SATURDAY.. AT HOME

Today there is Tulsi Vivaah in our colony..... I have never seen this thing before.... its like a miniature marriage itself.... u have the Baraat... women are dancing on the beats of the drum.... it seems dowry too would be given in the form of some gifts to the Pundit..... the whole thing will take place like a marriage... but without a bridegroom.... o wait a minute.. i must find out if there is any groom....

I have some how had the oppotunity of spending some time in 2 - 3 cities in India.... What I find common is the way in which people participate in their cultural and religious functions.... there is music... loads of music, which at first attracts you to see what is goin on??? Then after spending few minutes watching the whole thing.... the same music becomes a HEADACHE..... this is what's happening over here now.....

Other common things ... which i think can be found allover India without the North- South, urban- rural divide is the Civic Sense of the people... Delhi above all has a very good number of people who are very obssessed with the way they luk.... the way they carry themselves...... they should always look good, its almost MANDATORY (being good is optional though.. u will find them too yet....) so whether u board a Bus, Metro, Rickshaw..... u get to see a good number of people who present themselves in the best possible way..... But then having good BEAUTY SENSE has nothing to do with the Civic Sense.... So yesterday i saw this self proclaimed hunk..... dressed in formals.... right shirt with right trousers and of course right tie..... shoes not only matching but also shining..... He walks as if on the whole congested,, sound packed road he stood as an epitome of cleanliness... n baba CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS........ but the moment u thought that, he sqeezes his cheeks and out comes the SALIVA...... AHAHA IN A WATER SCARCE DELHI.... WHAT A RELIEF....... 


U don't have to be blessed to see these things in India...... but the thing which really takes on me is how these so called educated people carry themselves in public..... our former president Mr. Kalam had once remarked that we Indians are very good when it comes to respecting our elders AT HOME, keepeing OUR HOMES clean, following the unwritten rule of OUR FAMILY..... but once we are out of OUR LOVELY HOMES we DO NOT CARE.....In the West its just the opposite... they do not care a damn about their parents, their dirty homes.... but once in public they know how to do what we Indians do within the walls of our HOME... SWEET HOME....


Whether its vacating seat for an weak elderly(rather u hear "why on earth do they use public transport"), an exhausted women.... or alittle child... and if the above mentioned people seem to represent the poverty of our country(yes buddy we still are poor, inspite of our OLYMPIC GOLD).. the expression is that com'on they are used to travelling without seats....


though we learn these things in school... we often do not follow  them.... i donot know why..... i think not only at the school level but at the family level too these kind of VALUES should be imbibed....


this much for now.... the mantras of the TULSI VIVAH have begun.... let me see how things turn around... When i told Koyal about the tulsi marriage there was amusement whereas she too belongs to a hindi speakin state where these things are very common...


LETS SEE WHAT DO I GET TO EAT IN THE MARRIAGE....


UNTIL THEN


SAYONAARA.... AND PLEASE IF POSSIBLE ALONG WITH COMMON SENSE LETS SHOW SOME CIVIC SENSE TOO :)

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कहा से शुरू करू.... कितना कुछ है लिखने को.... अपने आपके बारे में बताने को..... कल जब क्लास जा रही थी तो एक नागपुर का फ्रेंड मिल गया.... काफी महीनो के बाद उससे देखा..... well i have used d word FRIEND for him.... jab ki wo mera dost nahi hai..... the word friend is many times used for mere acquaintance too.... anywaz it was gud to see him.... he too is here for civil service coaching.....

At times when i see aspirants around me.... i feel so many..... so many of them have come all the way to delhi, leaving their family to attain their DREAM..... they have to manage with the Tiffins (which many times is not good :( ...) n bear with the climate of this place.... especially those from South..... there's a huge cultural difference..... yet at the same time many things are similar.... students over here juggling with coaching and hunger on one side..... while on the other sidde there this tough competition n variety of aspirants.... starting from young fresh Graduates... who have done their B.Com, B. Sc, B.A...... then we have the doctors, engineers, lawyers, IITs, IIM product (my my d so called CREAM OF THE NATION).......... civil service exam is truely a leveller......

Many of us here... and those all over the country preparing for civil services do know about the unpredictabale nature of this exam.... yet the number of aspirants does not seem to decline.... the other day i was told IT IS THE MOTHER OF ALL EXAMS IN INDIA..(I GUESS WHOSE THE FATHER).....

We all are here slogging.... and enjoying the process..... few home sick.... few sick of this exam..... UPSC.... MEANS UN PREDICTABLE SERVICE COMMISSION..... :)


Well the 2009 Mains exams are on..... and few of my friends have PARTICULAR TREND. qualified to write it..... this time there seems to be a change in the question..... " THE TREND THIS TIME IS THAT THERE IS NO TREND AT ALL".... this is what one of my very close buddies told me few days back......

But then as long as you have chances...... " THE JOURNEY CONTINUES...."

Adieu...........

HELLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOO :)

hi all v u there .... its been a long time tht i wished to start bloggin..... this way of expressing myself is really appealing.....

THOUGHTS......... Thoughts keep floating, few of the past.... many of the future.... missing my old buddies.... i always wished to be in Delhi... n by next month it will be ONE YEAR of my life here.... i like this place a lot... the air is full v vibrance (dont tell me u expected me to write "the air is full v pollution" :P) But then i do miss my home in Kochi.... my days in Nagpur....

Im here with a goal.... n hope to achieve it soon......