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Padam Vidichi- Song from Sega 2011

2011-08-24T13:20:00.000-07:00

Song: Padam Vidichi
Movie: Sega 2011
Cast: Nani, Nitya Menon
Music Director: Joshua Sridhar
Lyrics: Sree Mani
Singer: Karthik

Amazing composition! Brilliant lyrics!! Soothing music!

Padam vidichi etu poyenu bhuvanam,
aada marichi etu vellenu gaganam.
ningi nela pai lekunda manam ekkadunnam

kanula venta padutunnai kalale,
manasu munchi vellutunnai alale,
vayasu ponchi vesthunte valalo padutunna

hrudayam lo aanandalaku udayalanni upponge,
manathoti chelime chesi madhuram murisile
kadatheerani kammani bandham mana kougiline korinde
brathike eeee kshaname!!

padam vidichi~~

ho payanam ee payanam e nayanam chupani vainam
nimisham ee nimisham noorellaku pranam
manato parigeduthu toli kiranam odindi tarunam
manalo ee tvaralam kalaniki maranam

mana rekkalla balamento chukkalake chupagalam
mana sruthi lo tene gunam aa chedulo teppinchagalam
mana parugula oravaditho dooralani taramagalam
teeralanu maaragalam waaawaaaaaa!!

Ho anni nirlakshyam
ho seydam mana lakshyam
ho manam unike sakshyam
ho idi maradule
manasantha manasantha santosham sahajamule
manakundavu vibhajanale mana jattu o tribhujamule
ho hrudyamlo aanandalaku udayalanni upponge
manathoti chelime chesi madhuram murisele

~padam vidichi~

OUR Journey

2011-02-14T00:54:00.000-08:00

It was not fate, but destiny.
It was not chance, but it was serendipity.
That I had met you.
In so many ways, it still doesnt seem true.

What we have, is beyond explanation.
What we have passed through is celebration.
What we have in store is exploration,
And what we make of it is Our Life.

Lovely moments to cherish,
Silly quarrels for relationship to nourish,
Great empathy to flourish,
Are our journey's golden ingredients.

Happy times, sad times,
Loving times, anger times,
We have been through complications
Experienced are we in all emotions.

Proud I am to say,
Here we are today.
With immense sense of belongingness.
And loving togetherness.

This journey we have embarked upon,
remains most cherished within my soul.
How much I love you...
You'll never really know.

Reflections

2010-09-27T02:10:00.000-07:00

I know not me,
when I see my own reflection.
And what it is, to be
Lost in our own imagination.

Hidden behind the veil,
are many emotions unknown.
To journey through the sail,
one would need a strong bone.

Heading towards the mysteries,
with courage as the equipment.
Hoping no repeat in histories,
and journey to be a merriment.

MUSIC is my WORLD

2010-07-16T04:13:00.000-07:00

It was one of those cheerful days,

When I had my earphones plugged in,

The music had set my heart ablaze,

And filled with happiness, made my body spin.

My head nodded in agreement to the tune,

It’s amazing how a simple sound,

Made me want to fly to the moon,

And couldn’t hold myself onto the ground.

There is no written algorithm,

To make the music perfect.

The ups and down of the rhythm,

Make me want to bow my head in respect.

The beautiful blend of various instruments,

And the striking rendition of the songs,

Was beyond worldly measurements,

And freed me of all my wrongs.

Without doubt, Music gives me boost,

And by it, my life is swirled.

Music to me is oxygen,

Indeed, MUSIC is my WORLD.

BeAuTiFuL LOVE

2010-07-05T22:05:00.000-07:00

I never knew before,
What the feeling love was for.
Yet, you came into my life,
And went through strife.

To make me see its need,
Love is beautiful indeed.
When I sense your eyes trailing me,
I find myself blushing gleefully.

Every time I get a glimpse of you,
I feel the warmth seeping through.
and my heart goes into a pound,
O boy, u and me, we are meant to be bound.

Every thought of you fills my heart,
And wishes there was no need to depart.
Every moment we spend apart,
deepens your ownership of my heart.

To express my feelings for you,
the words are so very few.
Yet, the experience is true,
and all I can say is I LOVE YOU.

HOLIDAYZZZZ!!!!

2010-06-24T04:36:00.000-07:00

"Holidays"--this word makes almost all the people on earth happy. As I happen to be an earthling(he he)....i love this word. But "sigh"....the holidays are coming to an end. I happened to be very idle lots of days but still I got used to being at home and enjoy "ghar ka khaana" as we frequently used to dream of this when we were at college; still I loved being at home. Its sad that my long summer vacation is coming to an end soon and my busy hectic bitsian life is resume again.
I hate to leave home coz the first thing that comes to my mind about hostel life is my clothes,my room. Washing my clothes by myself, that too with hands , it looked as mission impossible to me when I first when to college; but as the time passed necessity has taught me to do household chores like washing clothes,cleaning my room,etc..The arrangements that need to be made to for each and every work and how things are managed are learnt when we live among ourselves.Thats the best thing about staying away from parents, we become quite independent. We get to know how life is dealt with.
I am quite excited about starting my second year at college as I would have juniors now. Its thrilling. I hope I get to "rag" as it is called. The word "ragging" causes tingling and excitement to the gonna-be-seniors and at the same time causes tension and fear to the admission taking pupils. Whatever it might be, the collegian life is exciting and I love going to college.

Cost of Adulthood !!

2010-06-18T14:42:00.000-07:00

I had the want, but could not.

I had the desire to express, but could not.

I had the need, but express I could not.

I tried my best, but could not.

Expressing was never this difficult,

Words seemed to have failed me.

Is this what it takes to be an adult?

Misplaced is the role of friends,

Left is only the concept of acquaintance.

There can be no amends,

Coz lost is the innocence.

Happiness was never this difficult,

Smiles seemed to have failed me.

Is this what it takes to be an adult?

Rushing towards unknown destination,

Unrealizable is the loss of one’s own soul.

No wonder life is a frustration,

Coz misdirected is the goal.

Search for truth was never this difficult,

Hopes seemed to have failed me.

Is this what it takes to be an adult?

Bliss at Beach

2010-06-18T13:56:00.000-07:00

Chirpy talks,

Bubbly smiles,

Pushy nudges,

Crazy chases,

Splashy waves,

Frolicking mates,

Sand messages,

Heartfelt banters,

Make the beach an inexplicable experience.

Telangana – Social Loss Due to Immaturity

2010-03-30T10:25:00.000-07:00

“Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero

This statement stands correct for the persisting issue of the division of Andhra Pradesh into Telangana and Andhra. The revolution which initially started out with a great intention of developing the Telangana region finally ended up as a fight of egos between the so- called leaders of the state. The fight which took place between the very few of the state has caused a huge amount of loss for the entire state. The position to which Andhra Pradesh has reached with great struggle over the past years went dropped down, all this in just a month’s time due to the state “bandhs” which were organized in protests of Telangana and Andhra. Difference of opinion on Telangana issue prevailed in every party and this issue saw to it that there was no unity existing among the leaders of the state.

The present ruling Congress party under Sonia Gandhi’s leadership lacked democratic decision making to solve such sensitive issues. Many political observers believe that Congress has an unspoken hand behind this political drama. The cold war which followed between KCR and Lagadapati, after the Centre’s decision of passing the bill looked just like the fight between two kindergarten kids fighting over their favourite chocolate. The fights, bandhs, protests which occurred in Andhra Pradesh lacked the maturity and common sense. The Prajarajyam Chief, Chiranjeevi has proved that the right place for an actor is a film industry. The announcement of the new state due to the worsening of ill-health of K.Chandrasekhara Rao, TRS chief, will in the future lead to a new fashion of hunger strike as their tool to achieve their goals. This fashion of hunger strike can show the foolish nature of the human beings. The leaders of the state, who are picked out to be the representatives of the state have brought shame to the state and let the whole nation down because of their personal rifts.

This comes as a wake-up call for the youth to take intelligent and intellect driven decisions while picking up their leaders. Voting is a very important process and the majority of youth have never taken interest in politics due to such immaturity displayed by the leaders elders. However, I strongly believe that to change the system, we, the educated youth have to enter politics and lead the nation towards a better future. And participate in the growth of the nation by voting intelligently.

Dirty Display of Money

2010-03-30T10:21:00.000-07:00

Once again the question of how efficient the Indian Government is, comes into question as the Politicians launch into rallies of self promotion. When someone talks about ‘politician’ and ‘self promotion’, the first person which comes to mind is Mayawati. She crossed quite the limits when she got herself garlanded with 1000 rupee notes, twice. Each garland was estimated to be around a few crores each. At one end, the ministers talk about the lack of financial resources and at the other end we find the same politicians themselves wasting money on unnecessary activities.

Despite of all these pointless activities, people seem to be fine with this extravagant display and wastage of money. The party members insist on giving such gifts to Mayawati and as a leader, Mayawati lacks what is called integrity, modesty and compassion for her duty. Why isn’t some action being taken against such leaders? And why don’t the leaders themselves realize that there exist oppressed people and destitute in the society who need their attention and care. Instead of wasting money in such a needless activity, they could have spent this money in making better the situation of many of the people who lie fall under the category of the “Below Poverty Line”.

I call upon the Youth to take the situation in to their hands and revolt against such foolish acts by the Politicians. It is upto the youth to exercise their voting power and elect the right kind of leaders who will do justice to their duty and not use the power for their own benefit. Finally, I would like to reinstate that the Public has a very important role to play in the economic growth of the country and that they should take a stand in such situations.

Source: Youth Ki Awaaz

Life-time Punishment for An Innocent Mistake?

2010-02-21T22:24:00.001-08:00

In which world would one say that jail is the penalty for an innocent mistake that occurred because of fear? Fear has always been the cause of mistakes and it continues to rake its power. No one in their wide awake life would think that one day they would wake up, do one small mistake and land up in jail for that. A 13- year old, fearing punishment from his father boarded the first train he spotted at his local railway station at Lahore and he had no idea that the train he had boarded was Samjhauta Express and even less inkling, that he would land in prison on the Indian side of the border due to his fear.

It has been over a month since this young kid has been held captive in the Juvenile Prison. A student of class VII in a government school in Lahore, he misses his mother, little sister and group of friends he used to hang out with. Now, even his father’s stern punishments seem sweet compared to the unfriendly, harsh treatment that he is getting in India. The Pakistani boy naively looked at the journalists and asked if he could not be forgiven his “small mistake” and allowed to be reunited with his family so that he can lead his normal life.

The boy recalls that he was as usual hanging out with his friends and when it was time for him to go home; he had panicked and boarded the train which landed him this trouble. But even this was nothing compared to what followed. The boy was taken into custody and then he was accused of violating various sections of the law for running afoul of the Indian Passengers Act and the Foreigners Act. Since then, he had been held in the Juvenile Prison. Even his pleas for making an overseas phone call to his family have been turned down by the Indian authorities of the Juvenile.

Why this injustice? Wasn’t it always considered that human justice is the foremost duty of humanity? We, as Indians who have always been famous for their helping nature should make new rules so that the Innocent don’t suffer. There should be a separate law which would provide facilities to such innocent kids to be deported immediately to their countries. Such incidents appal us and make us realize our duties as humans. We should take a stand and help such innocents against injustice.

Source: Youth Ki Awaaz, The Hindu

Randome!!

2009-09-05T13:27:00.000-07:00

The title that has been put up might suggest that I am going to write about random things. But I admit I have no topic in mind or no thoughts in mind to write about. I am here because I feel like writing. I feel like putting on paper all those feelings that I feel. All those tiny flutters of hope for change, strange sense of fear for failure, happy moments with friends and many more feelings that I feel. I just feel like rambling on about the various things which keep coming to my mind. Its just that I am so restless right now, I am unable to put my thoughts together and piece them properly. Well, enough of the random restlessness....will be back with something solid soon.

I Love Federer!!!

2009-06-05T11:52:00.000-07:00

Ever since Federer had a fall from his crown, people around me kept saying that Federer's reign has come to an end and that it's better if he retired. Youngsters have replaced him and Rafa would be the new King. But there always remained a tiny hope in my heart that my KING would reemerge and take his place. That hasnt yet happened, though I always hope for that to happen. Well coming to the latest results, Federer has won the semi-final rounds of Roland Garros-French Open.

For a really long time, the match looked like Federer had really lost track of winning the matches as Del Potro had won two sets and Federer won just one set. But Fed is no normal player, he fought back and we could see that he came to his full form in the fourth set. He won the fourth set to make it square with Del Potro. The score was 2-2. Del Potro was an equally competitive opponent. He has earned himself a new fan-ME!!! However, lets go on with praising my love-Fed!! Fed fought with his competitor and we could see that it was a tough fight from the way both of them fought for points ; the aggression that could seen on their faces after they have won each point. The last set was a worth watching set-awesome is the word that I am looking for. It kept me grooved to my position. The set was a close call. At some points , the situation would be as if Federer is going to take away the match as he was one point above Del, but then Del was not a person who would give up without a fight. Till the point was won by Fed, there was no saying that he would win the match. And at last, the moment had come!! Fed has won the semi-finals round against Del which would take him to the finals of French Open. Lets hope that Fed will smash the opponent in the finals and win his first ever - French Open title!!

P.S: I have found out in this match that Del Potro was even taller than Federer!!! (:D). Ooooh!! I love men who are tall!!

Summer-2009!!

2009-05-30T10:28:00.000-07:00

With the rainy season approaching, people everywhere have hopes of surviving from the scorching sun. This year's summer has seen the highest possible temperatures all over the country and in Pilani we found it to be extremely hot. But God save us, the days at pilani are over and we are safe at our houses. Thats what I thought until my practise school started. Practise school is an entirely new different experience and an episode in my life.

Practise school, the structured course of our curriculum is about industrial exposure and application of our theoritical knowledge to practical applications. This has me running from my home to places far away in the city by buses, share-autos ( an innovative concept) and local trains. However, the sun had taken a toll on my energy levels. I was famished by my journeys in the sun. The announcement of rainy season has given me a new hope. Now I can run around the city happily in the rainy season, the most beautiful season created by God!!!

The Nature

2009-02-01T08:01:00.000-08:00

The beautiful blue sky

reflects peace.

Shown is patience by the

swaying trees.

The blowing wind shows

us grace.

Given to us is hope by

the sun's rays.

Chirping of birds soothe

one's mind.

Everyday exist new wonders

for us to find.

Blessed are we by Nature,

God's creation!

To enthrall in it is one's

own admiration!!

LOVE!!!

2008-04-04T04:55:00.000-07:00

Hello people!! I am in a mood to write and couldn’t think of any topic. So I came up with this topic which always puzzles me. Love ….the word itself sounds fascinating. What is so special about this four lettered word? Why does this word cause so many sensations in a person? Why is this the reason for many great things in the world? Why is this a reason for destruction? What is so great about the word love? Is it the word love that is special…or the feeling that is felt as one says “love”. As the word love is uttered, the first thing that comes to one mind is the feelings and emotions between a young girl and boy. Many people say that love is beautiful and it should be experienced during the young age. What do they mean? Love during young age? Doesn’t it sound awkward? Yes, it does.
Many students call Love as loss of valuable education. some say its waste of time. some call it the uncontrollable sensations that arise due to over secretion of hormones at that tender age. is that all true? different people have different opinions, right? so what is love all about?? love....let me just think...
it is the best feeling in the world. the feeling that you are loved by someone and there is someone there for you in this world always makes you feel secure in this everchanging world. And according to me, love has got nothing to do with age. love can blossom at any age. loving is caring. love is strongest friendship. if you care for a person with all your heart, then you surely love them. the feeling of love is awesome. i am glad i am loved by my family, friends. lets love to make our world a better place!!

BIRTHDAY BLAST!!!

2008-04-04T02:52:00.001-07:00

The birthday I had this year was my first birthday away from home; away from my parents, sister, uncle, friends, and many more important people in my life. I wondered how my birthday would be like!!! Would it be boring as I spent my birthday in 12th (coz my exams were approaching and I didn’t celebrate it…) or would it be really superb??
Since the time I read Enid Blyton’s books, I always used to dream of staying in a hostel. That was way back in my life. And right now I am living that dream. Staying in a hostel is FUN!! , though it has its share of disadvantages too. The day before the D-day, I attended all my lectures and then came back to my room. I started doing programming as I didn’t make good marks in my previous test in programming. The Andhra regional association which calls itself Andhra samithi airs a telugu movie every semester for the Andhra people on campus. This time, the gults, as the telugu speaking people are called have a blast coming up from Andhra samithi. The “AS” people are screening three movies. That day there was this movie called “anasuya” being aired. I didn’t feel like going as I have already seen it twice. I was sitting in my room and felt what I would be doing if I had been at home.
I studied for sometime and then went to the market with my friend to get some stuff for myself for the birthday. I somehow didn’t like the idea of my birthday approaching the previous week, but I started feeling excited about my birthday. I felt like a kid, I was jumping all the time with joy. I went back to my room and switched on my computer. I chatted with few of my friends and then fell asleep wondering whether my friends would actually follow out their threats of me not worth giving a surprise. I knew that they were teasing me, but still wondered what would happen at 12 am, the start of my birthday.
At 11:45 pm, my friends from vizag called me up and from then on calls started pouring in. At around 12 o’clock, my friends who had me locked up in my room took me to the quadrangle in our building. There was awaiting a lovely cake for me. I cut the cake and then started the make up of my face, the exciting part for all the people who do it and the painful part for the birthday gal. (he he….it is painful later when we have to wash….or else even we find it nice…). After the painting of my face with cake, all my friends asked me to open a gift which looked very good from the outside. I opened it with lots of anticipation and it turned out to be a brick. All my friends were teasing me. I loved the trick they played on me. That’s what friends are for, right? They are the ones who tease you and make you feel loved. After this, I was given bumps. Ohhh!! They were painful. Later , I invited people to my treat and then retired to the bogs as I had to take a bath. By the time , I finished civilizing myself it was 2 o’clock in the morning. I came and crashed into my bed. I woke up at 9:30 in the morning, had a quick shower and went to the temple. The temple was so peaceful. The atmosphere was so nice and warming at the temple. I felt as if god was welcoming me to the temple and wishing me on my birthday. the feeling was awesome. After a quick chat with my friend (god….ob), I rushed to the class. The class was good. It was a class of programming. I started feeling really hungry in the class. With lots of expectations and hopes, I rushed to the mess after the class to find the slimy and stale food. This dampened my mood. On my special day, at home all my favorite food items were made and I missed it a lot…I wished I could have been at home. Finishing my lunch fast, I went to take a nap which was continuously disturbed by calls , but I didn’t feel as if they were disturbance. To be frank, I loved my phone ringing all the time that day.
In the evening, sindhu(a friend here) and me: we both gave a treat to all the gults and some of our friends. Sindhu had her bday one week back. The treat was awesome. The food was good. And the best part of parties are that we get gifts…..yipppieee!!!! I still feel like a kid, getting excited at the thought of gifts. After that, we all went to a movie which is again aired by Andhra samithi. The day was awesome. I had lots of fun. Ohhhh! Yeah…. I forgot to mention to you that my mother called my friends and asked them to decorate my room with balloons and buy me a birthday cake. This was her loving way of giving me surprise. I loved the cake part. I felt so happy after a lot of days…..so lovely.. I just wish I could spend my birthdays every day like this!!! But what to do, we have to get back to reality, which I don’t like at all. I just love to live in my dreams!!!

The Lost Hope!!!

2008-03-28T08:03:00.000-07:00

Announced is the time for distribution,
Tense is the moment with frustration.

Taking my cycle, I went to the venue;
All the time praying that my marks wont be few.

On approaching the destination,
My heart raced with aggravation.

At last, my turn came;
And called out was my name.

Is it av minus?
Is it av plus?

Only thing in mind,
Thoughts fully bind.

Seeing the paper,
Made my feelings hamper.

This made me curse my fate,
Which made ill-luck my mate.

Lost was my hope,
Which is the soul of life!!!!!

DECISION!!!

2008-03-01T12:51:00.000-08:00

When we reach a forked end,
Advices are lend.
Opportunities are weighed,
Negatives are laid.
Analysis is done,
Thoughts are ton.
Brain is racked,
Head is cracked.
Only one thing in mind,
What is right?
We tend to get confused,
and at the same time amused.
Atlast, taken is the decision!!
No regret over it, thats precision!!!!

hey!!! am back with a bang!!!!

2007-12-21T22:36:00.000-08:00

hello people!!!! i am back after a long time....its been a while since i blogged....i missed blogging....quite a lot of incidents took place in the past 5 months of my life....i joined in bits pilani....its a wonderful college........i love hostel life.....i miss my family but this is also quite good.....and i met my sister after two long years......its a nice feeling to be together again....the whole family.....we are together after a very long time....and i wonder when will we be together again......caught in the world's swing all of us are separated.....education,job whatever might be the reason....we are made to swing to the tunes of life...world.....in this competitive world everyone's set to make their mark......phew!!!! people take a break and see what all of you are missing....all of us are missing little little things which bring joy to us.....hey!!!! i seem to be speaking philosophy...let me take a break....i am home to enjoy my holidays...and take a break from the busy schedule which i have......all of u people also do take breaks sometimes and enjoy small moments.......bye ...will meet u all again soon.........

Great People!!! Great thoughts!!!!

2007-07-15T23:03:00.000-07:00

"Some men see things as they are and say, why?? I dream that things never were and say, why not??" This was a quotation from George Bernard Shaw which I have picked up from Jeffrey Archer's book "Shall we tell the President?". It's really amazing to see how great people's minds work. I liked this quote of his a lot. This quote of his resembles many of my thoughts which made me to be attracted to this quote.

so, people never ever stop from thinking differently and though people wont be able to get your ideas, never ever give up.

The Power Of Ancient India

2007-07-15T05:07:00.000-07:00

"I have travelled the length and breadth of India and I have not seen one person who is a thief. Such a wealth I have seen in this country, such high moral values, people of such calibre, that I do not think we could ever conquer this country, unless we break the very backbone of this nation, which is her spiritual and cultural heritage, and therefore I propose that we replace her old and ancient education system, her culture, for if the Indians that all that is foreign and English is good and greater than their own, they will lose their self esteem, their native self capture and they will become what we want them, a truly dominated nation."
This was said by Lord Macauly in his speech of February 2, 1835 in British Parliament.
This was how our country used to be. Our education system which we have now is the system which was established by Lord Macauly. The system, the path we follow shows us that we are a truly dominated nation. We find that foreign culture is greater than ours which makes us dominated. As I read the above statement made by Lord Macauly I felt that he had accomplished what he wanted to. He has made India a dominated nation as we see India now in it's present condition. How do we get back the status that India once held? This was the first thought that occured to me as I read his statement. This was once answered by a great person (whom I am unable to recall) that unless the education system which we have is changed, we cannot even think of bringing back the glory that India once had. I think that to change the system of education we have, is not a single man's work. It needs teamwork , but who would take the responsibility? We...the students of India..have the power to do it, but are we actually ready to do this??

the hullabaloo in the train

2007-07-11T10:39:00.000-07:00

This is one of the experiences which will always remain in my mind...but this one's different coz this is remembered not in the general "oh what days they were? lovely times ...hope they come back"....but this one's different... this comes into the category...” oh! I had enough experience the first time I had it...I never want another experience like that...” I was really dumbfounded to find people act in such a manner as I will put it down for u all....but as I was experiencing the situations, I felt i had to write it down. So here fellas...here starts the experience.
The day started in a normal manner. I woke up around 11 in the morning as it was a Sunday and the previous night I stayed up till about four in the morning with my cousins’ madhuri and kanthi. Staying up till four has become normal for us as we had holidays. We stay up and do what we feel like. Doing c or just talking and commenting...the actual day starts for us around 10 at night and continues till 4. That is the time which we are following now....I know it’s an unearthly hour....but u will quite enjoy it if u were with the three of us. As soon as I wake up, I still have the remains of laziness all around me and my heart always wants me to get back into bed. This day was no different but I dragged myself out of bed telling that the time is already 11 and that I was an idiot to be sleeping till such an odd time.
After I woke up, I saw the "vote for taj mahal" on the TV. I took that issue seriously and voted as many times as possible. Then Bhagawan mavayya gave me an idea that I create id in names of all the people I knew and send votes from those ids. I liked it and sat down at once on a computer and started doing what taavu said. It was fun coz I was creating ids in a very funny manner and making jokes out of it. I think in all I created about 10 ids or more, but I sat down doing this till about two in the afternoon. Then suddenly it occurred to me that I didn’t take bath. I panicked as I had to leave for the station in about two hours as I was going to Visakhapatnam with Gowri aunty that day by Godavari express. I rushed into the restroom, took a quick dip and came out. I had a light lunch at around three and wondering why I wasn’t feeling hungry. Then I came to the conclusion that may be the excitement of journey didn’t make me feel hungry. I love travelling esp. by train.
This train journey, I felt was somewhat special as I was travelling only with Gowri aunty. We both reminded each other that we both only will be travelling together and felt excited, but I didn’t know that this train journey was definitely going to be etched in my mind as it would be very eventful after we board the train (he he...didn’t expect). I packed my stuff here so that it won’t be a problem for anyone here...and packed the few things which I had to take for the journey. I was ready to leave by three thirty. Gowri aunty and me, both of us were ready.
Meanwhile Bhagawan mavayya started panicking and rushed us up to leave so that we both won’t be late, but we ended up one and half hour before the departure of the train. I bought myself a Jeffrey archer book coz recently I have been bitten by Jeffrey archer's craze. Aunty asked me to get her some magazines also....so I brought her couple of magazines. We even got us a supply of chips that would last us for some time, I like munching on something when I read books especially thriller books. We got onto train and were eagerly waiting for the train to depart. After waiting for an hour, the train started to move slowly. I felt relief at last coz I hate waiting (but most of the times i do that...what to do?? ...he he). As the train was leaving the station, I saw that there was heavy downpour in the city. It looked good. I don’t know why but rain makes me feel excited. It brings in a new life into my soul. I felt like a child and giggled all the time. We were slowly leaving the Nampalli station (the station in Hyderabad). I sat gazing out of the thick windows (thick coz we boarded the third ac compartments), rain striking the windows and joy in my heart.
There were few people in our coup who looked very boring type. I thought "oh god! How will this journey be?? Is it going to be boring??” then few more people came and started chatting with the people who were there in our coup. I happened to overhear that they were talking about retired judges and judges.... to be appointed..... So I thought that they were people who were associated to courts, lawyers or something like that. After sometime, we approached the secunderabad station. People started pouring in and out. Gowri aunty went out as her relatives where there in secunderabad station...so that she could meet them. I was left alone; suddenly two children came into our coup and sat down.
I love kids. But on seeing these two children I didn’t get the love which generally sprouts in my heart as soon as I see kids; but I thought the journey would be livened up, now that kids are there in our coup. The kids came in and started taking their shoes out. As soon as they took out their shoes, the air suddenly smelled a disgusted smell. I started coughing as i could not take in that smell. Accompanying the children came their father. He was a man who was heavily built. He had very less hair on his head. He looked funny to me as his face was oval and his head reminded me of an egg. (Sorry I seem to be rude....I know we shouldn’t laugh at people but couldn’t help it...u would know it if u also had seen that person yourself). The children started fighting among themselves (oh god!). The younger one started kicking the elder one. The younger girl looked cute but her face was in tears. The elder girl looked chubby but somehow i didn’t find her cute. I felt that her eyes and cheeks were bulging out.
Suddenly a lady rushed into and sat down on the berth beside the children. I supposed that she might be the mother of the children and she turned out to be. Gowri aunty came and i felt relieved. An old lady also got into our coup. She was accompanied by her grandson (guessed it). The grandson looked as if he is imported from America (NRI). He was settling the luggage of the old lady. The old lady started complaining about the railway system in India. So i guessed that she might also be from foreign and to be more precise US. I felt the anger which I have always felt towards NRIs who often complain about India and its system; they forget that they have also lived in this land before they went to US. (Anyways this is a separate topic, which i will surely blog some day).
The mother of the children came and started taking out the things out of her baggage. And she dumped few things on the berth. The elder girl, Maanasi (i found out as her dad was calling her that...nice name na?) asked her mom to change her jeans as they got wet. her mom responded in a very raucous voice that she was searching for another jean for her to put on when she removes the one she is wearing. The girl became silent and looked in our direction. Seeing these people I felt uncomfortable. Probably because i am used to privacy or that these people were in such a hullabaloo fashion. The younger one, Nandini started crying again. I didn’t understand why she was crying. The father said to his wife in Hindi thinking that we might not understand Hindi. I tried reading my Jeffrey archer book in all this confusion so that I can divert my mind. Unexpectedly, the couple started arguing. Oh god!! what is happening?? Aunty and me, we looked into each other's eyes. We both were feeling very much out of the world. After a small heated discussion the couple settled on something. (phew!!).
Suddenly, the mother started unbuttoning the jeans of the elder girl (I calculated that she might be studying third or something around that). The girl looked at me and whispered something in her mom's ears. I wondered whether she was feeling shy in my presence and her mother later confirmed that my thoughts were correct. The mother asked me to go to the other side so that she could change her daughter's dress. I left and came back after few minutes. Gowri aunty saw my face and started laughing. (what to do?? we were in such a situation. phoooo!!!). The younger girl started crying as she didn’t get to do the same thing as her elder sister. (oh god! kids...they are so stupid at times!!). The dad started consoling her and asked the mom to change for the younger one also. Mom looked at her younger daughter in a very sarcastic manner which made the young girl cry again (in a fresh way.....oooohhhh!!!). At last the tantrum of the girl stopped as she was also changed into a new dress by her mother.
After the dressing was over, the children settled. The mother pounced on the food. The children were also given food packets, they ate what they could and the rest was gobbled by the parents. After that, the elder girl was made to go to the topmost berth. Seeing her sister go, the younger one also wanted to go (nothing wrong....younger kids always try to imitate what their elder sisters do....even I did so when I was small). Without bothering about the kids, the mother went to sleep. When she was sleeping, she reminded me of a character from Ramayana, soorpanakha (the rakshasi). (sorry to be rude, but couldn’t help thinking in that way...). The younger one started crying again, I just didn’t get the point why she keeps crying. it seems as if she has a whole tanker inside her especially for her crying sake... (he he!! tried to sound funny...but i think it didn’t..). The elder girl asked her parents to get her down as she was feeling frightened on the top berth, but the parents did heed her at all. She cried out of fear, but they didnt care at all and instead shouted on her. I felt bad for the girl, poor girl. How can the parents be so stupid?? Cant they see that the girl is afraid and they should help her out instead of scolding her?? Then i thought parenting is really an art and understood why so many books are published as guides for parenting.
I got back to my book. The book was quite interesting. Many people started coming to our coup. These people were that elder people's friends. These all were Government employees. All of them assembled here for their dinner. Aunty and I thought that we could have our dinner after all of them get dispersed. Seeing so many people, I thought this was the most eventful train journey I ever had. After those people completed their dinner, they started talking about lands, their costs, etc. Aunty told me that they were real estate consultants. (oh!! quite interesting). Hearing their talks, the old lady sat up and asked them whether she could also participate in their conversation or whether she could hear their conversations. (it sounded funny...anyone can listen to their conversation even without asking coz they were speaking so loudly...he he). She told she was a retired English lecturer in Andhra university and that she was now living in US (which confirmed my theory about her...after all...its me!!!!). Aunty and I thought that’s it time to have dinner, and let’s have it though they didn’t disperse. We finished it very fast. The old lady asked me my berth which was a lower berth in exchange for her upper side berth. I gave it to her immediately without thinking (have to be generous na?!! she was an old lady ...).
After dinner, I climbed up the upper berth and started peacefully reading the book. It was quite interesting. I read it until I felt sleepy. I put my book down and was about to fall asleep. I was thinking that i never had such a ride in my life with so many types of people and I thought that it was over when the train stopped at some station, and few people entered into the bogie making so much noise. (ohh! god!! don’t people have the minimum common sense that at such a late hour ...people will be sleeping). Anyways, the people came in and started talking loudly to their friends who were my co-passengers. They left the train as the train started to leave that station. That’s the day’s events in short for u all.

To conclude with, I learnt lots of lessons through this experience of mine. After this incident, i recollected a statement which i saw in my friend's profile "Different people...Different attitudes". Those parents taught me the importance of attitude, love. I recollected how Bhagawan mavayya was so loving and how he took good care of children. "LOVE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE". That’s what I realised. You should be very loving, never lose patience and I was thankful to god that I had such great parents. "I realised, though I already knew, that I have lovely parents." (some faults may be there; after all they are also humans.) and to be decent is also quite important. I am decent, I know that but still mentioning that point again coz that’s the most important thing of this post. I think I am getting quite "lectury" now. So ending this post here. Thought would share this with you all.....

beautiful weather!!!

2007-07-11T03:54:00.000-07:00

I was in my room trying to drown myself in books and racking my brain with a physics problem. It was a sunday evening and the weather was quite good. Then suddenly a cool breeze came into my room. I couldn't feel much of it as i was fully engrossed in trying to solve the problem. Then again the breeze flew into my room. This time i felt it as the breeze made strands of my hair fly in a very beautiful manner. This made me look through the window of my room.
The sight that caught me was a feast to the eyes. The sky had a forget-me-not blue colour. From one end of the sky, the massive black clouds which bring rains were creeping in and at the other end the sun was setting. It looked as if the sun was waving at me. I was stunned and sat gaping at the beautiful sight. The sight drove away the physics problem out of my mind.
In a jiffy the massive clouds occupied the entire sky that could be seen by the naked eye. It looked as if god was very happy and wanted to bless us in the form of rain and was waiting for the right moment to bless us. I looked at the clouds and felt as if one of them winked at me, and by the time i realised what has happened the downpour started. Rain brings immense joy to me. I felt like a child when i played with the raindrops and i recollected one of the sayings which i have read recently......" There is no point in being grown up if u cant be childish sometimes."

hi!!!

2007-07-11T02:22:00.000-07:00

hi...
i am entering the world of blogs. i am trying my hand at writing. hoping it would be good, if its not i welcome comments. i would surely try to improve myself. i have an interest in writing. i write poems and stories, will surely update here as soon as i finish writing.