Celebrating life!

I am totally outraged!!! I know I'm writing after ages but the Commonwealth Games have got me thinking. I must say our sportsstars have outdone themselves ths time. I am quite proud of their extraordinary performance - be it the shooters trained under Kerala's own Sunny Sir or our wrestlers, we have been provling our mettle with Indian vigour. I know  am not the only person going "Chak De India" but the CWG's quibbles that they will not include wrestling in the next games has made me furious. And just when we have won about 10 golds in that category. We are no sprinters or gymnasts. We do not have ace swimmers or high jumpers. But when we prove ourselves with a sport that goes back centuries in our blood, we find people want it taken out. How can we keep silent? As a nation that has stood up to its battles, we have another one now in the sports arena. My one advice would be the words of musician Rahman - Come On India Dekha do!

It’s Maundy Thursday & I’m just back from church, contemplating after breakfast. I thought I should post here 2 thoughts that I consider very relevant today. They were the crux of today’s sermon. The priest began his sermon by asking the children in the front pew whether they liked him and respected him to which they nodded in the affirmative. Then he asked them to do exactly as they were told to which they agreed. At this he asked them to raise their index finger and place it on their cheek, which they promptly did. But what happened was while he was telling them to do this, he raised his thumb and did the same action. So the kids had also lifted their thumb and done the same. That was a practical lesson on Christ. You see Christ did not believe in just preaching and talking he believed in changing people through his actions. Just think about all the things he did that were considered sacrilegious in his time – healing the sick in God’s name and that too on the Sabbath, dining wi...

Yup, that’s what I want to write about today. But I’m not referring to my ideal guy. I’m talking about an actual male that I know quite well. And yes he is the perfect husband and I think his wife is the luckiest woman on earth. Let me tell you a little about this fella’. He is an absolute charm, so much that I think about him almost everyday since I usually meet him in the mornings. Now don’t get me wrong here – I’m not in love with him. But I still think he is too good to be true. Let me explain why I think he is so esteemed in mine and mom’s eyes. He is first and foremost a perfect gentleman. He lets his wife have her way, most often. Being a gentleman, he always allows her to have the first and best of everything, ladies first being his policy. The other perfect thing about this guy is the way he cares so much about his lady love. Sigh! He completely adores her and thinks the world of her. He doesn’t even want her a second out of his sight- that’s how much he adores her. If s...

Today I will be attending Dr. Elizabeth Kurien aka Ms. Prema’a farewell lunch (for those of you who don’t know her she’s my former teacher at B.C.M., former H.O.D. & much more). I just thought it would be appropriate to pen down (or rather type) some of my reflections on her. For the past six months or more, she’s been the only person persistently insisting I return to B.C.M. again as faculty. Nobody else even seems to think about such a prospect. Perhaps she realized how much some of the girls meant to me. Or maybe she realized that nobody else was bringing in the dramatic changes that I had somehow managed to bring in. Whatever it is, she has been doggedly persistent that I return no matter what, and firmly believes I will be back next year to take the college head on. That’s faith for you. My student recollections though of this persistent person are of a rather different sort. She was one of the quietest people in the department, so quiet that you may not have even noticed sh...

Such a tiny little word only 4 letters, well-balanced – 2 vowels, 2 consonants one syllable that can tear you apart and leave scars that never heal sounding like the wings of a moth at my window as dusk sets in yet with none of the lightness. Fire that scorches as it travels the veins. Scorching memories stab into the wounds a fine mess of feelings and nerves. Tears-> Bruffen to keep the pain down Will time heal? or will it spread like my aunt’s bone cancer? leaving behind a shell coloured pink with streaks of red. (Signalling the return of my poetry)

This is the hilarious speech from "3 Idiots." In the movie Aamir Khan replaces the word Chamatkart with Balaatkar in Chatur's speech for teacher's day leading to uproarous laughter and some red faces. Read on... Adarniya sabhapati mahodaya, atithi vishesh shikshan mantri shri R D tripati ji, maanyaniya shikshagan aur mere piyaaare sahpatiyo Aaj agar I.C.E aasmaan ki bulaaandiyo ko chhu raahaa hai to uska shreya sirrf ekinsaan ko jaataahai - Shri Veeru Sahastrabuddhe Give him a big hand. He is a great guy really. Peechle buttis saal se inhone nirantar is college mein balatkar pe balatkar kiye. Umeed hai aagey bee karte rahege. Hamein to aashcharya hota hai ki ek insaan apne jeevan kaal mein itni balatkar kaisi kar sakta hai. Inhone kadi tapaasya se apne aapko is kaabil bunaya hai. Waqt ka sahi upyog ghante ka purna istemaal koi inse seeke. Seeke inse seeke. Aaj hum sab chaatra yaha hai, kal desh videsh mein fail jayenge. Waadaa hai aapse jis desh mein honge waha bal...