bowled over!

i've been smitten by gul panag ever since i saw her in the toyota corolla ad with rahul khanna. Boy! what a powerful face! what a powerful voice! enchanting, enthralling and what not! fida ho gaya!!

an altruistic detour

The following is something that i've wanted to express for some time..and now is the time...its the result of an analysis of India's problems and a solution for the same...as a consequence of my thoughts, i have come to the conclusion that each and every issue that the country faces can be traced to our 'bursting at the seams' population..how? let me explain in view of known problems:

CORRUPTION : we're in the top 10 in the world when it comes to this...lets analyse..corruption originates in the minds of a few...these few are ubiquitous...every state/nation has them. It is not corruption as such, but the proliferation of corruption that decides these rankings...proliferation of corruption is a vicious circle in india wth population being its originator...every public activity in india involves a queue..where there is a queue..there is impatience...and where there is impatience, the devil creeps in....seeds of bribery sown. again, with such a huge population around, cases of corruption never come to light and this emboldens more people to join the bandwagon..to the extent that bribery in india is the norm...our judiciary is so overburdened that, with little power and the right contacts and some more bribes, a person can be confident of shaking loose a corruption charge on him/her....to sum it up, corruption dwells coz noone finds out and thats thanx to our population

POVERTY: no groundbreaking theories required here...we are too many and the government doesn't have enough...and since the poor don't have enough, they produce more chidren hoping to gather more of what is around...vicious circle again...

CRIME : some are born criminals..forget them.majority are made by their environment..an environment which lacks in everything, even basic...places of living are overcrowded, places of work/business are overcrowded, means of transport are overcrowded...when there is a crowding, there is friction; friction creates frustration; frustration harbours anger and anger is unleashed as crime...

ILLITERACY : sure, the government assures free education, but it cannot bring the children to school. that is to be done by altruistic individuals and social organizations. they are less in no: and why not? most people who are into social service arethe ones who don't have to bother abt an income for a living. the others cannot support themselves with just the blessings of the target group...as far as i believe, in developed countries, there is a lot of govt: fund involved in every conceivable sphere of activity, such that it becomes a viable career path as well. here only the truly altruistic can do that...it shows.


SOLUTION: the following is inspired by a piece of writing i happened to read some time back. can't remember the term, hence am rechristening the concept as POPULATION CONDITIONING..so what is it and how is it different from population control and how can it be more effective?
population control refers to curbing the birth rate by whatever means..its not logical according to the poor as such and the logic that is fails to percolate down to them; so it fails mostly
population conditioning is different. it refers to concentrating on the minds of the population and conditioning them to realise that 'the fewer, the better'...but,by indirect means....by creating employment : with employment men can forget worying about supporting their families, by concentrating on female education: the enlightened woman can influence her man...together we have a 'susceptible to other issues' man and a woman
'who knows the other issues'...that may do the trick....this is my version of the concept, hope its not full of blunders

DISCLAIMER:what i have attempted to present are justifications apart from the normal; the cliches definitely hold true. can't think of any other major problem at the moment, but am sure, any that is suggested can easily be traced to our population explosion.........also, i have based what i hav written on my feelings. many of you may find it to be silly/wrong/whatever...please air ur views/critiques...it'll be a learning for me and that's important. thank you.

Pseudo cowboys!

It was originally the cowboy's sunburnt attire...the leather 'skin' on the jean, keeping intact the original colour around the waist and along the sides, while the climate faded the remaining..... soon enough, we had the trend of 'faded' jeans...what the cowboys achieved over several months maybe, was available on the shop shelf, ready to buy and flaunt...ok, for those who want to...others had a choice then. but, now, there isn't much of a choice ....my recent attempts at getting myself a uniformly coloured pair of jeans were all 'washed out'...they just don't have 'em anymore...disgusting!...the craft work is all over the place...designer fades, multicoloured stitch lines, jean threads unstitched and left loose in patterns...some of them look war ravaged...the point is that people are being compelled to change their dressing sense by trends...there are so many people who just wear all this assuming it to be hip..when it doesn't suit them at all...wearing isn't enough, you ought to be able to carry wht u're wearing....and that's why they are the pseudo cowboys....u can never achieve the naturally faded look artificially...but then, who cares as long as john abraham/some apt female wears them!

What can i do?

i want my blog to be an extension of myself..something i can use to help me define myself..but its not turning out that way...i've become desperate enough to recount my travel experiences...this is not going anywhere...wht shoul i do abt that?

lately, i've been a little pissed off, with people not reacting the way i expect them to or rather would like them to...what can i do abt that?

i want to get rid of some adipose, but can't focus on going to the gym regularly...jus make it twice or thrice a week...what do i do abt that?

it takes me 30 minutes to commute from my house to silk board(b'lore), a distance of 2 kms while the remaining 5 odd kms to office takes me 10 minutes....what can anyone do abt that?

.... many more laments, but i'll miss the 7:30 bus.....what can i do?

Advaith's snaps

what the rock?

When people ask me of the type of music that i like, my standard answer is "anything but heavy rock and metal"....why do i say so? i feel its because i have not learned to enjoy that genre of music...and honestly, i've tried.......... and failed...several times on my box..and a few times at concerts courtesy college sponsored trips to cultural fests...i recall listnening to parikrama singing an ACDC song at spring fest '05......the lead singer was howling ( no offence meant there, but that's how the sound struck my 'untrained to decipher heavy metal/rock' ear) and everyone around me was jumping in his/her seat.......in the midst of trying to comprehend all this, i decided to consciously try and enjoy the proceedings.....no chance there!...and its been the same to date....i wan't to find out what it is in this genre that appeals to its fans?.....thats the intention of this post....my ideas on the same?..well, occassionally the guitar pieces sound good....'sound' here is very contextual as it is the complexity of the piece that appeals most to me....does that pass as a 'factor of enjoyability'?......the drums are always good to hear..but i can't enjoy them with the intermittent 'howling'....do let me know, wht i'm missing there....offlate i've started enjoying aerosmith....but i know, its nowhere near the genre at hand.....help!

what is this?

Blogging is good for the mind, they say. I did feel good after publishing my first post...for the current post, i'm experimenting with an idea...that is to start from nowhere and end up somewhere...the brain doesn't seem to have registered that coz i'm still nowhere....but while typing this the slide show running at the back of my head was of a cylinder trying to fire its piston into motion....i'm now thinking about the jaguar XJ and the mercedes S class, but am not informed enough to vrooom on.....this is probably the worst piece of writing ever recorded during the course of human history and i'm wondering why i've decided to publish it...that's how i am, i guess....GUESS??... brings back the point i made earlier....u just cannot know yourself just like that...it'll take years of introspection and tonnes of experience....by the way, should a piece of writing confirm to any topic or standard?....but then i ask, if there is no topic, then why the hell are you writing?.......i better leave it at that....if anyone can get any insight from this, do let me know...........

THE weekend in Chennai

It was a weekend spent in marvelling the creativity of the almighty..there is now amongst us a small guy, who until 2 days back was all cuddled up inside, oblivious of everything...now he's adapting to the change, consciously and sub consciously absorbing everything that is different...................

My trip to Chennai was very informative...i realised that never ever should i get myself allotted a seat in the last row of a bus...whether it be a volvo or a non a/c semi sleeper...the frustration levels were very high during the journey, watching people reclining comfortably in their seats while me and the rest in the last row...suffered frm cramped leg space and nearly non existent reclining and no foot rest...wow!...and we paid the same 500 bucks for it...and!........ nothing can be done about that!....and to top it, being in the last row had the effect of travelling on a see saw, for every dip/bump in the road was multiplied threefold or more by the excellent suspension to continuously give the sensation of current flowin up my belly......it was hell until i slept!..........that's one blessing i have...i am more or less a log of wood once i'm asleep.

But God is a great pacifier, as in he more than made up with the return journey....here i was in the front row of the bus getting a decent view of the proceedings ahead and with a very promising driver at the helm of affairs.....if u aren't getting the drift, i love speed.....if that wasn't enough, i had the company of an intelligent 'stranger' and we had an interesting conversation over the course of the journey...happy ending!

Older by a generation

Great news! my dearest sister gave birth to a healthy baby boy today morning. i'm a 'mama' now...wow!