well here i am again..bac home for a good 2 months :) well honestly speaking the day i got a call frm a bschool all i thot of ws to get my summer internship in mumbai... well here i am :D
i was jus wondering hw fast time flows.. its been like a year since i moved outta home into a godforsaken plc called Kozhikode.. i remember last year this time i was so chilled.. last few days at work.. had told my boss this is it.. was awaiting results.. n basically dreaming wht course life wil take..although at tht point lot of things were happening.. yet now they seem so pointless... isnt it so simple to think bac n say 'why didnt i jus do this'..well anyways thts inherent i guess making decisions always seems easier when u look bac bt aint so simple while ur making them in the present...
so hmmm..hav been here in mumbai.. bac home for like over a week now.. hav a good amount of time on my hands till my internship starts.. loads in store for the next 2 months i hp...
Monday, April 5, 2010
Saturday, November 14, 2009
zzzzzz....
oh man!! 3pm.. 5am.. 8pm.. there is a common thread that runs through these times. Guess what.. usually more often than not you'll find me snoozing away to glory at these times of the day of late. Dunno what's got into me. Its just getting too much. Have missed 2 lectures because I was too lazy to get up.. i'm in a b-school.. n people dont have time to do the usual things.. whereas I.. I keep snoring.. well one reasoning could be due to change in weather.. it has suddenly become very awesome.. i mean its the kind of weather whr you can just slide under the blanket and catch a movie or read a book along with a ho cup of tea..all this thanks to cyclone Phyan which whisked off the konkan coast leaving some after effects (in moderation ofcourse :)) for us to enjoy. Has been a great week after my midterms. But have realized that the enjoyment (read: lethargy) has stretched too far. Have to catch up on my acads, do projects well before deadlines (atleast thts wht the plan is).. so lots on the plate bt the only thing left is to wake up n start my meal :)
till then lemme enjoy another weekend :) have a great weekend!!!
till then lemme enjoy another weekend :) have a great weekend!!!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
What lies beneath!!!
I had a subject called Social transformation of India (STI)...basically a sociology subject it enlightens us on the fallacies, lies and deceipt on which we have evolved.. its a damn cool subject taught by one of the most brilliant teachers i have ever encountered.. Dr AF Mathew.. he teaches at MICA, Ahmedabad.. n his lectures r awesome n shocking.. u hv to go wid an open mind to accept the facts that he quotes.. especially for females..man its a shocker (hehe too contrary to wht he believes).. his topics range from caste, race, women, sex, gods, mythology, indian politics, films etc .. n all these combined... whtever beliefs we tend to hv naturally frm birth are based on frauds... based on so much lies n deception.. he gives such a critical argument to each and every fact/belief tht its mind blowing... btw he has been issued a fatwa due to his controversial teachings and so engaging methodology of teaching... also he had approached HC to seek protection frm the Bajrang Dal who v obviously could nt digest his facts and inferences..
yesterday jus going thru the texts of this course i realised we as people r so biased for no fault of ours...its jus the way society has evolved and accepted some things relating to God/culture/religion as gospel... thr is no way to find out the truth abt such events/occurences/history/culture/mythology which we consider as our sense of belonging.. i will try to pen down the issues taken up in this course to enlighten some of u.. nt wid the intention of biasing u.. bt jus to make u think - WHY???
i leave u with some excerpts of Mathew in his class...these are actual quotes of his in class targetted to anyone even if u r a girl.. so no restrictions in his class...can u imagine he asks ppl wht kind of porn they prefer watching.. :P n also gives a detalied description of it.. his students all over jus adore him... :)
He says that a long time ago women were actually dominant since she was sexually more powerful than a male... but wid time, the male ego made him feel insecure so in all cultures it can be seen how texts were doctored to show women being subjugated n shown in a bad light..one suc example...
"Chanakya's arthshastra says women are so pervert u have to put them in constant invigilation. They will have sex with ugly men... "i hope" says mathew sir with some treacherous smile , they will have sex with old man " i hope" again mathew sir with same smile."
"I am like a ray of light in your wretched lives.
I feel like a genius everywhere I go because you people know nothing"
"u dont read newspaper, u dont watch TV, so wat u do all day, watch Porn.... "
"god is standing in front of u
don worry now i hav come
everything will be alright...hmmm "
"If I had not come to teach you who would have emancipated your wretched souls"
"If a girl sleeps with ten boys of her class, she's a slut. If a boy does the same with ten girls, he's a stud. This is the bang-on-target example of gender bias.."
Addressing a lady: "Do you go home and declare, Mom ! Great news !! I'm a lesbian !! "
some 40 % of the students, I interview say Hitler is their role model. I normally select them coz I realize that they need me more
"I will declare I will screen a Lesbian film in auditorium and when all the seats are occupied, I will play the Gay Film"
"Of course I don't believe in that rubbish that all men are equal..You can't be my equal"
"Young people are same everywhere...one big koodadan"
"In Mills & Boon, hero plants a kiss on heroine's forehead and she faints. I think she'll have epilepsy during intercourse"
"when placement seasons come all of u will become monsters.....what do u say young women...hhmmmmmmm...."
"Do join Goldman Sachs NY and send me DVD's"
"come on guys...u all r students of IIM..supposedly the "best brains" in the country..baah such crap people talk no"
"you underdeveloped zygotes...."
"Look at this man...He will definately beat his wife after marriage...now don't say no."
"wife of a dalit is Slave to a Slave !!!"
"The Hindu Gods were all very 'playful'....Shiva.... Shiva(with a cheeky smile!!)"
"I can very answer your question by adding an adjective before a pronoun. The pronoun is 'you' and the adjective is a four letter starting with 'F"
"the "male gaze"!! in kerala, they can rape you with their eyes."
"To the engineers in the batch - all you have done in your life is -
0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1....."
"r u feeling sleepy?? wht were u doing last nite? watching porn? huh!"
After a student replies that he doesn't watch TV..
"You don't watch TV... what have you done in your life?"...:-)"
After talking about sexual liberties..
"All I have told you doesn't mean that you start pouncing on each other":-)"
"So the next time don't just ask "Do you have a girlfriend, ask , Do you have a girlfriend or boyfriend :) ?"
Dislcaimer : All the above quotes are copyrighted to the ingenious Prof AF Mathew :) kudos to u Sir!!
yesterday jus going thru the texts of this course i realised we as people r so biased for no fault of ours...its jus the way society has evolved and accepted some things relating to God/culture/religion as gospel... thr is no way to find out the truth abt such events/occurences/history/culture/mythology which we consider as our sense of belonging.. i will try to pen down the issues taken up in this course to enlighten some of u.. nt wid the intention of biasing u.. bt jus to make u think - WHY???
i leave u with some excerpts of Mathew in his class...these are actual quotes of his in class targetted to anyone even if u r a girl.. so no restrictions in his class...can u imagine he asks ppl wht kind of porn they prefer watching.. :P n also gives a detalied description of it.. his students all over jus adore him... :)
He says that a long time ago women were actually dominant since she was sexually more powerful than a male... but wid time, the male ego made him feel insecure so in all cultures it can be seen how texts were doctored to show women being subjugated n shown in a bad light..one suc example...
"Chanakya's arthshastra says women are so pervert u have to put them in constant invigilation. They will have sex with ugly men... "i hope" says mathew sir with some treacherous smile , they will have sex with old man " i hope" again mathew sir with same smile."
"I am like a ray of light in your wretched lives.
I feel like a genius everywhere I go because you people know nothing"
"u dont read newspaper, u dont watch TV, so wat u do all day, watch Porn.... "
"god is standing in front of u
don worry now i hav come
everything will be alright...hmmm "
"If I had not come to teach you who would have emancipated your wretched souls"
"If a girl sleeps with ten boys of her class, she's a slut. If a boy does the same with ten girls, he's a stud. This is the bang-on-target example of gender bias.."
Addressing a lady: "Do you go home and declare, Mom ! Great news !! I'm a lesbian !! "
some 40 % of the students, I interview say Hitler is their role model. I normally select them coz I realize that they need me more
"I will declare I will screen a Lesbian film in auditorium and when all the seats are occupied, I will play the Gay Film"
"Of course I don't believe in that rubbish that all men are equal..You can't be my equal"
"Young people are same everywhere...one big koodadan"
"In Mills & Boon, hero plants a kiss on heroine's forehead and she faints. I think she'll have epilepsy during intercourse"
"when placement seasons come all of u will become monsters.....what do u say young women...hhmmmmmmm...."
"Do join Goldman Sachs NY and send me DVD's"
"come on guys...u all r students of IIM..supposedly the "best brains" in the country..baah such crap people talk no"
"you underdeveloped zygotes...."
"Look at this man...He will definately beat his wife after marriage...now don't say no."
"wife of a dalit is Slave to a Slave !!!"
"The Hindu Gods were all very 'playful'....Shiva.... Shiva(with a cheeky smile!!)"
"I can very answer your question by adding an adjective before a pronoun. The pronoun is 'you' and the adjective is a four letter starting with 'F"
"the "male gaze"!! in kerala, they can rape you with their eyes."
"To the engineers in the batch - all you have done in your life is -
0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1-0-1....."
"r u feeling sleepy?? wht were u doing last nite? watching porn? huh!"
After a student replies that he doesn't watch TV..
"You don't watch TV... what have you done in your life?"...:-)"
After talking about sexual liberties..
"All I have told you doesn't mean that you start pouncing on each other":-)"
"So the next time don't just ask "Do you have a girlfriend, ask , Do you have a girlfriend or boyfriend :) ?"
Dislcaimer : All the above quotes are copyrighted to the ingenious Prof AF Mathew :) kudos to u Sir!!
status quo
i'm bac.. :P well thts like the gazillionth time i'v said tht..even the word cliched wud seem cliched ;)
anyways its never too late to initiate (or in my case re-initiate)..
time n again it has happened tht i get this wild craze to blog after going thru some ppls exciting writings n it mks me wonder hw they come up wid such content. i mean either ones life has to be exceptionally happening such tht it wud seem the world revolves arnd u or ur gifted to come up with such crap..
anyways things at my end r pretty chill.. half way thru my term 2 at IIM Kozhikode..it does seem nw tht the blizzard is tamed.. chillaxing at home fr 2 months sleeping for arnd 10 hrs a day to this freakin schedule here..man gettin used to it ws a tough task.. bt finally things hv mellowed down.. its now time to get a few things in plc..
will keep this updated.. infact i do hv a post tht ws long due to be posted.. will post it ritoway..
cheers!!!
anyways its never too late to initiate (or in my case re-initiate)..
time n again it has happened tht i get this wild craze to blog after going thru some ppls exciting writings n it mks me wonder hw they come up wid such content. i mean either ones life has to be exceptionally happening such tht it wud seem the world revolves arnd u or ur gifted to come up with such crap..
anyways things at my end r pretty chill.. half way thru my term 2 at IIM Kozhikode..it does seem nw tht the blizzard is tamed.. chillaxing at home fr 2 months sleeping for arnd 10 hrs a day to this freakin schedule here..man gettin used to it ws a tough task.. bt finally things hv mellowed down.. its now time to get a few things in plc..
will keep this updated.. infact i do hv a post tht ws long due to be posted.. will post it ritoway..
cheers!!!
Monday, April 13, 2009
.........
dots thts wht appears in front of me when i see my future... all i need to do is connect these and lead my life to whrever i like...
well am at a very interesting standpoint of my life as of now... in a few days time i wud be witnessing a drastic change in my routine..i hate changes in routine.. its actually been a part of my well being now... meaning since childhood i'v been someone who takes a lot of time to "set in"..bt when i do i don feel like 'moving on'..bt one good thing abt this experience is i get to keep a lot of good memories with lot of ppl.. i always tend to pick up certain qualities frm the ppl i like n try to emulate them in my own existence...pretty strange ppl wud say.. hving no individuality..
pls forgive me for this rapid burst of thoughts cuz i myself hv nt thought wht to write upon.. so whteva is coming in my mind i'm blurting it out....
ok now let me get organized.. channelize my thought process...ok things i gotta do....
1. plan a great vacation..
2. call up friends (after few confirmations :P)
3. get some gifts/write notes for ppl i think made a difference to my life.. (basically give them some free gyaan..poor souls :P)
4. read some books.. catch up on some comics..
5. START BLOGGING..jus must be on top priority.. damn i'm jus loving this....:P
6. thts enuf for now dude.. thand rakh...
accha haaaan i jus thought of something to write upon.... keep chking this space...
well am at a very interesting standpoint of my life as of now... in a few days time i wud be witnessing a drastic change in my routine..i hate changes in routine.. its actually been a part of my well being now... meaning since childhood i'v been someone who takes a lot of time to "set in"..bt when i do i don feel like 'moving on'..bt one good thing abt this experience is i get to keep a lot of good memories with lot of ppl.. i always tend to pick up certain qualities frm the ppl i like n try to emulate them in my own existence...pretty strange ppl wud say.. hving no individuality..
pls forgive me for this rapid burst of thoughts cuz i myself hv nt thought wht to write upon.. so whteva is coming in my mind i'm blurting it out....
ok now let me get organized.. channelize my thought process...ok things i gotta do....
1. plan a great vacation..
2. call up friends (after few confirmations :P)
3. get some gifts/write notes for ppl i think made a difference to my life.. (basically give them some free gyaan..poor souls :P)
4. read some books.. catch up on some comics..
5. START BLOGGING..jus must be on top priority.. damn i'm jus loving this....:P
6. thts enuf for now dude.. thand rakh...
accha haaaan i jus thought of something to write upon.... keep chking this space...
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Right or wrong...good or bad.. who decides
just this other day had a good n thoughtful debate with some friends of mine..it actually started off on valentines' day when a friend jus casually mentioned how he thought going around/dating without any strings attached (..or to be attached) was wrong... morally n ethically.. his point was you propose to a person of the opposite sex only with the intention of marriage..meaning if u see someone..get attracted to tht person it is because u see him/her as a potential life partner.well my point being exactly the opposite meaning marriage is (n should not) be the only criteria for proposing to someone..the point i made was tht jus a casual relationship is harmless n more importantly NOT wrong.. to which he said it ws against our culture.. now we debated a lot on this culture issue with case studies n real life scenarios.. bt with due course of time we were led to another altogether different topic.. who decides whats right/wrong?or something is good/bad?? ohk i know ppl would say ur ethics/principles/moral values,etc.. bt dont give me tht hogwash.. for a moment think of how u can judge a certain act/belief/ritual as being right or wrong in absolute terms.. i mean for the debate above my friend says a casual relationship is wrong.. n i say its absolutely fine n normal.. but like who decides whether it is REALLY right/wrong, good/bad.. its a really controversial topic i know.. but needs lot of maturity to think on it because when u form an opinion on something its based on ur personal bias/experience/culture,etc (meaning it is a relative thing).. BUT does tht mean tht ur opinion is right.. there will always be some ppl who share ur view who feel ur opinion is right..BUT thr will also be ppl who think otherwise.. now who decides who is right among the 2 in absolute terms..
take the case of alcohol consumption, non-vegetarianism, robbery.. all these r issues whr thr is a general consensus tht they r wrong.. but i want you to think WHY r they wrong??keep ur religion/bias/principles aside n think of the answer..
i have tried to burst my brains thinking about this but have not come to a conclusion..does tht mean all tht is in this world is relative?? thts the big question..
plz try n share ur thots/opinions with me would really appreciate that...
take the case of alcohol consumption, non-vegetarianism, robbery.. all these r issues whr thr is a general consensus tht they r wrong.. but i want you to think WHY r they wrong??keep ur religion/bias/principles aside n think of the answer..
i have tried to burst my brains thinking about this but have not come to a conclusion..does tht mean all tht is in this world is relative?? thts the big question..
plz try n share ur thots/opinions with me would really appreciate that...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
i'm back again..
i bac again (not wid a blast..but jus back).. the usual me...hehehe..meaning i always decide to do something n never follow it up.. neways this time will definitely try to do so.. ws jus thinking of picking up a good pasttime..which reminded me of this blog..
jus got my internet connection a few days back.. pretty slow i must say..its thru my phone.. am waiting for God (read: Anil Ambani) to set up Wimax towers soon here.. but still managing.. imagine staying without net/PC for arnd 5 months..suffocating (for me atleast..) in this e-world.. its like oxygen fr me..
neways i love this idea of writing down wht i feel.. i mean its a nice hobby..i like recently picked up this fancy of reading pplz blogs..n found it quite interesting.. i used to think how can ppl write so much..how come they have so much to write.. but when i raise my eyebrows to view my Wildchildz (incidently thts my laptop..) screen is then i realize tht when words begin to flow they jus keep doing so..(thank God for Newton's Ist).. well about this blog.. am not jus writing it for others infact its for me.. i dont expect many ppl to read it.. n hence not expecting any comments either..(bt yet those who do go thru this..wud love to hear ur feedback)..
i'm in pune currently working at Bajaj Auto Ltd...generally go bac home every saturday n return sunday evening/monday morning.. life is pretty chill as of now.. no work pressure .. hv a nice comfy n hygienic (v imp) place to stay.. n am tryin to figure out whr shd i take my life..
will keep updating this space more often..till then ciao n gnite
jus got my internet connection a few days back.. pretty slow i must say..its thru my phone.. am waiting for God (read: Anil Ambani) to set up Wimax towers soon here.. but still managing.. imagine staying without net/PC for arnd 5 months..suffocating (for me atleast..) in this e-world.. its like oxygen fr me..
neways i love this idea of writing down wht i feel.. i mean its a nice hobby..i like recently picked up this fancy of reading pplz blogs..n found it quite interesting.. i used to think how can ppl write so much..how come they have so much to write.. but when i raise my eyebrows to view my Wildchildz (incidently thts my laptop..) screen is then i realize tht when words begin to flow they jus keep doing so..(thank God for Newton's Ist).. well about this blog.. am not jus writing it for others infact its for me.. i dont expect many ppl to read it.. n hence not expecting any comments either..(bt yet those who do go thru this..wud love to hear ur feedback)..
i'm in pune currently working at Bajaj Auto Ltd...generally go bac home every saturday n return sunday evening/monday morning.. life is pretty chill as of now.. no work pressure .. hv a nice comfy n hygienic (v imp) place to stay.. n am tryin to figure out whr shd i take my life..
will keep updating this space more often..till then ciao n gnite
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