Monday, 16 March 2009
Love - Hmmm what a lovely feeling!!!!
Friday, 6 March 2009
A Place Full of Drama - Delhi.
Thursday, 19 February 2009
Veena's and Hemisha's Joint Venture and More
Friday, 23 January 2009
No Idea!?!?
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Rain rain go away come another day, little johny wants to play.
Hmmm the rains are here. The lovely cloudy skies, the cool breeze, the puddles, the getting wet when you are about to open your umbrella etc. the list just goes on.
But since the past 5 years the monsoons kid of brings all the kind of negative feelings with it. People are getting scared of the water. One doesn’t want to go out fearing that they either might get stuck somewhere or getting sick after getting wet. People are getting less and less immune health wise so they don’t want to go out. They are scared of eating out also same reason. There is one more reason also people don’t go out. I guess the various government organizations are responsible quite a lot about the scares of people. The water is contaminated, the roads are bad, and the gutters are not cleaned on time.
But I sometimes wonder whether the cleanliness of the city is only in the hands of the BMC. I think that we as citizen are equally to blame. We keep throwing things on the roads. Well I can’t say that all of us are like that but the thing is that there is a very negligible amount of us who don’t litter.
The other thing which has become very popular point of conversation is the high tide timings. Everyday of the monsoon there will be a new tide time and life seems to revolve around that time. It is said that if the is very heavy rain when there is a high tide, and then we are in for very big problems. The thing is that that’s when flooding will happen.
Personally I love the monsoons they give us a cool weather after the hot summer and it also gives us water. Everything gets cleaned and trees look more green.
Tuesday, 10 June 2008
What kind of change is this?
I think that
After that came the computer. That was like a Pandora’s Box. WOW its like never ending source of activity in every field. It still keeps bringing out different surprises. Along with that there was a start of better looking television sets and video sets. Then there was a lull in things for some time. Then came more TV channels for which I think cable was responsible.
Sometime after that we had CDs and CD players. Also FM radio had started by then. DVDs also started coming in. Our cinemas also improved in their quality. Dolby sound was a big thing. Multiplexes also came in.
And the list is endless with laptops, notebooks, ipods, iphones, fancy mobiles, and God knows what.
But with so much improvement in technology and science does it change a person’s mentality? Terrorist activities, wars, riots, crimes, murders, rapes, robberies etc.. The same technology which has helped in making lives so much easier has also been used to make life hell for you.
The same computer which has helped us with a lot of things are now being hacked into and meddled around with , credit cards which help us not carry cash around are also being made into fakes and used to fleece the poor card holder. The terrorist have been using technology for their attacks as well. I dont want to go into detail I guess you know. Kids are sing mobile phones for wrong things like making MMS clips of fellow students and passing the clips around.
My question is are we ready for so much change? Are we responsible enough to use technology?
Monday, 26 May 2008
Unbelievable things happening.
Now the problem I have is against two things. One is the stupid over-enthusiastic media and the other is the very shoddy work done by the Noida police. Its so crazy the whole damn thing. While the investigation was still going on the different media houses had formed their own investigation teams. Now my problem here is doesn't the media have any sense that touching the crime scene is tampering the case?, the media houses have touched everything the mattress on which the girl was killed they touch the doors. Then they form their own conclusions. They don't forget to blame the police that they haven't collected the evidences. I think the police should file cases against the media houses for tampering with the scene. What all they do to get TRP ratings high.
The other is the police even if they have any evidences or proofs but that doesn't make them come all out and talk all utter nonsense to the media. They have given 2 motives for the killings. Which probably can't be the case. The Noida police have been very bad in their investigations since the Nathari case ( where skeletons were found buried in a bungalow). I am very happy with the fact that I live in Mumbai Mumbai police mite have their own problems but at least they would behave more responsibly .
My heart goes out for the mother of the girl.
Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Media hype or...?
A girl by the name of Arushi who was 14 years old was found murdered in her house in Noida and also the house help by the name of Hemraj has also been murdered. This has happened on the 15th night, today is 21st and the channels are continuously giving a breaking news of the case. Weird it is. These channels act like they are the masters of solving crimes. Some of the channels are forming their own investigating teams to solve the crime. As though the police are fools and don't know their work. The channels keep saying that the killers will be booked any moment now etc..
At one time the channels were showing a live scene of the police trying to enter a door. The crazy part was that the police were trying to unlock the door with a kitchen equipment, it looked so funny. I know that it is a serious affair out there but how silly to unlock the door with a kitchen thing. Oh my God.
The reporter also had a problem when the parents of the girl murdered went to a temple. The parents might have gone to the temple to pray for the justice for their daughter. The reporter said that in such a time the parents have gone to the temple they should not go etc..
I would like to ask isn't there anything else to report. There were blasts in Jaipur, elections in Karnataka, India's minister has gone to Pakistan maybe a lot more. They do mention the other stories but in passing. Some of the channels have made stories out of the non- seasonal rain that has come in the national capital New Delhi. I would say what is the big deal ha?
Thank God for the English channels they at least have other stories to show and talk about. They have good programmes which give insights to other parts of India.
Other silly things that the channels show are the behind the scene stuff happening in the much watched IPL matches.
I would like to know what you guys feel.... Bolo ap ki kya rai hai? baltao?
Wednesday, 14 May 2008
Making of Passport
We ( by we i mean hubby and me) decided to start by re-issuing my passport. We felt that that would not be difficult. First, we found out the overall process from the travel agent in the area. We also went to the official website for passports of our Indian government. (Roshan also needed to get a new passport issued as all the pages in his passport were exhuasted because he travels a lot).There was something which is called verification certificate, that is given to you by a government official. So we dug into our address books and searched through all our connections. My brother then remembered that one of his friend's dad is an IAS officer. So we went to him and got the verification certificates. Oh my God what a waste of time these government offices are. They take half an hour to type a letter then they take another half hour to get the the letters stamped. So there were 2 letters one hour wasted and again both these letters have to be stamped so one hour there got wasted.
The IAS officer is a very sweet man he kept talking to me about his work and his wife and kids. All the while he kept cribbing about the way the government peons and other staff operate. He was telling me that he was totally helpless with the way it is done. He said that if in a government office does this kind of delay they are termed as inefficient and corrupt. At the same time if a delay of the same kind occurs in a corporate setup it will be termed as internal politics and a way of functioning. Crazy that was.
Anyway I finally got the letters, but it was a good 2 and half hours later. Now 1 whole day was lost so couldn't do the passport submission that day. Then we had a affidavit from a lawyer to state that we are Indians and have nothing wrong with our identification. That didn't take that much time. It was done in say half hour.
We had filled the form online. So there was very little hand writing to do. Oh yes when I was at the IAS officer's office, my hubby was at the passport office submitting our forms and other documents. The next day I went with hubby to the old passport office to submit the other documents. We wanted what is called the Tatkal service. So we submit the papers and were called a week later for just a stupid signature in front of an official. That was a lot of craziness as I had my chappals torn by a very rude woman.
Then we went back home and after some days I had a rude shock, a police officer came home and made a big ruckus asking me all kind of questions , "Who lives here? Where is Roshan D'silva? Does he ever live here? or does he not live here? where is he right now? who are you of him? etc. etc."
All these questions were asked in a very rude way and because of the loud volume my neighbor came out and she was also asked all kind of questions whether Roshan lives here or not. Apparently he had come earlier and we were not at home so he figured that we don't live here. Then I called Roshan and we went to the police station and gave them the required documents etc. so that was ok. The officer in the police station was very helpful, told us what the next steps were, made us sit down and spoke with us very nicely.
Anyways Roshan's passport hasn't yet come but we did find out why. Oh by-the-way my passport came without any delay. It is Roshan's which is taking all the time. Now apparently all his previous passports have been issued overseas so the procedure is different and they have to do some verification as he has never had his police verification done in India. Now we understand all the delay. So we were all the while blaming the system but it's actually the bureaucracy which is the culprit. Thanks to the passport website we know the status of the most important piece of identification one needs to prove he/she is Indian. Lets hope his passport also come as soon as possible. The only sad part is that the Jumbo passport which we have applied for is only 60 pages so according to Roshan he has to repeat this process every 3-4 years as that how long it takes him to exhaust all the pages.
I can fairly say that we need a lot of patience when it comes to dealing with the government offices in this country. PHEW!!!!
Monday, 12 May 2008
Being married is loads of FUN
Married life is fun…….. At least so far!!!
Wednesday, 12 September 2007
I got engaged
Then I got engaged on Wednesday last. So preparations of thats and then recuperating from the event the hang over is still there though. Its a lovely feeling being engaged to THE person. NOw the whole thing of the marriage starts. Am getting married on the 23rd December by-the-way. Please readers my friends please be there.
Will be more quick in postings. Sorry people.
Friday, 24 August 2007
Too much Nostalgia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpT3TqsNqBY
Please check it out.
Thursday, 23 August 2007
Ideas of Fun
I think the idea of fun changes according to age. when we were kids we did different things like break brand new toys just for fun, much to the plight of our parents. Then when in school jump around, get dirty, tease other children, make fun of the teacher etc.
As teenagers the focus shifts from "silly" things like jumping to playing video games or musical instruments, one-day picnics, or just going for coffee at a cafe. Then when we come to the twenties we change to maybe shopping ( cause some of us do part time jobs), eationg out, watching movies or plays, exploring far of locales etc. Somewhere in the late twenties we change yet again to attending musicals, having wine, reading Russian or German novels, doing some adventure, going on longer trips and the list goes on.
Then slowly some of us get married and have joint fun with ones spouse( not in the double meaning way ha ) Of course then we get kids of our own and the cycle continues. For the parents its fun to watch their babies grow up, though there are emotions, attachments, responsibilities etc but over all its Fun.
My Ideas of Fun
1. Watch TV especially news channels
2. Sleep
3. Read funny articles in magazines and newspapers.
4. Do some adventure. Go for a ferry ride on Gate Way of India for example.
5. Irritate my brother.
I believe by the end of the activity you did one must say either to oneself or out loud ,
" That was Fun!!!!" or " What Fun that was!!!!"
What are your ideas of fun? Bolo Bolo Tell Tell?!?!
Monday, 20 August 2007
Thinking Twice
For example ( the good effect people) certain people don't think twice before expressing their emotions. Well sometimes thats a good thing but sometimes its not. The people who say it on your face think that they are doing you a big favour, they say " I am like that, very frank. I say what I feel. Take it or leave it." I think its nice to be frank and all but then you also must be ready to face the consequences.
Then there are some people who are complete opposite of the 1st category, they don't say anything till it is unbearable. Then when they say it they don't think twice. They are worse than the 1st category because theirs are bottled up emotions related to the past, related to the character and nature of the event unfolded in front of her/him.
These are serious issue or matters. Some other situations are such where we as "Indians" don't think twice before doing ( there could be exceptions to the case I don't want a Devilish experience here). For example throwing rubbish on the roads, throwing stuff outside our windows, sometimes even spitting on the street, pushing elderly people on railway stations and the list continues.
I think without these people there would be no entertainment. Its nice to observe such events and think about where we stand. But also I am not saying that if someone litters the surroundings you must keep quite about it. I don't allow it myself. Well I fall into the category of people who don't think twice before asking someone to stop littering. I believe if you can't clean then don't make the place dirty.
What say my readers can we not litter please THINK TWICE before you want to. We wouldn't do it if we were in the west would we?!
Friday, 20 July 2007
Some Kiddish Poems
Here goes.
1.
Where has the rain gone?
Leaving all of us alone,
Has it gone to a place we call home?
Oh, my Dear Lord, where has the rain gone?
2.
The rain has left us dry,
In the sun we almost fry,
Keeping cool in the fan is what we try,
Really, the rain has left us dry.
3.
Brother of mine asked if I would speak in rhymes throughout the night,
In my mind I thought that I probably just might,
That gave me a lot to think about gave me some sight,
This all unfolded when brother asked if I would speak in rhymes all night.
This is what I wrote don't know how it is but it is what it is.
Thursday, 28 June 2007
A flood of small events
Then there was and is the most awaited and talked about thing this season. Well it is the season so to speak. I am talking about the rains. There were the usual suspects which was the flooding of Milan Subway, Taxi's over charging, people generally getting wet, News channels flooded with flood news, trees uprooting etc etc. How much happens because of the rains. Oh My God.
Getting a car from the showroom is another cute and personal experience. There is the explaination about the different documents, the initial wait of wanting to see what the car looks like, then the car is unveiled and pictures taken, a small Pooja done, coconut broken, and then the car comes to you. It's is so personal that one has to go through it to know. I can only explain the procedure. Well it's something similar to Child birth I guess.
There was also the experience of being a part of ones best friend's happiest moment. The event was of a proposal and the girl accepting it. The moment is one thing and witnessing it is another. Well it does help being friend to both, but it has its pros and cons.
Overall life is good. I choose it to be.
P.S. Vote For Taj
Thursday, 21 June 2007
My Experiences With The Taxis Of Mumbai
I feel their lives are pretty sad. Entire day driving, manouver traffic, go through the tantrums of the passangers, being away from family and most of all their health. I think we need to respect them. What say?!?!
They are human beings and working like most of us. Some drivers have terrible tempers, they yell at the pedestrians or at other drivers. Some have a sense of humour they can laugh and make you laugh. Some are sweet ( if you know what I mean). Some are very knowledgeable like they know about new technology, latest news local national, and they can talk about health and ayurveda etc. Some come with surprise packages, this one driver spoke to me in fluent english was a shock and surprise at the same time. Others have a Please-dont-look-or-talk-to-me kind of look.
Personally I think we must make them feel relaxed and chill them out. Don't talk to them like you own them. For example if they have their FM radio on then don't yell asking them to shut it. Same thing can be done in a polite manner. They like it and appreciate it and whats more they will drive better and will be relaxed also.
I think all we need to know that they have made life simple and faster for us. Otherwise our Meters would be down.
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P.S. Please vote for TAJ
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Hand Writing and its results
Hi, Hows you? I am ok. You need to get better soon so that you can go to the new contry, ok I know that is not the spelling of country. Now I really dont know what to write but will try and write something till you make coffee. I am wondering still thinking, wondering, thinking, wondering now I am zapped. It actually feels very weird writing something when we dont really have a plan. But then irts all about using ones brain. Which I cant say if I have. But I must be having brains because otherwise I would not be able to write na. Stupip things I have to write. Crazy this is. But i still have half a page to go so I will still have to use the brains. But my coffee is here so will be taking a sip of it and then describe it.Well that coffee is good I like it. And the cup is cute. Now I have quarter of this page to go and then I should be ready for evaluation. Oh my God. This is just too funny writing and now I think I have had enough. So let the results come. Is it enough already? I think so.
Well thats what i wrote. I can really tell what the analysis was but it was fun.
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Thank You
Before starting of blogging I thank all my family and closest of friends who have inspired me to blog. Thank you one and all. This post is just a Thank You to all the other bloggers. Thanks Have learnt alot.
This blog of mine would have my observations of what I see and think about.
Thank you again