A really long time since I blogged and so many events in this period!! So I guess the jumble which I call my thoughts have accumulated and hence m afraid this will be a long post :-D
This month particularly has been a tough one for so many thousands..
Starting with the October 8 earthquake :-(
Even in normal times, its a tough life for people living in such terrains. Its frightening to imagine the hardships they must be facing now. And not to say the villages which have been wiped out without a trace. I wonder if they were on the map even before the earthquake. Tragedies of that scale can't be put in a few bland words so I'll refrain here. Whether those people lived in "the paradise" here or not, I hope they get to live in paradise after this.
Many of my friends had remarked that this time Diwali and Eid will be celebrated almost at the same time and hence there was a joint festive atmosphere everywhere. But then, the inhuman dummies had to interfere and spoil it for everyone. Yes- the Delhi Bomb blasts. I call them dummies cos calling them beasts insults the beasts. They have been brainwashed so thoroughly that taking lives doesn't affect their conscience. And these people talk about Jihad!! The earliest stories in Qur'an condemn such killings. Was it Prophet Adam's son who killed his brother and was condemned forever? How can they even celebrate their festival after making it a black day for so many hundreds! I have heard so many conjectures about these bomb blasts from people. One, after their force being weakened by the earthquake, the militants wanted to make their presence known. Two, this was such an effective way to bring about a communal divide and thankfully it didn't succeed like the Godhra set-up. Three, this is a good way of bringing about a breach in the apparently improving Indo-Pak relations. Four, this was in protest to the Red Fort sentence. I think if these people are captured, they deserve worser punishments than death. Well, hundreds of brains and hundreds of conjectures.
I think the Imams who were very active few days back issuing fatwas on Imrana and Sania's skirts should come out in huge numbers and issue fatwas on such criminals who spoil the name of Islam for their mercenary aims.
Personally, I have spent a part of my childhood in Delhi and I have fond memories of shopping in Sarojini Nagar and Chandni Chowk (well not-so-fond-memories in CC cos of the sleazy men who seem to exist everywhere). I love that city and I was shocked to see that being targeted.
Then we had floods in Chennai!! Thats a news cos it hardly ever rains here and it truly poured when it rained here. yeah I wasn't caught in it but I was surprised to see the pictures in the newspapers. One could hardly believe it. As is usual, only the poor bear the brunt of nature's furies :-(
Then the train accident in AP! Each story these days on the newschannels has been a bad news.
There has been a debate going on down south here about what should be the decorum followed by the youth these days and such hilarious arguments have been put forth! A "lady" mind u a "lady" says that girls should pin up the duppattas in the right places cos indecent clothes make even the decent men think indecently :-)) What about the hundreds like us who wear the most modest clothes and still get teased in the buses!! Putting forth such ridiculous arguments only gives them license to do what they want. Im sure they will tease a girl even if she is covered from head to toe in purdah. I think such morals should be taught to them right when they are in their cradles. And these ladies play a vital role there. Like my friend says, what makes the men think that they have the freedom to expose their hairy legs in bermudas but can't stand the same in girls :-D
Anyways sleepless me rambling on endlessly. Will stop here. Belated Happy Diwali, Eid mubarak and Have a nice weekend :-)
This month particularly has been a tough one for so many thousands..
Starting with the October 8 earthquake :-(
Even in normal times, its a tough life for people living in such terrains. Its frightening to imagine the hardships they must be facing now. And not to say the villages which have been wiped out without a trace. I wonder if they were on the map even before the earthquake. Tragedies of that scale can't be put in a few bland words so I'll refrain here. Whether those people lived in "the paradise" here or not, I hope they get to live in paradise after this.
Many of my friends had remarked that this time Diwali and Eid will be celebrated almost at the same time and hence there was a joint festive atmosphere everywhere. But then, the inhuman dummies had to interfere and spoil it for everyone. Yes- the Delhi Bomb blasts. I call them dummies cos calling them beasts insults the beasts. They have been brainwashed so thoroughly that taking lives doesn't affect their conscience. And these people talk about Jihad!! The earliest stories in Qur'an condemn such killings. Was it Prophet Adam's son who killed his brother and was condemned forever? How can they even celebrate their festival after making it a black day for so many hundreds! I have heard so many conjectures about these bomb blasts from people. One, after their force being weakened by the earthquake, the militants wanted to make their presence known. Two, this was such an effective way to bring about a communal divide and thankfully it didn't succeed like the Godhra set-up. Three, this is a good way of bringing about a breach in the apparently improving Indo-Pak relations. Four, this was in protest to the Red Fort sentence. I think if these people are captured, they deserve worser punishments than death. Well, hundreds of brains and hundreds of conjectures.
I think the Imams who were very active few days back issuing fatwas on Imrana and Sania's skirts should come out in huge numbers and issue fatwas on such criminals who spoil the name of Islam for their mercenary aims.
Personally, I have spent a part of my childhood in Delhi and I have fond memories of shopping in Sarojini Nagar and Chandni Chowk (well not-so-fond-memories in CC cos of the sleazy men who seem to exist everywhere). I love that city and I was shocked to see that being targeted.
Then we had floods in Chennai!! Thats a news cos it hardly ever rains here and it truly poured when it rained here. yeah I wasn't caught in it but I was surprised to see the pictures in the newspapers. One could hardly believe it. As is usual, only the poor bear the brunt of nature's furies :-(
Then the train accident in AP! Each story these days on the newschannels has been a bad news.
There has been a debate going on down south here about what should be the decorum followed by the youth these days and such hilarious arguments have been put forth! A "lady" mind u a "lady" says that girls should pin up the duppattas in the right places cos indecent clothes make even the decent men think indecently :-)) What about the hundreds like us who wear the most modest clothes and still get teased in the buses!! Putting forth such ridiculous arguments only gives them license to do what they want. Im sure they will tease a girl even if she is covered from head to toe in purdah. I think such morals should be taught to them right when they are in their cradles. And these ladies play a vital role there. Like my friend says, what makes the men think that they have the freedom to expose their hairy legs in bermudas but can't stand the same in girls :-D
Anyways sleepless me rambling on endlessly. Will stop here. Belated Happy Diwali, Eid mubarak and Have a nice weekend :-)
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