tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23497213841349797862024-03-13T20:27:00.253-07:00words, at times, don't make justiceabhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-90530622995603124832015-02-26T09:11:00.001-08:002015-02-26T09:11:04.405-08:00Dust <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="line-height: normal;">Adding inertia to eyelashes </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: normal;">first thing in the noon - for the night's a bright one. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: normal;">An innate entity of the mattress </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: normal;">spread across the cosmos. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: normal;">Refined dust, we all are. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: normal;">Washing, scrubbing, sanitising, </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: normal;">the world steadfast at 'dusting it out'. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: normal;">While I am it, celebrate it, </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: normal;">welcome it home. </span></div>
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<span style="line-height: normal;">Also, an excuse!</span></div>
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abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-27605503554609930852012-12-15T06:18:00.000-08:002012-12-15T06:51:13.235-08:00Her Golden Spring<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Predicted to be an average fare,</div>
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yet I had strong reasons</div>
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to catch this Telugu-Tamil urban romance</div>
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before most of this world does.</div>
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Ilayaraja..</div>
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and the seemingly plot-plotting lyrics.</div>
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'At times magic, and then tragic;</div>
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the flame of the sun, or the misty rain;</div>
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bliss or pain,</div>
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what are you?' demands the Tamil woman lover.</div>
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Reservations I had,</div>
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the director's last was a soulless show.</div>
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But there was something more about this,</div>
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I could see through.</div>
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So I run to it before the reviews</div>
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all by myself. </div>
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I want to feel.</div>
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Very local 'theater' - 1 rupee samosas.</div>
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First thing in the morning, 1 balcony please!</div>
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1? Ladies? - Yes, ladies, <i>okate</i>.</div>
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Sit, crouch near the counter, till they open the glass doors.</div>
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Why can't everyone stop giving me that knowing look that I'm alone?</div>
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Some heavy trivial questions.</div>
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Will this movie be any different?</div>
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Oh, will you stop staring at me already?</div>
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Why am I not carrying money for snacks?</div>
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What if someone misbehaves like the last time?</div>
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Is that uncle my relative?</div>
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Does the college crowd look like they'd spoil the movie?</div>
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When will more women hang out alone?<br />
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Enter 45+ yr old woman.</div>
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A little disoriented, she does look. Clearly uncomfortable, but she will carry on.</div>
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How many tickets is she buying?<br />
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Wow, all by herself!<br />
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Perhaps I should ask her if she needs company.<br />
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Or maybe not. What if she's a loner?<br />
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Exit the 45+ yr old woman.<br />
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Black ticket seller? Naah, looks too schooled for that.<br />
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15 minutes to the movie.</div>
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What's her thought on the plot?</div>
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Did she too rush for Raja?<br />
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Will I get popcorn and small cool drink under 25 rupees?<br />
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Why did she look so...sad?<br />
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What's her story? Could this be her love story?<br />
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5 minutes.<br />
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Is this guy seated next to me a threat?<br />
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Has she entered?<br />
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Oh yes, let me see her reaction when the music peaks.<br />
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Why shouldn't she come for Nani?<br />
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Her lost lover?<br />
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Or Samantha?<br />
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Her boring husband?<br />
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Menon, someone else?<br />
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Or nothing!<br />
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Movie.<br />
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Immersed, self.</div>
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Aah, romance and Raja.</div>
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Oho, couple fight scenes without cut.<br />
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Not bad, Menon.<br />
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Ohkay, feminist-humanist cringe factors here and there.<br />
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Candy floss nonsense and make it all sweet, eh?<br />
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Is 'love' this patient?<br />
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Am I impatient? Should I learn from Nitya's grace?<br />
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Only beautiful girls get second chances aa?<br />
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Ooh, emphasis on memories.<br />
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Tears, for various reasons.<br />
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Alright that's it. Only Raja.<br />
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Over.<br />
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45+, where are you?<br />
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I expected myself</div>
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to find out - from the corner of my eye -</div>
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what moves you, if any.<br />
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I want too catch a glimpse of the post-cinema You<br />
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without being intrusive, of course<br />
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and wonder if you are me, 20 years from now.</div>
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Should I walk back to home or take a bus without ticket?<br />
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I want to look into your eyes now! Have they gained some cinematic closure, like mine?</div>
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Hey you whispering staring bunches, so what if I watched a romantic movie all alone?<br />
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Ouch! Hey me! So what if She watched it alone?</div>
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I'm sorry, 45+..oops, woman. Person.</div>
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abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-55409302553898328442012-07-14T22:00:00.001-07:002012-07-14T22:00:39.100-07:00does, is, itself<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">poetry</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">through it everything </span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">{is}</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">accepted</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">understood</span><br style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;" /><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">loved</span>
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For the gloom that gray reminds<br />
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and your thawing effect, summer,</div>
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I'm not done with you yet.</div>
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I hate you for the vile memory of bruises, cuts and burns<br />
and myself, too<br />
for letting the veil of 'love' blind me for so long.<br />
you might still carry off your charm on the rest of the world.<br />
you might have meant the world to me too,<br />
but that's past.<br />
With the freedom of the present,<br />
i spit on your grave.
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Ha!"abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-78778166245014394062011-10-18T15:10:00.000-07:002011-10-18T15:32:00.905-07:00found and lostThen and now, the games of time, my Love,<br />the myriad knots in my head thus brought about.<br />Funny how, I kept yearning for more<br />even when we believed we're twin souls..<br />Caught momentarily in the spin of earthly life.<br /><br />Oh how our madness turned into a way of the life we shared..<br />how reckless were we, and what joy it brought to us!<br />Irony, Brother, the way your frolic chose its own path,<br />swiftly bereaving me of the magic life has been for two years<br /><br />It's ok, my Child! As you say, we will probably meet again,<br />at a place where there are no neurons :)<br />I'm not complaining, Ma, it's not your fault.<br />But I can't help but point to the anguish i feel now..<br /><br />When I realize that I'm in the midst of all that I wanted<br />until a few days ago -<br />- there are friends, jokes, compliments, cheers, late-night liberation!<br />But one thing that makes life 'Life', is missing.<br />That's you, my Passion..abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-81678467201441067102011-09-21T12:23:00.000-07:002011-09-21T12:42:24.273-07:00A New Me as Interesting as Rumi?As one of my few friends has passingly hinted, I have far more hatred than love in store, I started to think about the purpose of my life. Not that I have gathered any direction, least of all an answer to it, but I conjured up another seemingly smart fast-fact about myself. There is far more stuff that I don't contribute to, than otherwise.<br /><br />What? Did you expect some wisecrack there? The reason I used the first sentence was to simply state yet another fact about my potential. And well, in the meanwhile, I started off with some shameless, harmless lies. First, no friend dare hints such things to me. Second, I haven't started to think about my purpose in life. That grim statement was to do just that - add a grim tone to my new post that I'm struggling with. But yes, I have only a few friends. Sparingly.<br /><br />If you're still with me, rather if you ever were, you could see that I don't update this blog, which in one real person's opinion, deserves to be filled more. One thing I love about life is the high I get on recognition. And praise, in a ridiculous way, is close to my passion. But there's also this wannabe ascetic in me that makes me pledge the other extreme. In a general, survival, mundane mode, I'm usually caught somewhere in between, unaware, but grumpy, nevertheless.<br /><br />Laziness, I guess, generates dangerous end-products when combined with wit. Again, like most things about me, these two also have the ridiculous hopeless undertones. Not classy! Anyhow, as a result, I come up with awesome ways to escape from WORK, under the guise of 'spirituality'.<br /><br />This post is just one of the very, very few attempts I've made in my life, to change the status quo.<br /><br />If you, bloody god, are listening, or recording this for my karma later, please, sometime, tell me, was I a worthy earthling?abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-55389243087036295022010-11-25T06:56:00.000-08:002010-11-25T07:00:36.585-08:00love in the time of..we're tired of the ways of the world,<br />and listen to what our heart says..<br />we elope to that hill we dream of, together.<br /><br />we build a home of straw,<br />walk around the greens,<br />pluck fruits, lit bonfires,<br />all just enough for us.<br /><br />and then there'll be a day<br />when lightning would struck me<br />or a snake would bite you<br />and the world would teach its children..<br />look what the fools did to themselves!<br />madness kills, life is in the balance.<br /><br />but how are they to know of the feeling<br />that we share, my love<br />when we are our own world,<br />secure in our thoughts, free from fear..<br />and what would the preachy world learn<br />of the beauty of life, that's not about existing, <br />but about living..?abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-19388527356623141132010-06-01T02:23:00.000-07:002010-06-01T02:34:46.600-07:00at the officeThe eyes shut.<br />Tired are they?<br />Of the sights seen,<br />The light’s sheen, <br />The explosion of colour,<br />The fatigue of the heat,<br />The gloom of rains, silence of the cold,<br />Of all that life has to offer,<br />Or asks in return;<br />In totality, the very morbidity of it all?<br /><br />Aware are they,<br />Of this very eventual irony?<br />Is this why they rest in sleep,<br />Waking up to the world inside..?<br />That space where there is no money,<br />White and black are just colours,<br />And each shade is, therefore it is.<br />And you call me asleep,<br />As I shut myself<br />From the mundane drama<br />And treat myself to the reality within.<br /><br />My eyes for sure know<br />That all of it is a joke.<br />Whether they read up omnibuses<br />Or witness scientific processes,<br />They know that the real world<br />Is the one they are often told <br />To shut themselves from,<br />On the opaque side of the mirror.<br />So I let them perch<br />And let the stage become a prop in itself<br />To live at peace<br />With the violence within.<br />I let myself sleep.abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-3635368256082314032010-03-29T23:39:00.000-07:002010-03-30T08:25:36.289-07:00holidayas a child,<div>i learnt cycling, </div><div>the beauty in idling,</div><div>enjoyed siestas, </div><div>made friends, played so many games</div><div>that now i cant recall their names;</div><div>many more have been the ways</div><div>to grow with fun,</div><div>unmindful of the scorching sun</div><div>in the magical span of holidays.</div><div><br /></div><div>these were the times</div><div>for kids to grow, they say..</div><div>a well-deserved break </div><div>from the lessons in rooms.</div><div>to start new hobbies, hone skills,</div><div>for it's not just books that build.</div><div><br /></div><div>im now an 'adult', or at least</div><div>that's what they ascribe me</div><div>as being.</div><div>and the sad part?</div><div>i never knew when i became one..</div><div>and on some contemplation,</div><div>i also doubt </div><div>if i would ever be,</div><div>for the child in me</div><div>is what keeps me alive.</div><div><br /></div><div>as i introspect on that,</div><div>i start to ask myself..</div><div>have i given the time</div><div>to Me?</div><div>to discover the person i am,</div><div>the identity that i dont have an idea of.</div><div>when i've taken</div><div>9 months to be born,</div><div>and many years to be formed;</div><div>doesn't I need some time</div><div>to itself,</div><div>to become what i am..?</div><div><br /></div><div>i need time</div><div>to think, to weigh,</div><div>to judge, to find,</div><div>learn, appreciate,</div><div>thank, pray..</div><div>a time to love, my self too!</div><div>time to look into the world,</div><div>find my spot in it,</div><div>make a World of my own,</div><div>and become the I</div><div>that is a world in itself.</div><div><br /></div><div>if all this is too much to ask for,</div><div>then we all need to stop growing</div><div>right when we drop in,</div><div>on this planet, this society.</div><div>for what's the use</div><div>in not becoming the I's and We's,</div><div>a world unto the Self?</div><div>we'd rather be machines, rock or nothing</div><div>than humans who are gifted to think,</div><div>but only learn to undo this trait</div><div>and make a joke out of it</div><div>by calling it..</div><div>life.</div>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-22233439879558951932010-03-26T03:31:00.000-07:002010-03-26T03:40:16.637-07:00love<span style="line-height:115%; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SAfont-family:";font-size:11.0pt;">Ideals, ideologies, or the lack of them, CHANGE, compromise, realization, adaptation, pain,suffocation, space, possessiveness, commitment, want, hope, insecurity, lies – both inward and outward, togetherness, support, compassion, intimacy, truth-both micro and macro, dreams, and the great Indian mentality of marriage.</span>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-46436876442564960232010-03-25T06:43:00.000-07:002010-03-25T08:39:23.079-07:00long long agoan idea struck me<div>made me smile</div><div>gave me pride.</div><div>gave me wings</div><div>n i looked into the mirror.</div><div>that's all i did,</div><div>for i was busy</div><div>cherishing what i owned</div><div>and was lost</div><div>in myself.</div><div><br /></div><div>i played with it</div><div>in my head:</div><div>how id blog about it,</div><div>add romance to it</div><div>in a lyrical style,</div><div>touch hearts, wet eyes,</div><div>connect,</div><div>bring myself a name and fame</div><div>to satiate my self.</div><div><br /></div><div>me as i am,</div><div>i made myself open</div><div>to many more ideas.</div><div>visuals, feelings,</div><div>words, sounds,</div><div>tastes, perspectives,</div><div>name it and you have it.</div><div>the wide web welcomed me</div><div>an insect</div><div>but who willingly got trapped</div><div>in and sunk into</div><div>it all by itself.</div><div><br /></div><div>then followed saturation</div><div>information all around,</div><div>me the observer.</div><div>too many people,</div><div>too much hunger,</div><div>convolutions, power politics,</div><div>religion, blindfolds,</div><div>opiated vents, skyscrappers,</div><div>palm islands, diamond mafia,</div><div>name it and you have it.</div><div>i couldn't even remember</div><div>that i had an idea</div><div>nor can i recollect what it was, now.</div><div>for there have been</div><div>many more like that since,</div><div>as i remain an observer</div><div>all unto myself.</div>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-64000588767674725092010-03-25T06:31:00.000-07:002010-03-25T06:38:32.005-07:00the changeyes, that post i made 2 months ago holds some value now.<div>lethargy, lack of motivation, (misplaced?) sense of content(ment), distractions, and the rest in myself - that's old abhi for you.</div><div>and the new one? i din't say she's any different! (playing safe.) what value she now holds is because she's typing this down, now.</div><div>what made her do it? a lot of abstinence from work, a lack of sense of purpose, and the like, which obviously follow months of nothingness.. and add to that, love. yeah.</div>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-17963837323064672762010-03-25T06:24:00.000-07:002010-03-25T06:31:32.691-07:00lovelove..this may be an oft-discussed issue on this blog. love..something just struck me. <div>probably, the closest word to state an example of what all this about, is the very word, 'state'.</div><div>state and State. love and Love. similar properties, big difference.</div>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-76896953869970542802010-01-10T23:12:00.001-08:002010-01-10T23:14:08.437-08:00here comes the change as i call it<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">-------------------------------------------------------------</span></b>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-53888398929185040962009-06-24T08:30:00.000-07:002009-06-24T08:40:17.762-07:00what i learnt today24th june 09. <div>.bejesus/bejeezus: <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><i>n.</i> <i>Slang <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; ">Used as an intensive: <span class="illustration" style="color: rgb(34, 102, 153); font-style: italic; ">The bear scared the bejesus out of us</span></span></i></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family:Arial;font-size:13px;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><span class="illustration" style="color: rgb(34, 102, 153); font-style: italic; "></span></span></i><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#226699;"><i>. there's a lot of crap happening in the world. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLBE5QAYXp8&feature=fvst</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#226699;"><i>. UN offers an online volunteering programme. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; "><a href="http://onlinevolunteering.org/en/org/resources/index.html">http://onlinevolunteering.org/en/org/resources/index.html</a></span></i></span></div><div>. i'm lazy, cynical and i've got to deal with it. also, life here at parents' place in blore is so different from barul,that village id been to. it was so much better there..no carbon footprint guilt. should do something to better this place.</div></span><br /></div></div>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-75431133242169722762009-05-19T07:13:00.000-07:002009-05-19T07:27:50.517-07:00vox populi<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><div>give your opinions, suggestions, comments, or anything about the following issues in the comments box :)</div><div><br /></div>issue</span>: indian elections, 2009. lok sabha as well as assembly.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">issue:</span> are men and women really innately that differently; or is socialization a major factor, so much that it's got into our genes? simply put, where do hormones and socialization (i call it social manipulation..just like we created 'castes' for hierarchical domination) stand, diverge and/or intersect?</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">issue:</span> LTTE, sri lankan government.</div>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-11162366693334147562009-05-17T05:36:00.000-07:002009-05-18T08:17:52.223-07:00musings. i am a string of memories<div><br /></div><div>. if i can't accept any man as he is and still love him, i don't mind ending up with a woman. it's not about the sexuality alone. </div><div><br /></div><div>. <span class="salutation">abhigna: </span>wats wrong with being a gay/lesbo?</div><div class="chat out"> <div class="msg Nth">i think gays (homosexuals) r the most self-respecting ppl</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat in"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/24889833e417ecd2f04dc6c56b73d6f894d1b7c3.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">bhanu: </span>oh shit!</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat out"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/3437eb6e7aa5ec52429fe0ae1b5705fa0dd08895.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">abhigna: </span>they know what they want</div> <div class="msg Nth">n they get it</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat in"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/24889833e417ecd2f04dc6c56b73d6f894d1b7c3.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">bhanu: </span>gays are freakin' GAY baa..!</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat out"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/3437eb6e7aa5ec52429fe0ae1b5705fa0dd08895.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">abhigna: </span>n those who r open abt it</div> <div class="msg Nth">think of it</div> <div class="msg Nth">trhose open abt it..</div> <div class="msg Nth">think of all that they r ready 2 undergo</div> <div class="msg Nth">for being themselves</div> <div class="msg Nth">for telling the world the truth abt themselves</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat in"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/24889833e417ecd2f04dc6c56b73d6f894d1b7c3.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">bhanu: </span>actually right baa!</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat out"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/3437eb6e7aa5ec52429fe0ae1b5705fa0dd08895.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">abhigna: </span>for being true 2 themselves</div> <div class="msg Nth">mayb</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat in"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/24889833e417ecd2f04dc6c56b73d6f894d1b7c3.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">bhanu: </span>that's a actually a point!</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat out"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/3437eb6e7aa5ec52429fe0ae1b5705fa0dd08895.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">abhigna: </span>i will end up with a woman</div> <div class="msg Nth">may b</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat in"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/24889833e417ecd2f04dc6c56b73d6f894d1b7c3.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">bhanu: </span>they are almost as great as saints and scientist!</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat out"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/3437eb6e7aa5ec52429fe0ae1b5705fa0dd08895.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">abhigna: </span>ive started 2 believe</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat in"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/24889833e417ecd2f04dc6c56b73d6f894d1b7c3.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">bhanu: </span>*s</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat out"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/3437eb6e7aa5ec52429fe0ae1b5705fa0dd08895.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">abhigna: </span>u kidding?</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat in"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/24889833e417ecd2f04dc6c56b73d6f894d1b7c3.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">bhanu: </span>ledhu baa</div> <div class="msg Nth">why wud I</div> <div class="msg Nth">i feel lke I'm convnced</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat out"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/3437eb6e7aa5ec52429fe0ae1b5705fa0dd08895.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">abhigna: </span>huff!!</div> <div class="msg Nth">i adore them in this world of lies, deceit n fake people</div> <div class="clear"></div></div> <div class="break"></div> <div class="chat in"> <div class="msg 1st"> <div class="icon"> <div style="FILTER: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader(src='file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/hare/Local%20Settings/Application%20Data/Google/Google%20Talk/avatars/24889833e417ecd2f04dc6c56b73d6f894d1b7c3.online.avatar'); HEIGHT: 1px"></div></div><span class="salutation">bhanu: </span>mmm..!</div></div>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-51048767308739066102009-05-14T08:23:00.000-07:002009-05-17T03:56:32.760-07:00quote quotient<span lang="EN-GB" style="line-height: 115%;font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:EN-US; mso-bidi-language:AR-SAfont-family:";font-size:11.0pt;">"Darkness gives at least a false impression of coolness."</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px;font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px;font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px;">rudyard kipling, chapter 11 ("the city of dreadful night"), life's handicap.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px;font-family:Calibri;font-size:15px;">thanks to amitendu :)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 48px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 48px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; ">"The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think"</span><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">-my immediate source: orkut 'fortune'!!</span></div>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-69697644460663407292009-05-14T07:47:00.000-07:002009-05-14T07:55:05.525-07:00potpourrifood for thought :)<div><br /></div><div>{yeah, i cook and i love to!}</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">soups</span></div><div>i often have plain dal, boil sweet corn, etc; and as these arent thin in consistency, the leftover water, after boiling, has to be drained out. immaterial of the amount of water used, due to pressure cooking, some gets left out. (someone pls let me know the technique that doesnt leave out water :) )</div><div>this is highly nutritious, and thus can't be wasted. so i use this water to make clear soup. if the volume is too less, i simply add some more water, and cook the soup by spicing it up with hints of ginger, pepper and garlic.</div><div>it's simply a soothing concoction :)</div>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-66734170064998662372009-05-12T23:18:00.000-07:002009-05-17T03:53:54.406-07:00stereotypes<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">pink perversion</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">(excerpts from a wiki article on pink)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:-webkit-sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/monobook/bullet.gif); margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">In Western culture, the practice of assigning pink to an individual gender began in the 1920s.</span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink#cite_note-4" title="" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">[</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">5</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">]</span></span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> From then until the 1940s, pink was considered appropriate for boys because being related to red it was the more masculine and decided color, while blue was considered appropriate for girls because it was the more delicate and dainty color, or related to the </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Mary" title="Virgin Mary" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Virgin Mary</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">.</span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink#cite_note-5" title="" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">[</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">6</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">]</span></span></span></span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink#cite_note-6" title="" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">[</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">7</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">]</span></span></span></span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink#cite_note-7" title="" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">[</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">8</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">]</span></span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> Since the 1940s, the societal norm apparently inverted so that pink became appropriate for girls and </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_blue" title="Baby blue" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">blue</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> appropriate for boys, a practice that has continued into the 21st century.</span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink#cite_note-8" title="" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">[</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">9</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">]</span></span></span></span></a></sup></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/monobook/bullet.gif); margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Though the color pink has sometimes been associated with gender stereotypes, some feminists have sought to reclaim it. For example, the Swedish radical feminist party </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_Initiative_(Sweden)" title="Feminist Initiative (Sweden)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Feminist Initiative</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> and the American activist women's group </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_Pink" title="Code Pink" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Code Pink: Women for Peace</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> use pink as their color.</span></span></span></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/monobook/bullet.gif); margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">The </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_ribbon" title="Pink ribbon" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">pink ribbon</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> is the international symbol of </span></span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_cancer" title="Breast cancer" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">breast cancer</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> awareness. Pink was chosen partially because it is so strongly associated with femininity.</span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink#cite_note-9" title="" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">[</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">10</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">]</span></span></span></span></a></sup></li></ul><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/monobook/bullet.gif); margin-bottom: 0.5em; "><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">It has been suggested that females prefer pink because of a preference for reddish things like ripe fruits and healthy faces.</span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink#cite_note-10" title="" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">[</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">11</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">]</span></span></span></span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink#cite_note-11" title="" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">[</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">12</span></span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">]</span></span></span></span></a></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> This suggestion, however, has been criticized as unsubstantiated.</span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference" style="line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; "><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink#cite_note-12" title="" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">[</span></span></span></a></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink#cite_note-12" title="" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">13</span></span></span></a><span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink#cite_note-12" title="" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">]</span></span></span></a></span></sup></li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 10px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">think about it :)</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; line-height: 10px;font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; line-height: 10px;font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 10px; font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">personality preconception</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold; line-height: 10px;font-family:georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 10px; font-family:georgia;">just because i speak about<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;font-family:-webkit-sans-serif;"> </span>my boyfriend, don't care about getting straight As and don't choose to listen to boring classes for attendance, i'm not a bitchy moron. just because you visit the library everyday, don't think of having babies but only about entering the civils one day, you aren't a genius.</span></div></span></div>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-41871775583757031702009-05-10T23:17:00.000-07:002009-05-11T21:55:39.529-07:00petty penchantsdido!! rahman!! enigma!! ilayaraja!!<div>sunlight!! brightness!! green, yellow! fresh air!!!</div><div>citrus, weed on beach rocks, wine!!</div><div>violin, more violin, jazzz!!!</div><div>baby fragrance, citrus again, </div><div>caves, church bells, pebbles!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>a la 'favourite things' from 'sound of music' :D<br /><div><br /></div></div>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-43157918893296561222009-05-10T20:52:00.000-07:002009-05-14T08:07:21.381-07:00lyricality<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">'kavingalukkellaam kurumbad</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">igham, kavingalin kurumbil suvai adigham'</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">-oh, the richness in the poet's mischief, and the rich taste of this mischief itself!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">movie: kangalaal kaithu sey. song: anaarkali. lyrics: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Pa. Vijay</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pa._Vijay" title="Pa. Vijay" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(0, 43, 184); background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">/</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> Kabilan/ Thenmozhi? dont know :)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; "><pre style="text-align: left;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"gurutu cheripivEsi jeevinchaalani </span></span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">cherapalEkapOtE maraNinchaalani </span></span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">telisi kooDaa chEyaleni verri vaaDani </span></span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">gunDe pagilipOvu varaku nannu paaDani </span></span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">mukkalalO lekkalEni roopaalalO </span></span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">marala marala ninnu choosi rOdinchanee"</span></span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">me, a mad man, </span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">for i know that memories are to be forgotten</span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">or taken to the grave;</span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">yet, i can't erase them!</span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">so, let me sing the melancholic tune till my heart is broken</span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and i can bawl, looking at her countless images reflected in these very pieces.</span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">song: prema ledani. movie: abhinandana. lyrics: aatreya (raasi srothalani, raayakunda nirmaathalani edipinche vaadu!)</span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"life is a rollercoaster just gotta ride it!" artist: ronan keating</span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></span></pre><pre style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21px; white-space: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">mann ki gali tu phuharoon si aa</span></span></span></span></span></pre><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">bheeg jaye mere khwabon ka kafila"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); font-style: italic; line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">- come to my mind like a thousand fountains</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">and let the caravan of my wishes get drenched in their showers.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(68, 68, 68); line-height: 21px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">song: tu bin bataye; film: rang de basanti; lyrics: prasoon joshi</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">must listen: dido - most of her songs, especially 'do you have a little time', 'see you when you're 40', 'life for rent', 'sand in my shoes'.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">yusuf islam's 'father and son'.</div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">"neDaera neeku nestamu, repe ledu!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">ninnanTae ninDu sunna raa, raane raadu!!"</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">today's your only friend, there's no tomorrow</div><div style="text-align: left;">yesterday's cipher, won't come again.</div><div style="text-align: left;">(Sounds simple in english!)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">song: jagaDa jagaDa jagaDam. film: geetanjali. lyrics: veturi sundararamamurthy</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;font-family:Verdana;font-size:48px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(71, 71, 71); line-height: 23px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></span></span></span></div></div>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2349721384134979786.post-23065433161973447252009-05-10T20:38:00.000-07:002009-05-11T09:04:18.557-07:00save the monkey!<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px; font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">deforestation, encroachment, street circus, cruel lab testing, current wires. besides, the ill-treatment by humans.<br />reasons enough?<br />yet, this species gets less attention, because, 1. they aren't endangered (yet!) and 2. the stereotype of menace, danger and species inferiority.<br /><br />come, let's look for ways to save our neglected ancestors:</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px;font-family:Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 17px;font-family:Verdana;font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><a href="http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=87676098"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Community.aspx?cmm=87676098</span></a></span></span><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); line-height: 17px;font-family:Verdana;font-size:48px;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); line-height: 17px;font-family:Verdana;font-size:48px;"><br /></span></div>abhihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15259441278920754969noreply@blogger.com0