overdoing things

raj thackeray is receiving flak for all that he has done. it is a big deal in india now. i was happy that people are waking up to nonsense when shoved down their throats. however, now EVERYBODY is doing it. i got a mail which made fun/parody of MNS values. sigh! its so sick! i mean we should know when to stop. fault is as much laalu, nitish bharadwaj's as it is raj's. i mean people will not come to mumbai if there are employment facilities in their home town. but also if they come raj should not kick them out as well.

raj sarkar to get over

raj thackeray got arrested around 22 october 2008, on the grounds of inciting communal disharmony. when i heard that, i sighed with relief. at least there is some hope that raj sarkar will get over. they have done enough damage already. in IPC 153, there is a provision where a person can be persecuted on the grounds of fanning volatile religious angst. raj thackeray and family have not contributed to anything great in mumbai or elsewhere. however, it is surprising how the shiv sena (bal thackeray's) has brilliant shakha pramukhs. i am not kidding. look at anand dighe and the shakha pramukh/ nagarsevika of chunnabhatti... these people did real work. it is not easy to digest that a political party which solely survives on gundagardi has good people working for them. if people are that good then why do they support cheap gundagardi by joining a party like shiv sena (MNS is no different from shiv sena). one thing that i disagree with is raj's hatred towards everybody who is not from mumbai. it is taking mumbai meri jaan wala funda to the extreme. until india does not develop uniformally nothing will change. migration will continue to over populous cities... raj is reacting to a surface problem, probably afraid to scratch it.

ajay's assignment which was sent on 7 august.

i thought we are supposed to submit this assignment at scmrtv@gmail.com. anyways i have uploaded it now.
i am 2 and a half years old in the first picture and in the second, i am 23. Not much has changed in my face, except the fact that i have lost all the innocence in it. My complexion, eyebrows, features are almost the same as they were.

i am a woman

you know i always thought that i come from a nice, protective, cuccooned family where i can be myself and my way of life will be unchallenged. i was so wrong. i am not being accusive of anyone, at least i am trying hard not to. but as a woman, i find myself and my choices in life being challenged by my people. its absurd. it was happening to me all along but i never noticed. i have to fight with my dad for everything i want. being a woman, i am inherently taken as a dumb person. i have to prove to my father and to my boyfriend that hey! u know what, i am capable of making a success of my life. ( i may sound confident, but trust me half the time i am not sure of it myself). when i was doing my m.a everyone was so happy because i was into something 'safe' and had loads of time for my people. now that i am doing what i believe in, people are having problems because it takes up most of my time. i dont know. i feel so scared and so alone at times. i know i should not be writing something so personal. but then, this is something that happens to so many of us. i am not even afraid of people having opinions about me after reading this. i am so used to being judged always. i, on my part, make a conscious effort not to be judgmental about anyone else, though it fails many a times. however i treat this as a flaw and work on it.

new life

I ll spread my wings and i ll learn how to fly
I ll do what it takes until i touch the sky (hope i dont look down... i am acrophobic)
Make a wish
Take a chance (something something after that)
and breakway.............
every human does this at least once in a life time
this is my turn
and i am going beserk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!