardness. This is a serious problem. The irony is that we are giving place to so many castes and benefits under it but our goal is to have a classless society!

Are we not ready to face the competition? Today the Supreme Court said that this 27% reservation shall not affect the basic structure of the Constitution. Not disputed! If other reservation till now did not this may not too. But the question is not that. Are the people even after 60 years of Independence not ready to accept the Competitive World? Are they still looking for easy ways of success at the cost of others opportunities. Is not the right of a deserving student to study in such premier institutions? Just because he is not an OBC can’t he study? Why is he treated unequally? Is not violating the basic structure of the Constitution?

Impact: By granting this 27% reservations today the Supreme Court has made the reservations in the Institutions to 49.5%. How fare is it that nearly half of the seats are reserved for a section of people? So does it mean that a General Category student now has to feel sorry for not being eligible for a reservation? As the Supreme Court once said ours is the first country where people fight for proving themselves to be more backward so as to get the cake of reservation.

Increase in number of seats: As suggested by the Moily committee, which was set up to look into the objects of this 27% reservation, increase in the number of seats by 54% would not lead to any better position as it is as good as increasing the number of seats for the reserved candidates. It cannot be said that this reservation in a way is increasing the opportunities to students by increasing the number of seats. It shall be so if the increased number of seats is filled only on the basis of merit. It is just extra seats to compensate the extended reservation. But if the seats are increased when shall this happen. Will the IITs and IIMs and AIMS increase the number of seats? Till it happens this BIG NUMBER shall hit the opportunities of the General Category. For Example with this number the number of seats in AIMS to General Category will decrease from 35 to 19!

Creamy layer: One encouraging thing that the Supreme Court took note of was regarding Creamy layer and excluding this from the BIG NUMBER. Creamy layer was supposed to be introduced in our country after 10 years after our Constitution of India was drafted. The drafters were of the opinion that reservations will slowly reduce and it shall be done through eliminating the creamy layer from the section. The above also means that one day there should be a day without any reservations in India( I wish I live that day!). It was a happy note that the Supreme court has taken into consideration this matter and did not include the Creamy Layer in the Quota. But this is not an easy thing to implement unless the Supreme Court has mentioned the detailed criteria for Creamy layer in its judgment ( I haven’t read the judgment yet). Political parties already started to show their dissatisfaction on this part of the judgment. This Creamy layer will be a difficult one to tackle as it would jeopardize the caste politics. It shall be not an easy task to group all the people who come under this category. It will take some good long time! As one the judges today recommended that the children of present and ex MLAs and MPs should be excluded from the reservation! Oh in this context I would like to quote our Railway minister who said that not many Minister’s children go for Higher Education!

HOW & WHAT:

I have some questions on how the Bench has arrived at the verdict.
One reason for which the SC gave a stay order on March 29^th 2007 was that the relevance of the 1931 census regarding the OBCs. It then cited the Sahwaney’s case that the inclusion of castes in the Backward classes should be done with adequate relevant data. I wonder what is the relevant data the SC relied upon?
Secondly what is the justification of this 27%. I still do not understand?
Nextly by allowing the reservation did the Honourable Supreme Court agree that Caste is the starting point or at any point identifies the Backward Class?

Once the copy of the judgment is circulated then the intricacies of the verdict will be known and I think that should answer my questions.

Why cant we have no caste and the reservation be one to one and not through caste. Who cares which caste are you from when you are not differentiated. When we are all treated equally all that matters is that deserving candidates get the benefit at the cost of their hard work.

LAKRITIC....

2008-04-05T10:32:00.000-07:00

JALSA.... a name that doesn't suit the movie. After pestering my dad I managed to take him along with me to the movie. I know I was going because of the craze the movie managed to get. Here is what I felt about the movie... I can call it a review or lakritic (Lakshmi's critic).

Jalsa got the craze for two things. It was Power Star's movie and the music did pretty well in the market. Devi Sri Prasad managed to give a decent music in tune with the trend which gave scope to many expectations in the public regarding the movie. But the movie on screen did not do justice to the expectations. The movie was a little comedy and nil content.
Pawan Kalyan was not that great in the movie, rather did not do the KUSHI type acting as it was always compared before the release of the movie. The dialogue narration had some fault that it was not so clear. Ileana was too artificial in the movie and the voice rendered to her by Colors Swathi din't suit her. It could have been much better. Parvathi Melton tried to be sexy and was ok but still dominated Ileana when ever they were together on the screen. Prakash Raj was as usual, did justice to his role though not a major one. Oh I forgot the Vilan name...Anyways he was good rather best of all. Sunil, Dharmavarapu and Brahmanandam, Ali tried their best to highlight comedy.
The movie lacked some kind of involvement by the actors. It was too "just like that" acting. Pawan was good at his naxalite role than the college guy role. I wonder why always heroes have to beat Brahmanandam and make a comedy scene in a movie!!! Sunil and Dharmavarapu were good and made the comedy aspect of the movie a highlight. The "10 seconds" problem was something nice. Fights were nice but too much of artificiality...
To the positives of the movie. The movie looked rich on screen. The cinematography was good. The costumes were really appreciating. Pawan looked handsome (sexy too!!) and Ileana looked gorgeous. There was a good sense of dressing in the movie. Direction was OK! Ofcourse Mahesh's voice added flavour to the movie.
In all it was not a movie of 3 hours entertainment. It was tiring.!!

Hey this was my first attempt to write about a movie.... Trying out anything to write....
Bye....

U me aur Hum...

2008-04-04T10:08:00.000-07:00

A friend you were once,
In school in my neighbour class
Years passed, dint know who we were
A text sent across states
Lovers we were hence!!

What changed my life all for once?
It’s the magic of YOU!
Who was similar to me and
Accepted me for what I was!
Your black jewel, my red champagne, our techy pegions..
LOVE WAS IN THE AIR…

I found my self smiling all the time
Thinking how perfect we were for each other,
How beautiful my life is….Life was!!
Couldn’t believe it was happening in my life…
How lucky I was…

I was right; the bird flew from east to west….the air dint..!!!

I realized magic of You was a magic in life
Days passed…Thinking of you
The love we shared…
Did it go with the wind?

I wonder if I would love and live again
Coz I still love you and missing you…
COME BACK MY LOVER

Divine Love

2008-04-03T10:37:00.000-07:00

Praying God...I wonder I am doing it... It has always been a question to me.... I dont understnad if praying God means to chant the verses or lines that I myself sometimes don't understand or is it talking to God giving him some time in our so called busy life.. But according to me it is what I have defined conveniently.
I remember my grandfather sitting with me and teaching the slokas(chants) and I used to chant them everyday in the morning as soon as I woke up and before going to bed in the night. But slowly the number of chants decreased...May be I have become too busy..(nonsense).... Later I was worried if I had become an atheist.. Then I realised that this was because 'Worries' started in life rather I started to understand them. Because once worrying starts blaming God starts. Why He?

As a 20 year old...I am sure many a times when things go wrong in our lives especially something related to career and love....it becomes easy for us to say "Why me?"...we feel God is not answering our prayers. Many a times I did this. But very soon I realise that there are many other things in my life are actually smooth. Then I learnt to ask "Why me?" Its just not enough to blame God...if you are you can only do if you thank him too... Its all about the trust in Him.

Here I wish to share a thought.. My cousin when she was 7 came with our family to a place and there we told her that she could pray God and ask Him for a wish and he would certainly grant that to her. Later I asked her what did she wish for. Then the answer she gave fascinated me. She said " I will not tell what I asked for. I asked God for it and He will take care. If I tell you God will think that I don't believe Him and He will be angry with me." I never knew what she asked for. But the answer she gave me in her words was so meaningful to answer the trust one can have on God.

It was very recently that I came across a power point presentation which my friend showed me that she got in her mail.
Allow me to quote it here. (courtesy-email)

One day, a small opening appeared in a cocoon; a man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole. Then, it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could not go any further. So the man decided to help the butterfly: he took a pair of scissors and opened the cocoon. The butterfly then emerged easily. But it had a withered body; it was tiny and had shriveled wings. The man continued to watch because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would open, enlarge and expand, to be able to support the butterfly’s body, and become firm. Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a withered body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly. What the man, in his kindness and his goodwill did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening, were God’s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings, so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.

The truth has dawned on me that sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If God allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles, it would cripple us. We would not be as strong as we could have been. Never been able to fly.

I asked for Strength...

and God gave me difficulties to make me strong.

I asked for Wisdom...

and God gave me problems to solve.

I asked for prosperity...

and God gave me a brain and brawn to work.

I asked for Courage…..

and God gave me obstacles to overcome.

I asked for Love...

and God gave me troubled people to help

I asked for Favors...

And God gave me Opportunities.

“I received nothing I wanted...

But I received everything I needed."

I felt that as we grow it is also important how we see things and that is how we grow.I also remember an SMS which said that God uses the greatest error and deepest hurt to mould us into a person of worth and value.

This was how I was so touched by this mail and wanted to share my thoughts that were pondering in my mind since a long time.

To My Best.... Best AMMA....

2008-04-03T10:23:00.000-07:00

From when to now, as years passed
You were always by my side!!!
With your love and care, to give me aid by my side.

You were with me....When I was let down or when I was lost in thoughts....
You were with me....When my heart tossed and I was paused...
You were with me....even if i couldn't see you as I always felt your warm love...

You were,are,and will be the ONE in my life
who I know for sure will be for me and with me in my ups and down

FOR UPS AND DOWNS ARE WITH ME FOREVER

-With love Ur daughter

Long time no see

2008-04-03T00:21:00.000-07:00

Its been almost 2 weeks that I had a new post... Does that mean I was busy or lazy...may be both....ya a so called experience with a moot at a worst place and non stop travelling finally poor me came home.....Yippeee.....
Awesome B'day Bash with my 2 Best friends by my side at the stroke of 12, my mom and dad blessing me....and the 3 cakes I cut at 12(first time in lilfe)...... expected and unexpected people wishing me on my day....i felt soooo happy...and soo privileged for having this life with so many wonderful people in my life.... Birthday has always been the most happiest day of my life...

The day after I grew a year older...I did something totally new... I was a judge for a dance competition.. and the experience is beyond words... It was totally different to be at the other end after 16 years of performing. Then realised it was not an easy job... How can I judge the talent... Especially when super talented children dance to the tune of happiness.... One particular dance was so excellent(thats not the word I was looking for!!!)...that tears rolled down my eyes....This 10 year old girl mesmerised the audience with her dance..and the best part was when I asked her if she knew the story behind that dance she narrated the story of what she had just shown in her cute words.... Children are the gifts of God.... May the good God Bless her....
Seeing the kids dance I was soo happy that I could dance and I am blessed with the wonderful gift of dance and how can I not thank my parents and my Guru for this....

With experiences and happy days....one thing I cant excape.....Egjams....(Exams)...Offo....Y??? Anyways I feel like doing everything new...experimenting except studying...during my exmas....Ayyyooo.....

anyways....it was nice writing... c ya....

Wedding.....

2008-03-20T14:29:00.000-07:00

Ohhh God.... I have to miss something so nice that I could have enjoyed amazingly..... thats my cousin's wedding. What am I doing???? But can't help it.... Thanx to my moot.... Arey yaar....Hamesha aise hi hota hai.... Whenever I have to go somewhere.... And considering how crazy I am about the whole concept of "wedding" I really miss it..... Apart from this Srikar Annaya denies to save chocolates he got from Germany because of some so called reasons....Hmmmm.....

Anyways....I always enjoyed the age old traditional marriage Cermony. But According to the knowledge I have on Marriage.... Marriage is an amazing bond that binds two people life long...promising each other that they shall stay for one another at every walk of life. The main base of marriage is the BELIEF...the trust between the TWO.

When ever I think of marriage these are the words I am reminded of... I really love these words regarding Marraige (PELLI in Telugu)
"Maate mantramu...manase bandhamu...
Eee mamathe, ee samathe mangala vajyamu
Idi kalyanam kamaneeyam...Jeevitam"

I used always feel that the ritual if teh marriage is only understood by the priest who is performing and was not meant to be understood by anyone. It was that complicated. thanx to the new generation priests that they have briefed the once upon a time Looooonnnggg marriages and made the ritual simple enough that could be understood by everyone, atleast after he explains.
Every thing which is a part of marriage ritual has its very great importance. I really cant believe how amazingly they are fromed. Wait I remember my mom telling me the place where the ritual is mentioned at the books.
Some of the things I really like d the concept of are:

1) Madhuparkam
For the Madhuparkam, the bride wears a white cotton sari with a red border, while the groom dons a white cotton dhoti, also with a red border. White signifies purity and chastity, while red is a colour that represents strength.

2) Its so sweet when the girl is carried in the basket by her maternal Uncle to the Kalyana Mandap(marriage stage decorated with flowers and teh Fire God as the witness to the marriage). But I can never agree upon the 'Kanyadan'. Its just my opinion.

3)Mangala Sutra darana
The ritual where the groom ties the sacred thread(mangala sutram) on to the bride's neck with three knots. Each of them signifying the couple's union in every way. Manasa-Vacha-karmana(By heart, by words and by action).

4) The most exiting part is to show the couple the Dhruv Star( Arundhathii Nakshatram)...many a times during the day time. Though the star is not present many a times the couple say that they have seen that as they the coupe of Arundhathi and Vasistha (A sage) stand for a sacred inseperable couple.

5)Saptapadi
The wonderful element according to me in the whole ritual is the Saptapadi. The couple takes seven steps together holding their little fingers with the saree and dhoti tied and take the seven steps.The groom leads and prays at every step for various things for a beautiful life with his wife.
1)First Step- for food that nourishes them
2)Second step- for strength
3)Third step- for help in honouring their vows
4)Fourth Step-for comfortable life
5)Fifth Step-for health of their cattle
6)Sixth Step-for for a life that survives the seasons
7)Seventh Step-for fulfilling the religious duties.

6)Jeelakarra Bellam
The priest recites the mantras and gives a mixture of cumin seeds and jaggery which is a bit sour and sweet symbolising the mixture of sweet and bitter times they are going to share in future. The paste is put on each others heads promisng to share the times with each other.

The toe ring the groom puts on the bride's toe finger is yet another important thing.
Apart from naything, the amount of shopping, hangama, relatives coming home, wooo....everything is an amazing thing....

Whether agree or not everything that is done as a pat of ritual has a reason in itself. Its just the way people got to take it.

Oh How can I not mention this, with all the fun, Registration of the marriage is something that should not be forgotten. Thats mandatory to register all marriages under law. It can be registered under The Marriage Act,1955 or Special Marriage Act,1954.

Ohh wow...i cant believe I know about Marriage this much....
Anyways I miss my cousin's marriage....
Wishing the couple a happy wed lock.
Lakshmi Signs off.

Oh am back again... if u want to read something interesting on Easy and instant marriage plz check this out:
http://aprendizdetodo.com/wedding/

Hungrrrryyyyy......

2008-03-18T13:05:00.000-07:00

Most of the times...I write the mood of mine as the Title for my blog... or may be the word I have been using many times before I started to write my blog....
Oh God I am very hungry..... And I have nothing in my room to eat. Hostellll!!!!....EEEeeeee......
I wish I were at home....Missing Home.......
And this stupid Seshu(My best friend...) is at home for hols...and says he is missing Hostel.....and is coming back in 3 dayz.......The most idiotic person on earth!!!!! I wonder whats in the hostel that he is missing???? Ok one interesting thing....when I asked him "howz home" he says "Decent"....Oh my Good God..... who gives such an answer......????? Wierd!!!!
Seshu....Dont get offended.... This is to show how hungry I am and actually cant think of anything else....to write a blog....As we just had a converstaion . I could just pick this up.....
So you better be at your decent home...and dont miss hostel...!!!!

29 things about me... (Jus lyk dat...)

2008-03-15T12:23:00.000-07:00

1) I like numbers 3,9,29.

2)I am obsessed with my Birthday.

3)I have some zillion crushes.

4)I believe in someone very easily. ( Lessons of life taught me not to..I am trying to)

5)I love Hide and Seek and Coffee Bite.

6)My mom is my best friend. She is awesome....

7)The balloon which was bought the day I was born is still there with air in it.

8)I am a chatterbox. At times I can be very silent too.

9)I was in love.

10)And I am in love with my life.

11)I love book marks. I don't use them while reading books. I just collect them.

12)I love to surprise people.

13)I love my teachers. My Grandfather is(was) my best teacher.

14)I am a clean freak.

15)I love Winnie The pooh and Magic Pot.

16)I love writing to people. I store all the cards and letters written to me.

17)I dance every minute. I dance to my Music.

18)I am crazy about photographs.

19)I make myself believe in myself.

20)I love to read anything new. (Thats why I cant read one book at a time).

21)Kids are my world. Their innocent smile is what makes me happy.

22)I hate to iron clothes. (My room mate is too sweet. She does that for me)

23)I love Curd rice.(Perugannam in Telugu)

24)I COOK well.

25)I am addicted to surfing the net.

26)I keep in touch with people.

27)I am very bad at hand art.

28)I love rain...and to have Ice cream in rain or Corn with Five Star Chocolate.

29)Oops..i have more to say... I don't need to always stand on my word.

30)I love listening to music.

31)I try to understand people a lot. (Sometimes fails too).

32)I am liking the Dungeon(Moot room) of our college.

33)Oh I do law.

34)I believe in Karma.

35)I opt not to go out without my phone.

36)The person who loves me more than I love myself is my Annaya(My brother).

37)I miss home.

38)I love Blue & Black.

39)I wish I did psychology. (May be I should think of that!)

40)I hate to recharge my phone.

41)Oh how did I miss this....I loovvveeeee Pani Puri. (My friends know how crazy I am)

42)I hate window shopping.(Wish I could buy all of them)

43)I love Tantra T-shirts.

44)I love to scream all of a sudden.(My room mate hates it)

45)Ok the list is too long but...will write 49!

46)I love to go on my bike alone.

47)I watch lot of movies.(LOT defined under my mom's law)

48)People say I am fun to be with.. "Thank you"

49)I give flowers to people.

Good..if you had enough patience to read all of them. I enjoyed listing things out small little things.....Not a mistake if it was boring to you.....!!!

Yummy Yanno.....

2008-03-14T12:19:00.000-07:00

Yummiest Salad I ever had!!!!
This was at the Jazz....By the Bay.....Amazing Italian Food....At E-Square,Pune.
You should try it....!!!
Thank You Arpit and Ranjit...It was their B'day Treat!!!!

Sizzlers..!!!!

2008-03-11T12:39:00.000-07:00

Sizzlers.....The word in my mind right now....may be because I had Sizzlers for my dinner...I had Mixed Vegetable Grill Sizzlers..After coming back from HNMUN we met today to have loads of FUN...!!!..haha I have not even heard about this name till I came to pune... Pune is teaching me many....Way to go!!!!
In my last blog I wrote that I shall tell about Humrica...My trip in Humrica...was awesome.....
Days at Boston: Conference, so many delegates from Nook and corner of the world...,everyday breakfast hunt,long sessions,Andrew Fleet,Mr.Yale,Night parties at the conference,chitchat after sessions,inumerable pictures,visit to Harvard University.....This was 3000 delegates,4days,1conference...Harvard Model United Nations...
After Harvard...my holiday in Boston,Austin,Dayton,Carmel,Chicago and Newyork....were amazing....I SAW MY BROTHER....thats like THE Thinng of my trip....
Starbucks,Burger King,Dunkin Donuts, Sub way, Madras Pavilion, Masala Kitchen, Suchi Restaurant....The malls,shopping......All what I did in US apart from getting sick of travelling in planes....But travelling alone everywhere was great fun....

Was very happy to see Amma after a long trip....at the Bombay Airport...where I saw not bothered customs..(ofcourse good for me!)
Oooo jet lag...just killed me for 3 days!!!!
Then back in college.....things have changed.. I realised everyone here are busy....was wondering what to do.....couldnt get to talk to my best friends.....was cursing dont know what.....den I decided I need work.... looking....!!!! Den suddenly I got work...A moot....
OOh the best part was that this year I have done too much NArco....Narco terrorism and Narco Analysis....(watever too big words...).....
Finally should be a satisfying end.....
Feels good......
Now this time in college every second person talks about exams,moot,internship,holidays.....
But one more I cant stop talking about...My Birthday.....yeah!!!! 18 days more......Most exitingly AT HOME!!!! after 2 years.....and after 2 wonderful Birthdays.....another one......

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That was to show that I am talking completely out way.... I recently read in a magazine....that a psychiatrist's report regarding a rape case given by the rape victim was taken as the evidence against the accused....that was very shocking..but very encouraging....A good step by the Criminal Justice System.....

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P.S:-Anyways....I should agree that for some reason my blog is not active from my end.....Srikar Annaya...will make sure I do that so that I deserve to keep it as my messenger status....

Lakshmi signing off..!!!

Welcome to United States of Humrica!

2008-02-13T05:34:00.000-08:00

Wooo its been almost 13 years that I have been to United States of America...(or Humrica as raghu annaya calls it!!)...
11th Feb...a warm Bye bye from my friends...and a first time journey to Bombay from Pune with my heavyyyyyy lugguage.. The way was beautiful...and thanx to Bombay traffic that we reached Bomabay in 6 hours... and yeah...we finished all formalities...and finally awaiting to board the flight...at the Bombay airport the SUPER 13(we the group of 13)..."Are you all travelling fo rthe first time in flight?"...was the question a Lady asked us at the airport...where we were all sitting at the wrong gate and playing Dumbsher arts...10 minutes before the time we realised and moved to the right gate...Never mind...it was great fun!!!!
With no proper leg room and watching winnie the pooh cartoon and eating the so called Asian Vegetarina Meal they served us on board we reached New York in 17 hours....
First thing I wanted to have in USA...is my Star Bucks coffee...But aaaa....it was just a coffee day coffeee....But the Star bucks coffee just showed stars!!!....
Then the reason i am here.... to participate as Delegate in the 54th Harvard Model United Nations....wooo....cant believe I am actually coming to Harvard with a reason!!!!
First time seeing snow fall,fully snow covered roads,cars...wowww....Oh ya I actually wore soooo many warm clothes(Hamsa can you believe it!).....
I am gonna goooo shoppinggg!!!!!
And ya my conference starts on 14th...(!!!).... Moreee to comeee!!!!! things about Humrica.....

Welcome to my world!

2008-02-03T01:58:00.000-08:00

Hello. This is Naga Lakshmi Bhagavatula.
Back to blog! I used to do it long back but stopped...
yesterday Ritish, wanted me to read a blog and all the time I was reading that blog I just felt I should start blogging to... and so I am here!!

This is what I feel about myself..!
I am very precious coz all the elements of the Universe would have joined together to create the miracle ME...
I love my life....I love the way I love it...!!! Have been having a wonderful life with many wonderful people in my life.....
I believe in myself and respect others beliefs....and ready to face new LIFE everyday!!!

Will write anything and everything I want to write!!!
May it be crap...I love my crap...and there are people who can enjoy my crap!!!

I firmly believe...best can be out of waste!!!