we the WOMEN of India...

(This poster is been prepared by a student from VIT, a poster which says it all)

Should I be proud, ashamed, scared or be angry to be a part of India. 

Indian culture and history through its rich colors and various bloodshed has lead us to live in a free nation. But the present day states the situation differently. The word freedom has become altogether a different meaning to a particular class of society. 

There is now freedom to tease, assault and rape women in India. The justice and the government are on our side, but by the time the government listens or justice is given, thousands other such heinous crimes would have happened. 

We were still mourning about the painful struggle and death of Nirbhaya, that again the insanity showed us another example. A 5-year old girl, who I believe has not even learnt the word rape and assault, who doesn't even know how cruel this world is, who still believes in fairies and loves to play in the mud, has been treated as a living playing object and been used upon as a personal toy by a psychopath. 

Women in India are not looked upon as a better half of society, rather they are not even considered as human beings anymore. Women are toy of pleasure and after your work is done you can just discard it and move to another toy. Who are these people?? Why are they alive in this world?? Who gives them the right to breathe?? I don't understand what kind of self obsessed and mentally sick emotionless people are these who like to commit such crimes??

Why are we so silent and so deaf about such actions?? I agree there have been improvement in the media and now such actions are not buried in silence. We are speaking up. The victims are not who should hide or feel shameful they should and they are coming ahead and taking a stand.

I salute to the thousands of protesters who are fighting for the 'right to live' for women in India. For the first time it felt that something is truly happening for the better being of this country. 

But today looking at the rising crimes, I am scared to even go out of my house, I am scared to look at another person, the words trust and believe have lost their meanings. The faith on our judiciary system and government is shattered. I say this with a crying heart that I feel sorry to be a part of this country, part of this nation.

I pray for those victims for a better justice as that is the only part of peace they can have in their life, if anything is still left of it. 

And the tiny little flame of hope inside me tells me to wait for the tomorrow for an India truly free of women as well. 

Is it that time of the year already??

Christmas eve already?? Where did 2012 go?? I believe this year is one of the fastest year till now. I don't remember how the year went so fast?? And where was I in this year??

Christmas time makes me see this year all over again... the year was full of family and friends... family marriage, movies, vacations, and drowned to death with work will be my definition of 2012 for me.

But whenever I hear 'jingle bells' and 'here comes Christmas' my heart melts to celebrate the year-end with festive spirits. This is that part of the year which is filled with magic and love all around.

But as much as I love the surroundings and the winter smell in the air..... I also am thinking that this is the time for some new year resolutions. The year 2013 is going to be full of surprises. I am looking forward to many surprises both good and not so good ones.

So my Resolutions for 2013:

1. Not to buy any more alternative shoes. I end up buying shoes and then alternative shoes for the ones I already have. And this chain of events is never ending for me. So no more unnecessary shoe shopping for me.

2. Sleep more. I believe the entire 2012 I was craving to sleep for long. Well not this year. I am going to get good goodnight sleeps.

3. Call on birthdays. No more FB msging, whatsapp msging or texting on anyone's birthday. Technology is destroying the personal touch and feelings for me. (this resolution was a suggestion from my friend Catty but so well said!!)

4. Travel. One of the major thing missing in my 2012 calender was travelling for myself. Although there were several trips of family and work but none for pleasure. I have to include a lot of selfish travelling to 2013 calender. 

5. Be positive. Queen of negativity has to loose the crown. I will think positive and be positive no matter what.

6. Change my middle name. I considered my middle name to be 'tension' in this year of 2012. So I definitely need to change that now. Finally after several years of panicking, life has has taught me that nothing special is going to happen if I am over tensed for everything.

7. Control over Online shopping. I am addicted to online clothes and accessories. I have to limit that to a lot of extent. I cannot promise to stop that completely...but can definitely control a bit...(hopefully and definitely praying for the same..:P)

8. Gain Weight. Although more than half I trying that. But I was trying it out of worry and tension again. This year I am going to be thankful I can eat anything and everything and be happy about it. (Please don't call me thin when you see me next.. :P)

9. Work hard. Not that I need to worry about it, but just a reminder to keep myself from not losing the faith in myself. 

10. Be Happy. One of the most important thing to do. Keep staying happy and believe in it. "Be happy" is going to be my guru mantra for the year 2013. 

With this I finish my resolutions. Apart from these rules, I promise to be in touch with my friends and old friends personally. Keep the contact alive and active. 

I had an amazing fast and furious 2012....and I am super excited to welcome 2013. Hope it brings me all the wishes I have hoped for. 

Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year...

Love you all :)

How HOT are we??

Yes I am very very HOT...and soon am going to vaporize into thin air because of this Hot Hotter Hottest Summer....

Summer 2012 has hit me hard and staying in a place called Vellore really adds up the charm. This summer I have gone through the worst and even post worst situations.

But let me write some of the best outcomes of this summer season:

• Natural Dieting:  Its so so so hot now, it becomes impossible to walk about half a kilometer to the hostel canteen, so most of the days lunch is skipped.
• More and more time spent in laboratory, as hostel rooms are burning hot, and no point going to room and getting fried there!!
• More time in labs without work, more time to discover all the loop holes in university's wifi security to watch videos, series and movies.
• Hot tea and coffee is out of question, no caffeine in body results in 24*7 drowsiness.
• Switch from jeans to salwaars....no pocket...ultimate no comfort, and of course all time carrying the look you have been avoiding for years!! 
• No sleep at night, because the mattress is so hot that it can cook omelet out of my skin.
• And geography and whether logic is playing with us....how can it be 45 degrees for weeks and still no rain!!
• Walk in the Desert....walk in Vellore....No Difference
• Switch to being Tanned....and trust me no sunscreen in the world can avoid....so basically the fair skin I was so proud of has been sacrificed to the lord surya!!
• Most people (maximum guys) will go for the "bald" look....so basically you end up with skull showing guys around you....
• Thanda paani gets garam in a minute, curd gets khatta before eating!!!
• One major disadvantage in the animal kingdom, because of excess heat...the Crows in VIT  have gone crazy and now are attacking humans on road...."true observation n fact".

I am just scared that one day am walking on the road in this hot sun, and I will be vapourised....Just Like That... :o 

Teen age to Tween age!!!

People say that a lady should never reveal her true age...I never fully understood this concept!! Yet I know a little significance of this as we go from the Teen age to our Twenties.....

How can you be absolutely sure that you are in your Tween Age??

1. You go from hot pink, crimson, lawn green, purple, yellow to greys, black, browns, blues....Oh..btw, i was talking about colors of clothes!!

2. Message bearing tees would become comfortable and designer patterns tops.

3. You would go from converse shoes and sandals to ballerinas, pumps, stilettos!

4. Mini skirts would transform to LBDs and low cut dresses.

5. Afternoon matinee shows would turn into late night shows.

6. Trying a drink or smoke would become an excuse to work load and life pressure.

7. Making an excuse for parties would turn into the knowledge of a stay over night out!

8. First kiss might be the expectations, and in tween we run from the word 'expect'....(if you know what I mean :P)

9. Ponytails become straighten hair with streaks and extentions.

10. Metal studded high waist denims turn to straight and low rise jeans!

11. Belts will not be used to keep your pants tighten anymore, they are well studded ones, to show off your waist!!

12. Bagpacks will get converted to Hidesign, Baggit and Fancy branded bags.

13. "Oh my God he is soo cute" becomes "He is not my type" or "He is just not right for me at this stage of  life".

14. Having a boyfriend was a necessity and in Tweens it becomes a Luxury.

15. Teen time you hit the puberty and Tween time it turns to liberty in tweens!!

16. Small Wonder and Hanaa Montana series gets converted to HIMYM and SITC.

17. Charles Dickens, Shidney Sheldon now becomes Arundhati Roy, Jeffrey Archer and Mario Puzo!!

18. Orkut changes to Facebook, Google + and Twitter

19. We are finally on LinkedIn...like officially officially.

20.  Coffee shakes, milk shakes and choco milk becomes irish coffees, lattes and cappuccino.

21....and the list can go on and on......

I enjoyed my teen age, I loved that hormonal rush and doing all sort of random things and then regretting it over and over again! But now that I am in my twenties, I love this step little closer to adult hood. I love how and when I can be random but at the same time be sensible enough not to go beyond limits, and even though I do cross my lines, who cares, am a tween and I care a damn!!

Cheers to Tween age!! Thank God am not Thirty!!! :P

Am at that 'GIRL' age!!!

Am I at that age? BTW, I am talking in the terms of the age for marriage.


Every other friend around me is either getting engaged or married....every relative around me is giving me warnings that "its my turn next".


But now that I am sitting down and thinking about it, am I really ready for such a huge change and commitment in my life?? There are so many things in my life that needs to be changed before I even settle down for the thought of "shaadi"!!


Marriage is supposed to happen when I am so called mature... soft spoken to every one... calm... stable in my decisions... etc etc etc.... but I am none of them...not even close to any of those....


And to add on there are things as follows which are completely not allowed or to be completely changed before I should get 'tied up in the knot'!!!


Till now my mother freaks out when she calls me and I am not picking up the phone...


Till now my father takes care of my bills...


Till now I scream at a store when I see even a T shirt at 10% discount..


I still go gaga for actors on screen...


I still love to hoot in the movie theatre...


I love to listen to SOD, LP, etc etc etc....


I still sing for no reason and wonder at home dancing like an Idiot....


I still cannot means cannot absolutely cook....


I still like to wear T shirts with absolute non sense slogans and proudly flaunt them..... 


I still believe salwaar kameez is a 'jhamela' and saree is 'OMG'.....


I am still a FB addict....blogspot addict....and college fashion addict...!!!


I still flirt with cute guys at airport or college....


I still watch 'friends' and go by there guide rules...


I still hang out like stupid first years with my girlfriends....


I still make embarrassing noises on my first bite with KFC and Mc spicy chicken....


If I am doing all these...then by the Indian terms how can I be ready for THE DAY?? Why cannot my mother and father understand that?? 
Although I love my freedom.... I know I cannot escape the fact of the W-day....but I want a little time....little time to know what I want and how I want to do it....


I am a little girl now...and wanna be the same for some more time....
Please mummy and papa.....leave me alone for some time....let me do some more mistakes in life before doings the biggest one :P


:) :) :) 

Exam Fever Stage IV...VIT Library!!

Hello friends....i agree this post is coming up very soon compared to my previous records...but i need to share this asap!! As i feel i have to write this for a little edge for VITians...for a little edge of me being a VITian too!!

Before starting this post, i wanna apologise that this is been written in pure intention of fun n laugh..not to hurt anyyone else... Currently there is a little tension in the VIT air...reason...the Term End exam...doing breakdance!! Students are been killed here with the disease called Exam Fever stage IV...they have to go through this enormous pressure of exams, assignments, mini (research) projects, numerous internal exams, quizes and several conferencesbased on projects!! How these students manage their time n studies is really appreciable with 75%attendence compulsary!

Now that i have said well enough about the students, lets have an insight of what is going on in real!! Right now i am sitting in the most sacred place of VIT...the Library....and am in the reading area which a huge room for study!! I am just sitting near a corner...And I bet you will observe so manyvvarities of thingse moment you turn your head 360 degrees!

At every alternate table, there is a couple sitting, which is trying hard to study...but this pre exam time is the best time to sit and discuss about their 'relation', future plannings, each other's shortcomings...etc etc... Such talks are often interrupted with occassional flicking through pages...grave readings...and again back to relationship problems!! Then this goes on till one of them find that they have already wasted about 2 to 3 hrs of their time...now its better that they go to their respective areas of loneliness n study alone!!

The table where you will see a single guy sitting, staring at the laptop...aimlessly...he is definitely waiting for her gal to come over and teach her the subject!! He knows very well that this is a call just to spend some time with the girl...still he will make the excuse of studies...and even if the girl knows the same...she would come to teach him...and after some 2 or 3 hrs she would get mad and would leave the place blaming the guy of wasting his time!!

Then you will see the tables of some serious study groups...they will be having almost all the books possible from the library shelf and studying like crazy...and if any one breaks the rule of "silence" around them...they will give them the 'bhasmasur' looks!!

You can always spot a hyper active group in the room...with their occassional loud laughs...loads of standing over people around the table...and making fun of every possible teacher when they csnt understand the subject!!

Next category of people is the one who comes here for bird watching or csn be cslled "sight seeing group"..but not just bird watching...hybrid bird watching...as library would have birds of little upper breed here!! (pardon my language here)..

The last kind of group is the "do not bother n not bothered" group....they will have their heads inside the books, hands writing so fast in the notebooks that u can hear the pages crying of pain!! They do not care even for a bit whats going on in the outside world!

And the percentage of the group varies with the passing hour of the day!! The couples percentage increases towards the evening..as library is the only place open till 12 at night!!

Sitting here and observing each and every activity is like one of the most productful things i have ever done!! I would definitely like to do a survey about whether my assumptions are correct or not..lol I actually managed to sneak peak on many of the conversations thats going on here...ranging from politics to gadgets to Fashion to food...but it will all end up in depressing thoughts about the subjects and the subject teacher!! VIT is showing me new colours each and every day!!

Hope to get this blog updated with another VIT experience sooon!! Till then...CIAO!!!

Research Redefined....

What is "Research"....well the classical definition is not 'searching again'...but does it really hold so....:P

Lets see it through the eyes of young researchers (...like...me..LOL...)....

1. No weekends...every freaking day is a working day.......But, you can take a holiday with the excuse of studying, literature survey, library and even headache.

2. You can start the laptop with the enthusiasm to search at least some 20-50 papers for your literature studies, but would definitely end up into Facebooking, Twittering, Gtalking, Blogging and sometimes playing games online.

3. You will forget what is life outside lab...as you by this time have already started growing lives in your Lab

4. You will get these constant headaches because of excessive exposure to chemicals.

5. You will no longer able to feel your legs as they are swollen from the constant standing.

6. communication will be redefined for you...mood swings and irritation are very common and often to occur.

7. you will not have a personal life..and if you had already then it will take a 2nd 3rd or nth place right now!!

8. Your house...your room...or your hostel will feel like a guest house for you...

9. Movies, TV series will take a back seat

10. You will be sleeping like a dead person...even earthquake cant wake you up....and all you dream is about proteins, DNA, microbes, flasks...etc.etc.etc

11. Fashion will loose its meaning for you, as you cant even remember what were u wearing in the morning today....

12. If you are at VIT, you will be specially treated as they expect you to write "research papers" and publish them.....do they think that papers are available for 100bucks outside the stall??

13. You will be given the designation of a Research Associate and the workload of a Advanced Scientific Lab Assistant!!

14. Lab is your home n chemicals and bacteria are your friend....you now have no life away from that or can think of any!!!

Thanks to my "Research" I have added a new word "Patience" to my vocabulary....as it is all that I am been said to have during my work....as I will never get any results when I want them or need them.....

We are doing real research.....welcome to our Biotechn World!!!