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My Holy Books

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What are holy books? The simple answer would be books on religion and God which are revered by many and which it’s believed hold the word and direction of God. People are ready to die for the books they believe as holy. From the Koran to Bible to the Torah and the Bhagvad Gita there have been instances where people have laid down their life to rescue these books from fire, flood or attackers. I was born to Hindu parents so logically all the books held as holy by the Hindus should be the ones that be holy to me. From the Gita to the Ramayan to the Mahabharta and of course the Veds and Upanishads all were to be revered. I studied in a convent for twelve years of my life which of course were also the most impressionable therefore the Bible was expected to be the Book I would respect. Frequenting the Gurdwaras in the neighbourhood made bowing down infront of the Guru Granth Sahib a practice. Similarly friends who treated me to lovely biryani and sewaiyian at their homes helped me understan...

The Fighters

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Hi, The fight for saving the Ridley Turtles continues here.

Manic Monday Turns Sweet

Monday blues are at their worst today. What else is to be expected after a three day weekend?? I came to office almost moaning....oh how could I let the weekend end??? The first mail in my in-box however uplifted my mood...so I thought let me be magnanimous and share it with all of you as well :) Check out this link on Kishi and you will know what I mean. Sweet monday to all of you out there!!!!!

Will they....wont they....ever wake up that is

Hi! This is a quick post to bring to your notice the lovely way we as a democracy function. Please check the link below and let me know in whose ears should we say Jaago ree??? http://pinknblu.blogspot.com/2009/04/jaagore-form-6-being-tossed-for-six.html

Who is afraid of the Taliban?

The Taliban is just twelve kilometers away from Indian borders the headlines screamed yesterday on a news channel. Again and again they showed google earth pictures of how close Lahore is to the Wagah border. The voice rising, the music soaring in the mad race to gather TRPs. The anchor seemed to be speaking almost from a war zone where a bomb might detonate any moment such was his tone and manner. All he was trying to say was that Pakistan has admitted that the siege of Police School close to Lahore was done by Taliban and that a second strike in Pakistan (earlier in the month we heard about the Sri Lankan team being attacked) so soon meant that the Taliban had gained tremendous strength in Pakistan and could strike in India too. What made me wonder was his panic striken voice as if this is an unthinkable thought. What’s there to panic about I ask you if the Taliban were to strike? Is their terror different from what we keep suffering every other day? Can their bullets harm more than...

My Blessings

I have been in a ranting mode so I thought let me count my blessings. It’s a self help exercise so kindly bear with me. I always find some people who gladly share their time and company with me wherever I am I have a loving partner who is not stuck up with ideas of what girls should do or don’t. I have the naughtiest mom in the world My doggie Crazy has the most soulful eyes in the world My masi thinks I am a heroine so does my brother though he tries to keep it carefully hidden My home is the center of my universe and I love returning to it I have a job and am good at what I do I have a blog correction two and some people actually find them worth following. I have dreams that I want to fulfill and someone with me who shares them I can find these ten points to write about….there would be so many who wont be able to. Thank you God.

Trying to let go...

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Life has been tough for the past month or so. Multiple problems at different fronts have left me groping for that extra ounce of strength and patience to carry on. At times the urge to cry uncontrollably is too much and only the thought of losing my sanity if I let circumstances get the better of me, stops me from doing it. I have not been in the mood to write though each event could have been fodder enough for more than one post. Yet somehow the will to write was missing. Also the fact that the events involved many others who may not appreciate being discussed on my blog held me back. I am back and using this small post as a bulwark against the emotions that still threaten to take over and am planning to come back next week with another post on things less dreary that can be shared in this forum. I do note that in the time I have been away the numbers who ostensibly followed this blog have gone down, I do understand that in today’s world of instant gratification they would have expect...