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Australian Open Fever

Diya insists that I call her ‘Venus ‘ and myself as ‘Serena ‘ !

Reminds me of the time when me and V used to argue about who would be ‘Steffi ‘ and who would ‘Gabrielle ‘ while playing badminton in the club!

You Light Up My Life!

 

Couldn’t think of any better picture to go with this song!

 

My little cook!

Showing off the round chapati she rolled out – something which I haven’t done till this day 😉

Remembering that era..

of rushing back home just to watch our favorite songs on MTv…

 

 

Songwriters: NELSON, PRINCE ROGERS

This will be the day
That u will hear me say
That I will never run away

I am here for u
Love is meant for two
Now tell me what u’re gonna do

If I gave u diamonds and pearls
Would u be a happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give u the world
But all I can do is just offer u my love

Which one of us is right
If we always fight
Why can’t we just let love decide (Let love decide)

Am I the weaker man
Because I understand
That love must be the master plan (Love is the master plan)

If I gave u diamonds and pearls
Would u be a happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give u the world
But all I can do is just offer u my love

D to the I to the A to the M
O to the N to the D to the pearls of love
D to the I to the A to the M (To the M)
O to the N to the D to the pearls of love

There will come a time (There will come a time)
When love will blow your mind (Blow your mind)
And everything U’ll look 4 U’ll find (Take a look inside)

That will be the time (That will be the time)
That everything will shine (Forever)
So bright it makes u colorblind (U will be color blind)

If I gave u diamonds and pearls
Would u be a happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give u the world
All I can do is just offer u my love

If I gave u diamonds and pearls (Pearls)
Would u be a happy boy or a girl (Yeah yeah)
If I could I would give u the world (Give u the world)
All I can do is just offer u my love (All I can do)

If I gave u diamonds and pearls (Diamonds)
Would u be, would u, would u
(Would ya, would ya, would ya be happy little baby)
A happy boy or a girl
If I could I would give u the world

Lyrics from here

Proud

Just wanted to share an incident which happened last Saturday – around 7:00 am in the morning.

A woman was held forcibly by a young man (probably in his twenties). She cried for help which my father (who was out for his morning walk) heard . My father immediately ran to them and tried to free her. The young man , of course struggled with him, and then gave up (perhaps due to both my father and the lady screaming loudly for help). The lady requested my father to take her to the nearest police station, which incidentally is quite near to my parents’ house. They both went there and lodged the complaint, but nothing much could be done (as the police officer in charge explained to them) . The police promised that they would keep a stricter watch on the neighborhood.

This incident has me and my sister shaken. My father is not bothered. We know that he would have done the same even if the man was armed. But we are worried for him. He goes for his morning walk every day, following the same route. What if the man comes back? With more people this time? Also, when my father and the lady were screaming for help, there was a young couple nearby who did nothing to help. I am angry and worried. I go for my morning walks too. What if there is no one around to help? In this case, the lady was lucky to have someone like my father around who rushed to help her. What if I am in similar situation and there is no one to help?

Anyways leaving these fears aside, I am a proud daughter of a very brave man. Since childhood I have been hearing stories about his bravery where he helped people out – either by diving in strong and cold currents of Ganges or climbing up an electric pole to rescue someone… And I hope that people understand that if a 64 year old man can do it without having second thoughts, they too should pull up some courage and help if someone cries for help. That is the least one can do to claim that they are human.

 

FightBack

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FightBack, the women’s safety application, sends SOS alerts from your phone. FightBack uses GPS, SMS, location maps, GPRS ,email and your Facebook account to inform your loved ones in case you are in danger. Join us and help make our streets safer for women.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(the above lines are sourced from the FightBack website)

Symbolism..

… is the mantra of our lives..

 

We touch feet of our elders – but we throw them out as soon as they become dependent on us.

We boast about having thousands of friends on fb/twitter – and yet don’t reach out to them when they really need us.

We condemn corruption, give passionate speeches – and yet end up paying/receiving bribes for every small work to get done.

We demand tougher laws – but don’t use the current ones to file an FIR against the criminals

We demand death for rapists – yet ignore our own family members who hug the children a little too closely for their comfort

We go for candle light vigils for victims – yet turn our faces away when someone is ‘eve-teasing’ a girl in public.

We demand Ashok Chakras for victims – but don’t do anything to ensure there aren’t any more victims.

We fight whether it should be ‘victim’ or ‘survivor’ – yet don’t create a support system to have more survivors than victims.

We worship our Goddesses – yet kill when they wish to come to our lives as little girls.

We talk about diversity and equality at work – yet don’t refrain from saying ‘Girls are not suited for this job’

 

We are a bunch of hypocrites, lazy and cynical people. We need to be more honest with ourselves and stop contradicting the moral values which we are so proud of.  Symbolism is good, attractive, effective – but useless if not supported by our genuine efforts.