My take on the city of Dreams and Dreamers - London

My take on london, the city where time stands still---> chk it out at http://theviewspaper.net/london-where-the-time-stands-still/
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The Eight tag !

I was 'tagged' into this by 'Just a mother of two'. I throughly enjoyed doing it, i had to struggle for some of them, but still was fun!

8 Tv shows I like to watch

Though I usually don't have the time to follow all of these shows regularly. I do watch them whenever I have the time
1.Friends
2.CSI: Miami/NY
3.Movies on HBO
4.Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai
5.Mostly songs on Mtv
6.Aircrash investigations
7.Ripley’s believe it or not
8.So, you think you can dance? on AXN

8 favourite places to eat
1.Mom’s kitchen ;)
2.Chutneys-south Indian restaurant /Kebab Factory, Jubilee hills
3.Udupi at Munirka, New Delhi
4.Thakkars- a chat place in Kuwait
5.Anshula aunty's place
6.Mc Donalds
7.Pizza hut
8.Ammumma's(granny's) place

8 things I look forward to
1.A reunion with school friends
2.My graduation
3.Acceptance letters from the 1000s of universities I’ve applied to
4.Going to Kuwait
5.My Arangetram in Kuchipudi
6.Holiday in Austria
7.A day at the Spa
8.My wedding :D

8 things that happened yesterday
1.Got enough sleep after ages
2.Dad arrived from kuwait
3.Cheated on my diet :P
4.Read this tag, and decided to do it
5.Put mehendi on my hands
6.Decided to fast for Navaratri
7.Fought with mom :(
8.My BF wrote me a romantic poem

8 things I love about winter
1.I get to wear my yellow jumper
2.Can snuggle up in bed
3.Hot tomato soup
4.Being able to wake up early enough to see the sunrise :P
5.Hot chocolate
6.Winter vacation!
7.Christmas parties!
8.Bonfires and snow!

8 things on my wish list
1.To be the topper in my batch
2.To write a book
3.To perform on stage once more and prove myself
4.To settle down
5.To take enough time off work to do a world tour
6.Be a close to ideal-daughter, sister, wife and parent.
7.To get to size zero
8.To be more competitive/understanding/loving/caring/empathetic

8 things I’m passionate about
1.Singing
2.Dancing
3.Movies
4.Writing/Blogging
5.Reading
6.Cooking
7.Drawing/Painting
8.Being the best in the Trade

8 words or phrases I use often
1.Shit!
2.What the hell?
3.Oh my God!
4.You’re kidding me!
5.Moron!
6.I Love you!
7.Lite/Chill
8.So?

8 things I learn from the past
1.Big things come in small packages
2.Looks are often deceptive
3.There is no rule that every person on earth should like you
4.Nothing pays like hard work
5.Don’t let someone else decide what you are, and what you’re not
6.Be stubborn when you have to be.
7.Accept people for what they are
8.Live in the present

8 places I would love to visit
1.Kuwait
2.Horsley hills
3.Ooty
4.Manali
5.Venice
6.Paris
7.Kerala
8.Colorado

8 things I currently need/want
1.A warm hug
2.Jijo call me now!
3.A good night’s sleep..yawn
4.A new Blackberry!
5.A sony vaio
6.A massage!
7.A holiday
8.A bar of chocolate

I tag everyone who reads this! T'was fun ! Enjoy!

Enough to...

I miss you enough to wish upon a star..
enough to come to you,
no matter how far.
I miss your touch,
enough to come to you,
without thinking much.
I miss your tender kissing,
enough to come to you,
as fast as my heart's gone missing.
I miss your presence,
enough to come to you,
and become yours in true essence.
I miss you making love,
enough to come to you,
flying like a dove !
Love you..miss you...can't live without you !

The interpreter of Maladies---> my take on it at The Viewspaper!

My take on Jhumpa Lahiri's " Interpreter of Maladies" Chk it out at http://theviewspaper.net/the-interpreter-of-maladies/ . Please do rate the review, and comment on whether you like it or not :)

Deaths for Coronation?

It's been more than a week. but the papers are full of the same news over and over again. One for example read. " DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO 300 OVER YSR'S DEATH".

Are you sympathetic?

I say, Give me a break dude! And what's worse, People are killing themselves for YSR's Son, Jagan to be given the power chair.

What is wrong with our state? People are dying, i agree, many are suicides, but i smell some skulduggery. In the world of today, where the son and father are very much capable of killing each other for the sake of property, where does this phenomenon walk in?

How many of us have heard that a family member has died of shock or committed suicide over a relative's death? Rare isn't it? So, why would a man/woman kill themselves for the sake of an unrelated leader, no matter how motivational he might have been?

In my opinion, these are just falsified instances which are being cited. People may have really died, but the reasons given for them might not be true. Completely unlinked deaths are being linked to YSR, for very obvious political reasons. It's easy to silence the families of the dead ones, some money paid as compensation for using the names!

Why is it that none of the MPs, or MLAs or Collectors have killed themselves for YSR? Only the 'unnamed citizen' is affected, only he is a true follower of YSR. Are we to believe so?

This makes me question, what kind of a society do we live in?

A place where the death of a leader is used as a brilliant political startegy.

The man is dead, and he was a great one, no doubt. But let him rest in peace. The man who wanted to see our state prosperous always, wouldn't have wanted so many deaths/suicides to his name.

Also, Why should Jagan be made the CM? just because Rajiv Gandhi was made the PM after Indira Gandhi? Then it should also be true, that a doctor's son, should be automatically accepted as a doctor, even if he is professionally qualified as an engineer and vice-versa! We would be living in utter chaos then.

Politics is truly at a new, never before seen level of disgust.