Sunday, 1. November 2009, 18:13:28
"2 States"....Well that's the name of the new book by Chetan Bhagat. It's a story about two lovers belonging to different communities and how they convince their parents to accept their relationship. The story has been narrated very beautifully and I felt like I was witnessing everything with my own eyes. I've always been an ardent fan of Chetan and this book further deepens my respect for him. [ I wish I could write novels like him.]
The 2 States here basically refer to Delhi and Tamil Nadu. But according to me, I feel that it describes the mental state of the protagonist as well! The emotional turmoil he goes through when he tries to win over the parents' approval and at the same time trying to keep everyone happy.
What touched me most was how he endured everything for the person he loved. I'm glad that he mustered up enough courage to propose the girl.
And I'm glad that this story had a happy ending.
Thursday, 15. October 2009, 01:37:23
Blog action day 2009
Today is “Blog Action Day”, and this year’s topic is “CLIMATE CHANGE”. Well frankly speaking I don’t have much information regarding it but still I’d like to share whatever I know about it.
Few days ago, I had a dream early in the morning. I dreamed that the whole of Russia had disappeared under water. It was in the news that Russia had drowned because of the rising sea levels due to global warming. When I saw the news I was like “this can’t be true!!”….cause “I have a friend in Russia who’s studying Medicine and I interact with her almost daily on the internet”. I thought, “How can this be? Just yesterday I chatted with her.” Then I decided that I would call her up and check for myself whether the news was true or not. And then somebody said that “some people are trying to keep this a secret and that someone was controlling the net…just to keep people from knowing the truth that “Russia no more exists”. I was still wondering “no…this cant be true”, when I woke up from my sleep with a sigh of relief. All this must’ve been the impact of the various movies that I watched recently. But I still shudder at the thought of waking up one day to find that my dreams have come true. Some people say that early morning dreams come true. Maybe its true cause many of my dreams came true and specially the bad ones.
The other day I dreamed that my younger brother and I got lost in some sinister place. And as we were trying to find our way back to where our parents were, we were chased by a huge body of water which suddenly came out of the mountainside. We escaped being washed away by holding onto the branch of a nearby tree.
As I ponder upon why I’m having such kind of dreams, I realize that maybe it just wants to warn me of the dangers of climate changes. Just like I always have some kind of intuition about the bad things that’s going to happen to me. So here I am talking about whatever little that I know about climate changes.
First of all I’d like to talk about the rising sea level. I’ve read somewhere that the sea levels are rising at a very fast rate due to the effects of global warming like melting of glaciers and expansion of warmer sea waters. Now why do we have to be concerned about the rising sea levels?? But have you thought about what would happen to those people who live in low lying areas?? Where will they go if their place were to get drowned? Maybe those who can migrate to other areas will migrate to a safer place. Those who cannot might just await their death helpless as they are. Imagine how you feel if you were helpless awaiting your own death.
But when these the low lying areas have been washed away, the places which were a little higher up will become low lying areas and so on and so forth. And if the sea levels continue to rise at this rate, a time will come when no life is left on earth.
Next I’d like to talk about the disappearing flora and fauna from the earth. Very often we hear about the endangered species of animals and birds. But have you ever thought about why these are in danger? It’s because they have lost their natural habitat. They no longer have a suitable place to stay in. Take the polar bear for example… Do you think it will survive in a warm environment?? The answer is “NO” and everyone knows that. So you know what will happen if all the snow and ice capped mountains were to melt!
So what causes “global warming”?? It is mostly due to the increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and variations in some natural phenomena like solar radiation and volcanoes. The increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases mostly results from human activities like burning of fossil fuels and deforestation.
So what can we do to save our planet?? It’s true that we cannot bring about massive changes but what can you and I do as an individual??
Here are a few simple things which we can do:
•We can conserve energy by turning off the lights, fans or other electrical appliances when not in use.
•A simple light bulb uses more energy as compared to a CFL bulb (compact fluorescent bulb). So when are you replacing your old bulb with a CFL?
•The old water heaters have tanks to store water and this is reheated every time you use it. The new European style heaters are tank less and can be used to heat water as and when you need it and saves energy.
•Try to recycle things whenever possible. It would save on the energy needed to manufacture those things.
•Let’s take a step towards a healthy lifestyle. Did you know that walking is one of the best form of exercise? So instead of sweating it out at the gym using complicated devices, why don’t you do a little walking? It would also save on the energy used by the various equipments at the gym.
•And instead of driving to work in your car, why don’t you use a bicycle to get there? It would save on the money you need to buy fuel for the car and also be an exercise for you.
Well these are just a few things that I know of and wanted to share with you. Thanks to opera I had this opportunity in discussing about the rising problems because of global warming. I look forward to gaining more knowledge about “climate changes” through this year's blog action day.
[PS: to know more about blog action day log onto www.blogactionday.org ]
Saturday, 5. September 2009, 08:10:41
Teachers, school days
It's 5th of September again and it's that time of the year when we celebrate "Teachers day". So here I am wishing all my teachers, specially my school teachers...A very Happy Teachers' day!! I would've definitely loved to wish my school teachers personally but as i stay far away from my hometown I can't do this. Anyway I love you all my teachers. Thank you for all that you've been to me.
My school teachers hold a special place in my heart cause what i am today is all because of them. They moulded us and guided us and most importantly they loved us as their own children. I know i'll never find anyone better than them. The love and care that I recieved from my school teachers can never be forgotten.
I remember my class teacher when i was in the 6th standard...I was a back bencher and i used to get the 3rd or 4th rank in class. I do not know what she saw in me but she told me that "if You study well, you can come first. Why do you always fool around at the back?"
That was just before my final exams....Nah, I didn't come first in class. But I'm happy cause my teacher had so much faith in me that I can do better than that.
Today if she knew that I'm gonna be a doctor, I guess she'd have been very proud of me.
And as for writing skills, I'd like to thank my English teacher who taught me grammer and helped me to develop creative skills in writing. If it hadn't been for her encouragement, I wouldn't have been writing this blog today.
She always appreciated my writing skills and when someday i didn't get a good remark from her, I'd try my best next time.
I'd also like to thank my mathematics teachers [ one ma'am and two sirs] for their immense faith in me. I was quite good in maths and my teachers took special care of me. It's because of them that i scored well in my board exams.
I also remember my other teachers who had a role in shaping my character and moulding me as a person.
I'd specially like to thank my headmistress, who did a lot for the betterment of us(students) and our school. She's one of the most wonderful persons I've ever met. She's someone I always look up to and am proud of being her student.
I'm proud of you all my teachers. May God bless you all...
Saturday, 22. August 2009, 17:42:11
This post is dedicated to the clumsy glutton.That's what i call a friend of mine who calls me Angel, princess, and many such sweet names. Well am i being so mean?? He calls me by such sweet names and I call him by such a stupid name. But I just can't find the right words to describe him, so, I just call him a "glutton" 
cos he loves to eat and to cook!! He is a very active "social worker" too! He keeps himself busy helping his (so called) frens and relatives. He loves hanging out with his frens. Life's a roller coaster ride for him. Life would be meaningless for him without family and frens. His pet dogs hold a very special place in his heart. There are 3 of them and he treats them like babies. His great love for the people and animals around him strongly goes in favour of his other nickname "Father Teresa".
He's also involved in other activities like martial arts, basketball and bike racing and what not. I wonder how he manages all those things. Well i guess he's not so clumsy after all! That's what everyone knows about him!!
Let me tell you what he thinks about me. He thinks I'm one of the sweetest persons he's ever met. And whenever he sees something cute/nice (like some soft toys), it reminds him of me. For him, "cute=waney"!
[Am I right glutton??
]
He's a very good fren of mine. I can be myself in front of him and i don't need to pretend to be someone else. So i guess he knows how bad and how good i can be...
He may be a tough guy physically, but i know that he's an emotional person too. Even though no one will be there when he needs someone, he'll be there when you need him the most. He's such a multi-faceted character, I cant decide what to write about him. So, I postpone the story of my fren till i figure out what to write next.
[Hey glutton that's all for now...I'll edit this blog as soon as i can find the right words to describe you as the person that i know]
Wednesday, 8. July 2009, 17:21:21
That's the moon as seen from my favourite place in hostel.
Monday, 29. June 2009, 11:19:35
Well this is just a trial of the newly added "blog this" feature!! And it's working fine. But I do wish we could keep track on who's using this feature on our own pics. Sometimes it so happens that you visit someone's page only to find that he/she has added either my blog or my photos as a favourite.
Sunday, 21. June 2009, 12:08:43
daddy, fathers day
Well I didn't wish my dad on fathers' day...whatever the reason maybe. But today I just wanna tell you all what I feel about my father. Our relationship is quite neutral. However, I don't call him "Boss" as most youngster refer to their parents nowadays. I find it demeaning!
As a child I always feared my dad cos he's quite strict. Now I don't fear him as much as I used to but now I respect him more...not just becos he's my father but for the PERSON that he is. without him I wouldn't be where I am today....and you all wouldn't be reading this today cos I believe I inherited my writing Skills (...lol) from my dad. He's also fond of writing(evident from an old diary of his).
Now let me talk about him as my "Baba";(I call him that). He's very strict as I said earlier. but now as I look back in life I think if he hadn't been so I don't know where would I be...I mean whether I would still have been a budding doctor or just another loser. He's not quite emotionally attached to us but all of his time he's there for us. He keeps working very hard to satisfy all our needs. I used to feel that he loves my sister more than the three of us(my 2 bros and me)...But I know it's just a little misunderstanding on my part. Cause whatever he does is for each one of us.
though we dont get along quite well, we have a lot of things in common. both of us are very hot headed. when we're angry, then we don't care what we do. and i'll always believe this that i'm quite good in studies cos my father was good in studies too. and of course i also think that i got my allergic rhinitis and spondylitis from him.
And as a token of his love for us, he built a home for us and put meaning into it...(just a little sign of the genius that he is). There's a star above me and my sister's roof and also on the roof of the sitting room(cos my mum's name has something to do with a star). then, the initials of each and everyone of us are inscribed on the gate. some of you must be thinking, "what's the big deal??"
Well the deal is that though he does everything for us, he doesnt do anything for himself. We waste a lot of his money on branded clothes, shoes and stuff. but he's very simple man. he doesn't even buy good things for himself. whatever he has is bought by my mum and he always complains saying why did u waste so much on this. But he gives us the best things in life. He recently bought mum a new car
but he's himself happy with the old one.
well so much about my father...now let's get to know him as a person. though he has every material thing in this world now, he wasn't like this before. he didn't have a father and grandma was too poor even to provide daily food for her children. so my father and her siblings moved out of home at a very young age to seek their fortune. my dad came to Tura(my hometown) in search of work and also to study.He worked as a servant in a house and also continued his education. sometimes he wasn't given any food, so he used to have Jackfruit to fill his tummy. he also had to do all the housework and also go the jungles to collect firewood. And he says he used to study while in the jungle. Even though he didn't have all the good things as we have today, he completed his education. Now the people in whose house he stayed feel ashamed cos they didn't treat him well. but dad only loves them in return. sometimes he even helps them. after completing his schooling he got a job with the PWD (Public works dept.) and he joined a morning college. early in the morning he used to go to college and during daytime he used to work at the office. by then he had already married mum.
when my eldest bro was born, he was born with a clept lip and palate and people used to make fun of him.
and even though my dad didn't have enough money, he saved up somehow and got my bro operated in some hospital in Shillong. Mum's uncle used to work there, but since my parents were poor, he didn't even bother to visit them even once during their stay in the hospital.
but now that my dad is rich, that same person keeps coming to our place (like a dog wagging it's tail for a piece of bone)...
Gradually my dad completed his graduation and joined law classes but he couldn't complete it cos by then all of us were born and he couldn't afford the fees. then later when we were quite older, he saved up some money to pay for the "State Civil service" exam but again cos of his kind-heartedness, he paid that money for another uncle's exam. that uncle got through and now he's a magistrate. and my dad is still an ordinary office goer cos he didn't a chance to appear in the exam as he'd crossed the age limit.
but that was not the end cos even then he keeps working hard and trying out new things. now even though he's got everything but he still works hard. that's why sometimes i feel that he's crazy after money. but i also know that whatever he earns, it's always because he wants us to have the best things in life.
And as i talk about him, i realised that he did something special for each and everyone of us...He nurtured our dreams. My younger bro is fond of music so dad got a private music teacher and instuments like guitar, keyboard, violin,etc for him.
my elder bro has a passion for computers so dad paid for his computer education in addituon to his general education.
I've always been fond of reading so dad used to buy books for me. and since he's also fond of reading i also had the extra advantage of reading all the books in his shelf.
So in the end I've come to realise that without him i would be nothing.
Saturday, 16. May 2009, 15:04:10
religion
Many of you must have promptly thought about the answer, some of you must have thought, "Eh...i don't believe in God." A few people (like me) must have thought what the answer should be. If someone would've asked me this question a few years ago, then, i would have promptly said, "I'm a Christian".
Many people say there's only one God. But if asked who's God, we'll say whatever we believe in and at the back of our minds we'll be thinking, "Our God is greater than theirs."
So if there's a comparison between the Gods we worship then doesn't it mean that there is more than one God. Well, I'm not here to talk about whose God is greater or whether there is one or many Gods. I haven't been much of a believer and now I'm almost a non-believer. I still go to church cause that's a social norm but at heart I'm just a human being. I even go to temples and celebrate puja with my frens, but I can't tell my parents that i do all those things. They might scold me for going to temple and all. according to them, I should only worship "Christ" and no one else. That's how many of us are...
Maybe we could do with just one religion called "humanity". If there was no variation in religion, I would not be discriminated in class. Believe me, however, much they deny, there is some amount of partiality. So We have to give extra effort to stay at par with others. One mistake on our part and that's the end of our dreams.
Maybe my crush would've loved me if we'd been of the same religion.
There would be less communal riots, less wars.
There wouldn't be fighters in the name of God...and so on and so forth.
We can come up with many more reasons why we should all follow one religion "HUMANITY"!!!!
The world would be a better place to live in i guess if "Humanity" is the only religion we follow.
Thursday, 30. April 2009, 17:38:14
Poem
Here we stand at the crossroads now,
Not knowing which way to follow.
But i do hope that as we part,
you'll have a little place for me in your heart.
You never knew how much i cared for you,
Nor do i know whether our friendship was true.
But i pray that you'll achieve your dreams,
And in life you have no qualms.
You were always there for me,
For that i'll always be thankful to thee.
And now all i have to say,
Is just the word "goodbye".
Goodbye is not the word i wanna say,
But i can't let my mind stray.
So, here i go without much ado,
Adieu, adieu, adieu!!
Tuesday, 14. April 2009, 06:06:58
Well...many of you might have noticed my status bar which read, "I wanna go home.." a few weeks back. Now I just wanna say that i finally came home for a short vacation. I just wanna share my experience in the flight...No, that was not my 1st flight. It's my 2nd flight. The 1st time i'd flown was from Guwahati to Delhi. It was an evening flight so i missed the thrill of watching the scene below. But this time, my flight took off at 2:05pm, so i had the most amazing experience of flying.
I was quite apprehensive about how the journey would be like. On the scheduled day, me and my friend got ready and set out for the airport. It took almost 45mins. for us to reach there. They built a new terminal recently and now it LOOKS like an Airport. Last year, there was just a small room from which the airport operated [...my fren told me]. How about a little description of the airport? Wanna read it...right? At the entrance there's a huge iron gate. On one side of the gate, there's a small hut for the gatekeepers. There were two guards in Uniform. They checked our id cards and tickets and let us in. The airport block was a few yards away and i had to carry my luggage all the way upto the building....[why don't they have trolleys??] when i reached the building, i found a trolley and i put my bag there. And as i was pushing the trolley, it was making a lot of noise cause the floor was uneven in some parts...[Can't they make the floor properly]. Well finally i entered the block after another checking by a guard. I looked around me, i saw a number of benches set in groups of four like a square. On one side, i saw the backside of the ticket counters of the various airlines. On the other side was the checkin counters. At the far end, there were separate bathrooms for girls and boys. Just near that, there were stairs leading upstairs from which you can watch the planes come and go. The waiting room was unusually bright. The reason being that they put transparent sheets on the roof. So you could clearly see the sky from inside. There was so much time left, so we decided to sit and wait. As the roof is transparent so there's so much light inside the block. We found a little shade in the corner bench and sat there for sometime. I watched the other passengers arrive one by one. There was an old man carrying a big suitcase, a young couple [the wife was pregnant and by the size of her stomach, it looked like a term pregnancy.
Don't understand why they have to travel in that condition!], then, there came a family consisting of a middle aged lady [the mum i guess], 2 small kids, a young man (maybe the lady's brother or bro-in-law) and along with them 2 trolleys full of luggage...[well, didn't they know that you can carry luggage weighing upto 20kg only]. Well why should i care, i'm not 1 of the airport authorities.
After sometime, me and my friend also checked in and got our boarding passes.
Then, we proceeded to board the plane. I was quite happy that i got a window seat. I was so busy looking out the window that i didn't hear the air-hostess who was offering water to me. My friend had to nudge me to grab my attention. The flight took off at the scheduled time. My friend is scared of heights so when the flight was about to take off, she closed her eyes and held on tightly to the seat. And me i was enjoying the take off and was looking out through the window watching the things become smaller and smaller. The take off felt like i was ascending on a giant wheel[I've always loved giant wheel rides]. The scene below was scintillating.
I could see the tin roofs of the houses shining in the sun. Greenery all around and to the far right there was a vast stretch of water. That must be the mighty 'Brahmaputra'. I didn't know that the river was so big. I learned about it in school but i hadn't imagined it that way. Maybe that's why the people back at my native place call it 'the sea'. If it looks so huge from a plane then, surely it will be greater than that in reality. Now i know why people say that my college is in danger of being drowned.
As we ascended higher up, i noticed that we were flying among the clouds. Now all i could see was clouds everywhere. And as we ascended higher and higher, my ears became blocked due to the pressure difference. I felt like my eardrums were gonna burst...(I got a lil scared). I cursed myself for not bringing along chewing gums with me. I desperately tried to relieve myself by taking small sips of water and tried to make some chewing movements just to keep my airways clear. Luckily it's a short distance flight and the plane slowly started descending again. After sometime, the skies became clear and i could again see the things below. I saw green fields, some criss cross roads,
the tin roofs. I saw some lonely houses here and there which made me wonder how they live life...i mean what they do for a living, from where they do their shopping, do they have electricity or phone, do they get medical treatment when they're sick n blah, blah, blah.
We who are used to town life may not survive even for a week out there.
After sometime, we were flying over some hillocks. I could see smoke coming out from the hill tops. Now where do these smoke come from cause there can't be any houses out there, neither a volcano and no the jungle is definitely not on fire...[ does any1 know??].
As we descended further down, i noticed that we were flying over some road on both sides of which, there were tall trees planted in rows...[could it be the same road which i go through when i go home?]
Then, we were flying over some fields. And as we were descending i could make out the houses:their colour, no. of doors n windows, etc. I could also make out some cars running along a road, some betelnut trees, a small stream.
The scenery looked so beautiful...just like in a fairytale or some cartoon.
Slowly we were approaching the airport. I could see the driveway. The pilot said something like, "stationed to land". I was quite happy that we arrived safely. In a few moments, the plane finally landed and so also my little account of the experience in the flight.
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