Umbrella Thy name is Liberation!!!

Ask an Indian woman "What is the biggest menace on Indian roads? " and the answer shall not be potholes, street dogs, pollution...no not even urchins or traffic. Bewildered? Well the answer (99 out of 100 times) will be the lecherous/staring/gaping/groping/whistling/air kissing "common man" ......so at the humble age of 22 , when I find a solution to this nuisance., I want to share it with the world.

The panacea is an umbrella. The innocent dainty looking (pointed) umbrella.

On a day like today, with the sun beating down on my non-umbrellaed brethren, I hold it with the grip and the intention that anybody moving in within its radius .. and closer to my body than desired shall see a brandishing which shall remind him of the stuff dueling legends are made of.
For the not-so-daring side-liners (the leching kinds) I just turn the umbrella at a convenient angle such that the only curves that they will lay their eyes on will be those of my sultry (its hot remember) umbrella.
On crowded streets (Brigade Road on Saturdays), it is nicely tucked away under my arm (this is where the pointed helps) such that any expectant soul banging into my body is startled and left wondering as to what possible anatomical part did he brush against.
The fact that its saving my skin from all those uv rays that the ozone cant seem to be bothered with(yes mine does) is purely incidental.Its saving me my dignity and peace of mind which is essentially what female liberation should be about.

So here it is - I think we should quit being the victims and just get ourselves an umbrella!! What say?

You know you are having a good time when.....

• ....Your companion tells you there's a twinkle in your eye.
• ....The days pass by and the date on the calendar seems 2 days ahead coz u dont know where (in good lord's name!!!) the time went.
• ....The day begins with the thought of .. So what be the plan today???
• ....When the thought of leaving gives you a queasy feeling.
• ....The TV seems like an unnecessary noise.
• ....Heat. Oncoming CFA exam. Accomodation Blues. Delayed formalities. Nothing can ruffle your calm.
• ...You blog about "You know you are having a good time when...." ;)
  

Chuck Chuck?

To begin with - apologies for a dreadful pun.On second thoughts....Its MY blog so what the heck!! In any case blogs are supposed to be a cure-all for prolixity and similar ailments. Its a different matter that blogging itself is turning out to be quite a pandemic!! Anyway that's a discussion for another time.

For now- Unravelling the mystery of the title.

The question swirling in my head is...Do I appreciate Chuck Palahniuk? For the uninitiated ... he is an American novelist, the brain behind Fight Club. So there are some of his quotes that I truly love and then there are some which I abhor and the word that comes to mind is wannabe (although what he wants to be is beyond me).
Here's an attempt to categorize what I think(This might strike a chord!! Brahmans and Shudra, Upper class,Upper Middle Class, Lower Middle class, Upper Upper Middle Class, Lower Upper Middle Class.... Yes!! Yes!! We LOVE categories) :

Hmmm Nice :-)

1. People don't want their lives fixed. Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.
2. Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?
3. Your heart is my piñata.
4. Masochism is a valuable job skill.
5. A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.
6. What I want is to be needed. What I need is to be indispensable to somebody. Who I need is somebody that will eat up all my free time, my ego, my attention. Somebody addicted to me. A mutual addiction.
7. We just had a near-life experience!
8. Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.
9. Hysteria is only possible with an audience.
10. On game shows, some people will take the trip to France, but most people will take the washer dryer pair.

Get Real!!

1. Your parents, they give you your life, but then they try to give you their life.
2. Every woman is just a different kind of problem.
3. Your birth is a mistake you'll spend your whole life trying to correct.
4. When you don't share your problems, you resent hearing the problems of other people.
5. When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.
6. The most boring thing in the entire world is nudity. The second most boring thing is honesty.
7. The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.
8. Reality means you live until you die. The real truth is nobody wants reality
   

End Result: Chuck Chuck? Undecided.

PS: Anybody for Blogaholics Anonymous ;)