Happy "Womens day"

During my extensive GD/ PI session , I met a lady named Manisha who was one of our HR faculty. My meeting with her became more intersting because she was also passionate about social service. She used to work for UNICEF for commercial sex workers in Kolkata.

"Commercial Sex Workers"-- this term sounded so cliched to me. I thought their heart-breaking stories were only limited to reel life. But thanks to ma'am, she exposed me to the hard reality by describing about a red light area in Kolkata.

"Around 30-40 girls, nearly 14 to 15 yrs of age, live together in a small single room. They have bunkers lined up till the roof and a small area beneath their bunkers serves as their bathroom. They serve their clients in their bunkers itself, for 100-200rs. And the client generally prefers a virgin because it is a myth that he wud get rid of his sexual sorder on an encounter with a young female."

At an age, when we didn't even know what prostitution was all abt, in a room which is smaller than our usual bedrooms, for an amount which we would just blast away in an evening, these girls have to sell their body, their souls and their lives.

At an age, when all of us were busy with our rat race for marks, when all of us were blushing in our early crushes, when all of us were happy in our mom's cuddles, when all of us were still realising what life was all about, at this tender adolscent age, these girls are exploited to their best. Their bodies are plundered by some depraved beasts, their young spirits are ripped off by the lust of the evil, their lives are sold away by the greedy, their tears go unnoticed in the darkness of their lives, their beauty is burnt away in the raunchy desires of the society.

And the irony being, when caught by the police, these girls are termed as "culprits" and their clients as "victims".

This coming saturday is the so called " Women's Day". While women are being tortured by evils like prostitution, molestation, child sexual abuse, dowry murders, female infanticides and many more. our politicians and socialites are talking of Women Empowerment..!

After 60 years of independence, this is the condition of a woman in Indian society and the only thing that haunts my mind is

" Is it a mistake to be born as a girl ..?"

Wake up people.. Its high time!

Destiny or Coincidence...??

This may seem like a movie to most of ull.. but believe me its so fun to have all these filmi things happening in ur life..!!

Nervous, i entered da exam hall... It was da first of my +1 exam.. I saw faces equally tensed like mine.. I hurriedly took my seat nd started writing.. I finished da exam 15 min early nd started checking my paper for any mistakes ( god i was a geek those days!!)..

wait a min . . .

suddenly, i realised tat someone was staring at me.. my instinct told it was da guy in da next row.. my usual dirty habit of turning around made me look at him.. first thing i noticed abt him was his hair.. ahhh... i luv silky hairr..!! I immediately switched my gaze..but i was slowly looking at him frm da corner of my eye..
aaah ..he caught me looking at him.. shitt man..!!

There started da movie.. we used to finish our exams early everyday nd begin line marofying each other ;)..nd soon were at da end of our exams.. i felt bad tat ill miss my sweet timepass..

Soon they announced abt betterment nd i hoped so much tat he shud get less marks ( dirty me.. less marks only for my timepass... god save my soul!!!)...as expected i saw him da betterment too.. each day was a fashion parade for me.. i tried to look my best everyday( neways i know i am :P)..

But dis time i used my intellectual brains nd found out his name frm da attendence sheet.. it was KRANTHI...so anyone out ther who needs any luv advice.. da cupid is here.. ping me!!

Soon da climax of da movie arrived.. it was da last day of da exams.. da last meet.. da last look..

But dis time he had da guts to walk upto me.. my heart was beating with excitement...my blood pressure wud hav crosses da high BP limits...i cud hear my own heartbeat...

Dhad Dhad Dhad.........

In btw my mind was racing with so many thoughts..
wat wud he ask..??
Is he comin to me or someone else..??
wud he directly propose me or ask for my no..??

But as i say it is a movie.. nd a movie has a villian ryt...
So here comes da villian of our story.. my autowala (who picks me up frm exam centre nd drops me at home)...he came barging in btw both of us obstructing our view... he was about to come closer wen da automan shouted

" amma ... auto ekkandi.. time avutundi.. inka school pillalni pick cheyyali..!!!"

dam it..da autowala didnt even wait for few mins.. i was walking as slowly as i cud to da auto... but dis time my luck didnt work.. nd my automan rushed me off before he cud reach me..

I used my genuis brain once again nd searched for him (since i knew his name, i thot it wud be easy)... i enquired with all my frnds frm different colleges.. unlike my subjects i got a zero here:(

But now u may get a doubt... wherz da twist in da tale..???

here comes da twist...
I saw him again after an year at da end of my +2 exams near a busstop.. he put on a lil weight nd was still looking cute.. but by then, i lost my crush on him( da frequency of my crsuhes is too high nearly order of megahertz :D..) nd laughed at my own stupidity....

But y am i writing this post after so many yrs after tat incident ...
cos i saw him again today at foodex( a local hangout)...
god...i was so shocked!!!

Is this destiny????
Or coincidence..???
Or may b ...
may b...
may b...


may b da city is too small :P....!!!!!!

Fallen Angel

Little angel was born, pure nd pious
She loved everyone without any bias..

She thought life wud be a fairytale
But as she grew, her dreams became more pale..

Her fragile wings wanted to fly
To soar new heights in da sky..

But da reality hit her so hard
That she was shattered to shards..

It was da heights of pain
That was making her go insane..

All her dreams were torn
For she was thrown into forlorn..

Her naked body was battered
And her tender wings were spattered..

Her blood had turned blue
It was in its deepest hue..

Now she lay in dead slumber
And her body grew even more numbber..

P.S : this is da first time ive tried writing a poem, so plz excuse me for any mistakes..

aah.. y engineering:((

It was VHDL lab. VHDL- da abbreviation of which, im confused till date. I was late , so I had to rush to the lab.. (dam tat stupid bus i got into..). I was panting for breath wen i finally reached da lab nd found a comfortable chair.. da lecturer lulled me to sleep with his profound(--hence boring) demonstration..

We were asked to perform some expt on FGPA or somethin..yawn!!..My frnd was punching in some code into da comp.. nd we got somethin in yellow on da screen.. i even failed to notice it...i was thinking y did she stop typing, looking at tat yellow thing..??? i was later enlightened by her tat it was a warning nd there was somethin wrong in da synthesis part.. phew .. dam.. dese comps r soo sick!!!

She consulted another guy ( a geek of course.. how do dese ppl manage to study all this shit!!)... they were speaking somethin in greek nd latin $&^#^*..i cudnt even get a single word.. i mean everything was goin above my head..i tried concentrating a second time.. but.. phew!! screw it man.. i know i wud forget it anyways .. so y wasting my sleep... i'd better return back to my hibernation..

Later in da class, i was thrown into oblivion.. y did i ever choose engineering nd ece tat too..dese radars nd diodes are fucking my brain off!!.. i mean i cud hav been a .. a journalist( oh i jus luv travelling:)) .. or may b a critic( either books or movies.. anythin wud have done).. or even a fashion designer( i can pretty much match my shoes nd bag!! yipee!!)..or finally an actor( i always act my fav scenes frm movies in frot of my mirror;) .. nd i always wanted to be in page3 )..
I mean , im in da final year of engineering nd im still perplexed abt my career..im more confused than a child who has to choose bwtn a choclate nd an ice-cream... i mean dis is da heights of idiosyncrasies!!!

loneliness haunts....

Sometimes i feel there r 'n' people living inside me...

each havin its own desires, each seeking its own destiny , each takin its own breath,each fighting for its own existence, each one trying to take control over me...

Sometimes im dis bubbly grl next door, challenging, smart nd sassy, having loads of frndz, does dozens of masti , giggling at stupid boyz, gossiping over other grls, sweetheart of my parents, having a beatific smile at every problem tat comes my way....

But most of da time, im dominated by a lonely person living with storming debates in her brain... seeking for solitude.. craving for pain... undisturbed by crowds.. mind secluded from worldly beings.. jus stare at da sky drifting in my own melancholy...

Thinking of the innumerable moments.. some gud, some bad, some breathtaking, some heart breaking.. but all fake... moments.., somewhere frozen in time.. relationships presumed to be eternal but were just ephemeral blues... words tat keep running thru ears.. images tat keep flashing in mind..

so untrue, so feign....

Believed in fantasies, believed in dreams, believed in relationships, believed in emotions, believed in love..

all when i was kid...

But as i grew up , as i started hitting da reality,

fantasies faded, dreams shtattered, realtionships vanished, emotions faked out...

nd love.. hmm... it lost its meaning completely...

But something veracious happened during this period... my heart broke into a million pieces.. it seared down to ashes.. it lost its life...

From the innocent grl, i transformed into an emotionless female... a callous loner who doesnt even trust her own soul...

a walk to remember....

I've always wished to see da sunrise near da beach with my luved one holding his hand...I jus mentioned him once as far as i cud remember...
It was our first anniversary...It was slightly drizzling tat day.. We met at six in da morning...I expected tat he wud take me for a drive along da coast line.. Instead he stopped da car near by nd we got out... I was confused as wat we wud do in tat place...There were stairs down da walkway nd he suggested we shud go down to da beach...He held ma hand nd took me down... There were rocks far into da sea...I was a bit reluctant to walk on those rocks... But he insisted on it... We sauntered till da end nd finally sat down on those rocks..

I could feel da dampness in da air...A breeze picked up nd i shivered in my thin cotton salwar...The waves were splashing hard on da rocks...It started raining a bit heavily now...rain drops dripping frm our faces... I was a lil tensed nd wen he finally touched me , an undefinable tremor went through my body... He held my hand nd drew me closer... I cud feel his breath...I cud hear his heartbeat...My heart started racing now... He whispered somethin in my ears...."i luv u"..., kissed me softly nd held me tightly in his arms...I felt secure in his cocoon...I never wanted tat magical moment to die down..
It was da moment i realised tat nuthin in this world cud ever come between us...

It was da moment i realised i luved him too...It was one of da most breathtaking moments in ma life...No matter how far our lives takes us away," ill always luv u"....

rain....

It was 10 :30pm.. a usual cold night...It was raining outside heavily..I was wondering wat was he doin right now nd y didnt he cal yet..i was sitting near my window in my room nd watching da rain washing away da streets...I tried catching few droplets with my hand...

My parents were getting ready to sleep nd my sis was watching da tv...Suddenly my door bell rang nd my sis called out for me.. She said somebody was asking for me... I wondered who was it at tat part of da night...

I went outside to da door.. He was standing dripping wet on my stairs...He was wearing my fav tee.. da red one with blue stripe nd blue jeans...He was leaning against da wall nd gave his usual boyish grin...I went nd hugged him tightly..nd was completely wet da next moment...I wondered wat my parents wud think if they saw me in my wet clothes...He said he was missing me a lot so walked in da rain to my place... Like i wanted, my fairytale love story was comin true...I cud not ask nethin else frm ma life..

The first time i ever realised tat i liked him was also a rainy day.. We were walkin down da street nd he suddenly looked into da sky nd gave a smile...I thought he felt tat i was a God's gift to him...He dropped me near my place nd raced his bicycle for he was gettin late for his tutions... I ran onto my terrace to get a quick look of his....The rain drops then brought a smile on my lips...

Now it is again raining.. da only difference being tat my prince is no longer there... But his essence is still alive in my heart..
Rain brought me memories of da past..
It brought me tears at last...

Rain brought me kisses nd hugs...
It brought me fights nd patch-ups...

Rain brought luv into my life...
It brought life into my life!!