Midnight Rants!!

Imagine you're on a carousel spending some quality time at the park with your family and the next thing you know, the world around you starts shaking as you, yourself, are spinning around. Imagine you're spending some quality time with your loved ones over some good lunch at home and the next thing know, the ground underneath starts shaking like crazy. Imagine you're leisurely walking hand in hand around town with your loved one and the next thing you know, the buildings around you start collapsing. Imagine you're enjoying the beautiful view and taking pictures of the city from the tallest historic building ever built, and next thing you know the building is collapsing on you... just imagine! If just imagining the situations is enough to give us goosebumps, I can't even think how those people must have felt who were actually a part of these situations. Life is uncertain indeed. You must all be aware of the earthquake that took place in Nepal this Saturday, sh...

"Wait...you don't eat meat... WHYYYY?" If you are a vegetarian, you will for sure understand the degree of agitation that I have with this question. Every new person that I meet who discovers that I don't meat feels this necessity to know why is it that I don't eat meat. And I am sick and tired of answering this question to every freaking person. I mean why is it that choosing not to eat meat is like a crime these days? Why is there a necessity for vegetarians to "explain" the reason behind them being one, or whether they've ever tried eating meat before, or the number of years they have been vegetarian for and the likes! This is so frustrating that it is beyond explanation. To those who eat meat - we get it, meat is delicious.. Trust me, we've heard a lot about it and still we've decided to stand by our preference. The reason behind it should be none of your business. We don't care the reason behind you eating meat, or the number ...

5-15: I want to go outside and play! "You're insane! Do you think you're a boy?" "Go get your dolls married." "Babysit your little brother." "Go help your mother in the kitchen." "Why are you sitting with your legs wide open?" "Learn to be polite." "Learn some household chores. That will help you in the future, not these books." "If you behave like how good girls are supposed to, you will be happy in life." "You're a girl, enough said." 16-25: I was groped/lurked over/harassed/teased... "sssshhhhhhhhhh" "Who told you to go socialize with everyone?" "Learn how to dress up better." "Well, you thought men and women could be friends, good lesson learnt eh?" "Why did you have to go out in the evening?" "Why did you leave the house at all?" "That's what happens when you go around provoking men." I don't want to...

5-15: I want to go outside and play! "You're insane! Do you think you're a boy?" "Go get your dolls married." "Babysit your little brother." "Go help your mother in the kitchen." "Why are you sitting with your legs wide open?" "Learn to be polite." "Learn some household chores. That will help you in the future, not these books." "If you behave like how good girls are supposed to, you will be happy in life." "You're a girl, enough said." 16-25: I was groped/lurked over/harassed/teased... "sssshhhhhhhhhh" "Who told you to go socialize with everyone?" "Learn how to dress up better." "Well, you thought men and women could be friends, good lesson learnt eh?" "Why did you have to go out in the evening?" "Why did you leave the house at all?" "That's what happens when you go around provoking men....

"Scars show toughness: that you've been through it, and you're still standing" as quoted by Theo Rossi, some scars do speak stories of bravery. Wounded scars from battlefield, hardships, struggle, etc. indeed show courage and endurance. But how about those unanticipated scars that you neither wanted nor saw it coming? The ones that innocent victim like Sangita has to live for the rest of her life from an unexpected acid attack? The scars reminding her of bravery that she didn't even deserve or have to show in the first place. I really feel bad for that young girl and a couple of her friends who had to go through this horrific incident. It's surprising to see how some people think it is okay to play with somebody's life like that. I mean what was he thinking? I am not sure what the story/reason is behind this act. There could be millions of either trivial or big reasons behind it; nevertheless, no action in the world deserves such brutal and inhuman crim...

Dear Master, The day you set me on your bed stand, I knew you were not one of those people who would smoke me up for the wrong reasons. Medical Marijuana, as they have entitled - I have bigger purposes in life. I help the ones in need - those whose pain is greater than the death itself. And I was certain you knew it. For the obvious reason: instead of smoking me up, you chose to set me on your bed stand. You have always been a healthy person. Hence, I was never a necessity in your life. I have observed that all along. We have seen places together - places that you actually enjoy visiting every now and then; like the clubs or house parties. I enjoy those places as much as you do. We had that in common.  Yet, as always, you never took a puff of me. I was never a bag full of temptation for you. You respected my existence and protected me whenever possible. There were times when parts of me got stuck in the wrong hands. Yet somehow, like an oasis in a desert, I found my way ...

With Valentine's Day being just around the corner, how could I miss the opportunity to celebrate love? Love is beautiful indeed. With so much love raining in every street and store around the globe, it would be harsh to post a rant against love. Not saying that I want to anyway! ;) Nevertheless, this post is also not going to be a tribute to the "beloved" or that special someone that the whole idea of V-day is dedicated to. This tribute is rather to that person who is as involved in the special relationship and giving suggestions and ideas all along. To be honest, my initial thought was to write a tribute to that special kind of love and write about it's glory. Taking a deeper thought into it made me realize who would actually be deserving of the tribute more than the special beloved. I am not sure if it works the same way for our guy friends, but for us ladies - behind every successful or unsuccessful relationship, there has to be a best friend (or two or more)...