A letter to Santa

Dear Santa,

Hope you must be having an experience of a lifetime this Christmas.

Last few months have been really eventful for the earth family and I guess you have an inkling about it if at all you read newspapers apart from nurturing your tummy at the Noth pole.

It seems by end of 2010 everyone has gone crazy either in a good or a bad way.

I prefer to call the year 2010 as 'The Year of Great Leaks and Great Records'.

The Wikileaks has gone wicked beyond the purview of wickedness.

I wonder what gift Julian Assange had asked you for last Christmas and according to my calculation it must have been a book called 'How to get wicked in 365 days'.

(see even his name says that he is an ‘Ass’)

There exists a class of people who cannot make things better around them but are always in search of an opportunity to ruin others. Wikileaks is nothing but a manifestation of such class of people.

When it comes to leaks how could I not mention the radioactive ‘Radia tapes’.

I call it radioactive because of its inappropriate proliferation all over the media and hence the country. I tell you santa, Nira Radia must be featured in top 10 most influential women in the country owning to her expertise in public relations and her conversations with Mr.Tata, Miss Barkha Dutt & co. which has gone highly public. Seems that the whole 2G scam revolves around a woman.

It has been acknowledged by all that women who make men talk better than they are accustomed to are always popular and so is Nira Radia.

Well coming to great records you must gift something special to Sachin Tendulkar as he reached another milestone of 50th test century and also to Saina Nehwal for trouncing every player in opposition.

Mission 'Common wealth games' was accomplished although soaked with controversies and scams.

Hey Santa, I was wondering what sorts of gifts you offer on Christmas?

The world is going to dogs and so I've thought of some presents which if you could give can make this world a better place to live.

They are as follows:

1. Mr.Obama not turning out to be a disastrous choice of US citizens.

2. India deciding what to do with Kasab before it is too late to avoid the egg on the face.

3. India takes a stand on 2G scam so that we can concentrate on 3G before the entire world switches to 4G technology.

4. Tolerance and patience for people to withstand further leaks.

5. Munni badnam hogayi and Sheela jawan hogayi so tell them to take care and bestow some relief on men.

I hope the coming year brings hope, success and happiness to all, enemies become friends and friends become closer. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

With love

Trish

OnE hAt TwO FaCeS

I had something bitter today,

My taste buds had a tough time

But people say it keeps problems at bay

I prefer to have sweet,

I find it delicious

But people say, your health, it can cheat

What you think something done to you as a favour,

May actually handicap you for sometime if not forever

All that glitters is not the gold

People fake warmth despite being cold

Those days are gone

When times are hard

& you pause to see how many helping hands reach you

Now it’s incredible to watch how many will bitch you

That which is 'bold and beautiful', has always been attention prone

Why the 'beauty of the soul' remains unknown

Tales of truth may remain untold

But the reality may eventually unfold

Being Cool....

Being Cool

Ask people what is cool to them & then be ready to get the whackiest & weirdest of all responses.
Yeah 'cool hai yaar'.....is the buzzword everywhere.

Last month when i was at home & my younger sis was helping me unpack my bags she came across my black old shabby travel kit & her reaction was-"di this is so very ID-PD(stands for Izzat Down,Prestige Down) let me get you something cool".Soon my my travel kit was replaced by a flashy pink,'made in USA' ,irritatingly girlish bag.
The next day a bunch of her friends enriched my brain with the universal truth that HANNAH MONTANNA aka MILEY CIRUS is the ultimate style icon & that she is unparalleld.
Watching Hannah Montana,putting her posters all over the room & having Miley Cyrus music collection was their idea of being cool!!

Its not just the bachcha party who are going crazy on being cool infact theirs idea of being cool is reasonable but grown ups have many unreasonable ideas.
for instance updating your 'facebook' status now & then from 'zzzz....' to 'i'm back' ,constantly changing your profile pics & counting your comments(the number of comments you score on each status or pic indicates your market value & your gender too)
If you dont have a FB account that is equivalent to a social stigma & you are tagged 'so uncool'.
what they call in FB as 'mutual friends' is actually a grammatical abberation of 'common friends'.But who cares.Everyone is doing it & so do I.I guess thats all about being cool now a days.

Being in relationship(sometimes in more than one) is so cool for some.
There was this friend of mine who used to get pissed off whenever her friends used to say-"you dont have a bf??thats so uncool yaar..."
& she smacked them saying-"i dont have the fear of being alone.Its so cool to find out that you dont need a bf to be happy".

Not to mention crazy fans of 'Twilight'.Since the movie got on everyone's nerves ,every girl fancies for a -greek god looking like, blood sucking boy friend.If that happens dat would be really cool & bloody!
It appears to me that this word supports all sorts of tomfoolery.

Activities like boozing,smoking,drugs,using slang terms will surely give you an edge on the 'cool-o-meter'.
"you know wot ..we had a booze party....& we got sloshed!!" -I guess sometime in life we all must have heard someone saying this.
But whats the big deal?..."totally nothing..just trying to be cool man".
Outcome:1)when you were sloshed you aired your dirty laundry in public(i.e. a private life stuff was made public)
2)you had disprins or other aspirins for next 3 days to get rid of your headache.

I guess thats not cool buddy.There's no harm is trying out stuff like that but you must have a check on yourself because one never knows when does a thing done for pleasure becomes a habit.We people have a tendency to blend in & not a real propensity to stand out.
When guys & girls are trying to be 'cool' they generally blend in,trying to do something whole world is doing.So its rather kinda epidemic and systemic.
Being cool should be 'be yourself' but excluding your ignorance & arrogance.It should be about getting rid of your mental barriers.
Who gives a damn what others do or follow.Every tom,dick & harry will be doing it.what everyone is doing is not always right(conditions applied).
Instead of squandering your energy on being cool ,be smart & sensible.

Uncanny truth behind the talk

About a month ago i appeared for a mock interview at my colg.

Aaahhhh....guys i luv interviews !-the ultimate platform to pursue my

hobby & propensity to 'talk n talk sense'.

But with vivas the case has always been different.

Ever since i started calling maslf engineer ,ive flopped in most of the

vivas as it really turns me off.I fail to understand how can two people talk

on something so boringly technical when there are better things in life n

grave concerns around you.???!!!

Dear friends,

u all must hav noticed the 'GANDHIJI'S TALISMAN' at the beginning of

NCERT books(if u havent......SHAME ON U..hehe).

It says ''whenever you are in doubt or when the self becomes too much

with u,recall the face of poorest n weakest man & ask yourself if the step u contemplate

is going to be of any use to him.''

So before any viva i think of such a person & conclude that my studying

for viva wont be of any gud to him.so i drop the plan.

Back to mock interview:

The inquisitor after going through my resume was intrigued about my

participation in a technical contest for the benefit of women.

After throwing all the usual questions there came the gud one-"How

would you compare the condition of women in the middle east with that of

west?"

Since i didnt exactly know the answer i thought diplomacy would be best

policy.My answer was spontaneous,with full on expressions of a

'new -feminist -born -in -country' I said-"Every home has the same kitchen

& same old story.A woman is destined to cook & is burnt in the same fire.No

matter shes rich or poor,educated or uneducated she is still beaten up

by her husband in many homes today.Demarcating women as western or

eastern is not justified sir."

He gave me a smile which made me believe he must have cooked for his

wife that day!

That reminds me of the brouhaha in parliament over women reservation

bill which was finally passed in Rajya Sabha.I was of the belief that we

are a country setting classic examples of women acclaimed

internationally for their roles ranging from Mother India to Miss India.

& reservation seems to be like a ladder offered to crippled though there are

none.

When this system understand that women DONT NEED RESERVATION

,THEY NEED RECOGNITION & MORE RESPECT.

Even a house wife needs to be recognised by her family coz not every girl

is Sania Mirza or Sonia Gandhi.

But the statement of Mr.Lallu Prasad Yadav & Mr. Mulayam Singh

Yadav has changed my mind.According to them reservation will favor

only higher class females & wont benefit Muslim females & other

females.

Now i am in favour of reservation.

REASON:The reality is these despots are afraid of female power & afraid

to loose their election seat & would still consider females as a cow to produce bull

for the family.No doubt this bill will create fight in political parties as

daughters will start to take part in politics.Also they fear that they may not

have a strong female candidate at home.And about muslim females i dont think

they give a damn to it or else they could have given election tickets to some of them.

Now it is important that the bill comes in to effect based on economic

criteria & not on religion or caste ,not because women need one

but its show time now!!!

Let them know how much devastation women can make to the

unscrupulous men in this system.

As for me im planning to participate in another such technical innovative

contest for women & this time my idea is of a technology that will secure a woman.

When the girl feels unsafe she can press the button of a remote that produces an

electrical shield around her so that anyone who tries to interfere through the shield

will get an electric shock!!!!

P.S. :Guess what my male friends are not supporting my idea & they are dead against it.They say they dont wanna die coz of an electric shock! :D

chini kum hai...

Turning the pages
of something called a book,
that never enticed me
though it tries me to hook
i raised my head
moved here & there
felt something stupefying about the june air

The air was glum
that used to be warm
piercing the skin
now tanned & torn
gosh! it felt never so dry
& i wonder what made so much moisture
in my eyes....???

May be memories some new ,some old
may be friends some cold ,some gold
& not to mention
those times when i walked all alone...
i discovered ..
how deceptive was pretence
& who all made to my actual opulence

The love of december air was once massive
but in years that flew
it has made everyone more impassive
childhood blessed with humour & innocence
postchildhood we imbibed
the art of scoffing,crippled tolerance.

Deep inside every heart the feeling flows,
when will the zephyrs blow & life will be slow
kosher the inanity that prevails
Is life all about winning head or tails??

Then somebody knocks at my door,
bouldering my rumination
me agitated to the core.
I welcome the intruder poker-faced
the intruder blabbering in some haste.
Though in today's life
we dont have a second to waste
one hasnt lived enough
without fun & devil-may-care attitude
& virtues like love n hatred
still to taste.