Don't block my flight and hence life

     When “Indiblogger “called the bloggers to write on the cause of stopping “Child Marriage” I was taken aback. Because I thought “child marriage” was something that had already lost its existence and if it was to appear somewhere it was only in our Social science texts. I thought our social reformers had done enough to eradicate it.  But my line of thought suffered a fatal blow when I googled this phrase “Child marriage in India Stats 2013”

       A report by UNICEF says that  around 43% of women  aged between  20 -24 were married before the age of 18(In India).And the age range of child marriage spans from almost 9 years to 16 years. Pathetic isn’t it..A big blow to human rights!!!

   When women at the age of 24-25 are confused about choosing their partners; confused  about getting married ;are in state of denial to leave their mom –dad and go to their “sasural”… how can u expects “kids” to renounce their childhood ;get married ;start raising kids and set up a family…Probably they don’t even relate to all these terms in their young cheerful hearts. All they know is about playing with kids, playing with dolls and grooming themselves.

   You get married someone when she is a kid and she is exposed to plethora of problems.

1) Health and pregnancy related problems—you can’t expect someone to deliver when she is 13 or 14..!!! Isn’t it

2) Infant mortality—

3) Discontinued Education… etc

        The last one seems to be a serious problem bcos it leads to a vicious cycle. The girl is subject to child marriage and the lack of education and exposure doesn’t give her the ability to understand that this is a wrong practice. And it won’t be a surprise if she encourages the same act with her children.

   

    Well “child marriage” is a heavy blow to human rights and humanity. Just because of a few greedy and selfish individuals we can’t let our sisters, daughters fall prey to this menace. Shows like “Balika Vadhu” ,”Puutta  gouriya maduve” must be encouraged cos that creates an awareness among people( especially illiterates) about the hell a child goes through when she is married early…

   

    Above all that it’s every individual who has to make a promise to stand up against this menace. I vow to fight “child marriage “in whatever  way possible. And I expect you all to join hands and fight the menace in your own possible way.

I have wings,

I wanna fly,

I wanna enjoy,

Don’t  block my flight and life

By forcing me to be a premature wife..

Do have a look at this link http://www.bellbajao.org/

    

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Tapping the Void Inside

"Tapping the Void Inside"

The busy day begins to cease,
And the nocturnal silence starts to increase,

and its then,

You walk in,stirring an emotional tide,
And smilingly walk out "Tapping the Void Inside"
                                                                          

The moment that passed by...

I just wonder about the moment ;
That passed by

It was a breeze of pure love,
that i thought,will forever stand by,

I was convinced about it being eternal
But unable to accept it,as by nature its just fractional...

“When you truly want something, the whole Universe conspires in helping you achieve it”---#Cloudblogathon

“When you truly want something, the whole Universe conspires in helping you achieve it”

        And in my case it was “Indiblogger” that conspired…in helping me achieve my long standing desire. The desire to meet some of the best intellectuals (yes, I treat all bloggers as intellectuals) in a fun filled ambience was manifested with the flawless execution of” Indiblogger”.

        The venue chosen for “Cloudblogathon”( as they called it) sponsored by “Microsoft Office 365” was elegant. It was UB city –Tower Kitchen. I think the organizers made sure that the venue syncs with the “theme” and hence ensured we were near to clouds (16^th floor).I have a strong feeling that the clouds were “overhearing” us since we were talking about them: P.

       The moment I entered inside I knew that am goanna experience happening 5 hours…with all the wonderful people out there. My expectations were outperformed when I gotcha know that free beer is available, with lots of good food and there are lot of swatches, t-shirts and goodies to be won. There were lot of games, and random fun stuff that got swatches and t-shirts to many…Well I was on the threshold of winning a swatch for my broken screen….but I remained at the threshold and dint advance any further when our dear Emcee Anoop changed the criterion….Well Anoop Great Emcee stuff. You made sure that we dint leave before the event was completed..: P

       Our intellects were fed with some awesome stuff when Ram (curd rice lover: P) took over to explain about Microsoft Office 365.An awesome suite indeed…Stuff like MS Word,Excel.,Share point,,,,all packed in One and accessible anywhere and everywhere …!!!With MS Project also in it Office 365 seems to be a promising project management suite for PMs. There were a lot questions fired by our intellects (bloggers) about the pors, cons, possibilities..Of Office 365.Even my mind was successful in visualizing Office 365 possibilities for Government Offices and Teach for India. Well I will post a separate write-up on Office 365.Lot to talk about it.

But one thing that’s worth a mention is the initiative by “Microsoft Office 365” to give it for free for all the AICTE approved colleges. The student fraternity will be greatly thankful for this.

       The best part of the event was when bloggers told, what it that inspires them to blog is. The reasons were inspiring, heart touching and intellectually enriching. While some blog about Finance, Project management, Tech; one of them blogs to record the memories with their sweet mother who is on death bed. Another woman who has had a 1^st hand experience with cancer blogs to make the world aware how to take care of cancer patients.

      The best one was from a blind guy called  Raghav. He shares in his blog how he experiences the world with his eyes that refuse to give him the power of vision. He is a national level marathon runner too-the only blind in India. It was truly inspiring when he said that he runs listening to the sound made by mustard seed in a shampoo bottle tied to the waist of a fellow runner…”Hats off bro”

Well the apex of any Hospitality /Service is that “The people must leave with a feeling of a desire to come back next time”. And yes “Indiblogger” you made it happen.

“Waiting for next meet up”

The Gentleman who made Justice to the "Gentleman's" game

"Rahul Dravid"---the moment you hear this name "thought of Respect" seems to be a natural phenomenon. And for your mind it’s inevitable but to generate spontaneous thoughts of "Discipline”, Calmness, Flexibility, Steadiness, patience...etc when the name “Rahul Dravid” is the stimulus.  The reason is straight forward.The legend of "Rahul Dravid" is an epitome of all these...

                 

           A gentleman in the truest sense played his entire cricket career in the same gentle man spirit. Never ever was he in news for scandals, nor for any bad behaviour.His entire cricket career seemed to be a metaphor of gentlemanship.Well I think whoever named Cricket as gentleman’s game must have foreseen the occurrence of Rahul Dravid in Cricket.

                 

           "The Wall" (as he is popularly known as) was a part of many mindblowing, most entertaining, match winning partnerships. While the other involved in the partnership went on to make the top score, Rahul at the other end would just make sure that they are supported very well and aren’t experiencing any pressure.

               

             "Well the wall was very flexible too...".Ask him to open the innings or bat in the middle order, Ask him to keep the wickets or field at point, slip or even at short leg at times. He was there in every role giving his 100 percent.Infact in the earlier days of Indian cricket when Indian players thought that "fielding isn't actually part of cricket: P" it was he who set high standards of fielding...and even wicket keeping too...

                 

                 Many bowlers have undergone unpredictably high amount of irritation/restlessness  while bowling to Rahul Dravid. Bowlers of the likes of Shohaib Akhtar, Glenn Mcgrath, Brett lee covered miles to bowl a ball, and dravid was happy enough to leave the ball, to the safe gloves of keeper or play a defensive shot  ...thus withering  away the bowlers. I guess patience was flawlessly and skillfully induced in his DNA.

                 

                 A very trusted overseas player for India. While other players were figuring out the bounce and speed in pitches of England,SouthAfrica , Australia etc ...Rahul Dravid went on to make 100s and biggies on those surfaces.

                

                He was good Captain too...He led India to a decent amt of wins in major formats...His ability as a captain was unleashed in the recent IPL, wherin even after having "fixed" players in the team he made sure he led the team to playoffs...In fact among all the legends it was him who adapted to the 20-20 format effortlessly.

             

               “Now that he has quit all forms of Cricket, Cricket is experiencing a big VOID.”

               

              By the way we have seen him a few times as a commentator, and as usual he looks great in that role too. I wish "Cricket" will get services of Rahul dravid in the form of Commentator at least.

"Take my Bow...Rahul Dravid"                  

             "A thought perceived from a stranger" 

She came to us, gave a warm smile and talked in a very polite manner. Once she asked what she had to, she turned away with the same smiling face and went to others to talk, in the same manner. I think she might be a gal of around 22-25; She had a short, fair complexion with a gentle and attractive smile. She moved around as if she had some serious purpose to accomplish yet she seemed very happy giving a message that she enjoyed what she was doing.

It was a joyous experience watching and interacting with her…It actually made my day….not just mine even my friend who accompanied me ,experienced the same… Read along to know what it was….

Well this incident happened when I and my friend had been to CCD at Brigade Road. And the gal am talking about is the one whom we met at CCD. This gal who impressed us was none other than the waitress at the same CCD…JJ.Yes you heard it rite the waitress… and this is why we were impressed……

The way she approached, took our orders, served us was amazing. Amazing because she did it in such a manner that it brought a smile on our face, and we were compelled to appreciate her service from the bottom of the heart. It was not just us; she attended every other customer with the same enthusiasm, and warmth.

I have been to many restaurants, ccd, pizza chains etc wherein you find well trained waiter/waitresses. But I had never seen such a service .It was a weekend and the CCD was full of cute and Hot gals. But trust me It was the waitress that managed to hold our attention …..And as a matter of fact she wasn’t that good looking either…..: P

Definitely there was some magic in her and in the way she did her work.

 And i guess the reason for such a magic was in the fact that "she loved her work”. It seemed like every single time, every single customer she attended she did it with great joy. May be she doesn't earn so much but it was evident that she gave her 100 percent to her job. And trust me it’s a treat to watch when people love their job and give their 100 percent to it.

 As this incident happened a wonderful thought nurtured in my mind.”How awesome it would be if we also love our job and give our 100 percent to it, instead of just cribbing...about it….”..

  And yes before leaving we did complement her that we were impressed by her service and she responded with a cute smileJJ…

             

         

   

Nite outs

                                                              Nite Outs

 "Nite out"----This defines it all!!!A major stress buster for anyone. Be it students, bachelor/spinster working professionals and even to an extent for married individuals :P. So in this post i will be revisiting some of the stuff that we usually do or encounter in a nite out.(I won’t be discussing about geeky niteouts where people do niteouts for studying or completing journals).

1) This generally kicks off with normal ice breakers like “Howz work going on/howz studies going on “until someone among the group comes with the commanding statement "Eh band karo be .aaaj bhi yehi discussion kar rahe ho to".

 2) Then the topic changes to discussion of the opposite sex. Crushes, Love, Breakup, Groaning, infatuation, attraction etc are manifested in different words.(Include a bit of marriage discussion too!!!)

3) Soon people realize that they have a future to focus upon, and then start discussing about future. They generally are very confused about whether to go for an MS/MBA/M.tech or continue working...Hence they ponder over this for a prolonged time. At the end of this discussion they are still in confusion (:P).So they stop discussing it and move on...:) :)

4) This is yet another famous statement during niteouts..."Dude u know what we will work for some time and get together and start a company!!!”

5) Moving on, they turn to social issues like politics, sports,how to make India a developed country and so on....(This is applicable only to a guys nite out)

6) Booze, Booze, Booze a key player, rather an inevitable ingredient of every nite out...Different flavors are tasted guided by some of the experts in this domain...!!!This acts like a catalyst for all the things to happen..:):)

7)Not to forget the loud music. We realise (during niteouts )the true musicality of Musicians like Beatles,PinkFloyd,RaghuDixit,Jagjitsingh,vishal Shekhar,Some Pakistani bands,Kishore da,RD Burman..(and  the list goes on).

Music is played as long and as loud as possible until your neighbour comes and asks you to slow it down or shut it off. 

8) Some hungry stomachs dial in Empire for Food, which is followed by a  walk.

9) Last point .This is about Girly niteouts which I heard from my "Girl" friends. It seems trying out different attire and taking pics is one of their major niteout activity.(No wonder their facebook profile pictures and cover photos change at such a rapid rate)....

Other things that can happen but not necessarily done

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        1) Camp fires

        2) Watching movies

        3) Sleeping... (Yes some people do this)

        4) Calling your friends at midnight