People say the world is an oyster. Well, they did forget to mention that it is full of opinions, hatred, views, doubts and what not? Take it from me, most people are two faced. What's worse is when you find that out; when you want help but you find yourself standing all alone; when you're going shopping by yourself; when you get no phone calls anymore. I understand that. People will always try to push you down. They try to brain wash you; turn you into something you're not. I face that. When you try something new, you will get a lot of criticism from the world; they'll reject it. It happens. People judge you by the way you hog down a samosa or when you ask for money; by the way you dress or by how close you are to a guy.

Don't change yourself for them. Don't bring yourself to their low standards. You are better than that. Don't look for having a lot of friends when even a couple of them won't have your back. Quality, not quantity. People are always gonna judge, even if you're God. So why give any crap about them? Whenever I get to know people talk about me I tell myself, "Intelligent people ignore". You decide if you're intelligent or not. Don't think you don't have anyone for you. There is always someone. And hey, if you don't really find any.... you always have me :)  Most of all, always be yourself. No matter how crazy, weird and stupid you are. Be you....... but be the best version of you. From today onward do the one thing no one can ever do a better job at - BEING YOURSELF.

Be yourself, because everyone else is taken :) :) :) :)

I don't know if anyone will take a risk with life like you do..............I'm talking about your rash driving :P
I still remember how people in my class used to ask me if you always wore jeans and tees. You were such a cooleo mom then. :P
I always found it amusing that you could adapt to the time zones of different people in our family and STILL manage to stay healthy - now I know that that's complete bull and that your brain is facing the effects of inertia :P
I don't think any advanced technology in a million years can manage to do and process what you do in (let alone one day), one hour. Your brain is that fast.
I don't know whether to feel angry or proud when people say you look like my sister. You don't look THAT young okay? :P But you're seriously so pretty.
I think you're more flexible than a rubber band - You can talk 3 different languages with 5 different accents all in 2 mins. :O
You're one of the very few women who wore Saree in US in style :O I truly admire your dressing sense, though your taste is okay okay only :P
Eating in unknown people's marriages; bunking college to go to movies; stitching your own dress - you were quite the naughty one weren't you?  (Sorry to have leaked out your secrets)   But here I am, lectured by you as to why I should not go out in the night. *Sighs*
Amma, you trust me so much, and every time I even try to eat a chocolate without you knowing, I feel extremely guilty.
I don't think anyone knows me better than you, you know when I'm lying and when I tell you the truth.
I really admire your regularity mom. Everyday without fail, you manage to do Yoga; wake me up for tuition; screaming at me at least once :P ; listening to my day yada yada yada

Amma, I know I'm not the world's greatest daughter but in my world, you're the GREATEST MOM!!.
 I'll try my best to not let you down amma because you mean the world to me ( It's true) :P
I love you with all my heart and soul
Till death do us apart mom <3

Friends.
Friends are people who give you memories to cherish. Friends are people who will push you down and laugh at you for that. Friends are people with whom you can have the silliest fights and deepest conversations. Friends are people who will make a fool out of themselves just to see a smile on your friends...... Friends. I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for my handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy.

Friendship... Its not something you learn in school. Books will not teach you anything about it. You cannot pass exams by cheating. Friendship is one mind in two bodies.

You don't need to be grateful to your friend ONLY on Friendship Day. You don't need put up a long status about them ONLY on their birthday. Today's a good day as any other.

I thank you, for picking me up, when I thought everything was lost.
I thank you, for walking into my life, when everyone walked out of it.
I thank you, for putting up with all my crazy and random talks.
I thank you, for making me take care of myself even during my worst times.
I thank you, for showing me and telling me that life is more than just studies, it has more awesome things like you.
I thank you,  for always being around, for showing your love and support to me, every minute of my life
I thank you, for being my friend.
Till death do us apart, dear friend. 

 

What is the need of the hour today? Not knowing if Shakira's child is a boy or a girl; Not knowing if the "Katthi" movie is getting released or not. What is the NEED of the hour today? Well, let me do you the honors of giving you the answer to this question.  Tomorrow is Diwali. To those who don't know what Diwali is, Diwali also called "Festival of Lights" , a festival which signifies the victory of light over darkness; good over evil; knowledge over ignorance and hope over despair. It is celebrated by bursting crackers, wearing new clothes and by making sweets. 

*Sarcastically* 

Sure, nothing wrong with that is there? Nothing wrong with the fact that 1.22 billion people burst crackers all in one day which contribute to 30 % of the total global warming in a year in the  whole world. Nothing wrong with the fact that 40% of lung cancers in India is caused by the air pollution which originally is formed because of the bursting of these crackers. Nothing wrong with the fact that tons and tons of crackers are bought, and crores and crores of money is spent, just to see a bijli make some noise; a rocket spread colorful lights in the sky; a flower pot sparkle to a great height. Nothing wrong that is it? 

Before bursting a cracker, think once, "Is it really worth it? Spending so much money and polluting the environment just to see a smile on your face? Is it really THAT worth it?". Think ladies and gentlemen, THINK. I bet if every soul which wanted to burst crackers thought of this, about half of them would've put their rockets and their flower pots down. 

Its never too late. Let this one be the beginning of a "Green Diwali" to you. Put that rocket down, water a plant. Spread the message. Have a happy, safe and most importantly "Green Diwali" everyone. Light your life, not your crackers. :) :)

Bald Eagle

Over and Out 

Unlike most others, we curly haired people, have to face a lot more obstacles than one can imagine: 

Every morning, my curls and my comb go into war where my curls refuse to give in until the comb breaks and my comb would fight until its dying breath. 

In my school, we students are forced to braid our hair for school. But what the school management refuses to understand is the fact that, "The beauty and sheer essence of my hair is in my curls." And its practically impossible to still have curls in your hair after you've braided it for 10 yrs. So what do I end up with? "Frizzy wavy hair".

Oh, criticism for us is like the "Buy 1 Get 1 Free Offer", we get it even if we like it or not. People are like, "Why don't you try oiling your hair?". Well, even if there is 2 liters of oil on my hair, it would still be frizzy. (Probably did exaggerate on this fact a bit)

We have reached a point in life where we've stopped caring about people calling us "Dora" or "Noodles" or whatever. We have more important things to care about, like our curls <3

Seriously, curly hair is nothing like what they show you in the shampoo advertisements. Its messy, very unruly, dirty and disgusting - kinda like me. 

Take it from me, if you have straight hair, KEEP IT. Honestly, I hate it when straight hair people look at my hair and go like, "OMG curly hair!! Its so cute! I totally want them. You're such a lucky girl!!" I'm like, "Honey, You gotta be careful what you wish for. You have NO IDEA what I have to go through everyday."

No, straightening, smoothening, ironing or doing whatever damage you can to your hair, DOES NOT HELP. So, don't even bother trying them out, waste of money. ( I speak with experience)

We don't actually have "Bad Hair Days". Everyday is a Bad Hair Day, and sometimes our hair decides to make our lives more miserable.

"No Conditioner is NOT an option for us." Thank God for them because without conditioners, my hair is as good as coconut fiber - Rough and Useless.

Dear curly haired girls, " DO NOT EVER GO TO THE BEACH WITH YOUR HAIR LOSE. 5 mins later, you'll wish you were never born."

I wouldn't say curly hair has always been a disadvantage for me. If you have frizzy curly hair, or if you live in India, you would understand if I say that the curls can increase your height. ( The curls bounce up that high, that it adds to your actual height. )

Though I may talk like I probably hate my hair and I might occasionally say, "I don't mind trading all my gold and money for beautiful hair" you and I very well know I wouldn't let a fly touch my hair. (I'm serious)

I might complain like a whiny old arse about curly hair, but I take immense pride when I say, "Hey, I've got something you'll never get. I got curly hair. I'm different; I'm Unique; I'm ME"

My dog. My dog is nothing like a dog. He is not like yours. He is strikingly handsome. He is not a baby. He is 3 years 5 months and 7 days old. He doesn't like running around. He prefers sleeping. He doesn't love food; doesn't crave for them. You gotta feed him. He fusses so much that I feel I'm raising a cat. He doesn't like fetch. He wants to play 'Whoever takes the ball from my mouth is gonna get bit by my mouth'. He prefers girl dogs over boy ones. I find them all cute. He is so adamant. When he calls you, you HAVE to go. Else, he'll make a scene.He'll eat chocolate over bones any day. He has an attention span at the size of  a new born paramecium.  He hates lectures. I mean, who doesn't. The words 'sit', 'stay' or 'no' have zero meaning to him. He has smelly breath. He bites his toothbrush. Occasionally stamps his own pee. He washes his hands. He loves face washes. Not to forget the leaves and ants, most favorite meal for him. The mud- his best friend. Digs it, poops 20 meters away from it. Makes creepy weird noises you didn't know any living being could make. And oh, he can fart real bad sometimes. He loves ice cream, air conditioners and sneezing on your face. He can step on your foot real hard  which he does everyday. But I love him. Yes, more than chocolates. He is MY dog. He is Rolf Edwin Hari. He is nothing like yours. <3 <3 <3 

Rolf Edwin Hari <3 <3 <3 

We take a lot from society but what do we give back? When we look at the disabled, we put up a sympathetic face but what do we do for them? Yes, we all are good hearted people, we do want to help them. It is also completely understandable that we don't have time to go and personally donate money. What if you could donate money to them just by doing your daily shopping? I thereby bring to you, Myshare India, a Non-Profitable Organisation that helps you do the exact same thing. Myshare is an NGO that connects the donor to the donnie. Well, Myshare India, along with Exnora and Chennai Walkers Club organised a Book Donation Camp to help the visually impaired people to read........ You might wonder what the visually challenged have doing with reading. Well, if you didn't believe that they could study and educate themselves, I'll give you an example I saw. There are students from MIT, Anna University (In Chennai) who spend a couple of hours everyday, reading out books whose content is of the visually impaired's choice. It could be about anything- Engineering, doctor- anything they were interested in. I think that  the fact that these people even with disabilities are striving hard to succeed in life, the feeling they have that they have to prove something to the world, something to themselves is what motivates them and that is what should motivate us also. I feel, that everybody should earn and deserve their place in the world. It is what they are trying to do and that is also what we should be doing- trying to earn ourselves a place in the world. I think, we should be able to help them live their dream - in the best way possible - to our fullest. That is why I volunteered for helping this campaign. I talked to many people, I announced over the mike, I informed many, the campaign went on very well and successful. We had so many press reporters from many local newspapers which was a very happy thing. But the best part about all of this was that we had two visually challenged people there, and  there was this expression of joy and happiness on their face which topped everything else which happened that day. I guess that brought all of us to a very emotional state. We were all very happy to have helped them and I'm very sure, that they are going to achieve well in life. I'm very happy to have helped them in some way. After all I was the person who asked the questions at the start of this blog. 

"No mummy, I want the white one. The black one is too ugly!" "I want the other one, this one is too big." I listened to these words, over and over again today. I volunteered for an Adoption Marathon at Blue Cross India. We basically gave away all tiny puppies in the shelter for free for adoption. Less than 60 people turned up and half of them were frankly too scared to get the dog. I really don't understand by what they mean by "ugly" dogs. I don't understand how that matters. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw people were racists over there. Those dogs were nothing short than cute, they were all so pretty. They called it dirty, horrible and scary. I was very angry because they don't understand that dogs have feelings too. Its not the dog's fault that its mom left it abandoned on the street for crows to eat. Its not the dog's fault it lost a leg. Its not the dog's fault that it has some sort of disease. but who takes the blame at the end of the day? The dog. :( But on the good side, we had amazingly generous people who wanted to adopt more than one dog. They adopted this brother and sister because they didn't wanna separate them. Plus there was this very cute, tiny pup which they also adopted. All the volunteers gave a huge round of applause for those men because not only did they save one life, they just saved three. And so many people gushed in and adopted so many puppies and dogs. Out of 60 people almost 45 of them adopted and that is an amazing result. I was personally so excited for the dogs' lives as it just made a huge life altering turn. Through this post, I'm talking for Blue Cross and  for the animals there. They are a lovely bunch. Please if you are interested in having pets at home, don't go to the pet store and get one. Please adopt. These are the ones that need you the most and they will be more faithful, loving and caring than any store dog will ever be. Please let me know if you are interested. I'll make all possible arrangements to help you adopt any pet - dog, cats,  puppies, rabbits, kittens, squirrels, or anything. Its their world too, Help us to Help them :) :) :)
Live. Laugh. Love

Viva La Vida - Coldplay
This song has turned from being one about a king to one of my most favorite songs ever. This song is from the album Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends which was released on 2008. This album being the fourth one released by the English band Coldplay turned out to be a great hit and so was this song. It talks about a King who lost all his kingdom and the posh life that he led. The way it is described in the song brings out his sorrow in a very humorous way. The tune having a very beautiful composition and the lyrics very easy to understand, Coldplay set a new standard and established a new much reputed name for themselves. It is one of my favorite songs because it has a very good beat and feel to it. And I personally happen to love the lyrics. Its one of those songs which talks about sorrow, but a different kind of sorrow and its very refreshing to listen to such kinda songs.  People who don't know this song yet, please  listen to it using the link below and comment about it below. Those who already have, gimme suggestions about what other songs you want me to write about next. It is my first attempt of writing about a song but I hope to be writing more. Live. Laugh. Love ;) ;)
 Viva La Vida - Coldplay :) :) :)

What is it with these English songs? Its very annoying and irritating to listen to them if you see from my point of view. But before I explain it, I would like to comment that I love them and I'm an ardent listener. Coming back to my point, can't artists really write about something else? I've been listening for over 5 years and I know more than 500 songs. Next time you listen to an English song, stop for a minute and listen to the lyrics. Its either you broke my heart, or I don't like you, or I love you but you don't love me back, you're so pretty, I cheated on you ...... How many songs have you heard in English that talk about anything else other than love or anything relating to it? Like have you heard a song which talks about their daily life? Or anything which gives good value? I'm not saying love is not a good value.... it is important for life..... but is that all they care about? Or do artists find it easy to write about love? I know there are English songs which are based on something else other than this but aren't love songs Overrated? I know a lot of us go "Awww" at the lyrics, but we are not like that always. I'm sure everyone of us have faced a time when we feel the lyrics of a song match your situation... But it happens once in 10 times. But to give credit to them, their music is amazing. The tune the beat the voice everything. That's why the lyrics doesn't matter, hell even my view doesn't matter, and that's why I listen to it and I still will. :') 

The hardest thing to do is to say "Goodbye" to a loved one. It can be to a friend going offline, leaving your family for your job or saying goodbye to that last box of chocolates in your freezer.Yes, it will hurt and you'd probably shed a few tears. You'll feel like a bread without butter, a clock without its hands and a human without a heart....... But when you feel that way, stop and tell yourself "No body's life is perfect". When it tries to push you down, push back even harder, fight it because you're stronger, surprise it because you're better. Show it that there IS a good behind every bad, there IS success behind every failure and that there IS happiness behind every sorrow. So get up, wipe those tears off your face; Raise that hand and wave it and shake it like you're trying to wake up your hand. Have a big smile on your face because remember, "Your tears are worth much more than for this. "
Live. Laugh. Love 

"Do you know X? Gosh, he is amazing. So is Y, she is my love. And how can I forget A, my sweetie pie and D, he is my best friend....but so is Z". This is the scenario of many youngsters when asked about their best friend. Nowadays, there are no big secrets, nothing that only one person knows, nothing that if  people come to know about it, you'll die of embarrassment. Everything is "public". Therefore, instead of one, people have 5 best friends, even 10. The meaning of the word "best friend" is lost in this world. Best friends are like our grandparents -they are always sweet to you; they are like our moms- they take care of us better than anybody; they are the sisters in our lives- they fight with us for every single thing; they are the brothers in your lives- always get you into trouble; the fathers in your life- they give us emotional support when we oh so ever need it; the aunts and uncles who live abroad- they bring all fun stuff to school and share it with you....only you; the cousins- they always hang out with you no matter what. A best friend has all the good qualities found in an entire family, for better or for worse. They stand by you no matter what and know you better than yourself.  They can finish what you started and you mean the world to them. Don't just sit around here, fooling yourself that you have 15 best friends. Look up, look away and find that one special person with whom you can Live, Laugh and Love :) :) :)