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I can’t sleep…
2007-10-02 23:05:00
It is 2 am. And I am up infront of my machine. I tried going to sleep but I simply can’t. I am a weakling. I get upset easily, lose sleep easily (probably because I am too empathetic). The other day one of my teachers passed away. She was very young. I was thinking abt her. The trauma she might have gone through, her young kids etc. I just could not shake her off my mind. Just when I thought I was over that, I got another one. Here is the reason for my loss of sleep:  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid =-5700431505846055184&q=randy+pausch& amp;total=19&start=10&num=10& so=0&type=search&plindex=6 I think this is a must watch. I watched it without any audio (My machine’s speakers don’t work). I am sure this will be a great inspiration for a lot of people and a reason for some weak souls like me to lose sleep. The prof. seems to have found peace and come to terms with reality. There are others who think that one should always fight for on...
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Dow(or)ry
2007-08-28 23:22:00
This post is written in a kerala syrian christian context. This is the age of information. There are umpteen number of television channels which includes a lot of news channels too. We sure are living through exciting times (I guess each generation believes that way).  And we see the media bringing out a lot of bad stuff out in the open. I have always wondered why they can’t think about a “dowry undercover” operation. I believe that giving or receiving dowry is illegal in India. If the media can  expose not-so-rampant illegal activites, why are they not venturing into exposing the dowry issue that is happening all around. I think the reasons are: 1. The media consists of people and atleast some of them are “for” dowry. 2. The people in the media (like others) believe that it is a necessary evil 3. The media people do not get  people to facilitate the undercover operation.   I have always loathed the idea of dowry. Thanks to my husband ...

The journey of the spirit
2007-08-24 22:11:00
This is something I hesitate to talk about and I do not think I have talked about it to a lot of people. So let me get this out in the open. Born a christian catholic, I have always  felt the compulsion to be pious. And I have to admit that my piety was only “that” deep. I admire those girls who go to every other novena with much devotion. I have had my share of ups and downs in my life. Whenever things did not go well, my parents would remind me about the lack of prayers in my life (or the devotion “good girls” are supposed to have)  and how God is teaching me a lesson. This would provoke me even more because I always thought God had better things to do than taking revenge on me. My counter argument would always be the case of Job. Job was a very God-fearing person and how come he had a particularly difficult life. God being angry with me for not going to church would amount to: 1. God  being possessive because he wants a lot of attention from al...
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The name game
2007-08-04 22:22:00
Often I hear people ask “What is in a name?”. Over the past few years I have realised that almost everything is in the “name”. Why are baby boys preferred over girls? Why is it that female infanticide is still prevalent atleast in some parts of the globe. I do not think that financial burdens (like dowry) attached to a girl child is the prime reason.  I believe that the basic reason is abt the “name”.  The real issue lies in succession. A boy(in majority of cultures) carries the lineage forward. Parents of a girl child brings up the child with much love, affection and efforts.  She throws away her identity and disconnects(in some sense) from them as soon as she gets married. Again the dowry, the brunt of the daughter’s pregnancy etc falls on the girls’ parents. I am ashamed and alarmed to admit this…I can only empathise with the girl child killers. I know why they do it. I understand them completely. So I ask of you my...
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Death
2007-08-01 20:49:00
What do I say, I am already lazy abt blogging. I am here just so that I do not end up looking like I fizzled out so early. What do I write about? Death may be… Yesterday I was watching this malayalam movie with my son.  (I rarely get to watch a movie from start to finish these days). In the movie there was a scene where the mother dies and the son does all the rituals. I do not know why I told this to my son …But here is how I went..”Kutta you are the one who should do all this when amma dies…” Before finishing the sentence I hated myself for saying that. He had a confused-sad look on his face and hugged me and said “you should not die”. For having nothing better to say I said “Amma will die very very old”..Again he repeated with profound sadness in his eyeness “you should not die”. My eyes welled up and I promised him that I will not die. This was one of the most emotional moments I had with my son. PS: I hope ...

What an eventful start…
2007-07-31 01:17:00
What an eventful start… An hour back i was trying to get a handle on blogging… I heard a weird noise by the window..Usually I am up during the wee hours.  Usually I attribute any weird sound to the cats and dogs in the neighbourhood. But this one was unlike the others. It was a rattling sound at the window. As brave as I am, I switched on the lights in that room and peeked thru the window to be startled by a black, waif like figure on the other side of the window. I always thought I would be very intelligent in situations of this kind. But even to my surprise I called out for my mom in some weird throaty sound (I have never heard it before.). The moment that sound came out of my throat, I could hear running feet. He was a lucky robber unlucky in his attempt. But I should say he was a damn brave one too…With me (if at all i am to be feared to any extent) wide awake in the adjacent room. I learned a thing or two from the experience: Listen to mom (which I learn...
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