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A book is successful..when it captivates the readers interest throughout…while there are readers with varied interests…!
Most…of the times…I get annoyed to see men intruding into the ladies’ compartment in MMTS train, Hyderabad. Further I vent out my anger by asking them to leave or read the instruction saying boldly that “You need to pay fine under such offence”. Today, I was rather immersed in a book in one corner, when I found one Guy confidently boarding up…I was about to say my usual dialogues… when he started saying,…”Come on guy’s get out of this compartment, it’s a ladies one…” This guy turned out to be the TT who was actually warding them off…Not my fault entirely cause I gazed at him thinking if, he was in his uniform or something…but then finally I sighed a sense of relief saying…”Thank God I didn’t blurt out today at least else would have been the laughing stock for the day”.
Just finished reading another book by Premchand…surprisingly in a day’s time…! Premchand is a proven literary genius. One thing that I have observed that in his writings he has portrayed the emblem of women as so serene, defenseless and enduring.
“Nirmala” is a fine rendition of a typical Indian household of a middle class background. The protagonist, Nirmala goes through several upheavals in life and susceptible to pain, agony and misery of all sorts beginning from the age of 15 when her wedding is fixed at a tender age and then losing her father amongst the wedding preparations, her would-be in laws consider her as a bad omen and break the relation , and not just that due to financial crisis after losing an earning member in the family her wedding is finally fixed with a middle-aged man who already has 3 children…further situations are even worse and it leaves you aghast thinking that life could be so aching.
A good read overall but a bit saddening of course since there’s no end to the pain in Nirmala’s life.
Calvin & Hobbes, like a scruffy yin and yang, are in perfect balance within you. Like Calvin, you’re weird, a bit insecure, and can be a trouble-maker. But like Hobbes, you’re down to earth and sensitive. It’s a risk to say it here, after just a ten question test, but I’ll bet you’re smarter than most. Both Calvin and Hobbes are crafty, clever characters, and any one made from equal parts of each is a force to be reckoned with.
In case you wish to try too 
http://www.helloquizzy.com/tests/the-calvin-or-hobbes-test
The other day I was carrying my 6 months old niece in my arms and trying to cross the road which was bustling with traffic. I was being careful enough…and somehow managed to cross after juggling in between but…was extremely appalled by the attitude of people driving on the roads.
Why is it that people driving on roads are always in a hurry..? (Emergency cases: No comments) It’s really shameful to see people in their own frame of mind zooming away…not even bothering to pause for a while and allow a woman carrying a child in her arms, trying to cross the road. Or for that matter, a woman carrying a child in her arms and standing in the bus/train(locals)…or some senior citizens… and no one even bothers to get up and offer a seat…???? Isn’t it a disgusting state of affair? Isn’t it a minimum courtesy …out of humanity at least? How do we impart such basics..? How can people be so insensitive…why can’t they think that sometime it could as well be their mother, sister, wife too…?
Dedicated to Puja Bhabhi..
*I am: a super crazy person…sometimes lost, sometimes at zenith…
*I think: a lot….about almost everything at the drop of a hat….
*I know: that life is a mystery…so many mysteries are yet to unfold..!
*I want: happiness for everyone around me!
*I have: my friends, family’s unconditional love and support!
*I wish: if I could become a doctor to treat poor people free of cost…
*I hate: waiting…and keep somebody waiting..!
*I miss: my privacy…!
*I fear: sometimes to hurt people I love….inadvertently
*I feel: good when I am spreading happiness around.
*I hear: some commotion coming up in my life
*I smell: my mom’s hand made khana and Puja bhabhi’s paranthe…they are yummmy
*I crave: to have a long walk by the beach when it’s raining heavily..may be not safe though!
*I search: for a cozy and peaceful book-store…with a cafeteria
*I wonder: why religion is still the bone of contention.
*I regret: not joining NDA .
*I love: nature’s beauty and India’s paradise.
*I ache: for my dad who is currently with God.
*I care: for my family and friends.
*I am not: at all a proud or arrogant person as people may assume at first glance.
*I believe: everything that happens …happens for good.
*I dance: On cool bollywood numbers…
*I sing: “Tere mere sapne ab ek rang hain…jahan bhi le jaye rahein hum sang hain”
*I cry: when I am deeply hurt..
*I don’t always: prefer people who crib about others or get started with insignificant conversations about someone else.
*I fight: over things which are not right…end up fighting with rick-drivers for their tampered metered fares 
*I write: whatever comes to my heart and derive immense pleasure out of it!
*I win: people’s confidence…Now is that a political statement ?? Never mind that’s how I am.
*I lose: my temper when people do not want to understand others point of view and stick to their own.
*I never: jump into conclusion.
*I always: end up buying what appeals me..
*I confuse: when I have to take a decision…
*I listen: to my ipod mostly while traveling …!
*I can usually be found: playing with my cute niece, or reading a book..or cooking..
*I am scared: of getting drowned in water!
*I need: my space at times..
*I lack: the comfortability to let my heart out !
*I am happy about: the way my life has shaped up so far!
http://www.livemint.com/2007/12/30230813/Virendra-Sam-Singh–Turning.html
What a noteworthy initiative it is…for the societal development. Virendra Singh (More info through the above link) has certainly made us all feel proud of it. I mean he has strategically developed means to provide education in a commercial sense to the girl child of northern India. The other day my friend and I were discussing that irrespective of the efforts we are putting in to uplift this sect of people by providing means of education… it’s always not a successful one because of various reasons, primarily being lack of conducive environment in their vicinity or drive to earn more to improve the financial status of the family which indulges into early employmentship. Further assuming, the kid from a slum area comes to the school where he gets everything, education, free materials, free lunch etc etc, but at the end of the day he goes back home to a drunkard father, or a wailing mother who is tired of his husband’s atrocities. Under these circumstances, he develops a pessimistic frame in his mind altogether to get rid of the pain and perhaps may not concentrate and take up something else…which is illicit by nature…. Again it’s my thought…I may be proved wrong. What I mean to say, it’s a vicious circle, and certainly a major challenge… but of course there are families who are supportive and good enough and would try to educate their children keeping them away from their worries or want their children to lead better lives out of education. So perhaps counseling the parents and educating them first can help! I wonder if adult education (Praurh shiksha abhiyan) is still executed in India. (http://education.nic.in/adledu.asp )
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