Pained by the brainlessness.

Oats has its benefits, agreed. But India has a lot more to offer on its platter. Just because Indian millet, jowar and maize do not come in some colorful packet and it not marketed, it doesn’t mean that they lack in nutrition.

With the erratic monsoons, the supply chain of the food grains in India is sure going to see a huge difference, and so it is going to inflate the grain prices even more. India is the largest consumer of food grains for staple then any other countries, for the country’s majority population are poor, and cannot afford meat or high protein for a meal. with this highest consumption rate, and assured shortage in the yeild of food grains, we would soon be forced to import food grains, and even a small change in the import of grains by India, is definitely going to bring about a huge change i the international pricing of these surplus food grains.

Having said the above, India is still a largely agricultural country, we do have grains other than rice and wheat which are produced. while we are ready to import Oats as a dietary supplement just for its high fiber content as a health food, we are not experimental enough to tap our potential grains for similar  products. like for example, millet is an amazing food grain, though coarse by nature, it has very high nutritive value, and is produced in large quantities in the arid lands of India.

The Indian mentality plays a huge role here. When we changed our life styles from being hard working to more white color jobs with the advent of software industries, we did not make sufficient changes in our dietary habbits, and many ended as obese people.

And now, that the food prices have risen, and the inflation keeps increasing,we are yet to make changes in our diet. Millet, Jowar and maize are great substitutes for rice in our diet. while being high in their nutritive content, we also get more variety in our food. though it is a poor man’s food, we are yet to tap their potential as health foods.

Marriage and its transience

Life, love, marriage, settled life, home, kids ..and list goes on. The primary fundamental thought process  behind all these concepts, with all due respects, revolves around the factor of security. Any life on earth thrives ever since origination of life is based on 2 major concepts:- Survival of the fittest, and perpetuation.  Survival of the fittest meant having to fight all day every day to make oneself’s life worth living. Later later, humans and animals evolved and became smart species to make themselves a home, a family and a community to have a cocoon of their own, a shelter and the security.

Love, marriage and relationships are concepts which have emerged much much later to prevent men stealing away father’s daughters for a life together. So in my opinion, it doesn’t really make sense to question the validity or one’s beliefs in marriage or love, for it all depends on where one is brought up, the society, the family and the peers. Like for instance, a girl or a guy brought up in a slum would want a life, where they wouldn’t need to think of the next meal of the day. Or the girls might want a life, where they wouldn’t need to be women of domestic help to other families. And these decisions, wishes or choices will be fundamentally based on what they see around them, what they are aware of, and whats their parent’s live like. Here we possibly cannot blame a girl wanting to be married to a nice guy, for it would mean, in her dreams, a life of freedom, a life of independence and life where the man needs to earn just for 2 people.

On the contrary a well-educated girl or a boy from a decent family, with good standards of living would want a life better than their dad( Benchmark for comparison). Earn more than him, have a better house, own a better car, keeps their kid spoilt, provide them with all that they want without the eyelids batting once. here, the choice is not between a love marriage and an arranged marriage. its more of a choice of future. What would they like it to be like.

Love or no love, it all depends on one’s personality and character. Love would mean, having  choice to choose whom you want to spend the rest of your life, after knowing what the person is like. so in love, sacrifices are necessary however the understanding comes in a much easier way. well, it’s not like they don’t fight, or quarrel, however people get a sample of what ever it is before getting bonded. On the contrary arranged marriage offers a lot on the platter. A lot of excitement, discovering each other, having a choice to run to parents when things don’t work out, having a defined path to life, downsides are always there, yet it is slightly better accepted for its been there for a long time.

Now coming to the argument of, why do people seek love, whats the need for such a level of bonding? is it all about insecurity? the need for a person to talk to, share with? is it just that?

Here i quote my friend’s blog  ”Ask me what love and life means to me. Its simple. My love will always be the “self”. I can never substitute that for anything else at any point of time in my life and I can never “fall in love” with anything else, because there is nothing else! For me,  it is the voice that draws me inward. To the state of stillness. The ice cold water that pricks me and scolds me to get back to the self and not waver in my thoughts. The warm gentle breeze flowing right through every nerve of mine and makes me feel one with the universe.  What more do I need? Now, tell me. Is my response of ridicule and cynicism wrong when someone puts forth questions on my beliefs in marriage, a “happy married life”, arranged marriage vs. love marriage, soul mate, or have I ever fallen in love with someone or will I ever fall in love with someone, or what do I look for in a person?

This person might be a unique species, who gets a high by questioning some fundamental feelings, the theories and the associated constraints in our systems and culture. while this is only a high, it’s not likely to last long. Loving one self is good, gives one the confidence and the boost. And it is just magical that these kind of people do not need others to boost their morale or encourage them. Apparently “self lovers” are in a way similitude with “self starters”.

Having said all of the above, we are in general brought up with a poison to always think in the larger good. we are never in our life thought anything to do for ourselves. lets say, How many parents like their children choosing arts for a profession? for it is something that lets one do something for oneself. while parents always want their children to be engineers and doctors who serve other’s needs. so the question of loving one self never arises, be it life or career. It’s always for the others, and getting appreciated for the good deeds.

So thinking of the larger good, looking at the bigger picture, and running towards the flickering light at the end of the tunnel is what is our lives are about. Hence the mass produced goods(children of same society/culture) tend to think alike. The lesser mortal souls after all have problems every day in life. well, again, the perspective of looking at things is what makes it look like a problem or just a challenge. On how many occasions we wish that there is some one who could decide for us, some one who could guide through the tough times, and lend a comforting shoulder to lean on to in times of need?

Its not like, there are always friends who would be around when ever you want them. it’s not like siblings come running to us when we need help, parents would never understand some as a problem in the first place. As humans, we always need some one to share our emotions, things and thoughts with. For a thought cooking inside the same brain for too long is likely to burst out like a volcano some day.

Hence  immaterial of whether one loves self or not, the need for a better half always exist. while now, when friends are around, you might not feel it, or when with parents, life might seem like  a dream, so perfect that you never want to wakeup out of it. But the reality is, it might all vanish someday, for the whole society is built on that. if you do not seek a partner, your friends soon will, and eventually you will be left alone. Afterall, no one wants to die alone!!! that’s the reason why people marry, have kids, make property and all the other social hungama just to make sure that  they do not die alone, and live a life with an aura of security, tranquility and love around them, for that’s what life is worth living for.

Hence finding that one person with whom we are willing to share our life with, grow with, and die with when everybody else around us have gone away, moved on or have a life of their own is what makes a life worth living. so calling it love, not love, beliefs, spirituality, arranged marriage or whatever does not make any difference. There are occasions when we decide we might as well die if we have accomplished something which we have wanted all our lives. for some it might mean a great career, for others it might mean a nice house, car and for others it could mean a research done, a master piece of art or anything. it all boils down to what one is passionate about. so for one wanting to chase rainbows is not a sin, but for making it possible, we need someone in the background, someone who forgets self and keeps running behind us to make sure we get up every time we fall, and help us continue our chase, and that one person is the soul mate. Denial of the need for a soul mate is simply a gimmick at a point in everyone’s life. It doesn’t last too long, and before we realize, it might be too late. Like for ex, A girl wants to be a surgeon, an awesome brain surgeon. that would mean, putting up 12 hrs or more of work in the hospital, all days and everyday. she might be a passionate person, she might be a hardcore person, but at times of failure, there is always a breaking point, where she will break down, would want support, and some one to push her forward when she has almost given up. That one person might not be her parents if she had gone against their wills, or if they are no more. It might not be their friends for they have their own problems. It is the soul mate who is always there for you, after all its a mutual relationship.

So girls and guys, who have given it a thought, Marriage is only a social construction to be accepted in a society and having legal rights to various other things, however the need for a soul mate is not.

A pain in the neck……

Hi,for all those who are confused with the title,Let me clarify.I meant Migrane.

For me Migrane is a Family trait that I have acquired with no rhythm or reason.It just runs in the family.

with almost 8 years of suffering,I have been able to identify some causes why Migrane occurs.

Atleast it applies to me.

1.Not eating food at the right time.

2.walking under the hot sun.

3.Sinus triggered migrane

4.Too much reading(during exams).

5.Becoming emotionally tense which leads to crying and other forms of expression of desperacy.

As much as I know,with my experience,Migrane is just not curable,since it is only a symptom of some disturbance in the stable state of a person.As much care as possible needs to be taken to avoid the above,since for me,If migraine comes,it stays for a couple of days,where no Pills would work,and All that i would be able to do is sleep.

Sometime last year in December,I happened to meet a Naturopathist,who suggested that Most of migrane occurs due to nervous pressure in the organs or the brain itself.Some times it could also be due to the accumulation of acidity in the intestine or too much mucous in the liver.

All this said,He suggested that I try some thing called as the LSP wash-(Lemon,salt and pepper)wash.i.e-take 5 lits of water,add 1 table spoon of salt,juice of 3 lemons and 1 spoon pepper,and then asked me to drink 2(500 ml) glasses of water from this mixture and then suggested that I do some yogic exercises(10 reps each) that would push the ingested water to all the organs.

The asanas in the sequence of

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.(bringing alternate leg front and taking it back in sequence-similar to cycling)

7.

8.

9.(w/o catching the leg,try looking behind and see the toe of the leg opposite tot he side you have turned,i.e look at the left toe when you have turned right side.)

10.

when you have come to the 5th asana,you would want to vomit,or have huge pressure to urinate.However try and not to do any of it.and when it goes beyond control,try to vomit.water would gush out of the mouth like out of a water pump.and this is an untimate relaxation technique for the facial nerves and also clears acidity off the intestine.

Most of the occasions you might not be able to finish the 10 reps of each asana,however if you have ejected the water you have injested,then switch tot he next asana.

This whole procedure might take about 1 hr to complete.But at the end of it,you are sure to feel 10000 times more relaxed and calm and your migraine would have vanished in no time.

trust me,I am not a person who does any kind of yoga regularly to prevent Migraine.However this technique is a sure help at the time when I have migraine.

Even on other days,you might do this to keep your colon clean,and cleanse your body.

try it and give me feed back.

happy clean body and soul.

whatta life…

Its been almost a year since I graduated from CEG.if I remember right the last exam was on the 4th of May.the year has been a huge experience by itself in terms of a lot of things,and I have transformed a lot from what i was a year back.

Well to start with,The May month was filled with a lot of house chores,going to native,getting involved in the MP elections and so on.

Then the month of June came,where I tried and got myself involved in Dad’s office.It was so difficult,since on one side I was job hunting,spending my entire night on Naukri,Monster job and all other websites,my days were spent in office trying to build systems in place,making business analysis and preparing training manuals.I used to curse myself,crib a lot about having to work in my dad’s office,not being able to go to U.S for M.S,and a lot more.It was a sure very difficult 2 months that had my mind every where else on earth other than what I needed to do.

It got a lot more difficult when I got job offers and when parents were unwilling to listen to my plea.I never would want to go back to that phase of life now.I used to be so emotionally down that I would eat every brain I had a chance to.

The only solace was Deepam sessions on saturday evenings,one thing that kept me away from inner fury.

http://www.deepam.org.in/

Then came the end of July when Granny had a mild paralytic attack,and I had to stay with her in the hospital,spending time talking to her,seeing trauma all places around me,still trying hard to keep my cool was one big exercise.Even now i would shiver at the thought of having to cross the operation theaters in the hospital and having to see mothers and wifes weeping and screaming over their loss.

Soon came August where I made a trip to the U.S along with family.It was one trip the whole family was looking forward to making,while I wanted quite not.Some how I couldn’t justify going to U.S with parents,and that too for a trip,while all my other friends went for M.S or their PG studies.I still tried getting in touch with proffs,getting an internship and staying back since i had the Visa,and the security of living at a relative’s place,yet Parents wouldn’t agree to me staying back.Another phase I wish I had a delete button to delete it.

It was such a traumatic trip where I used to be weeping inside myself hoping that parents would agree to me working on an intern,while all others would be enjoying their trip.such a shitty trip,not that I would blame my cousins who organised it,yet it was all bad for me….

Then came back to India late august,and the first thing i did was to pounce on my lappi and sleep on my bed.It was such a pain and releif to be back home and to my Room.

Then came September where I started getting involved with fitness and running.It was something I found comfort in after a long time.soon that was shattered too with talks of marriage at home.That one thing kept me shattered for the whole month.

http://www.mustseeindia.com/Thirumanancheri

the only saving grace was getting formally incepted in the office as a Project Engineer.Well,on one side i wished i didnt have to do it,it was atleast better than not having a job.the whole of the month was involved in 1 week orientation in each of the departments,starting from design to stores.I was putting my best efforts to stay focussed and pick up as much as I could.

Soon came October.I was alloted a project at work.Supply chain management of an equipment which had all imported materials,and late delivery materials with a very short term of 8 months delivery at customers site.It was a mammoth task,I knew it from the start.It was something I spent my days and night trying to do every possible thing to bring the raw materials to the shop as soon as possible.which meant following up with suppliers every day,making man power arrangements,intimating the inspection agencies,co ordinating with the design and quality departments.This was a lot of work and a lot pf pressure,Yet I was willing to take it,and liking it,unlike personal pressures.

My baby

Soon came October,when I started work in the Planning department.the 1st month was such a drag.Didnt have any one to train me,had a figure out a lot of stuffs myself.Though I had always liked self learning,hated it back then.It was like,learning the process flow,learning the software,learning everything all at once.Such a mess.Still was willing put put my best efforts to do my best.Started doing the project plan for my Project.took more than 1 week to freeze a production schedule.ran from pillar to post in the company to make sure that the plan was something practical and workable on.I was unwilling to re schedule it unlike the other projects which had to be rescheduled every month.Hated the idea of having to do it,and having to handle customers for it.got it accepted from all departments,and then put it on server.it was one huge relief when I finished doing it.with all this at work,I also tried running along with sudha in chennai marathon.Not that I was good at running,but to see such a huge crowd of passionate chennaties,it was a welcome change from my dull life.

http://givelife-chennaimarathon.com/about.htm

or may be it was in late september.still training was good.

Then came November.A decently good month,where I was able to shed a lot of troubled thoughts.One I got busy with work.two sudha helped me get over a lot of things.Senior company is sure a lot of help.she is such a female i sincerely look up to,be it health,life or profession.

Started taking running seriously,used to run on weekends in Marina,while on other days used to make use of the gym or run to besant nagar beach.soon came ECR 11 run.It was one of those rainy months where the low pressure had set in,and the whole city was almost flooded,while we still had the run.ECR 11 was another point where I learnt a lot,met a lot of passionate people…it was a once in a life time experience.I had registered for the run.Had a severe muscle spasm on the back which refused to go for weeks.still tried to run the 10 k i had registered for.i wasnt even walking through the course,i was literally limping,yet had the will to do it some how.

http://ecrrun.chennairunners.com/

I met some very important people there who have become real good friends now.Later went to native for diwali,came back,got busy with work and the month ended.

Then came December.Another month that was a whole new avatar.To start with,My imported materials from Netherlands had arrived,and i had to make sure that it was sent to Ahmedabad for drilling.On the other side,I was making a training manual for people to understand the working with MS project,meeting presentations and data collection.

soon enough I had contracted Chicken pox and had been room ridden for 2 full weeks.Man it was a huge effort to be staying inside the room,with no TV,NO reading,and not meeting people.just me and 4 walls.Yet it was a time I could do some real time soul searching.while on one side i was cribbing of not being able to train for the auroville marathon,on the other I was actually enjoying the isolation and tension free days.even before I knew,New year’s eve came and went.No impact at all.

Next was January.A slightly better month compared to the rest of the months,since one of my other major raw material for my project had been delivered at shop.Duplex stainless steel plates.Made my best efforts to get it rolled and fitted up in just 2 days,and got it inspected too in all just  days.

Then came pongal,By then with almost 1 month of no activity phase,I had totally forgotten about running or any form of exercise.Work was all that was there in my brain.rolling,welding,inspection…………….blaaah.

February.

Another month of kinds.I was all set for going to pondicherry for the Auroville marathon,had registered for a half marathon and was looking forward to it a lot. Had managed to convince parents and also took dad along for the marathon.packed up,left and while half way through,some one at work dies in a road accident.ooopsie,too much trauma again.police stations,government hospitals,consoling parents…Learning times,the tough way.

Comes March,and I am all set for cycling.Cycling was a new found friend,It did a lot to me.I was getting more fitter,meeting a lot of people,was able to make friends,was able to vent out a lot with cycling.wow,One month I thoroughly liked.

still fate had it otherwise.Groom screening was happening in a very fishy way.I didn’t like it one bit.Still learnt a lot to still keep my cool from 10 months of experience.

April-

The heat has caught on.I had not done much of cycling.At work my baby was ready for dispatch.got busy with that.then made a very short trip to Native for Tamil new year.It was such a welcome change though lasted only for 2 days.It continued with the sales meeting of office in a beach resort,and now I sit to type out the minutes of the meeting.

while my thoughts are still lingering with the plans of trying to analyse what went wrong in each of the months of the year 2009-2010 which has kept me totally angry.

may be will do it in a later post.

discretization

well,as navin suggested in the comments of my earlier post,I shall try and categorise the 30 things into various divisions so that I have a rough idea of which are the horizons my heart years to touch,and I shall try and satisfy it in all spheres.

so here is the list and the subdivisions.

Fitness

1. 1.Get real fit
2. 2.Run a full Marathon in sub 4.5 hrs
3. 23.participate in “Tour of Nilgiris”.cycling tour

Career

1. 9.Finish an MBA in one of the top 10 Indian B schools or Top 20 U.S/EU B schools.
2. 10.Start my own versatile design consulting firm.
3. 27. Motivate 10 women to become Entrepreneurs.

adrenaline hype

1. 11.Do Para flying
2. 12.Do scuba diving.
3. 26.Do rock climbing.

creative thirst

1. 30.Shoot a documentary movie.
2. 8.Design my own clothes
3. 19.Learn and perform Bharathanatyam.

language love

1. 14.learn Japanese and German languages atleast to speak.
2. 15.Perfect my conversational Hindi.
3. 16.Learn atleast 2 more Indian Languages than I already know.

travel

1. 3.Go on a back pack tour to Europe
2. 4.Travel to Japan,south Africa and Korea.
3. 5.Travel to north east India.

ventures

1. 6.Start a restaurant.
2. 7.start a dessert shop/bakery.
3. 28.Design an Aircraft

love for people

1. 20.Adopt a kid.
2. 22.Design a green public transportation system.
3. 29.Start a total total Rural Based Industry.

love for nature

1. 13.Trek to Leh and Ladakh.
2. 25.Go camping in forests
3. 21.Learn nature and wildlife photography.

other wish lists

1. 17.Own a nice house.
2. 18.Buy an Audi Car.
3. 24.Learn a Latin dance and dance in a social function.

ok,thats 10 categories and 3 under each division.

Some might not actually fit in to the division,However I have put them under a particular division,for thats what decides my commitment to it.

From the above list,what does mean a lot to me is my fitness and career,which shall get my utmost concentration atleast for a few years to come.

then comes my addiction to adrenaline.The rest shall fall in place.So if I am asked to pick 4 from the above list for this year,I might not be able to pick them according to priority,However what i could be possibly confident about is even if I don’t finish it,I shall be able to make some necessary background arrangements.

so yeah,I shall have

Getting real fit and participating in TFN under fitness for this year.

Under career,I shall write my qualification exams GMAT and TOEFL this year.I am not sure about the adrenaline part,because I need to be fit before I try them.

Under creative side,I shall try and do the preliminary steps for the documentary movie.Under laguage love,I shall perfect my hindi,and join japanese classes.and finally design a green public transport system.

The rest I guess shall take a back seat for a while.

4 4 the year.

having posted my wish list for the next decade minus the 2 years,I thought it is just fair enough to have a yearly plan,since I am supposedly working with the planning department at work,and I am a good planner!! ok what ever,let me get to the point.

30 things in 8 years averages to 2.5 things in a year as Navin sadrangani pointed out,However,I plan to have 4 things lined up for the year 2010,assuming I account for depreciation to fit in in the later years.

so whats that i have for 2010?

1.Get real fit-Most important thing

2.perfect my Conversational hindi-which is 50% done.I can speak upto 2 sentences till now at a stretch!!

3.participate in tour of Nilgiris-After chicken pox and all,I am not really fit,But i have almost 11.5 months with me to train,so I guess I should be able to do it.

4.Design a totally green public transportation system-After all I work for a heat exchanger manufacturing company,whose main use is to go green,save energy.so getting to the bottom of it all,I presume its just fair to start with chennai city as such.

well,having listed 4 things for the year,Its just common sense to account for each of them for every quarter,or just go ahead doing all of them parallelly.

for the 1st quarter,I have the most important thing to do,Get fit!!!Easier said than done,sure many would agree with me.

And for the 2nd quarter,I have perfecting my Hindi which continues from 1st  quarter.

For the 3rd quarter,I have designing Designing a green public transportation system lined up.

And for the th quarter I have Tour of Nilgiris to be accomplished.

Let me get to the micro planning in my future posts to come.

Right now,I presume it would be safe to just go to sleep.If you do have suggestions on the micro planning part,you might add in,and I shall sure appreciate it.

A toast/roast to Paa.

Hi,

I had just finished watching paa now,well its past 1.30 A.M.having slept from 5 in the evening till 8,Insomnia crept in even with out permission,perhaps I had asked for it.

well,lets get to the toasting of Paa.

WRT my previous blog,I had mentioned about my Hindi Knowledge,having said that,I still took a chance to watch Paa,with out the subtitles.I could have waited for a DVD with the subtitles for what its worth,However me watching paa doesn’t really prevent me from understanding paa a bit later,Perhaps the same difference that teachers repeatedly keep preaching,”the difference between reading and studying is….”,well,some where I seem to have developed a feeling that I have not really grown out of school in a lot of respects.Just like Auro,I loved school too.

so yeah,lets get to the movie.Paa is a good movie in all respects,in comparison to all the recent masala movies,Sure a change is definitely welcome.Be it the story,the cast,the cinematography,the camera with P.C.sharma or even the music with maestro illaraja,there has been no bumps on the road to paa,or after it.The movie impressed me from the very beginning.The invitingly warm posters,the very different method of announcing the names of the crew of Paa,felt like being seated in a flight,where the pilot announces the names of the crew.honestly speaking,I wouldn’t have paid attention to any aspect of the movie except for the cast,if ithad not been announced the way it was,so hats off to that initiative.

The next thing I liked about the movie was vidya balan,sure a homely face,smiling all through the movie,and keeping the child happy.There isn’t much to say about the music or the camera,as there wasn’t much anyway.

Now moving on to the roasting part,

First thing or rather the only thing about the movie was the story,and ofcource with a “hitchky-hickup”-progeria.Have we not seen numerous movies with alomost the same story?,have we not discussed it so much that we have had sleepless nights over such discussions in ethics class?,Atleast I have had many sleepless nights while prodding over topics such as “Abortion, Euthanasia-mercy killing,divorce,living together,Integrity,students in politics”!!! and what not.

So what makes Paa special anyway?

Is it the incurable disease-No,we have had such movies either with or with out Big B having the disease right from Anand till Black.Its either disability or a disease,while the story is the same.

Is it because it is a Bachan family movie-No,Because we don’t really get that feeling while watching the movie except for the presence of abhishek.

Is it the career push that Abhi has that leaves us with a question of who’s mistake is it?-Abi’s for being such a jerk? Or is it vidya’s for totally shutting Abhi out of it?But again,we have had many many such movies..Infact all movies of illegitimate children or single moms invariably have such a background.

Is it the about Abhi’s sensitivity as a politician-May be,but that factor dies out in the second half after Auro’s realiasation about his Dad.Infact what keeps the movie moving is perhaps us waiting for Auro to mention Abhi’s old old mistake.

Is it the knotted up,or rather never knotted relationship between abhi and vidya?-I don’t think that could be the thing either,because we had such movies in all languages,Tamil,Hindi and English.

So what is it that makes Paa a different movie?

while we see the individual aspects<Micro perspective-discretized view> of the movie as such,there isn’t possibly anything unique about the movie,However what does make it a touching movie is that,perhaps the kid Auro himself and his presence of mind in spite of his problems.And the way he keeps himself calm and composed through the movie,and his efforts to bring his parents together though nothing different,but just the will power is what brings the movie together  and a feel good factor at the end of the movie and the end of the year..

30 things i want to do before I am 30.

I am 22 now,and when I look back,I don’t really have anything significant to state about my life so far,and that leaves me thinking

1.whats the purpose of my life?
2.What do I want out of it?
3.What do I want to be after I am done living?

Just like a cheeky teenager,though I have got past it 3 years ago,I have no particular answer to the question,however I am willing to put in some soul searching in the process of writing this post,hoping I will have atleast partial answers figured out at the end of it all.

Sometimes I see a relatively short girl,with curly hair,spectacles and a huge back pack,who spent most of her time away from home in classes that range from classical dance,carnatic music,tennis,swimming,folk dance,painting and a hell a lot more.However didn’t manage to excel in anything and hence fits perfectly for the quote “Jack of all trades,master of none!”.while her pre adolescent years were spent watching pathetic doordarshan channels and waiting eagerly for the friday oliyum ozhiyum,her later years were spent in the supposedly extra curricular activities.she was neither great at school,managed a 85 to keep her parents pleased,while still having her fun,however was always teacher’s pet-How pathetic!!
That girl was none but me-yeah years before the hair straightening thing.

Had some one told me back then that,You cannot be a fashion designer back then,I would have brought the roof down!!
Years passed while my interests changed from fashion to more serious life science to bio technology,And had someone told me that it is not a great idea to be a bio technologist,There could have been an artificial tsunami.But today,I am none of it,I am a thriving mechanical engineer,still trying to figure out if this is what interests me even after graduating!!!
Well back then,choosing mechanical engineering had a different theory-”seeing is believing”,hence mechanical is the best thing for me.

Anyways,after 14 years of school education in the very same school,and after 22 years of my life spent in the very same locality with the same neighbours,Lets see if I have grown outwards or inwards.

Now that I am kind of grounded in my room for atleast a week,because I am sick,also I wouldnt like to state the same thing as above about my life when I am 30,I put down the list.

First things first,
1.Get real fit.
2.Run a full Marathon in sub 4.5 hrs
3.Go on a back pack tour to Europe
4.Travel to Japan,south Africa and Korea.
5.Travel to north east India.
6.Start a restaurant.
7.start a dessert shop/bakery.
8.Design my own clothes.
9.Finish an MBA in one of the top 10 Indian B schools or Top 20 U.S/EU B schools.
10.Start my own versatile design consulting firm.
11.Do Para flying
12.Do scuba diving.
13.Trek to Leh and Ladakh.
14.learn Japanese and German languages atleast to speak.
15.Perfect my conversational Hindi.
16.Learn atleast 2 more Indian Languages than I already know.
17.Own a nice house.
18.Buy an Audi Car.
19.Learn and perform Bharathanatyam.
20.Adopt a kid.
21.Learn nature and wildlife photography
22.Design a green public transportation system.
23.participate in “Tour of Nilgiris”.cycling tour.
24.Learn a Latin dance and dance in a social function.
25.Go camping in forests.
26.Do rock climbing.
27. Motivate 10 women to become Entrepreneurs.
28.Design an Aircraft.
29.Start a total total Rural Based Industry.
30.Shoot a documentary movie.

Rolling marbles!!!

Its been more than a month since return from the U.S trip,and people have for long been asking for the pictures,however I had decided to make a scrap-book of it,so kept the pics a secret.I took 2 weeks to decide what kind of scrap-book I wanted,1 week to scrutinize the pictures(Bane of digital cams,we take way too many pics,that I had to choose 100 pics from 1228 pics!!!),1 day to print them,1 hour to cut them out.

Having cut them out and also having bought the materials to make the scrap-book,I was in too much hurry to see the results and hence set out to convert the plain white board sheets into something more appealing and suitable for a background.So after a lot of thought,and brain storming,I decided on making Marbled sheets of paper as a base for the pics.

So then,I bought some wood paints,and started right away to make the sheets.Everything was fine,and picture perfect.I did a great job,felt too prod of myself and went straight to the clothes hanger and hung it with clips.My pride hadn’t soured even a bit,and I turned around on one leg in full josh,just to end up having wet paint all over my hair!!!!

It was close to 1 in the night,and I couldn’t wake up mom and had to think,think deeply!!!.Then came the brilliant idea,2 years of grueling IIT classes in organic chemistry came in handy,I headed straight to the dresser,pulled out a bottle of nail polish remover (acetone) and successfully removed the paint off my hair!

So very thankful to studio profile professionals who made my hair straight,if it had been anything curly,I would have had to walk with red,blue and yellow paint on my hair….or back to child hood boy cut,much to my parent’s despair.

On how many occasions do you have a blogger sitting down with a laptop with wet paint on her hands type out words?

well,I couldn’t bother finding stats on that,but I just happened to be one of them!!!

Marbled walls

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