Durga's Random Thoughts.

Breaking news: Two were found dead in the premises of a house in Chennai after consuming a large quantity of 'Lakshmanrekha' chalk. They were a part of a mass murder gang that has a strategy of poisoning food and water to kill large number of civillians gradually without leaving traces or evidence. The two are trained in stealth attacks and alleged to be genetically modified to withstand extreme conditions. The duo had entered the system of flats through their plumbing and hence been overlooked and unnoticed by the security and housekeepers. A member of the special task force assigned to nab them said "We had plans of trapping them at night, which is usually when they operate. They had information of us. (So) we could not capture them alive. But it is a victory. They did not have chance to further kill anyone else. But we are still investigating the modus operandi of the group. (We) will capture more in recent future." The cockroaches were unceremoniously thrown i...

I do not understand why parents have to indoctrinate their belief system into their kids. Religion, organization of stuff, way of living.. Now, one boils milk and then puts tea. Someone else puts tea at another time. Both get tea for heavenssake! One believes in a christian god the other in a hindu god and yet another does not give a damn to any of these. All of them die in the end! And I will get mad if I get into the religious fanaticism part of it. I dont care if 'your god' protects the crap out of people. I am an atheist. At least borders atheism. I dont understand crap like,"god decided to bless us cos we pray but decided to kick syria's(or afghanistan) ass cos they are a pack of blasphemic individuals." God is a pretty selfish fill up the blanks if that is the case. "Blessed are not those that are hungry for righteousness, but those that pray to me 5 times a day." Wonderful! Nobody cares if you are very Monica-ish about cleanliness and orderli...

You know, if Indira was there, she would have nationalized crude oil and petroleum sector. :( This was a status I had put up some days back and you can see how that went here . I was expecting someone to point out the glaring hole in this whole idea. Nobody did, and hence I will point it out myself. While it is a good idea to nationalize the crude oil sector so as to keep a check on the oil imports and the forex changing hands, we need to see what happens after that. Reliance, if nationalized, will bring down the prices of indigenous oil produce. Now, there will be reduction in prices (reliance/desi oil bringing it a bit down). But that would also mean more people find it affordable. Or people will stop thinking twice before using a car for that 100 m drive.-which they think twice about, right now- While they get back to 'I can afford to' mode, the requirement will rise up further. Every tom dick and harry will be using his car to show off and travel those petty distanc...

എഴുതിയിട്ട് കാലങ്ങൾ ആയി . This is going to be a mixed post. In terms of language and themes. It would also include the problems of a writer who has been out of touch with writing for a long time now. Wanted to write before marriage about the hullabaloo people make around the bride. You feel special alright but you also feel awkward and disgusted sometimes. Wanted to pen every incident. But was kinda busy, what with my marriage and all. Still, some that stuck a glaring picture, penned down... Co-worker before marriage one day - Are you shy? (Does it help that it was a guy who asked me this?) Although taken aback, I was like "No, I already know the guy. And am not really the shy type." കല്യാണം കഴിക്കുന്നവരെക്കാൾ ഡൌട്ട് ആണി കല്യാണം കാണുന്നവർക്ക്‌ . "Love marriage ആണോ ? സത്യം പറ !" There were women in my extended family who came and declared "You donno how to cook. How are you going to survive there? Oh you are gonna lose face for the family." I find ...

I thought babies could be bought. In fact, when I wanted a sibling, I would ask mom and dad to buy one and come when they come from office. :) They b(r)ought one home a year later. :) Later, I thought babies happened when a man and woman hugged and kissed. Little did I know there was a lot more to it than kisses and hugs. I thought actors lived inside the TV. They had similar looking people and they jumped to start acting when I switched on my TV. I would switch the TV on and off in succession to see whether they are a proactive lot and adhered to time. They had one person for each TV from a lot that looked similar. And since we are buying these people also, the TV is costly. I used to believe that the Indian flag had orange at the top and the Kerala flag has red on top. (Thanks to my very imaginative mom!) I used to think that people who ate non veg on sundays are all christians. So much that I believed the neighbours who didnt buy meat on sundays were hindus. I used to be sc...

American tax payers are idiots. A big chunk from that goes into tapping calls and snooping. Tell me what you get out of it Mr Tax Payer? :) Sources : The Hindu PS- It is funny how the Americans find it fine to be looted by their own to betray others. The Story so far, for the people who missed it -  Edward Forward...

After all, blood is blood.

It is a bit late to analyse this situation but I felt so strongly about the way everyone other than a US citizen has been violated of their privacy and faith. Now, obviously everyone who continues reading would have a basic idea about what the whole incident is. So, what are our alternatives? 1. ICANN (controlled by the US dept of Commerce ) is controlling all our website registrations and tracking it. This makes it easier for them to snoop around who does what and what goes on, where. Although this was not a part of the revelations by Snowden, it is only common sense to understand why they fight tooth and nail to keep that control within themselves. We should revisit the need to have a separate body under the UN to control the  website registrations and other related services. I am not saying that it will not be under the influence of the who is who from the upper strata of the US government, but at least it will be lesser. Now, we also see that there is a price variatio...

So this idiot, comes along and argues with me as shown above. He blames God when he cannot explain it. Metaphor otherwise. Somehow, they have changed the meaning of Metaphor for his use. He opportunistically blames miracles and claims to know the Bible better than anyone at times and feigns ignorance at other times. Now, I am NOT an atheist. I just feel like kicking the 'blind belief' in its shin once a while and see where it goes. That conversation went on although I never took part in it after this point. Had enough fun already. :) Love and Sarcasm, Durga Nandan

Telecom Commission gives 100% FDI  nod. Impact: As much as the foreign inflow of investment will be there, there will be an outflow of profits and  in the long run a lot of 'Indian money'. Will create jobs. Will bring in good competition and technology. Bring down the tele-connectivity prices (Hopefully. If anyone can give me a reason for or against this, it would be great.) But is India not saturated enough a market for growth? Will investments flow in like expected?

Daily News : Brinda Karat laments on the Attapady crisis . Daily Dose : Although the article shows how knowledgeable she is about the crisis, it does not tell us what she has done for them. -----------------------------------------------------------------

I recently read a post on Quora.com that talked about marriages and salary expectations. ( The Post ) My thoughts on why this is so. (For those who cannot read the post on Quora, the question was : Why (do) Indian brides, mostly educated, who are looking for grooms expects (a) much higher income the(a)n their own?) I think it all comes down to 1. The patriarchal attitude embedded for centuries in Indian minds. "Man should earn more or he will live off my girl's money. The more, the merrier." 2. Status symbol. "Boy earns much more than my girl does. My girl is worth it." 3. Girls themselves feel "If am worth so much, my husband should be worth more." Thing is, money is used to measure worth. And not character or other reasons. 4. And men "My ego is big enough to gobble you up if you bring more bread to the family than me." Somehow, I feel in a way it is a better choice since, it'll bring in more harmony. Especially, in arrange...

Indian society is predominantly patriarchal in nature how much ever it has 'claimed' that it has changed. Especially the men. When you are out with your man, unless you wear formals and look all 'I mean business', the serious talk goes to the man with you. All 'Oh! you look lovely ma'm!' and the similar lines are all you get. The misconception that when a lady is all 'Indian' looking and with her guy on a meeting makes her an arm candy, has to change. I know, I cannot change it by this single blog post, but let me tell you, next time on a meeting, I will think umpteen times before I wear formal casuals (or anything at all casual) and about divulging the information that I am here with my man. (No offence to my man, he treats me like an angel straight out of heaven. But you know baby, I get real bugged about this 'you are a woman' thing they give me.) Women, however judge another by how she looks and how it might increase her own visibility...

The last time the girl told the guy a lie, and went ahead to go die, all she could do was hide from him and cry. So was the likeness he had to the other big fat gloats, she wondered if it was right, to really have switched so many boats. And she hid and cried. Years went by, and the guy still didnt know. The girl was dead, all inside -ugly and it still does rot. They talked, lived together, made three babies.. But there, the dead one inside her never rose again. Things just stayed and years just flew. On her death bed she knew he never knew. Now the outsides were dead and a drop often fell, from his eyes 'cos he cut onions, once a while, well. Reaven the child, of Aadi the first, ran and came and said "Grandma had a diary. To read, let us try." Grandpa read it half and knew the pain behind. Grandpa read the rest and wondered about the find. Well, all said and done, he still cried only when onions were cut. He still cried, ONLY when the onions were cut.

Daily News : 10 year old jailed for trying to file a complaint on sexual assault. Daily Dose : Either we have  assaulters  wanting to be juveniles or we have mental juveniles trying to suppress 'genuine' complaints. -----------------------------------------------------------------

I could go to a land far far away. You know... like the Himalayas... Would be nice out there. I guess.

Daily News : 67 new trains announced. Daily Dose : Bansalji has 'religiously' chosen the destinations for new trains. Don't you think? -----------------------------------------------------------------

Today at work, we find out that kids of this generation are too exposed to internet and information that they need to have a class on what to do and what not to do on the new media. I am not going into the details of what happened but I am sure it might be a common phenomenon. Recently, a friend of my boyfriend had some complications in her pregnancy and after telling me about it, he asked me if I was scared of pregnancy myself. Now, I love kids and pregnancy is something every woman looks forward to. Even if it means she has to go through a lot of pain for that, herself. But the incident that happened today, scared me. I am worried this is the kind of world I have to send my kids to-like Phoebe was with her brother's triplets-. Rapists who do not understand the concept of right and wrong, Internet filled with things kids should not be exposed to at such a tender age. I didn't even know such words existed when I was that age. (Of the mischief maker who made all of u...

അവള്‍ ഒരു സുന്ദരി ആണ്. വെറും സുന്ദരി അല്ല ഞാന്‍ കണ്ടിട്ടുള്ളതില്‍ വച്ച് ഏറ്റവും സുന്ദരി. ഗ്ലാമര്‍ ഉണ്ട് എന്നല്ല ഉദേശിച്ചേ. ഒരു പാവം കോച്ചാ. പക്ഷെ നല്ല കുട്ടിയാ.. തോട്ടാവാടി പോലെ, നനുത്ത പൂ ആണ് എന്‍റെ കുട്ടി. പണ്ട് മുത്തശ്ശി പറഞ്ഞിട്ടുണ്ട്.. "സ്നേഹിക്കുന്ന ചെക്കന്‍ തൊട്ടാല്‍ പെണ്ണ് ചെമ്പകപൂ പോലെ തുടുക്കും എന്ന്. എന്‍റെ കുട്ടി പിന്നെയും സുന്ദരി ആയിരിക്കുന്നു. ഒരു മൊട്ടു വിരിയുന്ന പോലെ ഞാന്‍ അവളെ കണ്ടു.. എന്റെ മുന്നില്‍ അവള്‍ വിരിഞ്ഞ റോസാ പൂ പോലെ തുടുത്ത് വന്നു. എന്‍റെ  സുന്ദരികുട്ടി. വാലെന്റയിനെസ് ഡേയ്ക്ക് ഒന്നും സ്പെഷ്യല്‍ ആയി ചെയ്തില്ല എന്നതിന്ടെ പരിഭവം കഴിഞ്ഞ കൊല്ലം ഞാന്‍ കണ്ടതാ. ദേഷ്യപെടില്ല. വെഷമിച് അങ്ങോട്ട ഇരിക്കും.

Sometimes in life, dark shadows are all you see. But it helps to remember that there is a source of light. You just have to find where it is.

I am Indian. I am a wife. I married for love because it is the modern age. Earlier we had, these silly reasons. Money, status, family and fame. They married for that and lived with that. For no one dared question. No one dared change. The winds of change has blown around. The hearts of men have changed a bit Not fully, I say. Not fully, but bit. I am an Indian, I am a wife. I have not changed; name - my own. for the sake of it to be shown. I have a job and that was my dowry. For the world knows I can stand on my own, if things go awry. I do decide. He does decide. And we get to say and stay together in matters of life. I am ninety now and see my kids married and in a total mess. Maybe, they didnt learn or try to see. What husband did to the life of me. They live-in now, dont have kids. Earn for two and spend for three. No. This aint what I dreamt of then. This aint what I predicted. My husband is gone And I am still here. Hope he sees me and my imminent fear. Bless our sons, Bless me t...

Which town did we move to? Where the rainbows of the Alps are shining? Which town is further away? And how long is it? Lands of fury, of might and of love. Cries are heard, in the dusk and dawn. Prayers for sons, husbands and loves. Craters of loses stitched onto the edges and lives with hems. - Now, The war is done and the land is free. But the minds are not, They are a crying spree.

The start of a day, starts at night. And the start of a night during the day.

Daily News : Delhi Gangrape victim clears her Physiotherapy exam . Daily Dose : She is still passing the exams set by humans. But failed the one set by life. What's the use? -----------------------------------------------------------------

So, again a long time no see. :) Been the longest I guess, since I wrote here. I dont even dare to calculate how many days. So, this boyfriend of mine gives me a piece of his mind about why I didnt write a single thing for so long. My life revolved around a lot of other things lately. What they say is true. Growing up is a lot of trouble. Responsibilities and worries. Although it is not just that. A lot of good things came up. I know how the outside world is. I decided to commit for life. Well, he is demanding. It is hard for him to say what you did is perfect and upto my standards. -Almost never.- He does not ask me to do something. He asks me to finish the task. He does nt ask me whether I finished something. He asks me to give a status update. It is like having a full time manager in your life.I have had times when I had to remind him that he is a manager only in his office. But still.. He is one awesome person. And I cant imagine my life without him now. Anyway, com...

Daily News : Kilogram standard specimen heavier due to  contamination . Daily Dose : Ask that fellow to follow the Indian Kilogram's diet. Particularly, our shopkeepers'. -----------------------------------------------------------------

Daily News : Mangalayaan, the Indian mission to Mars to take off soon. Daily Dose : It is as if the solutions to all our problems wait in 'Mangal'. Astrolomy.. Oops! Astronomy ya(or) agarbattis! -----------------------------------------------------------------

Daily News : The Indian team loses miserably in the match against Pakistan. Daily Dose : Divided we stand, United we fall!   -----------------------------------------------------------------

Daily News :  A separate police report will be sent to the Juvenile Justice Board after a bone test confirms that he is a minor . Daily Dose : Bone test or Boner test? He does not have a backbone as far as India knows! -----------------------------------------------------------------