Its election time for America (literally!). The race for the presidents post is on and I support Hilary Rodham Clinton. I hope the country has a woman president at least now! Actually, I am more curious to see how Bill Clinton will be the first husband. :D
Well, the new trend or campaigning is posting your videos on Youtube, The Time invention of year-2006. Truly we have gone techno crazy. Internet has become our oxygen for reaching out to as many as people as we want. Internet is now indispensable for information. How casually one of my friends living in a hostel said to me," We do not read newspapers. We do not even watch those 24x7 news channels. We have the internet!"
So when leaders like Rudy Guilani and Hilary Clinton use Youtube as one of the various ways to boost their campaigns, its amazing. Youtube is not only cheap and easisest ways to publicise yourself but an effective tool to reach to the young voters of my age (in America, of course!). I feel I am now living one of the Isaac Asimov story. Now, a website decides the future in world history. A candidates chances of winning would be decided by the number of views he/she has had! Congrats Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim. Your innocent invention changes everything now.
I am now wondering whether we get to see our Indian leaders on Youtube? Would we want to see Laloo Prasad Yadav or Sonia Gandhi or L.K. Advani on the net?
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
ORKUT
Like so many of my peers I have also been (lets say was) addicted to orkut. An online community helping me be in touch with my friends from my former schools, people I met at summer camps, competitions and college batchmates. Even cousins. All together in one list. Its like my own network.
Since, I logged in with orkut, I was hyper-excited about finding everyone. The scrap books were filled with how are you? where are you? cho chweet , you are my fan! etc. There were all familiar faces and all the same people I felt genuine warmth towards. Yet, from start I felt t being impersonal. Its been like almost an year on orkut and my friends are still the same. I hang out with the same people. My acquaintances remain the same. The people I do not wish to talk are still intact. I have not really gained a jigri yaar. I might know where they are studying and even wish them on their birthdays which I might not have remembered. Orkut Birthday reminders helps me to do so.
I am sure there are people in our lives when we meet, exchange formalities and have the small talk which we are required to have. Its exactly like that with orkut. I scrap till some time until I do not knwo what more to talk. Actually, I did gain one thing. Sholud not really be boasting about it though and it is the fear of the question, WASSUP?
I hate it now. I am even out of ideas to answer back to this question in the funniest possible. Ceiling, sky, neighbours, roof.............etc are all done!
The point of this article is why am I still on orkut? Am I gaining any of those friends in need are friends indeed types? Maybe, the fans list are indicators of those! Do two people who genuinely hold respect for each other and share a rapport need orkut? Right now, I am holding off those ideas to delete my account but who knows what the future holds!
Since, I logged in with orkut, I was hyper-excited about finding everyone. The scrap books were filled with how are you? where are you? cho chweet , you are my fan! etc. There were all familiar faces and all the same people I felt genuine warmth towards. Yet, from start I felt t being impersonal. Its been like almost an year on orkut and my friends are still the same. I hang out with the same people. My acquaintances remain the same. The people I do not wish to talk are still intact. I have not really gained a jigri yaar. I might know where they are studying and even wish them on their birthdays which I might not have remembered. Orkut Birthday reminders helps me to do so.
I am sure there are people in our lives when we meet, exchange formalities and have the small talk which we are required to have. Its exactly like that with orkut. I scrap till some time until I do not knwo what more to talk. Actually, I did gain one thing. Sholud not really be boasting about it though and it is the fear of the question, WASSUP?
I hate it now. I am even out of ideas to answer back to this question in the funniest possible. Ceiling, sky, neighbours, roof.............etc are all done!
The point of this article is why am I still on orkut? Am I gaining any of those friends in need are friends indeed types? Maybe, the fans list are indicators of those! Do two people who genuinely hold respect for each other and share a rapport need orkut? Right now, I am holding off those ideas to delete my account but who knows what the future holds!
Saturday, February 10, 2007
H-O-P-E
Odd things happen at odd hours. Well, talking to a friend at an extremely odd hour of the day, the friend asked, " Aksha, is hope good or bad?" I replied fast, "Duh! Its a good thing."
Friend: "You aint thinking. "
Sure, I was not thinking and since that night, I have been pondering on this question and have not stopped yet. 'Hope' I get the answer by blogging. :)
Hope. This word has been used by human race extensively. Our mythological texts and so many of their events have the elemant of hope involoved. My bollywood has used the word hope and made the audience cry with the mother that hopes her son will get well soon, the heroine hopes her love come back to her and blah blah blah.
Since, the conversation, I have been thinking. This hope that we rely on so much is it crippling us? Is it making us impractical? Is the relief that it provides transient? Is it giving us false expectations? I have been thinking about all this and think that hope is actually not that good as i thought it was. For so many, hope is the thread to live on but hope is this evil force that keeps us in dark. It actually helps us to escape from the bitter truth. Its like Astrology. All sugar coated lies.
Friend: "You aint thinking. "
Sure, I was not thinking and since that night, I have been pondering on this question and have not stopped yet. 'Hope' I get the answer by blogging. :)
Hope. This word has been used by human race extensively. Our mythological texts and so many of their events have the elemant of hope involoved. My bollywood has used the word hope and made the audience cry with the mother that hopes her son will get well soon, the heroine hopes her love come back to her and blah blah blah.
Since, the conversation, I have been thinking. This hope that we rely on so much is it crippling us? Is it making us impractical? Is the relief that it provides transient? Is it giving us false expectations? I have been thinking about all this and think that hope is actually not that good as i thought it was. For so many, hope is the thread to live on but hope is this evil force that keeps us in dark. It actually helps us to escape from the bitter truth. Its like Astrology. All sugar coated lies.
Monday, January 29, 2007
I think I have a Thing for you!
Welcome to the world of new age Salims and Romeo's! Indeed the 21st century is charcterised by speed and efficient use of time. So, in this zip-zap-zoom age, even love stories are made keeping in mind the needs of this age. Its amusing but I can name out at least 5 couples whose relationships lasting from anything a week to an year started with this line, " I think I have a thing for you."
I do not really have a problem with this. True feelings of the heart can be expressed in any way one wants to express but something as I have a thing for you. Do even proposals need to be liberalised and globalised like our economies? I am a bollytwood buff, so I ask where are the kasme-vaade? Where are the Shakeperaean Lines?
Thou shall love you more than thyself
Thou's heart is your slave
Sounds corny but still I HAVE A THING FOR YOU?! Yuck!
It seems to be working and displacing the uniserval way of expressing love- I LOVE YOU. I wonder what the aforesaid line would be in French, Spanish or German. From 1-4-3 to 1-4-1-5-3-3. I guess it works. Phone numbers are now ten digits so even this should increase to 6 digits!
Anyways, Valentine's Day is round the corner. So, will this become I HAVE A THING FOR YOU day? I guess its just me over-reacting or am I right??????!!!!!
I do not really have a problem with this. True feelings of the heart can be expressed in any way one wants to express but something as I have a thing for you. Do even proposals need to be liberalised and globalised like our economies? I am a bollytwood buff, so I ask where are the kasme-vaade? Where are the Shakeperaean Lines?
Thou shall love you more than thyself
Thou's heart is your slave
Sounds corny but still I HAVE A THING FOR YOU?! Yuck!
It seems to be working and displacing the uniserval way of expressing love- I LOVE YOU. I wonder what the aforesaid line would be in French, Spanish or German. From 1-4-3 to 1-4-1-5-3-3. I guess it works. Phone numbers are now ten digits so even this should increase to 6 digits!
Anyways, Valentine's Day is round the corner. So, will this become I HAVE A THING FOR YOU day? I guess its just me over-reacting or am I right??????!!!!!
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
BUS ek Pal
Well, a good part of my daily adventures (if you can call them! ) in my life is travelling in the APSRTC buses. Those ignorant, APSRTC stands for Andhra Pradesh Stae Road Transport Corporation. These orange, grey and buses have really brought colour to my life. Ok, this post is what I have learnt travelling in these buses. Here, they go.
1. Thanks to these buses, I have learnt how to push past god knows how many people to board or get down the bus as if my way was clear! No one was there to block me!
2. I have learnt to put my feet in various angles just to stand comfortably and grab my space in a bus.
3. Give glares or scream at people in buses who sit comfortably on seats reserved for senior citizens when a very old man just stands there. Imagine doing that in public and that too in my pathetic telugu. "Meeru chudatle, ikada oka old vaalu nuchuntaara!"
4. I smell like a fish even in the mornings irrespective of how much perfumes or deodorants I used.
5. I have learnt the psychology of a passenger about to get down and realising the seat will get empty. Yes, the way the person is sitting fidgets before her stop is about to be reached, the rustle of the plastic covers, the holding of the seat bars, etc. I have learnt it, boy!
6. I have learnt how much I can save just by travelling in a vehicle that costs about 10 lakhs (I think so. My friends endearingly call it 8 lakh ki gaddi!) ;)
7. Have you ever talked to complete strangers about the book you were reading or the song you were listening on the I-pod or just when you realise the person sitting next to you is a professor of the subject you have a exam in 30 min? I have. :D
1. Thanks to these buses, I have learnt how to push past god knows how many people to board or get down the bus as if my way was clear! No one was there to block me!
2. I have learnt to put my feet in various angles just to stand comfortably and grab my space in a bus.
3. Give glares or scream at people in buses who sit comfortably on seats reserved for senior citizens when a very old man just stands there. Imagine doing that in public and that too in my pathetic telugu. "Meeru chudatle, ikada oka old vaalu nuchuntaara!"
4. I smell like a fish even in the mornings irrespective of how much perfumes or deodorants I used.
5. I have learnt the psychology of a passenger about to get down and realising the seat will get empty. Yes, the way the person is sitting fidgets before her stop is about to be reached, the rustle of the plastic covers, the holding of the seat bars, etc. I have learnt it, boy!
6. I have learnt how much I can save just by travelling in a vehicle that costs about 10 lakhs (I think so. My friends endearingly call it 8 lakh ki gaddi!) ;)
7. Have you ever talked to complete strangers about the book you were reading or the song you were listening on the I-pod or just when you realise the person sitting next to you is a professor of the subject you have a exam in 30 min? I have. :D
Monday, December 18, 2006
"Barkha : Sabrina, will u be able to sleep tonight?"
Sabrina: (smiles) I can show my parents and sister we won. Its going to be a long peaceful sleep."
Listening to this at the end on NDTV's special report programme, I realised when something merely is not a headline. Behind every headline, there is a struggle. A human. A life. A soul. There is something about hunger of justice. Listening to those, I actually started believing in the phrase JUSTICE AT LAST. This was a headline that I saw everywhere but I always thought JUSTICE DELAYED IS DENIED. Hats off to those who truly fight for what they believe. I know souls rest in peace today. Today, the smile in Jessica's picture showing on my television screen for the first time seems real.
Sabrina: (smiles) I can show my parents and sister we won. Its going to be a long peaceful sleep."
Listening to this at the end on NDTV's special report programme, I realised when something merely is not a headline. Behind every headline, there is a struggle. A human. A life. A soul. There is something about hunger of justice. Listening to those, I actually started believing in the phrase JUSTICE AT LAST. This was a headline that I saw everywhere but I always thought JUSTICE DELAYED IS DENIED. Hats off to those who truly fight for what they believe. I know souls rest in peace today. Today, the smile in Jessica's picture showing on my television screen for the first time seems real.
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