tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23123527080725782222023-11-16T05:06:46.289-08:00DaydreamsNothing of consequence....... just the strange places my capricious mind happens to stop by when it has got a thousand other important stuff to do!Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-9624140700519785312014-08-16T05:42:00.003-07:002014-08-16T05:42:57.310-07:00Storm<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Drenched shoes and graveled steps</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She climbs the steps, blind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Leaving the raging storm behind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Backpack riddled </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">With winking badges</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She fishes for keys.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sneaking open the door </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To her own </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gulp of peace.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Coffee stains on dusty books</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She makes the bed, blind</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oblivious to the storm outside.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A creaking guitar</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">By the leaking window,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Greet her through the gaps</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The computer</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Older than her</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dozes silently wrapped.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sculpted pen and watered ink</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She writes invisible, blind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of the eerie calm inside.</span></div>
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<i>[Happy February!] </i></div>
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It's Valentine's Day</div>
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Gusts of love-laden words</div>
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Should be rushing your way</div>
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I must have at least</div>
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a million poems to say</div>
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I wonder what's wrong?</div>
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Has it really been</div>
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so long?</div>
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Have I forgotten</div>
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How to write a song?</div>
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I'm not running out of themes</div>
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You made me dream</div>
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A few thousand dreams</div>
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You taught me</div>
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how to smile for no reason</div>
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How to read newspapers</div>
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How to cry and still feel joy</div>
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How to whistle, how to drive</div>
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How to talk my heart out</div>
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How to sneak out of home</div>
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How to play tic-tac-toe</div>
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How to simply love myself </div>
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How to simply love you</div>
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And then it hit me, what's wrong.</div>
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I've been busy </div>
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falling in love so long,</div>
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And I've forgotten</div>
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How to write a song.</div>
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Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-50607054637434681312013-02-12T02:39:00.000-08:002013-02-12T02:39:15.040-08:00My promise to parents :P <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A thousand million thoughts have been circling in my head from
the past few weeks, but nothing as strong as my reaction when I saw this
particular post on Facebook-</div>
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A parent’s argument to why they drive kids insane,
apparently. At first there was annoyance and then dripping sarcasm ready to
slip out, but both of those reactions would be irrational. So why don’t we
split this point by point and give a child’s argument as to why they drive
parents insane</div>
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First of all, if you’re going to be a parent first and a
friend only later, even I’m going to be your child first. I can’t promise you a
friend, because I’m choosy. There are only a few people I trust enough to be
close friend and if you insist on being “parents first”, you won’t be one of
them.</div>
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Maybe instead of going through the personal trauma of
whether to be a friend of the chid or a parent, why don’t you try to understand
your child first? Kids change all the time; today you may have to be cool to
hang out with, tomorrow they’ll expect you to be responsible and help them with
their savings. Kids grow, try doing the same thing. Oh you can’t change? Then leave
the kid alone!</div>
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If you’re planning to flip out on me and track me down like
a bloodhound, I’m just going to dodge you like an escaping prisoner. Chances are
I’m very good at it, because I’m the tech-savvy next generation, remember?</div>
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You cannot protect me forever; if you really love me and you’re so keen on doing “anything
in the world” for me, let me take my own risks and learn from my own
mistakes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you haven’t muttered under
your breath “this kid doesn’t listen to a word I say” at least a million times
in your life, I’ve not grown up one bit.</div>
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If you think you can win a youngster’s heart with a message
like this just because it says I Love You, get this. I’m going to avoid you,
stay out of the house, not like home-cooked food, get bored in family outings
and squirm out of your grip only because I Love you both and I really don’t
want to start despising you. </div>
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When you understand this, I’ll know that you’re wonderful
parents. </div>
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Share if you’re a child and you agree :P</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">When you’re sitting up
and working at 1:30 AM, listening to nothing but the sound of typing, your mind
wanders, flitting between day-dreaming and memories. Mine just passed by this
incident when I first pulled an all-nighter. The day our door-bell burned out.
I was 12 years old…….</i></div>
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</b><br />
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<b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>11:00 PM on the
previous night</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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We were heading back to Bangalore from an “educational trip”
to Mysore. The bus was filled with Class 7th and 8th students and a teacher-turned-DJ.
We started singing random songs and by 1:00 AM we were dancing in a moving bus.
Not a wink of sleep was possible that night. It was the first “best night of my
life”! We reached school at 2:00 AM to find our parents sitting outside waiting
for us. I went back home rambling about all the fun we had and all the stuff I
ate during the trip, and ended up sleeping around 3:00.</div>
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<b>11:00 AM inside the house</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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I had just finished a heavy breakfast and was trying to
figure out how to curl my damp hair with a pen, when Mom and Dad decided to go
grocery-shopping. They called out for me to close the door and be good; I
locked the door and went back to dressing my hair. I brushed and twisted and
tangled my waist-length hair, daydreaming about the best trip of my life……..</div>
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The next thing I remember is seeing a blur of all the faces
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laughing at the same time. I figured I’m sleepy and crawled into bed and fell
asleep. </div>
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<br /></div>
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<b>11:00 AM outside the house</b></div>
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<br /></div>
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Mr. and Mrs. R climbed down the stairs, relieved now that
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off the items on their list as they bought.</div>
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“Let’s get her a Dairy Milk” Mrs. R suggested when they were
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“Don’t encourage all this, it spoils her teeth. She’s
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“Then we’ll get her to brush three times a day!” Mrs. R was
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Grumbling about how late the bus got last night, and how
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adorable little image of their daughter standing on her toes to reach the
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No response</div>
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<br /></div>
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They rang the bell twice, thrice, ten times.</div>
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<br /></div>
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No response. Tension began to build in their minds as they
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<br /></div>
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“What happened?”</div>
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<br /></div>
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“Looks like she must have fallen asleep…”</div>
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<br /></div>
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“Call to your phone and find out… Oh you don’t have a
phone..! Right!”</div>
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<br /></div>
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Comments flew around, the other kids came to their rescue
and used their screaming skills to awaken the girl</div>
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<br /></div>
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“One.. Two.. Three.. SHRUTHI!!”</div>
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<br /></div>
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They yelled again and again, some grownups joined in after a
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a while someone realized, when the noise died down, that the doorbell is not
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<br /></div>
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“On my God it has burned out!” Someone exclaimed</div>
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<br /></div>
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To try everything possible, the annoying kid downstairs got
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response from within Door no.67. </div>
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<br /></div>
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The smart engineer from ground floor suggested we enter the
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“Now someone has to climb up” he ordered. Nobody dared.</div>
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So he climbed up the two floors, jumped into the balcony and
entered the room, and there she was. Asleep on the edge of the bed with her
mouth open, legs dangling down and a comb in one hand. Apparently she was
brushing her hair and fell asleep. Yes, that happened. </div>
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The engineer opened the front door and yelled for everyone
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<br /></div>
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Sleeping beauty woke up for a second, saw a blur of faces
and crawled to the middle of the bed to go back to sleep, amidst the relieved
laughter of the entire neighbourhood.</div>
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<br /></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">So that was the first
time I stayed up all night.</i></div>
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<br /></div>
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PS: True story!</div>
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Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-4064503822768171012013-01-01T10:12:00.001-08:002013-01-01T10:12:24.550-08:00Nightmare<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>[Just looking through the Draft in my phone and look what I found..! A little poem! </i><br />
<i>It was like pulling out an old pair of jeans and finding cash in it's pockets, looking aimlessly I found a lost thought!]</i><br />
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When the tide comes</div>
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I melt and dissolve</div>
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Because all I can feel then</div>
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Is gliding across yards of satin black</div>
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Touched by the golden glow</div>
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From the twinkle in my eyes</div>
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A swoop here</div>
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A swish there</div>
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I turn around and round to blackened comfort</div>
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Buried deeper </div>
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I wake up wringing my arms</div>
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I escape</div>
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But tomorrow is another night</div>
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And I didn’t even say goodbye to the one</div>
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I just saw...</div>
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Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-81208740862609149102012-11-29T06:35:00.000-08:002012-11-29T06:35:17.692-08:00Sorry for being an enigma<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sorry for being an enigma</div>
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Attitudes change and people don’t.</div>
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But I’m not the same any more though.</div>
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I’m being an enigma,</div>
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Sorry for being so.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I’d rather care less than care too much.</div>
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I’d rather not wither at every touch.</div>
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I’m just being an enigma.</div>
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So sorry for being so.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I want to to hold you close,</div>
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But I’ll ask you to leave me alone.</div>
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Sometimes the world is perfect </div>
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When you’re here, </div>
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Sometimes it’s just fear</div>
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That brings out tears</div>
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That everything I hold dear</div>
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Will someday fade away.</div>
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Sorry for being an enigma.</div>
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So sorry for being this way.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Attitudes change and people don’t.</div>
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But I’ll never be the same two days in a row.</div>
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I’m just being an enigma,</div>
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And I’m sorry for being so.</div>
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Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-3183575570064794642012-11-19T04:17:00.003-08:002012-11-28T10:00:00.450-08:00It's dumb and will be. Jab tak hai jaan. <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">If
you got vegetables and spices, you can chop them up and make a salad. Or you
can make Ratatouille. Jab Tak Hai Jaan is vegetable salad served just like
that. It has an unhealthy dose of nauseating romance, tears, song and dance. And
of course.. Lots of vitamin M poured in.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With
a story and cast like that he could have done so much more, but no; Yash Chopra
chose to serve this story raw and unpolished, a collage of all the cliches he previously created. What could have ended in an hour
and a half and made people smile in the end, was dragged to a full three hours
and made the audience take naps and set high scores in a few video games,
waiting to escape from the same old drama, heartbreak and cheesy dialogues. There
was Anushka Sharma in the same old tomboy role. Katrina Kaif in the pretty Barbie doll role and King Khan striking his signature pose at every
opportunity available. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Let’s
start from the beginning. Major Samar Anand is the chief of the Indian army
bomb diffusion squad. He’s so daring he doesn’t even want to wear a safety suit
while diffusing bombs. He just digs into the bomb and pokes around and voila!
Bomb diffused! How? Oh come on.. He’s the hero. He’ll always choose the right
wire to cut. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Enter
Akira Rai- Documentary filmmaker for Discovery channel, completely down to
earth, bold and daring enough for two men put together. And of course, as per
norm, she is completely devoid of girly emotions like love and romance. A girl
who doesn’t remember crying in her whole life, she finds out about the most
touching love story of Major Samar Anand. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Now
we dive into the memories of Samar, where the typical love story between him
and Meera begins. There’s always a rich girl asking God for a handsome husband,
and a poor guy working double shifts, and a richer fiancé who has no idea what’s
going on. She’s usually good at acting in her own charming way, but Meera in
the movie sounds like a dumb rich kid who did not really have to be smart to
get her work done. And Samar, talented and bursting with energy, teaches her
how to live life and use her brains more than her impeccable manners. The poor Samar
sweeps her right off her feet. She’s torn between obeying her father and
following her heart. She ends up dumping him, and don’t worry about spoilers
here because why else would Samar be in the Indian army ten years later trying
so hard to die? </span></div>
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Akira finds the story amazing, cries for it and marvels at her tears. So
obviously, being a filmmaker, she goes after him to get a story. Well, I guessed
that an hour before it happened.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When
after 90 sleepy minutes there was an interval we had nothing to wait for in the
next half. All the bearable songs were already over, we had had enough of
Samar’s bike and uniform and wondered who designed Katrina’s clothes to make
her look fat with beefy legs. Music was a little disappointing; most songs
sounded stale and easy to forget<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">. </span>We had
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Jab Tak Hai Jaan has two reasons to become a huge hit. One is that it was the last
one by the legend and people will ‘respect’ it, and second is the Anushka
Sharma in shorts and plunge-neck dancing around the army camp. I have new
respect for YC who made his signature so strong in his movies that any given
scene can be identified as a ‘typical’ Yash Chopra work. That is what his final
movie will be. Typical. With all due respect, 2 on 5. </span></div>
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Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-18999582170004586622012-11-13T07:48:00.001-08:002014-08-16T05:46:58.323-07:00Silence inside...........<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The sky full of fireworks.. </div>
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A second-long laughter just died.</div>
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Within those dry lips,</div>
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I thousand screams hide</div>
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But I’m already burned out.</div>
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I’m already beaten numb</div>
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Already swept clean</div>
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Pinched dry</div>
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Erased</div>
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Of all those tiny little joys.</div>
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Of those beautiful fireworks outside,</div>
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And the numb silence inside.</div>
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Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-85908181122970691632012-10-29T02:31:00.000-07:002012-10-29T08:38:04.566-07:00Chakravyuh!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I really cannot decide what disturbed me more in the movie-
the repeated gunshots and eye-for-eye game of murders, or the fact that it’s
all true. Prakash Jha’s Chakravyuh has a name befitting the story. You can go
in but then never come out. </div>
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The story begins with a bloody massacre of policemen by
Naxals in the forests of Nandighat, a region ruled by the rebels. In spite of
all the dangers of merely being in the region, SP Adil Khan (Arjun Rampal)
agrees to be posted in the region where someone’s always planning to kill him.
Adil is the righteous policeman who couldn’t care less about his own safety,
always puts duty first and listens to no one. Not his wife (Esha Gupta), nor
his childhood friend Kabir (Abhay Deol). </div>
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At this point I began to notice how ruggedly handsome Arjun
Rampal looks in uniform. But again, back to the story. Mr.Righteous Khan dares
to go to villagers governed by Naxals and give them the idea that they can
actually live without fear of being killed! (How outrageous!) The Naxals led by
Rajan (Manoj Bajpayee) are not happy, and killing the SP goes first on their
to-do list. They almost succeed too. </div>
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But then enter Kabir. With his casual charm and adorable
voice (that guy can make anything sound cute!) he presents Adil with an
alternate plan to tackle the issue. Send Charming Mr.Dimples to the Naxal group
to be their Comrade, and get them to trust him enough to share all their information
and he can keep the police informed of all their movements, make their capture
sound like a children’s game of hide and seek. </div>
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The plan actually works; Kabir the Abhimanyu gets into the
Chakravyuh with his conversational skills and intelligence, after he breaks a
policeman’s nose, gets shot a couple of times and wanders ‘unintentionally’
into the forest. Within no time he is Comrade Kabir, stealing information from
the camp and passing it on to Adil, while stealing glances at Juhi (Anjali
Patil). </div>
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All is going well with the plan, and Adil audaciously boasts
in front of the media that he has developed Intelligence that knows everything
the Naxals are up to. Meanwhile Kabir is busy getting close to his comrades, understanding their ways, and
falling in love with Juhi. Slowly, from Kabir's view we discover the horrific truth and the reason behind this bloody mutiny, and all the questions it raises in Kabir’s mind. For the first time in life he has to choose between right and
wrong, and he can’t. </div>
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The actors have done a fine job of portraying the serious
situation, while Manoj Bajpayee especially excels in his role as Rajan. He is
not evil; he does not enjoy the violence. He is agitated of being cheated and
deprived of a good life since birth, and is simply fighting for it. Arjun
Rampal is one of the few actors who can don the police attire and pull it off,
and does a great job with it. Abhay Deol, as I said before, makes everything
sound cute even if he is seriously threatening to kill someone. But still, he
is a wonderful actor and suits the role. Meanwhile Esha Gupta, as a
policewoman, as a policeman’s wife and a Naxalite’s best friend, does nothing
much but pout. But that’s okay; Anjali Patil makes her presence felt loud
enough for both the women. </div>
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Prakash Jha has portrayed the issue of Naxalism without taking stand for or against any side. The film boldly raises questions like are all Naxals evil killers, and captures the emotional turmoils of youngsters who are so agitated with the system that they are forced to pick up the gun and yell Lal Salaam! For someone who studies the subject, the movie almost speaks their mind. For someone who has no idea what lies beyond their own little urban world, the issue is explained from scratch to make sure it is understood.</div>
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All in all, the movie is a complete package of suspense,
romance and some statistics and bitter truths about our troubled country. India
has entered and is stuck within this Chakravyuh of Naxalism, and still does not
know how to come out. </div>
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Rating: 3.5/5 </div>
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Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-54681209772062409872012-10-24T07:00:00.001-07:002012-10-29T02:32:06.843-07:00Blink<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Blink</div>
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And there is a footstep I could follow.</div>
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Blink</div>
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And now there is just snow.</div>
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Blink</div>
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And there is a flash of light.</div>
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Blink</div>
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And it’s darker even more.</div>
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Where’s my big revelation</div>
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That I had a heartbeat ago?</div>
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Why, now, is everything dark,</div>
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And filled with snow?</div>
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Yesterday I complained,</div>
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Of a room too bright, a sweater too warm and light</div>
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Of soup too tasty and bread to fluffy and white!</div>
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Today I sit, cold and confused</div>
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Alone, my unhappy mind left loose.</div>
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I muse</div>
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About yesterday and all that I had,</div>
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“How imperfect it was, so bad!</div>
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How could I be happy? </div>
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I have so much to lose!”</div>
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Blink </div>
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And I had it all, but I complain.</div>
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Blink</div>
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And I lose it all and complain again.</div>
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Blink </div>
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And the light and footprints disappear,</div>
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Blink</div>
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And I’m left clueless again.</div>
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(<i>This is just the sensible part of my mind yelling at the other, whiny unhappy part of my mind.. nothing too serious!)</i></div>
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Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-50966038768740210972012-10-03T04:10:00.000-07:002012-10-29T02:32:23.054-07:00Dialogues in my head<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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“What would it take to get</div>
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That hint of a smile on your face,</div>
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That twinkles of your eye stand out in the haze?”</div>
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<br /></div>
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“It is already there, don’t you see?</div>
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A wall of indifference</div>
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Is all that’s between you and me”</div>
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<br /></div>
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“It’s not what’s there, but what is not.</div>
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But I sure sense a lost happy-song</div>
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That’s gone for I wonder how long..”</div>
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<br /></div>
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But my happy-song only plays</div>
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In my happy place, unknown to you!”</div>
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<br /></div>
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Give me a giggle that jingles like chimes,</div>
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Give me a laugh that so mesmerizing that</div>
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I may forget to rhyme!”</div>
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<br /></div>
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“Quit searching me for answers,</div>
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And for scattered joy.</div>
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Just don’t ask me why.</div>
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Ask me if I’m fine, don’t wait for a reply.</div>
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Quit trying to read me,</div>
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That’s all I want you to do.</div>
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Because the happy-song I lost,</div>
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Plays in my happy place unknown to you!”</div>
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Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-88772564416481667252012-09-06T23:54:00.001-07:002012-09-07T00:01:43.818-07:00My shoes, your shoes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Yesterday I was going ga-ga over pretty peep-toes and pumps,
craving for new shoes. Today somehow the same word directed to a different
conversation in my head. Going through <a href="http://blogs.hbr.org/taylor/2012/08/its_more_important_to_be_kind.html" target="_blank">this</a> post and a friend of mine reacting
to it in her <a href="http://hollaarpitha.blogspot.in/2012/09/is-it-that-hard-to-be-kind.html" target="_blank">blog</a>, it got me thinking. </div>
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There was a time when we humans were all kind, and selfless,
and considerate of each other. I’m not good with dates so I don’t know when
exactly that was. But now, all said and done, to be kind to someone we have to
stand in their shoes and empathise. And I’m sorry, but others’ shoes don’t fit
me at all! I wear my own pair of soiled grimy ones and I like to complain!</div>
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Complaining comes easily, while shopping for groceries,
driving in maddening traffic, hiring an auto in the city, standing in a
queue…….! Does this list ever end? Every shoe comes with an opinion; mine came
with a burning hate for auto drivers, buses, bikes, cars, pedestrians,
cyclists, gift shop owners, customer service…! We have been cheated or annoyed
by everyone, and we are on a life’s mission to get even with each one. Kindness
is absolutely jobless here!</div>
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For example, I go back home from work every day by car
(which my dad drives), around 6:30 in the evening. That is when all offices
close, buses are crowded, kids cycle back home from tuitions, and people take
evening walks in the dust. And the relationship between my father and me is
such that, while other little princesses give their dads nice teddy bear hugs,
we express our love by complaining about the traffic. Every evening. </div>
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“Look at those bikers speeding! They could get hit and they
don’t care!”</div>
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“It’s such a big car in such a small road!”</div>
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“These pedestrians have no sense of discipline! They just
cross the road like we’re invisible!”</div>
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And last but not the least..</div>
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“Why the high beams??? You’re not on a highway!!”</div>
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Well, I stand by the last one. But when I go on a bike I
prefer to squeeze between the heavy vehicles and speed away, not bothering
about the big cars stuck in a jam. If there is a slight mishap, everyone yells
at everyone, when it takes hardly a minute to say “Sorry” and move on. When I’m
crossing the street I expect a speeding car to wait for me. Honk more than once
and I would be all “Oh Mr.Big Shot had a car and wants everyone out of his way!
This is not your street and I’m not moving faster for your sake!” </div>
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I’m just saying, I’m in my shoes and it is really
comfortable. I refuse to try on everyone’s hoes and be kind to every person a
meet, because then I will never have my way!</div>
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So bottom line- yes it is tough to be kind. I wish it was
easier. I wish we could wash all that filth out of our shoes…. I wish it was
that simple..!</div>
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Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-9439115992763859622012-08-28T03:48:00.001-07:002012-10-29T03:09:33.723-07:00A tiny love story<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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“Will I find my dream guy?” </div>
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“You don’t have to. He’ll call you” said the guy.</div>
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<br /></div>
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She laughed and hung up. </div>
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<br /></div>
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Her phone rang. It was him again. </div>
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<br /></div>
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"Hello?"</div>
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<br /></div>
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“See, I told you he’d call” said the guy.</div>
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<br /></div>
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And that’s... How I met your mother</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-17356862695587731282012-08-24T07:52:00.000-07:002012-08-24T07:53:58.727-07:00Soaking Pink<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Soak. It won’t stop raining outside and the washing machine
still says soak. <i>I may have to dry these
with the hair dryer again,</i> I thought. And I really wanted that little pink
top that was soaking beneath the layers of bed sheets and towels, washed and
dried as soon as possible. </div>
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“Pink suits you” he had said. So obviously I have to wear
pink for our first meeting, and I had only one pink top. Soiled from last
week’s puddle fiasco. Still soaking. The machine made gurgling noises like a
happy baby who just burped. <i>Gurgle-gurgle</i>.
And I went through the whole story of how I’m going to get late tomorrow. Unexpectedly.
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<br /></div>
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“Call after class, tell her the class got postponed, tell
her it will take two hours more, go on your date or whatever, call again and
say there’s too much traffic, after you’re done call her and say you’re
leaving, reach home and go straight to your room” Were some of the breathless suggestions I got from my friends.</div>
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<br /></div>
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I tried it. Later, I ended up telling the truth anyway.</div>
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<br /></div>
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“Are you freaking
crazy?? You can’t be serious, no no no you can’t say anything, she’ll freak
out, blah blah………” After a while it was just noise. So here I was, mentally
rehearsing my lie and mutely watching my dress of destiny soak away to glory. <i>Oh my God just wash it already!!!</i></div>
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<i><br /></i></div>
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It had been just ten minutes since I threw the top in there,
but I had snapped already. I stopped the washing machine, fished it out and
started scrubbing the brown spots with my fingers. Tomorrow my handshake won’t
be as delicate as I hoped, but he’ll understand. I hope. <i>If mom would see me now!</i> I smiled imagining the expression on her
face of she saw me on the bathroom floor, hands full of detergent, scrubbing
clothes. </div>
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<i>She’ll be suspicious.</i>
“Yeah, don’t do anything suspicious like you do. You’re a terrible liar, you
get so giggly, you start sweating and all, so just dress casually, don’t war
make up, keep it in your bag if you want blah blah…” The girls have always been
breathless while they talked and the thought of me going to meet a guy made them even more so. </div>
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<br /></div>
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I scrubbed until my fingers burned, and rinsed it again and
again. Slush is not easily removed from light coloured clothes, and there were
still a few light rings of brown on the side of the baby pink top. <i>I can’t just pretend that’s a design…….</i>
And I gave up. </div>
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<br /></div>
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So finally on the 3<sup>rd</sup> of August I went on a date
with a dreamy guy, wearing something clean and blue. </div>
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<br /></div>
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“You look pretty. Green suits you” he said as soon as we sat
down for coffee. </div>
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<br /></div>
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“This is blue” I gave him a weird look. But it didn’t
matter. My pink top still soaked while we giggled and held hands at the coffee
house. </div>
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<br /></div>
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And then came 4<sup>th</sup> August, when I happened to
attend a Bloggers meet. Surf Excel spread itself all over the place chanting
“Soak no more”. <i>Well, what can I say Pink
Top.. You were just not meant to be what I wore when I met my soulmate. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-88279551794222008542012-08-03T02:41:00.001-07:002012-10-29T03:08:09.853-07:00Again, what's love?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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(<i>Valentine's Day is months away but these thoughts just don't leave me!</i>) </div>
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<br /></div>
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Too many debates start with “What is love?”</div>
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<br />
One day, yet again <br />
A weary conversation was led<br />
Where suit-clad big shot said<br />
Love is the purest form of emotion<br />
Between man and woman<br />
Wrong, once they grow up there is no more love</div>
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<br />
Said the young lady with a tattoo on her sleeve<br />
Love is the hedonic electricity<br />
Between cupid-stuck teenagers<br />
Wrong, said the plump woman in pink<br />
Until they grow up they aren’t in love<br />
Well, you grew up. Are you in love?<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Calm down ladies, now, now…<br />
Why does love have to be for the opposite sex?<br />
Said the gadget-loving, bike riding guy next<br />
While the girl with the tattoo texted<br />
Her temporary soul mate<br />
That she’ll be late<br />
Stuck with a bunch of love-less lunatics<br />
“..Mother and child, brother and sister..”<br />
The artist continued to list<br />
The technical types of love<br />
Desperately trying to be different<br />
And enter<br />
Two men, hand in hand<br />
Wearing each a wedding band <br />
And catch up on the debate<br />
And the speaker, relieved, raises the question again<br />
The question that triggered<br />
A tiny war between generations<br />
“What is love?”<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
Outside air conditioned room<br />
Where debaters fly at each other<br />
A puppy lies on the pavement<br />
Its blood trailing from the middle of the road<br />
Puppy crushed under a truck load<br />
A puny little boy, also crushed<br />
Looks back at his shed where under a half constructed building<br />
Everyone is busy building<br />
The tallest apartment of the city<br />
Brick laying, cementing<br />
The puny kid silently, gently holding<br />
The half dead puppy<br />
His little hands caked with<br />
Dust from passing the bricks<br />
Tears streaming down his blackened face<br />
Whispering in his own blubbering language<br />
“Don’t leave me my friend..<br />
I love you so much..”<br />
</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
And the third time, again<br />
Up in the air conditioned room<br />
The calm one (still!) asks again<br />
“What is love?”<br />
Answer me now…</div>
</div>
Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-41040266451944020212012-07-19T21:38:00.000-07:002012-10-29T03:08:47.367-07:00Escape<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;">He stepped out of his office and ran towards his car parked
across the road. His laptop bag weighed down his shoulders and he shivered in
the cold. It was pouring, and despite all the things to worry about, he worried
about getting his brand new car seat dirty. </span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Seat. Sheet. Shit! He had left his file back at his desk
back at the office. It rained harder as he ran back into the office. He pushed
through the glass door and ran in when “Bang!”</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">He turned. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">His car across the road looked like a red ribbon caught
underneath the tree that just fell on it. </span></div>
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</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Of all the things to worry about, he worried about his
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">(Monsoon's here folks! Enjoy the rain and be safe!) </span></div>
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Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-38417989639225223752012-04-24T09:13:00.002-07:002012-10-29T03:09:14.534-07:00Fate, and the shiny red helmet..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“The note just said ‘This is not working any more.
We have to break up. I’m so sorry. I’ll miss you a lot.’ No reasons, no more
talk. Just an abrupt goodbye was peeping beneath the shiny red helmet. it
dawned on me that the best thing that happened to me ever, is getting over. We
had drifted apart for a while and this was bound to happen. I didn’t want to
see him so sent the helmet back with my note, ‘If it was meant to be, it would
be. I’ll miss you too.’ Then I was crying and smiling ironically at the same
time, thinking of how funny fate is. It all started with the shiny red helmet,
and is now ending with the same…” I spoke dreamily as I stared at the broken
pieces of the red helmet.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“Oh yes you never told me, how did it start?” Preeti
asked me, cleverly changing the subject before I could start crying again.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“Hmm.. How do I begin? I was in the bus, going to
college, and it was crowded. Only a privileged few were sitting, and as one of
the ladies gathered her bags to get down, the other passengers waiting by her
gathered around like vultures to get to the empty seat first. I am no saint, I
glanced at the picture of the lady over the seat and slipped in...”<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“was he one of them standing?” Preeti interrupted. <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“if you want the full story then let me talk” I said
and shot her one of my stern looks. She piped down, but I knew this kid will
open her mouth again in a minute. <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“anyway..” I continued “I took a book out and
started reading. Serial killer story, I couldn’t keep my mind off it. Except
when there was traffic and real life caught my attention. More than that, the
red signal and the guy on a black bike right next to the bus, in a shiny red
helmet. I looked down, he looked up and our eyes met for a second. I did not
notice it till then, but his eyes were dark and chocolatey..”<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“Is there any chocolate in the fridge?”<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I got up to leave and Preeti pulled me back saying
“OK sorry sorry… go on"<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“Hmm.. where was I? yes, chocolatey eyes. Then I
went back to my book, and I looked up at the next signal he was there again,
the shiny red helmet. And we had our second eye contact. And also a smile this
time. But at the next red signal when I looked up, he had taken a free left
turn and disappeared into the traffic. <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The serial killer was now prowling along the fence
ready tp strike, and romanticizing was the last thing on my mind. The shiny red
helmet would have been totally forgotten, but for the fact that I saw it again
the next day, right next to the bus. We hear often of bus friends, bus stop
friends, parking lot friends. This guy became my signal friend. Every day I
looked into those chocolatey eyes and the day somehow got better. as he took
his free left turn I would doze off until the conductor shook me awake at the
last stop. Until one day, he did not show up”<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“and you missed him….? Awww….. sho shweet………” those
annoying faces made the kid look cuter. I ignored her interruption and
continued.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Yes I missed him, but not for long. He was at the
next bus stop, waiting. And grinning wide, as though saying ‘You were looking
for me, weren’t you?’ I frowned and gestured to ask him ‘no bike today?’<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and said ‘I thought you might want to see my face clearly. I’m Kamal”<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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coffee.”<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Understandable, as she was 25 years younger and practically the next
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“Actually yes, it all happened quite quickly. He
started dropping me to college, then we started going on real dates, and two
months later he proposed.” <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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she groaned. “So how did you get back together?”<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyway,
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">On the occasion of Women’s Day, I respectfully demand the educational institutions to start a department for young men to study this subject! I am hundred percent sure it would work out! It is a marketable curriculum with academic advantages, and it better be a huge building with lots and lots of ‘seats’. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Actually knowing what a woman wants is not that difficult. It is one simple thing- every woman wants to be special. And every woman is, in every sense, special! That is why, the one sentence which makes a girl want to remove her Marie Claire high heels and throw it at a man, is when he implies that ‘all women are the same’. (In fact, nobody ought to make that comment or judge anyone, man or woman. Each person is different, and the world also has some very good people. The only proof is that Earth still has life on it!) <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The formulaic story goes like this. Boy steps outside. He sees a pretty girl and falls in love. She has no such feelings. She rejects him. Boy is heart-broken. He blames the girl instead of gathering the pieces of his heart and moving on. (Intermission.) Boy goes out again. He sees another pretty girl. And history repeats. At some point of time this broken-hearted genius concludes his research with a declaration that ‘all women are the same.’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My point is, is beauty the only thing a woman has? I am sure every self respecting woman wants to be much more that just beautiful. She would want to be known as generous, smart, friendly, fun to be with, and so many more things! Because she is a PERSON, not a Barbie doll, to sit and be pretty! (And if you look closely, every woman is beautiful.) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It is so not fair to judge any woman by the colour of her skin or her physical fitness and decide that it is love at first sight. A woman wants to be made to feel special by listening to her talk. And knowing her fears and comforting her. By listening to her dreams and not laughing at them. By agreeing with her, and sometimes disagreeing too. Everyone needs a critique to improve in life, and Women are no different. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">All a woman wants is to be treated with respect and dignity. A little bit of chivalry here and there would be welcome, but otherwise women want what everyone wants. To be loved and supported. Not just on women’s day, but every day. If that is so difficult, ask my father how to do it! Two women in the house and he has always been the perfect gentleman!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And to all the awesome ladies I know, HAPPY WOMEN’S DAY!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The best thing that happen to me in life, are almost dream-like and unreal, like animated films with lavender-cloudy visual effects that I save in my mind and play again and again. Most of my childhood was like that. But the worst things that happen to me are called harsh reality, so thorny and itchy and painfully real that I avoid thinking about them and dwell in the dream world. I never associated "real" with anything nice.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So when the contest in IndiVine asked for an experience I had growing up, that is one hundred percent real, I was one hundred percent confused. Does real mean good or bad?? And where do I find an incident that is both good-experience and real??<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And I found one. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkJmy1AsanuapohSjn2SYBXbb_x2JkaN68KF6vAhU2atcjYUIp_6SBhH4Ab-5xCPBkjOwyx6K0nBuT6jycKW-XXvfSxEvwvJGVte3SZKIJZj1R7-5pTGTYjCQPhikzq3ftXuyO4koc3A/s1600/homesickA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkJmy1AsanuapohSjn2SYBXbb_x2JkaN68KF6vAhU2atcjYUIp_6SBhH4Ab-5xCPBkjOwyx6K0nBuT6jycKW-XXvfSxEvwvJGVte3SZKIJZj1R7-5pTGTYjCQPhikzq3ftXuyO4koc3A/s320/homesickA.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">It was the time my life was spun 180 degree, upside down. When I got admission into the MCJ course in the University of Mysore, 200km away from home. (It’s not that far… I know…. But it is a big deal for me okay….I had never stayed away from home before!</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Until that day my only worry was what I would do if I did not get admission. Out of fear I studied hard for the entrance exam, never once worrying about what would happen after I joined this course. And now, suddenly, as I paid the fee for the first semester and tucked the receipt safely in my wallet, the realization hit me. 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The worst was when my parents came with me to Mysore to get me settled in my room the day I shifted. When they had to help me unpack and head back home, without me jabbering in the back seat. The hardest was when I had to go back to that dingy little room and fall asleep knowing that Mom would not walk in to say good night, with Dad already snoring in the background. That next morning nobody is going to pester me to fold my sheets or hang the wet towels out to day, or trick me into eating <i>Upma</i> early in the morning. (It was delicious, I never noticed it until then)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">As I watched our little white Alto disappear from my sight I realized how much I was going to miss hearing that annoying reverse gear tune every morning, so also the blaring classic music from the stereo that gave me headaches. Now I could go back into my room and listen to anything I liked, but the tears came down anyway. And the tiny white alto turned into a blurry white dot on a blurry grey road. This was really happening! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Life had changed so suddenly, but the change was good. It made me stand on my own two feet set firmly on the ground and watch my picture-perfect fairy tale drive away and 40 kmph. There it was, one of the best things in life, minus the lavender-cloudy-visual-effect, my spoonful of “100% real”. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">(This post was written for the Kissan 100% Real Blogger Contest on IndiBlogger.) </span></span></div></div>Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-69457623261607088442012-02-23T03:47:00.001-08:002012-02-24T08:51:30.928-08:00My new-found passion!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Somehow the art of writing and designing was not enough to define me so I found something new to add to my list of 'activities'- Photography. I will be sharing my photographs on my photography blog, <a href="http://theclickmoments.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">the "click" moments</a>, and then i will be waiting for your comments.......<br />
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ByeBye...... :)</div>Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-48529755045289873462012-01-21T23:27:00.000-08:002012-01-22T05:20:07.221-08:00“Khali dose, two-by-three coffee”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">We’re simple people and we like everything to be plain and simple for us, even our food. We don’t want big restaurants or a buffet or those Tide-white napkins set on our table folded to a perfect triangle. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzoFlRz2fD7XkW1Z52YxobMlm_sWeF6qTRpcWKoGmrDvs4eS0IkKz5ZEpM3kWtMGW2KhOS8Ewq4QjDyC0Jww9rkPPrs1aZxOq1zuGmABjoxCzfIvWFqu_hcGn4qI2VrYKqjWXuGBCBFo/s1600/Eating-Utensils.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzoFlRz2fD7XkW1Z52YxobMlm_sWeF6qTRpcWKoGmrDvs4eS0IkKz5ZEpM3kWtMGW2KhOS8Ewq4QjDyC0Jww9rkPPrs1aZxOq1zuGmABjoxCzfIvWFqu_hcGn4qI2VrYKqjWXuGBCBFo/s320/Eating-Utensils.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">That is why it made me happy to go have breakfast in the Janata Hotel near Lal Bagh. We went for a morning walk in Lal Bagh, then walked up to this tiny place just a few lanes away, and had the best plain dosa and coffee, ever. it was self service on plates of stainless steel and plantain leaf, the tables were plain, the food was absolutely yummy. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjXQlH94dD4My5o2WJeNcPCZvnFS5FwMPkoZbSgTPq4RM_dY8z8rXdv9462jR7PPkqql-ONCqLCaczUaOv1s5U1bLXINdtTLofY2141KVKp8nVCghv-6ztdK8FbMGv5u7A2sn7cSg2O8/s1600/bfast-janata.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyjXQlH94dD4My5o2WJeNcPCZvnFS5FwMPkoZbSgTPq4RM_dY8z8rXdv9462jR7PPkqql-ONCqLCaczUaOv1s5U1bLXINdtTLofY2141KVKp8nVCghv-6ztdK8FbMGv5u7A2sn7cSg2O8/s320/bfast-janata.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Usually if my parents decide to “go out to eat!” I’m hardly excited about it. Not that I’m a big fan of ‘<i>mane oota</i>’ and don’t want to try anything new. No offence mom, I love your cooking. But the thing is, eating out is not as simple as it sounds at all! <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">First you have to get ready. Like we’re travelling to space, we have to wear jackets and scarves to cover as much skin as possible and be protected from the blazing sun and traffic-dust. Then we decide where to go (in our context this is read ‘we decide to go to ‘<i>Shanti Sagar</i>’ because my parents are huge fans). But usually it is a name that ends with ‘Sagar’ or ‘Bhavan’ or ‘Darshini’. And then we decide how to go.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> If we take the car there’s no parking space near the restaurant we want to go to. Or there is no right/left turn leading straight to the place and we have to take the U-turn which is like a tiny slit in the long stretch of road divider. It is literally like eating like ‘this’ (imagine the age old gesture… taking the food and twisting the hand behind the head to reach the mouth… its complicated!) Sometimes we park the vehicle a mile away from the restaurant, hence the elaborate dressing up I mentioned before.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If we take the bus then all that message therapy on the bus ride will get us so comatose with relaxation we tend to fall asleep on the table before our food is served. Aaand don’t even get me started on autos!!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Okay, imagine we reach a really good restaurant really quick. We don’t want to order the same South Indian meal (that’s mom and me. Dad is super loyal to Idli vade and full meals). But if we choose other cuisines we can’t even finish half of what is served. You see in the scale of munching, eating, gobbling and devouring, people in our little family usually peck on food. It is a poor eating culture. And we hardly get our money’s worth and we’d rather go home to our ‘anna saru’ than eat unauthentic but overpriced Chinese food. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GxT2vfhyphenhyphenKOXH9RM-hVfW3P8PXPXRKWWXxrJo7lnFUpj28xDnWXlz3-Z2yjkpmo1wj15ELaK6VqZ9AOSqKWmOuZuXKNllvpa_8DvftFVosURVZdQMGG3CFiZpy3lTs6O1uDEg4BdsdD8/s1600/New_Shanthi_Sagar__Restaurant_ph_alb_030520112447.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7GxT2vfhyphenhyphenKOXH9RM-hVfW3P8PXPXRKWWXxrJo7lnFUpj28xDnWXlz3-Z2yjkpmo1wj15ELaK6VqZ9AOSqKWmOuZuXKNllvpa_8DvftFVosURVZdQMGG3CFiZpy3lTs6O1uDEg4BdsdD8/s1600/New_Shanthi_Sagar__Restaurant_ph_alb_030520112447.jpeg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">With a bunch of friends I hardly notice all this stuff but when I’m out with parents all that is wrong with eating out looks highlighted with a yellow colour marker. I just wish we had a people’s (Janata) hotel in every area so sometimes mom can take a break from the kitchen and the three of us enjoy a good meal.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-55899770518308344862011-12-31T11:09:00.000-08:002011-12-31T11:09:35.799-08:00Its 2012!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The year we have all been dreading and waiting for has finally arrived!!! IT IS 2012!!<br />
it is kind of sad that 2011 has gone by; it passed like a flash and click of a camera. it was a good year, 2011.<br />
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the year i shopped the most in my whole life.<br />
the year i made the most number of friends.<br />
the year I watched 'Brave Heart' and 'Big Bang Theory'<br />
the year i attended my first concert and my wore my first 'press' ID card.<br />
I was doing the 'countdown' on my laptop clock and when the seconds hand struck a straight 12, the calendar for December 2011 swiftly moved aside, making way for Jan 2012. made me want to pull back that December and give it one last kiss, and say Goodbye... *sniff!*<br />
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anyway from 2012 onward,<br />
1. i will write/blog regularly<br />
2. i will stop biting my nails, and<br />
3. i'll stop sulking for silly things. and be happy!<br />
this last one i recommend for everyone else too..! I hope this year turns out a hundred times better that the last! HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL!<br />
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</div>Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-91684019598987272812011-12-29T20:27:00.000-08:002011-12-29T20:36:03.108-08:00It’s just Birthday luck….<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Call me lucky and I’ll agree. Wholeheartedly. Because I’m committed to a man who is out-of-this-world head-in-the-clouds romantic. (Good thing he’s tall, so his feet can also touch the ground). But my parents don’t know about this yet; I have still not got the right moment to break it to them. And according to my horoscope in about six newspapers and four magazines, that moment is unlikely to come for the next few years. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Anyway, call me lucky again because my birthday last year was one of those very lucky days. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">At the stroke of midnight I was in bed, phone in hand, waiting for Prince Charming to call and wish me. And as you know, a watched pot….. never rings (quoted by Monica in FRIENDS). Twenty minutes into my special day and the call never came. Just as those tears were ready to sneak out and party, he called, and answered my “Hello” with “What?? I can’t hear you!! There’s no network in your room.. come to your balcony…”<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Of course I obeyed. I walked over to the balcony. Looked down on impulse, and there he was! With a rose in hand!! And a tiny box tied to it. !!!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">(this post is written for the "Sets you on Fire" contest on Indiblogger.) </span></div>Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2312352708072578222.post-14060489908799807152011-10-20T04:40:00.000-07:002011-10-20T06:27:45.972-07:0047 'new' reasons why I LOVE MY AMMA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxuzZQZo0zWxaf_0h21VqeDToZbDdLLKil2sVKvHXW0afjwVOM9UdJkGbl9ONJDxYQ_fHi2St_kqb62Zh0LjcaF3qJLpNOzFGCGKWWA8W0fVuPqZ9I01uLGTqGwTKR3i_uTTysM6fn7o/s1600/DSC02310f.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxuzZQZo0zWxaf_0h21VqeDToZbDdLLKil2sVKvHXW0afjwVOM9UdJkGbl9ONJDxYQ_fHi2St_kqb62Zh0LjcaF3qJLpNOzFGCGKWWA8W0fVuPqZ9I01uLGTqGwTKR3i_uTTysM6fn7o/s320/DSC02310f.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large; line-height: 18px;">47 'new' reasons why I LOVE MY MOM</span><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My mom is the most beautiful woman I have seen. I can try all kinds of cosmetics and never see myself nearly as beautiful as her.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For a small and petite woman she is capable of taking surprisingly heavy loads. For example, me.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She makes the most delicious akki rotti-chutney in the world. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the smile on her face when she gets a ‘white chocolate’ (Milky Bar)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She can solve the very hard su-do-ku puzzle in minutes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">6.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She is the best teacher I have ever had; she taught me how to live and that’s why I love my mom.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">7.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My mother writes amazing poetry; I love it that she has written one about me.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">8.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When I have completely given up on everything she does everything to make me smile.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">9.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">She supports me ,more than four pillars can support a roof. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">10.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the way she hugs me when I go home for the weekend.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">11.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the way she laughs at all my jokes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">12.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the jokes she tells me, even if it is read out from magazines.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">13.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the way she wonders how I turned out to be so perfect.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">14.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the way she trusts my decision.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">15.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love it that she asks me for fashion tips.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">16.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the innocence with which she watches Tom and Jerry<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">17.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the way she grumbles about school.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">18.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the way she corrects her students’ papers and gives extra marks.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">19.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the way she asks for help in the kitchen. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">20.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love how she asks if she can help with my project.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">21.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the way she makes faces when I say ‘Chinese food’<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">22.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the way she can sit inside the house and feel it when dad is at the corner of the road.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">23.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">love the way she fusses over me before I go out.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">24.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When she calls and asks me when I can bunk class and come home..<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">25.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love it when people say ‘you look just like your mom’. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">26.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When she doesn’t agree that I am taller than her.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">27.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When she says, ‘what do I wear tomorrow? I have no sarees…’ like a teenager…<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">28.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love it that when I was a kid she told me kiddish jokes and when I was a teenager she told me teenager jokes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">29.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the way she cooks<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">30.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the way she cleans up my room<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">31.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the way she pleads me to stop chatting so that she can play chess on my laptop.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">32.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love it that she can beat my computer in chess.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">33.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When she watches serials on tv..<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">34.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When she chooses what she’s eating in a hotel<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">35.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When she ALWAYS asks for dosa.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">36.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The way she always agrees to dad<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">37.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The way she always agrees with me<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">38.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The way she tells me; ‘don’t argue, I don’t know how to argue with you!’<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">39.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love it that she is ALWAYS strong when I am weak.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">40.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love it that she never lets me down. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">41.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love it that she trusts my decisions, no matter what it is. I listen to her by my own choice.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">42.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the way she passed her patience to me<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">43.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love it that she thinks I am better than her, when I have always thought I want to be like my mom. It is true, I want to become like my mom.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">44.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I simply love her ‘motherliness’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">45.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love it when she says ‘it is so boring without you’!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">46.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love the way she makes fun of all the other grown-ups, as though she is one of the kids.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">47.<span style="font: normal normal normal 7pt/normal 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I love my mother, for the obvious reason that I love my mother.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMMA!!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>Shruthihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03207759940309213752noreply@blogger.com9