Journalism:a modern tool to alert people

Everything evolves and only the fittest survive: an apt observation by Darwin...
Just as someone asks a famous economist "Indian economy is sure to be boosted in 2011, isn't it?"
If I were in that economist's shoes I wouldn't be pessimistic; nor would I induce a false hope.India has surely been growing, but how far is this growth inclusive?
When our nails grow, do we say we are growing???
But one thing is evolving as a tool to overthrow governments,if need be...That one powerful tool when wielded at the right time, towards the right people ;it is sure to bring forth a cleaner and healthy country.Journalism has always been such a tool; but after those initial freedom fighting years when it was used to inspire people to fight against intruders; it has only been in snooze mode waking up intermittently, revealing facts of less importance while concealing some major facts.But today as we look at the newspaper we see information, which we wouldn't have imagined.News channels today reveal information which shakes and pressurizes governments, the judiciary and thus upholding the basic principles of democracy.
I hope this helps us realize the inherent faults in the system and to correct them ....
Be it Wikileaks revealing underground US diplomatic cables or our own version on a national scale the infamous Radia tapes; people get to know what actually is happening in the big bad world of corporates, politics,terrorism etc...
The anthem of this period is surely: "Evolve,Enrich and Enlighten".In addition to these there is another word that might come in this list "Entertain" :) ....

Castle

I started watching Castle recently and completed the first two seasons in no time...I love this series, mainly because of the subtle emotions conveyed through Rick's expressions,Beckett's teasing..Its awesome!Among all of them I loooooovvvveeee Ryan... ;) And obviously the interesting homicide cases are worth a watch :)
After completing House MD in six months I thought nothing could beat it, but something came close enough at last :P
Be it medical cases or homicide cases I like them both!
I wish there were a show with engineering cases too, so that I don't feel guilty watching them, ignoring my subjects :P

Ignorance is bliss

Daily morning when sunlight peeks through the window I wonder why is nature beautiful in spite of being so complicated. Why does nature inspire in spite of being so difficult to interpret?

Unanswered questions give us a reason to live. If all the answers were known, what fun could we possibly have as we unveil every step of our lives?

Every second of knowledge shows us an eternity of ignorance...Ignorance is bliss!

There is a cycle of life-love-knowledge intertwined with a desire of escapism.

I always leave things after a point, i don’t poke in much, digging deep reveals more dust than treasure. But there is a time when intuitions tell you to go on, that is when you strike gold.

Inquire about, invest in and be intrigued by something which attracts you; not everything that might benefit you!

The Butterfly Effect ;)

Two at a time ;)

Sometimes I am awed looking at nature's beauty!
Nature has a sense of style and blend which inspires life in anyone who bothers to notice...
Last summer I went to an island called Penang.It is a heaven in its own way...Quiet,religious and colourful....The beaches,the gardens,fruits farms,the buddhist temples all of these are a tourist's delight....
I took these pics at Penang's Butterfly farm!It just finished raining and all of them seemed to be in a fresh mood,flying all around one even perched on my brightly coloured handbag :P
I love these pics :)Njoy!!!

Talk of colour combinations :)

Perched with perfection!!!!!!

My fav :)

Now that beats the Louis Vuitton

They are everywhere,ever bothered to look????

The Social Network

The world wide web has made it possible to download and watch a movie even before it released in my country...'Torrents' is the mantra for movie buffs!!
I watched 'The social network' at least 2 months before it released here.It was a good movie.For a change it didn't praise the $Richie rich$...It just made sure people know that when you grow richer and when you get obsessed with something you sometimes end up losing valuable things like friendship and love! Mark wasn't an ordinary person he was a genius, but that doesn't make him an alien.He is as human as anyone else and subjected to as much emotions.But he hides them and forgets to retrieve them later when they matter.At some critical points of life he took some wrong decisions , not in his business but in his personal life.
Sometimes its ok to lie,fight,shout, have differences of opinion and even to hurt a person; but what matters is that one should have the guts to accept his fault and go tell the other person how much he values him/her.
I liked the slow pace of the movie and screenplay.I especially loved the way it ended.Its definitely worth a watch!

Being Indian!!

India is a country where last minute preparations even make the impossible possible!!!
This quality is imbibed in every system and in every activity of our beloved nation.Let us consider a politician visiting a town for a function, the nearly-in- ruin roads and street lights which were never ON since a long time; all get repaired and reworked in the last few days to make it perfect for the D-day.Government employees in various departments ranging from the Income tax to Food&Agriculture, Railways to Communication,Transport to Health, every one of them organise their work just days before an inspection.
Take for example the Ayodhya case.It has been more than half a century since the case was in the court, but it receives a judgment from the high court only days before a jury member is about to retire :)!!!
But nevertheless these last minute cover-ups are quite successful in many cases!
Consider the Common Wealth Games, just a month before the event it was a complete mess up and people were deciding who should be blamed for the mess.Probabilities of any huge success of the event were near to nil.But the transformation of the games village from its pathetic state to its amazing state was all-in-all a last minute miracle.The opening ceremony was a complete thumbs up:)..And whoa in CWG India ends up second due to its the medal bagging spree!!Speak of efforts;)..The CWF head calls Common Wealth Games 2010 a complete success :D

Also, lets take the example of the assembly goof up in Karnataka. Even in this case a last minute trust vote avoided the president rule in the state...
Talking of efforts at the penultimate moment, how can we forget to mention the test matches which India won recently!VVS zindabad..Our cricketers have the 'last-minute rush up' in their genes ;)
We have it in our genes too...
I love the sabji my mom makes in a hurry just before she takes off to work ;) (yummy results of last moment patch up...)
Hmmm...I gotta go,as I have to start writing an assignment with a deadline till tomorrow morning!!!( I have it too I guess ;))

Locked up?!?

I was watching an Akon feat song 'Locked up' today, that was when it stuck to me how locked up I was in a place where I was supposed to be free and during that phase of life where independence is felt,learnt and yearned for.Everyday I Facebook I see my friends from Mumbai uploading pics of fun,joy and freedom.But here when I have to ask a hundred permissions to cross the college gate I give up.I realise the value of being a person with a gift of adaptability.But there are atleast 5 thousand girls like me behind these walls of holy hell. Fun and frolic don't depend on the place say some.But I feel the world is going on and I am not in it.Its running fast and after a year when get out there I might not be able to catch up. Education is one thing but experience is another. When it comes to experience even the worst situations teach us a life lesson, something which we don't learn from being locked up.And atlast when we do get some holidays to go back home its like we are being bailed out awaiting a verdict.The days fly and back we go to the same walls.