This is bijani twins' last journey. But just look at the irony. What they wanted all their life.......individuality...........Death fulfilled it as one can see the two different coffins for them. This is very sad news. Like so many people even i wanted them to stay alive cause they were a picture of hope, grit and determination for everybody in the world. They knew it beforehand that their surgery woould involve great risks, but they went for it for something which everybody wants in life--"Individuality". I can't imagine what sort of a difficult lives they must have lead. Sacrifice being the buzzword. When i came to know the death of the first twin, i desperately hoped and prayed god that the other twin should definitely be spared of death, Alas, that was not meant to be!
Now there is a debate raging amongst the medical community and media whether the pioneer surgery should have ever been attempted. But i find the whole thing useless. The twins themselves knew about the seriousness of the operation and risks. They were the one to still go ahead inspite of knowing that either of them would survive or none at all. The doctors had done their duty to forewarn them. Suppose if the surgery would have been a success, this question would never have arode. The doctors would have been praised sky high for their efforts. Just because of their death doesn't mean that they should be condemned by saying that' " They have killed the twins" which is very harsh according to me.
Anyways may their soul rest in peace and for me they will always remain a picture of hope!

Hello people! This is real cool news. For someone who dislikes aerated drinks, this news comes as a complete refresher.So...... now its our nariyal paani v/s pepsi, coke, thums up etc. etc. Canned coconut water......well definitely unique! cool way to go swadeshi!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey people!!!!!!!!! have installed the zonkboard! so yap to your heart's content! byeeeeeeeeeeeeee! seeya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday was fun! our class participated in a rally promoting usage of helmets. We were divided in lots of small groups and we stood at various traffic junctions at linking road and SV road in Bandra. felt crazy and wierd doing such stuff. We had banners like " Marna mana hain, helmets peheno", "wear helmets, what's there?" and all the usual predictable ones. We had so much fun. whenever the traffic would halt coz of the red signal we would begin our work. We went to many people travelling in two wheelers urging them to wear helmets. people were amused seeing a group of students having their own share of fun. Many were also puzzled watching us. We cracked all filmi dialogues like " Aapko helmets pehenna chahiye, aapki family hain!" etc. etc. ( U have gotta a family, u gotta wear helmets!) Some of them got cheesed out while some took it in a right spirit. We even managed to caught a traffic havaldar ( policemen), now that was whole lot of fun! We were like, " u r the protector of law, u should set an example and blah blah blah! he became defensive and started arguing with us saying that they is no such law to wear helmets and all. true there exists no such law but we were just advocating safety. But talking and advising him was great fun!
seriously speaking we saw so manyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy people not wearing helmets which is a great threat to their life as such. We saw only a handful of people wearing helmets while travelling. i really feel that mumbai should enforce compulsory wearing of helmets like some southern cities like bangalore ( i think). It would be a measure for safety!
All in all it was helluva fun! i thought that this would be the most dumbest thing i am gonna do but i had great fun! seeya!

This picture haunts me. yesterday i saw the report about Warangal derailment in NDTV 24x7 And i just freezed with fear, anger and disgust. The live reporting is more disturbing than the printed one coz he was shown to be struggling for his life as he is stuck between the seat and the window. My heart went out for the poor soul, pity nobody to help him when the media was busy clicking and filming his anguish and struggle. But ultimately lost his life coz of the slackness of the rescue team. i feel so sorry for tht man who was incidently the sole breadwinner of his family. I just shudder to imagine what the condition of the photographers and the cameraman would have been while taking the picture and filming it. It is a real helpless situation. In a span of one month there have been more than 2 derailments which is very sad.

Hello guys! me back after a realllllllll long time! blame it on my faulty internet connection. Man!
did it not trouble me! i wanted to write about so many things, but its ok! Many things have happened in my absence! Well for starters i have inspired my pal, Ashwin to start his own blog! Whoa! feel like a godfather already or shud it be godmother, well it really shudn't matter! I read ruskin bond this week, people in small places. cool writer, quite liked him.
I was quite tired today after college. So fell asleep while travelling in the train. In the local trains in mumbai, ladies have a method of their own which ensures that people to get a seat in the train. It is something like that. Every lady will reserve a seat for themselves with another lady on the basis of where tht lady is getting down. didnt get me? Its like if i am travelling and the trains are jam packed such that there is not even a single seat to sit, then i have an oral agreement with any lady who will give me her seat after she gets down at any station she wants to. so i reserve a seat in such a manner that get to sit soon. today I was very tired with a nagging headache bothering me, but thankfully i got to sit in a crowded train too. i was very well deep in my sleep when i felt a tap on my back. i opened my eyes with great difficulty when i saw this lady standing right before me.then she asked " aapko kahan utarna hain? " ( Meaning: where do u wanna get down?) i mumbled a reply and tried to go to sleep again extremelyangry with the lady who broke my beautiful sleep. after a few minutes there was tap on my shoulder again. i opened my eyes with absolute disgust for the lady/girl who woke me up. i replied to her question and again dosed off. This kinda incidents happens often with me. Sometimes i feel i should sit with a board in hand or paste a sheet on my forehead which tells ppl where i am getting down. Atleast they will spare me when i am asleep. Any ways! seeya

Travelling in trains in mumbai may be a drudgery but it sure has it own set of endearing idiosyncrasies which is so peculiar to Mumbai. Often one might find loads of hawkers selling their wares at dead cheap prices. Also haggling is not a uncommon sight too. i remember this girl more or less my age, who used to daily be there in my train ( yeah, mumbaikars have their fixed trains for travelling, fixed seats in the trains etc.) selling bindis, earrings and other fashion accessories. She was very popular because she was this bindaas types and would not take shit from anyone. Also she had this popular way of selling her wares by singing hindi film songs. She used to be aware of most of the filmy numbers and was really good at that. As i progressed from my junior college to senior college, my college timings also changed and i soon lost a trcak of her. After a yri again happened to see her. I was shocked seeing her coz she was now a wife with sindoor on her forehead and mangal sutra dangling from her neck and a bulging tummy! I expressed my surprise to my fellow commuter who said that she was married off by her brother because according to him the only cure to her obstinate behaviour was marriage. I laughed at the reason and began enjoying her songs which were as usual loads of fun!
Today i saw her again, with a child in her hands. She was as usual in her chirpy bubbly self. Being married and having a baby seems to have no effect on her cheerfulness. She is still the same. In a span of 4 yrs. i have seen her transformation from a mischievous girl to a wife to a mother and she still doesnt cease to surprise me coz i love the way she adds zing to her life her bubbly attitude!
many a times it happens that a boring song which i would otherwise not bother to listen happens to interest me during train journeys when a bunch of kids sing to earn their living. Many of them are such good singers that they have this ability to make a boring song sound interesting. But it is a pity that such young children are resorted to earn their daily bread in such a manner. But nevertheless they make the tiresome journey worth for many passengers.

I sometimes think Indian media has this incorriglible knack of putting its foot in its mouth. Just a couple of days before Indian media went gaga as to how China has agreed to recognize Sikkim as a part of India and that an agreement will be signed to the following effect. But nothing like that happened. Infact Chinese officials had to issue a statement to clarify facts. Indian media for long has been indulging into speculative journalism and realms of newsprint and loads of time are being devoted to speculation in newspapers and news channels. I guess this is because of the increasing no. of news channels and their quest to be the first to broadcast the breaking news. I remember when Wisden was crowning the Indian cricketer of the century, the media was strife with speculations with some of the contenders being Sachin tendulkar, kapil Dev, Gavaskar etc. But a faux pas was committed by AAJ TAK when it publicly broadcasted that Sachin tendulkar was the winner when Kapil dev Bagged the coveted titile of Wisden indian cricketer of the century.
It was a great gesture from India's point of view with the Indian prime minister visiting China after a gap of nearly more than a decade and a half. Revival of trade links with China is a great step in boosting ecinimies of both the countries. But its not a win-win situation for india as the balance is strongly tilted towards China. China has gained the political approval of India by the latter recognizing Tibet as the autonomous region of People's Republic of China WITHOUT explicitily recognizing Sikkim as an integral part of India. The good news is only as far the trade relations are concerned. Gaining chinese recognition of sikkim being a part of india is hardly a matter of concern from an indian point of view. But China has scored with India recognizing Tibet which is sad becoz India didnt stand to gain anything POLITICALLY. Also i feel sad for a lakh odd Tibetans who stay in India and are fighting a losing battle to gain their homeland Tibet. India has always morally supported the Tibetans by giving their spiritual leader Dalai lama alongwith many tibetan citizens political asylum. The Indian Tibetans whom I have interacted with really want India to support their cause but i guess all's in vain now. With no reciprocal gestures as such by the Chinese, its advantage China all the way!

Very cool short story
Do make it a point to read it.

Well its that time of the year again!!!!!!!! RESULTS!!!! its result time everywhere. Mumbai, Calcutta, Delhi everywhere. personally i am not in favour of the Indian format of examination. The fate of a student depends on JUST ONE EXAMINATION.
I mean this is just not done. Parental pressure to perform well is another bane of a students life. A student is declared as worthless when the marks are low which is a very sad situation. All this results into the increasing rates of student suicides immediately after the board results are announced. All this is beacuse the system is very faulty which is only performance-oriented ( basis of one exam) and which focusses only on the academic aspect of a students life ignoring the creativity which a child might posess.Its very frustrating situation.
Nowadays alongwith the newspapaers electronic media has also started to focuss on the results at various states thereby hyping up the whole situation which is totally unnecessary. the solution lies in changing our educational system. but what is the solution is a million dollar question and will it ever be implemented is a thing to ponder on.