dreamland

Well, after staying in hostel for 5years this is 1 question that has always been in my mind. The situation that I’m going to say is just an example and happens just not in my hostel but in many other women’s hostel(be it a college campus hostel or other women’s working hostel). One of the rules of my hostel is that all 5 hostel blocks gates should be locked from inside at sharp 10 p.m. 1st year in hostel – A guy was found roaming around the campus at night after 10. During those times the lightings at night around the campus were not good so all that the girls could see was a figure going around the campus. When security was alerted, they couldn’t catch the guy. He just escaped. 2nd year in hostel – A guy was found peeping into girl’s rooms in ground floor of one of the blocks. It happened in two successive weekends. Again the security was not doing anything & in the end all the windows(they were of old made wood where rods in-between can be tilted)of all ground floor rooms were...

This question I started asking myself during my final semester in college. This question is not to get into any philosophical theory or something. This question is only for me to answer to myself. This question is to judge myself as a person or as an individual. This question started troubling me after I got to know what in general people feel about me. If someone asks me how I’m in academics, I can say that I’m an average person or just above average. But I got a rude shock when I found that lots of people think me to be a brilliant person, who is totally academic-oriented. Even many see me as a role-model (though there is nothing wrong in it but I don’t think I’ve accomplished anything that I could become a role-model for someone). This made me wonder on how they got such a notion! Is it, just because, I was, among very few students, who got placed in a software concern during the job placement. Or is because they always see me reading (actually novel). Or is it because, I like to ta...

If you are preparing for your campus interview or any job interview, this is one question that you are very familiar with. “Describe About Yourself”! I’ve always wondered how interviewers are going to judge a person with this question. I got many theories from various sources for this, as to why this question is asked. Well, I’ll put this case to rest here, as the interviewers only have to deal with the outcome of this question. But what is more baffling is the kind of preparation that is done by many for this question. I’ve seen people mugging, what is believed to be a standard format of answer, for this question. With a high number of campus placements going on ,a number of placement institutes are being run to guide a person on how to master aptitude tests, how to face group discussion & interviews. I myself attended 10-days course in one of these institutes 2 years ago, just for the sake of attending it as it was arranged through college. I was surprised with the way they were...

I witnessed an accident today. A bike hit a scooter in the middle of the road. The biker sped from the scene before anyone else could react. The scooter person was on the floor badly hurt. He,fortunately,survived thanks to his helmet. If he hadn't wore the helmet, the consequences could have been fatal. This incident has made me ponder over this issue about wearing the helmet. There are so many accidents like this that we read in newspaper daily,especially involving two wheelers. In June 2007,Tamil Nadu government made it compulsory for all the two wheeler riders to wear a helmet. This new rule got mixed responses from the people. There were, lets say, around 15-20 % who were ready to follow this knowing how important it is. But unfortunately the rest of the 80% didn't take it seriously. For around 1 week this rule was mostly followed but as it happens every time, slowly things got weary and again it was back to square one. The rule was taken off. I asked a few of my friends ...

We want everything to be perfect in our life. We want to have everything that we wish. But is it possible? Now just for a second,imagine yourself to be a Hero of a movie. I guess then you'll get everything that you want in life. Because thats what they show in movies and unfortunately most of us are taken in by it. All guys think themselves to be hero(This is a genaralised statement,so guys who read this please don't get offended). When they see a girl for first time, they fall in love with that person. They imagine themself to be a 'Shahrukh Khan' or 'Salman Khan' and expect that girl to fall for them just like how a heroine in our movies does. But what if that girl doesn't fall for that guy.Something like this or this happens. Is this called True Love that these guys claim? When I hear news like these it pains me. What wrong did these girls do to get such a huge punishment? All they said was a NO to a guy. Many girls like these two have lost their life t...

Are We Independent!!! When I say ' We ' , I mean Women. Or more specifically ' Indian Women '. There are talks about Women Empowerment & how women have come out of the four walls & began to make mark in various fields,be it academics,sports,politics,entertainment,corporate sector etc. If anybody is asked to name women who have made a mark or inspire you then few set of names that automatically come up in the minds are - Mother Teresa, Kalpana Chawla, Indira Gandhi, Kiran Bedi etc. And ,of course, Bollywood actresses' names are always in the list. I admire women (apart from names given above) like M.S.Subbalakshmi, Jayalalitha,Sonia Gandhi,Anju Bobby George,Shiela Dixit,Mithali Raj, Sania Mirza,Medha Pathkar & the list continues for the way they've shaped their own lives. I would like to add that personally i might not hold same views as them or might not agree with what they are doing in their own fields but still 1 thing is there. These women ha...