I LOVE MY INDIA

Am sooooooooo glad that i am gonna celebrate my 100th blog on Independence day and here i am -writing all about my lovable country . INDIA - The vey fact that i was born in this country makes me love it to bits and reading the indian history at school makes you more proud . When i was a teenager i did get angry everytime i read about all the atrocities in the pre independence era. How much our ancestors must have gone through for me to sit and write here and for you to read it out there!!! Imagine - would this have been possible 66 years back? My most memorable patriotic moments as far as i can remember is when i hear or sing the National Anthem .Every time i sing it ,i get goose bumps and sometimes i end up crying too!!! There are times in school when even friends have made fun of me when i keep standing for the Jana Gana Mana song rehearsals during my band days . They used to ask me -we are gonna practise 50 times -are you gonna stand up every time??? That was my passion and respect for the anthem during school days . However i regret that i also succumbed to the pressure as i became an adult and regrette now standing up when it was played in k3g Movie as the entire theatre crowd only kept sitting down and the folks i watched it with also kept saying it is not necessary as it is only part of the movie What a shame ? i am sure that was the last time -i thought of what others thought and did what they wanted than what i wanted to do!! The next patriotic experience i remember was after the movie roja -my neighbours were commenting how stupid od Arvind sawmy that he almost sacrificed his life to save the flag . I was a teenager then but still got shocked when the young lady told me she would have poured water and stamped out the fire and i angrily replied " You are saying this because you are an anglo indian -but we indians would do anything to save the nation's pride !!!" Wow- how vividly i remember all this!!! India - I love everything about you !!! so many beautiful states, languages , different cultures and that is what makes you so diverse. But one thing is everyone uses this diversity to create divide between people and my only wish is that everyone really try to live the Unity in Diversity that we claim to be proud of and We Indians are sure to race ahead of other super powersss! Wishing for a violence free, Poverty free , Corruption free and more tolerant Indians Jai Hind !!

5 years of Blogging !!!

Exactly 5 years back, same day i started to blog! Infact , it's such a co-incidence that i was browsing through my old posts and saw the 1st blog was written on 14th August 2007. For 5 years , i have n't still touched a 100 posts. But i am very glad that somehow i managed to keep my passion for writing alive through this blogspot. A big thanks to Nita ma'm for encouraging me to think of writing where ever possible and for introducing me to blogs . It was one dramatic day where we had to record her voice over in a studio at alwarpet and i had to accompany her being in marketing and it was my responsibility to get that video out! She picked me up and as we were reaching the studio -the worst thing that can happen on a important day happened -my footwear sandals gave away and with embarrassment i walked into the studio without slippers and focused on the recording .After it was done, i quietly told Nita ma'm - i dont have slippers to wear back to office and if she can help go fetch slippers from my home in adyar and drop me back to work .In this long drive from and to alwarpet and adyar - our conversations on Journalism and how i always wanted to be one etc came up .She being the awesome writer that she is , she spoke to me at length and enlightened me with the various opportunities that exists to live my passion and start writing!!! And there i began the journey . I started writing with MSN and i cant explain how i felt when they published my first article!!! Awesomeness - i tell you !!! From there on, i decided why wait for MSN to publish my free thoughts and that is how My World was bornnnnnnnnn...

There is something about "Amma Veedu"

I cant believe that its been 2 month since i actually wrote a blog . I must have at least tried logging in twice to write something and i don't know how it never happened Was i that busy with my work ? Grrrr...Am glad now i got this short break to relax a bit and rejuvenate my blog I was really thinking how come am at so much in peace with myself when i reach my mom's place. Its like the feeling of coming back to my single days or rather being at a place when i am completely ME! Though many would not agree that marriage changes you a lot, it does! At least in turning yourself into something that you were never before -Yup-marriage does that .Its not something bad but it's a biggg change .I guess that is why every girl longs to go her Mother's place -To just be herself , Put her feet up and feel like the free young girl she was sometime ago! To get pampered and feel totally irresponsible as Amma is there to do everythingggg... Even this room , computer and this blog - i could never find time to write most of my blogs from my home ... as far as i can remember i blog mostly when i come to amma's. I feel at peace within me and i just start writing. I dont have to stop to think about the husband or the guest or the door bell or the so many interventions that happens in a married woman's life . Being at amma's place and writing for me is - like doing something that i love from a place that is so MEEEEEEE... Hope i get to write more & more as i keep coming here :-)