Relieved

I am back to my normal self and am happy.At the moment i dont seem to care much and i feel relieved.Today, i did all that i have always loved to do.Purchased a set of coloured lenses,shopped at the book store and spent over 3k,slept like never before,finished one of the books i bought in less than 3 hours and i simply loved it,had a long conversation with dad at the coffee shop,...Its been a nice day and a real nice one after a long long time.
Last night i was on phone with this friend of mine from school and after all the catching up we had a real nice conversation.We tried to identify the others flaws and faulty areas.It feels good to know what others think of you,especially when its your fren from school.The conversation went on for an hour,all about our lives,career,marriage...I couldnt help but laugh when he asked me about marriage.i dont see myself tying the knot until am settled.He seem to be on the look out for a girl of his type :p ..I hope he finds one soon.
Friendship is a valued prize and one has to be really lucky to get a bunch of reliable friends.In this aspect am really lucky :) This is the most difficult phase of my life.The decisions i make today will determine my future.Life is not easy and what comes easy is not valued.ALl that i have that i can boast about is my family and frens.I still have a career to make,i have to realise all my dreams.I am gonna pack the goodness of today and carry it with me to the future. I will need it in times when am down and shrinking, when i get completely exhauseted in my attempt to explore the nuances of my dream and realise every bit of it,until then i am gonna live with it,struggle till the last moment ,reinvent myself every single day, and embrace the world.Failures frighten me,as i havent had many,but now i seem to understand the significance of failures,step to success.And its not far away

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I feel traumatised

Come sunday and we face one of the most difficult exams in the whole of Asia.Atleast 20% of the junta must have put in their heart and soul to crack it and a few like me,just hope for some majic to get us thru.I am terrified at the thought of not doing well..am i?? he he..One piece of adicve for all CAT takers..I feel there are better options and better ways to get successful.Ultimately,its what u deserve you get.
Can i take up the job of a philosopher?..Alright,so all my frens gear up and gimme a call before the exam,i need all ur wishes.I am gonna have a great year ahead( my astrologer says so)..A very dynamic and successful year..Am here wid my arms wide open to welcome such a wonderful year..So lets all hope that we take the exam wid full enthu without losing our cool..This post is not written in desperation...I am a lil anxious tho' :(

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Sad-damned


Saddman Hussein,the former iraqi dictator,is awarded death sentence.My second post which talks of death sentence and in both cases am glad that justice prevailed.Well,my take on this

I am glad he is gonna be terminated,but sad that its gonna put an end to all the problems amd miseries he is subjected to at the moment.He is accused of killing 148 muslims.Barbaric,Atrocious!!

He is responsible for the death of more than a lakh people(source-My dad).The savage and excessive killing of thousands of Kurds using WM,had shown him this day.But looks like many chennaiites,including our CM and leader of opposition are not happy wid the verdict.

Reactions from across the globe :P

Jayalalitha-"Gross travesty of justice"

Blair-"I am against Death Penalty"

Bush-"Today we witnessed a landmark event in the history of iraq -blah blah..

I am sure saddam is doomed and is already shown the path to hell.In that case which is the most appropritae place for our lovely President(Bush).




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Defining Moment

What is it with some men?? What gets into them when they commit terrible,heinous crimes.The media is abuzz with stories of Priyadarshini Matoo,Jessica lal,Katara... Priyadarshini matoo,23 yearlaw student,raped and murdered.How does that sound?? Any other casethat would add onto the backlogs.Perhaps yes.Well,Her killer is nocriminal but a law student and son of a senior police officer.This isa tale of unrequited love and the anger it brought hardened intobitterness, revenge and retaliation.The victim was stalked and whenpolice intervened,he promised to stay away and not harass heragain.But his intentions were far from that.He devised a plan andexecuted it rather successfully.He found her alone at herresidence,raped and brutally murdered her.He battered her face beyond recignition.The authorities had to conceal this act of brutality and eventually he was acquitted.Now he is afamous lawyer,father of a 2 year old and a respected person in thesociety.All this only until yesterday,when he was found guilty of rapeand murder and is finally sentenced to death.A defining moment for theMatoo family.Not quite..once lost is lost for ever.

Jessica lal case is yet another heart wrenching story.Angst of anadolscent deprives a happy family of its lovely daughter.Followingwhich the mother dies of heart attack and father slips intodepression.Sole fighter is a sister who is bent on getting justice forher family.Unfortunately,this is a high profile case where the killeris the son of a MP.But she still awaits justice and has immense faith in judiciary.As one of the news channels pointed out,the problem is not with the judiciary,but with the prosecution system,lets hopesomething concrete results this time around for the lal family.

The above mentioned are just two of the innumerable cases of woman harrasment and killing.Woman is the weaker sex and i cannot refute that.Phyical and verbal abuse is so common that the numbers would exceed the population of India.I have been through so many of it myself.While at college,guys would gang up and pass crass comments on every girl who would passby.They are basically driven by frenzy and badly reasoned belief that their action does not allow questioning or scrutiny and their only motive is to exercise their dominance on the weaker sex.I pity these troubled souls and pray for their deterioration much like Santosh Singh's(Matoo's murderer).A moments fun can bring in so much misery and pain to the families of both the victim and the murderer.Why cannot men exercise restraint and behave like responsible citizens.Not all men are bad,and the bad ones can learn lessons from the good.For men like santhos singh and his ilk,death is the best punishment,or if something more painful than death can ever happen,i would suggest that.

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