Random thoughts!!

Some very silly things that really took me by surprise and somehow amazed me:

° Vikarn and I were talking about a photo of ours and he mentioned it as a green photo. I didnt quite understand the statement and remebered it to be a purple photo. Only when we saw the photo did we realise that we both were correct. Actually he had worn a green t-shirt in the photo and therefore referred it as a green photo. And since I was wearing a purple jacket I remembered the photo being purple. Strange how we cling to things that we are related to and forget to take in the rest of the details!!!
° Well, I was walking to the tram station from my college and since it was not a very short walk, deicided to listen to music. While I was walking I heard some strange noise coming from nearby. I turned back twice to check whether anybody was following me but failed to know the source of the noise. Immediately I turned my music player off and realised that it was only me that was making that noise while walking.Hmm... Strange that when we are too engrossed in other things, we fail to realise what we are doing and suspect the world for it!!
° The other time, I was waiting for the pedestrain signal to turn red for me to cross the road and go to the college. And near me, there was a huge scary dog. I was quite scared of being beside him and decided to cross the road even though the signal was red. As soon as I crossed the road, the signal turned green and the excited dog (hund)started running towards me. I got very scared and screamed out loud. To my surprise, the dog owner was very relaxed and didnt react at all to my screams. And when it was an inch away from me I got paralysed and started making plans to visit the hospital with a dog-bite. But to my amazement it kept on running, past me, into the garden. I was speechless. It was too late that I realised that it was not chasing me at all but was excited about going to the garden near our college. Very strange, how people raise their voices, complain and criticize about the world and dont realise that it is their inner fear that is making them feel subjugated!!
° Well.... The other day I was talking with y flat-mate Lin(from China) about my family and found her to be quite interested in my sisters. Then I asked her about her siblings, to which she told me she is the only child of her parents because in China you are not allowed to have more than one child. Hmm.. I had known it for so long but never thought much about it until that day when she told me about it. Till then life seemed to be empty without siblings!

FOOOOOOD!!!! HUNGRY ME!!!

I am craving for all of these:

GHAR KE KHAZANE SE:
• Sabudana khichdi
• Dal khichdi
• Alu paratha
• Gobhi paratha
• Achar/Jeeravan paratha
• Adai
• Phuskura
• Pongal- venpongal and sakarapongal
• Palak paneer
• Baigan bharta
• Matar paneer
• Bhindi sabzi
• Matar ki sabzi
• Sabudana vada
• Matar pulav or jeera rice with boondi raita
• Phodhani bhat
• Bhel
• Pav bhaji
• Idli vada dosa with sambar and many chutneys
• Thepla
• Khandvi
• Khamand
• Gajar ka halwa
• Nimbu sewai
• Vethukozumba/ pulikachal
• Thokku with rice
• Bread/paneer/onion/potato pakora
• Aam panna
• Upma
• Geela sabudana
• Puranpoli
• Khakra (the way I make it)
• Kadi with rice
• Dal makhani
• Rajma
• Sandwich (bread with butter and mint chutney, cucumber and tomatoes)

INDORI ZAYAKA:
• Bhutta
• Bhutte ke khees
• Samosa
• Kachori
• Alu kachori
• Dahi vada
• Dahi puri
• Pani puri
• Johnny hot-dog
• Ragda patties (alu/chole tikiya)
• Chole bhature
• Poha jalebi
• Garadu
• Daal bati
• Moong halwa
• Cornflakes mixture
• Makke ki roti
• Paneer chila
• MAKHIJANI AUNTY`S BAJRE KI ROTI
• RUHI KI MUMMY`S BESAN LADDU AND CHIWDA

OTHERS:
• Lasagne
• Pasta
• Cheese chilly toast
• Baked vegetables
• Sweet corn soup
• Garlic bread with cheese
• Babycorn/gobhi Manchurian
• MAGGI
• Corns (plain salted with lots of butter)
• Candy floss
• Good-day biscuits / hide n´seek
• 5star chunky / Dairy milk / Dairy milk Crackle
• Confectionery: mango bite, coffee bite, mentos(lime), kachha aam, ravelgon, paan pasand and kachha aam
• Cadbury bytes
• Jeera goli, aam-pachak, tamarind sweets


SWEETS/ DESSERTS
• Rasmalai
• Rasgulla
• Gajar ka halwa
• Cookies from cookieman
• Devil´s own or chocolate fantasy from CCD
• Hot chocolate fudge
• Chocolate sundae
• Rich and creamy kulfi
• Baraf ka gola (orange, khus and cola)
• Orange candy
• Vanilla ice-cream with lots of chocolate sauce and nuts
• Moong halwa
• Kheer
• Mysore pak
• Sohan halwa
• Gajak
• Meetha paan


LIQUIDS / JUICES:
• Nariyal pani
• Aam ras
• Aam panna
• Jaljeera
• Orange juice
• Nimbu pani
• Strawberry milkshake
• Chickoo milkshake
• Watermelon juice
• Sugarcane juice


FRUITS:
• Orange
• Pomegranate
• Papaya
• Water-melon
• Grapes (black and green)
• Peach
• Pear
• Chickoo
• Jamun
• Seetafal
• Banana


THAT IS ALL FOR NOW. HAPPY MUNCHING AND CHOMPING OF SUMPTUOUS FOOD!!!

hmm... hmm.... read on to know what it is about...

Umm.. I wanted to write about this since ages now, but was always unsure to voice out my opinions. People might consider me a naïve person knowing nothing and would not appreciate my comments. But come on, who is asking anybody to publish it in a magazine or praise me for my opinions. It’s my blog, I can write whatever I want to. So here is a very negative opinion about feminism and if you don’t like my view let me know (but only with a strong answer, pleeeeaaasssee)
Ohhhk… so the world is filled with staunch feminists protesting for female rights. Even I would have considered myself as one if I wouldn’t have been introduced to the flood of strong feminists in Manipal. I reconsidered my position and realised that I am nowhere close to being one.
And then after realising it, I started disliking the whole concept of it. I mean, stop cribbing. For me it is purely pessimism. How much of a gender bias have my female colleagues faced to voice it out so strongly? Excuse me, if you come up with absurd points such as the words used to describe females in some idiotic song, then I wont be able to tolerate it. If that is what is repulsive to you, come to think of it, males aren’t even praised in any Indian songs. Indian songs are always singing high about the looks of females. Well, you should be happy about it!! It should be the men who should be complaining that their looks are always ignored.
Secondly, some raise their irritating voices in the middle of an interesting history class wherein the professor would be telling us about how females were looked down in the past. And then, interrupting in between, spoiling the entire mood will come pointless whines about this not being fair. Hello!!! Wake up! It might not be fair, but that won’t change the history. It is a fact, better accept it as one. You can’t shout out to change the history. Be practical and take it in a good studying spirit (if at all there is one such thing).
Then there are some who will be cribbing about gender inequality in some corner of the world. Don’t want to argue with them, really! First of all, how concerned are they about other concerning issues? How much do they care about the starving kid near their house to show concern to a greater number just for the reason that you share a common link of the same gender? Ohhk… that was not the argument. That was quite stupid on my side. Ok, a little more logical point. Firstly, none of your shouting here will help them in anyway. People amongst whom you are shouting are already well aware of the situation. Try of a better way of helping them and actually making a difference.
Hmm.. and if at all there was discrimination of any kind, consider it as a harm done to the whole of human kind and just not a specific gender. If something wrong was done, try not labelling a specific gender against the other one. Treat it as a crime of a bad person against a good one. And leave it just to an individual level and not drag the whole gender into it. That is like playing with one’s identity as a representative of that gender.
And yes, who says there are no rape cases anywhere. I am not ignorant. But that is clearly because males possess more power than females and (lets not go into details) are capable of doing it. I suppose, if females were capable of doing it (and I think they can, I read somebody saying that) then they would have done it and then there would have been rape cases of men too. I know it is very wrong and cannot be justified, but you cannot blame the whole group because of it. Whoever does it, fight them, for what they did was wrong. But again fight for the cause and not for the people/gender involved. Fight because what happened with the other person was not right. It should be a fight for the innocent against the guilty and not the whole gender of the one who is guilty.
It is something like God gave birds the ability to fly and not humans. So birds fly and one out of ten drops their shit on us. Of course, we should not tolerate such things but that doesn’t mean we should kill all the birds or cage them or load them with accusations and make some humanist movement against birds just because they can stay (fly) higher than us. Yes, we can definitely make some laws, which the government has already done. So still if the birds drop their shit on us, then the whole community of birds shouldn’t be blamed, because they cant cut down their wings for others. Instead punish only the one who dropped the shit for his wrong doing and better not accuse the whole community. I know, I make no sense but I am trying very hard to make others understand something which is absurd in many ways.
And then again, some shout out that women are not treated well in the society. Whoa whoa whoa!!! Maybe they are blind, insensitive and have a poor nervous system. Females are over-privileged. Everywhere it is the men who are subjected to ill treatment because they are considered to be strong enough to bear the pain. The entire ladies quota, special reservation for ladies everywhere are some of the examples. How can one even say that we are ill-treated. That is too greedy a statement. Just because you get a simpler way through this, you keep on demanding more!!! Heights!!!!
And lastly my views on a ridiculous statement. On Women’s Day, one extreme feminist was back in action. Her view was that Women’s Day makes no sense. (For once I thought that she finally made some sense, ofcourse Women´s day makes no sense. Why do we need a special day. We are just the same as men. Why treat us better than them??) but no.. I was quite wrong. Ofcourse she used the same words but in a very different way as if again protesting for gender rights. I was taken aback. This was the limit. On one hand, she fights, she shouts and does everything possible for the so-called female betterment and when people acknowledge such so-called efforts from others and give us a special day to celebrate she is still not happy. All we asked for was equality! Why just give us one day out of the 365 days as if it was a charity. My god!!! People misunderstand genuine intentions also. Its definitely not charity!! It is respect. And there is a difference between respect and pity. (By the way, we don’t even need the additional respect we are getting). And it is not that the rest of the 364days are dedicated to men and men rule over us. Those 364days are days of equality, where men and women are considered one and you have been given one additional day just to celebrate who you are. If that is the case, then you should fight against friendship’s day, Valentine’s Day (light topics) and also Independence Day and republic day. Does that mean our Independence is a result of pity? And that 364 days we are considered as slaves and only once a year independent? Well… now that independence and dependence are getting better hold of me (which are my favourite topics) I should better stop. Or else, I really don’t know how long this post will get!!
Till then… Byee…. Be happy being what you are!!! And let others also be happy being what they are!!!!!!
Love you all!!!

A Thank You message

Well… this is just to be grateful to everybody who has made a difference in my life. All the people who I am connected to and share lovely memories with, all the people I admire. So here is the list.
First of all, I truly thank my family for always being there. They have always been a massive support and reason for whatever I am now. I might have not realised it earlier but lately I realised that they are the only thing I talk about. 24hours a day, I keep on talking about what my family is, what I used to do with my family and what all they have done for me. It is like whenever you hear me talking, be sure to hear atleast one of the words- family, sisters, mom, dad. They mean a lot to me, more than anything in this world. I am truly grateful to everybody. I don’t know how I can even tell them how much they mean to me. (tears)
Next, I want to thank my friends for giving me so many wonderful memories and being there with me in the best time of my life. The list is quite long. First of all, friends of my colony, Sonu didi, Usha didi, Manisha didi, Rinku bhaiya and Bobby bhaiya for introducing me to strange games I hadn’t known before. Simran for always being there for all the thrills and Ruhi for always giving me a patient ear whenever I wanted to pour my heart. Lovy for putting some seriousness even while playing and for some wonderful time we spent while cycling, playing carom and chess. Anisha, Yashi, Rajat, Krati, Prachi and many others for letting me lead you and truly making me feel like a leader. Thank you all for actually agreeing to whatever I said. I don’t know why you all did that. And yes, Ritika for her special appearances in summer times.
Next, my bus friends. First of all Rajeshwari for always being the friend for sharing secrets and the only one who will lightly yet seriously discuss about career and our future. Strangely I want to thank Renuka also for all the weird things and talks linked with her. It might not have been nice, but was still a different experience. Others include Shardul, who was one of the smartest and naughtiest person I have ever met, Abhinav, who was irritating yet someone whose absence was felt deeply, Gunjan, Prakhar and all the little loud kids of the last seat gang for giving me the name “radio mirchi”, for making my time in bus a real mayhem(hell) for counting each day how many times I turned back and every other thing. More people to name here are Aditya Bhaiya, Archit Bhaiya, Neha-Sneha, Nandini, Aashish, Graphy, Aastha, Amrit and blah blah. And yes, Siddharth for all the embarrassing moments when we fought. Those fights are truly memorable and worth telling.
Umm.. School… not many to list here. Still… dating to the earliest of my friends sukanya, chirag, rahul(if at all they were friends-chirag and rahul) and deepti. Shikha and aditi for being one of my first closest friends. Megha, Priyal, Aakanksha for being there (though for a small period.) Hehe.. Dhruv for all the excitement( ok, I am publicly admitting that he was my first crush, cough) Niyati for all the similarities and Apoorva for all the differences( no offence Apoorva, those differences are the reason for the strong friendship between us). And last but not the least, some friends I made almost when the school got over. Those include Uday( even though I knew and my family admired him since KG1) Abhishek, Gunjan, Shashank, Laveena and Manali. I think I cant add anymore names from school to whom I was really close.
Tuition. I have to split it in two parts. First is my first tuition class. Ahh… that has to be my best best best time till now. Thanks to everybody for making it so memorable. Cheers to Brainfiesta and all the fun we had together. Thanks everybody- Sanjana, Mayank, Pranjali, Divya, Ruhi-Megha(who joined because of me), Aditya, Arpit, Ankit, SIDDHARTH(Hehehe), Nikita, Rohit(I still cant forget how hard we used to slap each other for the silly game-gaalchat), Arpita(I think that was her name, I remember her surname well-shrivastava), chavvi(for her idiotness) and mona, mayuri, shahrukh, amrita(for being indifferent) and also sejal maám, menal madam, devesh sir and all our teachers.
Next in the later tuition, Heena, Sonal, Vairali, Deval are some I really want to name. rest didn’t make much of a difference to me. And specially Vaibhav- he is one of my truest friends. Thanks a lot.
Apart from all of them some others I really want to name here.
First of all DASHORA FAMILY. My god! They really are very special to me. Thank you aunty, for all the lovely achars. Thanks shrikant mahima and shashwat for laughing endlessly with me at silliest of jokes.
REVATHI MADAM: she is someone, I respect the most. She is truly amazing. All the praises in the world will be short to describe her. So knowledgible, so helping and yet so simple. Filled with infinite purity. Thanks a lot madam. Thanks for all the shlokas you taught me and all the morals I have learnt from you.
SHRUTI-SMRITI: I share many childhood memories with these two specially smriti. Smriti was always my favourite cousin. Also everybody from my mom´s family: mama mami and all the perimas and chittis and all my cousins. Lately I have spent a lot o time with Thangam Perimma and she has truly been very nice and sweet to me.

And thanks a lot to the latest generation of my family. All the little kids. Adarsh, Priya, nikhil and Neeti. You all are soooo cute, adorable and charming. Specially Nisha because I have spent so much time with her. She truly fascinates me with all her innovative ideas and charming pleasant energy!!!!!! Love you all, little geniuses.
And finally I want to list those I am connected to recently. All those here in Germany with me. First of all, three of my classmates, Naim, Aparna and Vikarn. Then our teacher, Neeta Maám and special thanks to my lovely German family-the Klemperts for helping a stranger from a different land! They have truly been lovely and kind to me! They never made me feel like an outsider in this country and made my stay so comfortable. Thanks a lot.

And lastly, thanks a lot to all the readers who took all the efforts to read this silly post!