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I missed my own blog's 2nd birthday anniversary!!! :( :( :(

My blog turned 2 years old on 5th October, but well.. I didnt notice it! No matter... now that I've noticed it... :)

I know that I havent been posting very regularly, and several times over the past year, have put my blog on the back burner!

But now, 145 posts, 12897 visitors, 32 followers and hopefully other readers as well... I am one happy blogger :) And if anything, this just makes me want to blog more, and better!!!

So keep watching this space for more posts, and more frequently! :)

But now, wish my blog A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! :)

I am writing about child labour again!!! Because that is one thing, the sight of which is so heart-wrenching!

Yesterday, while my mom and I were returning home after a bit of shopping, we were accosted by a little kid selling flowers. He must be barely 5 or 6 years old, but is being made to sell flowers by his grandmother!

Out of sheer pity, my mom decided to get a couple of mozhams of jasmine from him, and asked the price. He quoted 10 rupees for the 2 mozhams. My mom asked him to reduce the price a little, as his hands were very tiny, and so his measurement of a mozham of flowers will be roughly equal to only half the actual measurement of one mozham. Immediately the little boy agreed to give the 2 mozhams for just 5 rupees, afraid that if he didnt agree, he might lose the customer!

My heart went out to him, and I actually wanted to give that boy a few extra rupees, because he was so young, so innocent, without any cunning ideas about making profit..! He is supposed to be at school, learning how to add values, subtract losses, multiply profits... but instead he stands at a corner of one of the busiest roads in Chennai and does exactly as he is instructed by his grandmother, fearful of her rebuke if he did otherwise!

We find so many children like this everyday... it is time more effective laws and rules are in place in order to ensure the abolition of any form of child labour and also provide compulsory primary education to every child!

Why the heck do people spit on roads???? It is so absolutely disgusting!!! Apart from being totally unhygienic (for the others!), it is completely cheap and crass, and tells a lot about that person! Every time I see someone spitting on the road, or a blob of spit on the road... I just go YUCK! And then walking on that road becomes a horrible experience for me!!! (With a constant paranoid narration running in the back of my mind.. telling me what all possible diseases I could catch!)


Hell, why cant people learn and follow some decency and hygiene??!!!??

That aside, I am actually quite glad that the rains have stopped (or taken a break) in Chennai! I do love rains... and getting drenched, but getting completely drenched while on the way to write your semester exam is really really not a nice experience, trust me!

Annnnd... I have finally decided that I am going to learn cooking properly, like a chamathu Iyer aathu ponnu! :D Not that I cant cook now, mind you... but I do want to improvise and become a pro at it!!! :)

Oh, and btw... this is my current favourite song - From the movie 'Wake Up Sid'! :)


Enjoy listening to it! :)

Auf Wiedersehen! (Thats German for "we'll meet again" or "goodbye") :D


Something that I've finally come to realise! :) Love is that one thing which makes you complete, makes you happy, and makes you love every moment of your life! :)

This feeling that there is always someone there for you, no matter what!, someone you can share every bit of happiness and sorrow in your life with... someone who can give you warm hugs when you are cold, a loving hug to cheer you up when you are down... someone you can care about from the bottom of your heart... and be cared about by them... :)

When you fall in love... your heart is almost irrevocably changed forever! You cant even imagine living a single second on this earth without that person...! :)

When you are in love... you stop thinking of the both of you as "We both"... coz Love seems to sync the both of you into one person... intertwined souls! :)

Love makes you a better person than what you have been so far.... because it makes you want to be someone who deserves the one you love.... :)

Love makes your heart beat faster and slower at the same time... :)

Love is... putting that person's happiness and well being before yours... and wanting the best for them, whether it includes you or not! :)

And yes... Love IS blind!!! :)

Love makes life very beautiful... and worth living!!! :)

P.S : I dedicate this post to that special somebody in life... who makes every single day of my life the happiest!!! :)

Hola People!!! :)

I know I know... I havent been here for a loooong time... pardon me... I've been 75% busy with college work and exams... and 25% lazy to think of blogging in between :( but now I have resolved to get back to blogging.. and blog regularly!!! :) :)

So I've been good, and caught up in loads of work at college... my 1st semester just got over already, and I still cant believe it!! Boy, does time fly fast!!! Anyway, now I have a week's break [Ah, bliss! I'm going to eat, sleep and watch movies all day :) :)], and then there are some interesting subjects to look forward to in the next semester too :)

But I'm going to miss studying German :( I fell in love with the language, but the subject has been cancelled for the next semester :( Hmm... maybe I'll join Max Mueller Bhavan :)

And well... I have been having a lot of reasons to smile of late... and very happy about it! :) Things are going the way I want them to... well, pretty much atleast! What more could I ask for? :)

Will be back here everyday to enlighten my readers :) So look out people! :)

Ciao! Cheers!! :)

I am Confused!!! I dont think this is the right word to describe my emotions right now, but I cant seem to find a better word. I've been trying to focus on certain things and set a few things right, but, things are just suddenly going haywire!

My life is going up and down and roundabout in a speed faster than the velocity of light!! By the time I get accustomed to one problem and solve it, something new crops up and throws me totally off balance! The result is a continued case of severe disorientation!!!

I've been trying to get my bearings right for a while now... thinking that I just need a few days to get used to certain things... but alas! I am facing too many things at the same time.... and more often than not, completely unsure as to what I should focus on!! Oh... and btw, I think this effectively proves that I am an extremely poor multitasker!!! :|

Emotions!!! Oh God!! How I wish they were non-existent!!! Just a few moments of irritation or anger can make me such a pathetic excuse for a human being!!!

Sometimes I try to take life one moment at a time, but am always paranoid about the future at the back of my mind!!! Even though my life is filled with beautiful things and people, sometimes, just a teensy weensy bit, even they seem like a burden!!!

OK... I intended just drafting this to vent out, and now I dont know why I am publishing it!!

Maybe what I need in life is a break.... a vacation maybe??!!?


I made Semiya Payasam for Vinayaka Chathurthi today :) And what you see... is the end product!! :)




That is Kutty Krishna coming into our home :D :D

Happy Janmaashtami people!! :)

I just finished hogging all the seedai, appam, etc etc... so thought I'll write a kutti post here on Gokulashtami celebrations... :)

For all of you who dont know, Gokulaashtami or Krishna Jayanthi or Krishnaashtami as it is called, is celebrated to mark the birth of Lord Krishna! Krishna was born at midnight on the ashtami of the Krushna paksha (the waxing period) of the month of Bhadrapada (August - September), to Vasudeva and Devaki in a prison cell!

The festivities obviously include pooja and naivedyam of Krishna's favourite items, which include butter, seedai (both the salty and the sweet vareties), appam, and a variety of other palagaarams :-)

But the most interesting part of the celebration is that - the women mark the way from the entrance to the inner pooja room with a child's footprints using some rice flour mixed with water... This signifies Krishna's entry into the home :)

Technically, as Krishna was born at midnight, we are supposed to do the pooja and the naivedyam at night... but nowadays people have resorted to convenience, and perform them in the evening itself!

By the way, I wore my pattu paavadai dhavani after 5 long years today!!! :D :D

Anyway, wish you a very happy Krishna Jayanthi again... lets all welcome Lord Krishna into our home :) :)

Krishna is my faaaavourite God... so now its time to sing Krishna nee begane baaro.... :)

KRISHNA NEE BEGANE...

1:30 A.M on 11th August 2009... Dead of the night.. I am deep asleep... suddenly my cot begins to vibrate violently... I sit bolt upright... I get down from the cot.. but the floor is still shaking around me... the first thought that strikes my mind is "EARTHQUAKE!!!"

My mind randomly rewinds and fast forwards to scenes of destruction, thoughts of death... I rush to the other room to check if my parents are alright... they are sleeping peacefully... I look out the window... everything is still and quiet... no signs of tremors anymore...

I keep looking out the window for sometime... The images of all my near and dear ones flash in front of my eyes... My parents... My love... For a single minuscule second, the very thought that I may never see them again... I may never live with them unnerves me deeply... in that single instant, I realise how many people in my life mean soooo much to me...

I stare out the window a little more... and then suddenly I realise that except me nobody else seems to have felt the tremors... then it strikes me that maybe I just imagined the whole thing after all... I go and lie down on my cot again... it is not vibrating anymore...

I close my eyes in peace.... say a little prayer... and go back to sleep...

Mir!

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