A little bit of this and that!

Okay, let me make it clear at the offset, This post is meant for pure fun - neither to judge, nor to get offended. continue reading only if you have the right sense of humor :) I was taking a stroll with my little nephew when he suddenly pointed at a swift on the road and asked me "what is the difference between that and me?". I could figure out a lot of differences but not knowing what exactly he meant, I feigned ignorance and asked him to tell the answer. Clearly irritated with my lack of knowledge, he said "Adu car..nan Iyengar" and smiled at his own discovery. Shocked by his understanding of the word, I told him what it actually means to be a Iyengar or rather a brahmin, as all this applies whether you are an Iyer or an Iyengar.    First of all, we are the proud vegetarians - We eat plants and plant products only and say a strict no to all other forms of living things including eggs, unless it is conveniently wrapped in the form of a chocolate or  a cake - ...

Like every other engineering student, I have all the time in the world right now to do anything that i wish - study holidays, the perfect time for catching up with an old book or seeing an occasional movie. And so, I was sitting with a philosophy book pondering over the meaning of life and living, when i chanced upon an article that explained the importance of saying "thank you". It seems that reflecting on the blessings around us and uttering those two magical words shows that you are a great person. Since, I believe myself to be great and noble, I want to take this as an opportunity to thank the most life changing factor I have ever experienced - TNEB. No, I am NOT joking. The ingenious power cut system designed by TNEB has played a  very important role in shaping the way I am. Let me explain how. Any one who knows me personally will tell you that I am a very erratic person. Ever since childhood, I have always loved doing things at the eleventh hour- Be it completing a...

Sometimes, I really get offended when people say 'girls love gossiping'. I mean, truth hurts. Literally. But well, who cares! what are friends for if one can't even gossip with them? :P And so, we were having this gossip session going on in college one day (yea, we do productive things during class hours) when one of my friends told this super cool story about her friend's friend's friend. (now you know why I said we love gossiping) A week in this girl's life. Day 1 :  *Girl talking to a cool and popular guy in her college * She : I think i really like you and i feel that perhaps you are the one for me. Do you love me? He : Yea, I think i love you too. *They both are now officially committed with blessings from the heaven above*                                   Day 2 : Girl : I guess we are incompatible. Maybe we should break up. Guy : Wtf! What do you even know about me to say that ...

I was practically depressed after a long, exhausting day and simply wanted to wrap myself in a blanket and sleep for eternity, when my little niece called me and demanded to know if i cried after reading snow white. Call me a cry baby if u want, but i had and being a honest and brave soul that i was, accepted it. The next moment i couldn't help but smile at the big wail i heard on the other end as my little darling too had been touched by the story of the sleeping beauty.Sleeping beauty - these words kept ringing on my head and put me into a series of thoughts that at last ended up in me thinking about those cute little things that happens only in movies, a few of which i have included in this post (If you are wondering how i jumped from sleeping beauty to movies, let us just say that my mind is worser than a monkey :P).    Writers, poets and lyricists all over the world have described the beauty emanated from a girl as she wakes up everyday - the radiance in her face when ...

One of my secret wishes for a long time now had been to go on a diet for a few days. Now any one who knows me well enough would confirm you that i am the last person they can imagine who is in need of a diet - Having never crossed 40 kgs all my life i have always been grouped into the "to be well fed and cared for" category. That category of teens for whom chocolates,ice creams,cakes, cookies and sweets are not special treats but a "must eat" food item. You might say that it is not something to cry about. But if you go to a doctor for common cold and he advises you to have an ice cream a day to gain weight, then probably there's something wrong (either with the doctor or you) for you to worry about.Happened.      "Eat well". "Eat this". "Eat that". "Drink this". "Drink that" - these are the phrases that i hear almost everyday and have been forced to follow. I sometimes wonder what would happen if all the cheese...

When one of my best friends bought a new android mobile just two months after my sweet sister got hers, my mom was really worried as to when i am going to start pestering her to get me one. In fact, she was so worried that when i told her that i dont want one, she started picturising the bigger schemes i might have in mind. However the reason that i rejected the offer (now, dont ask me when i was offered wid the opportunity to buy a new phone.. let us just assume that the worry meant one :p ) is this - no wait, it is not a reason but reasons. Before u start wondering what my title has to do with all this, ill introduce you to my sweetheart, whose name ill reveal to you at the end of this article. You might have heard people say that god left gaps between fingers because some day some one would perfectly fill them -yes, indeed i found such a person who fits in perfectly and infact i feel so comfortable with this person that sometimes i think of him as an extension to my own hands. ...

Before i start blogging, i want to give a fair warning to those who attempt to read this - I'm not a writer. Like many of us, i have dreamt of winning the booker prize and  the newyork best seller awards, only to be hit hard by the reality. Inspired by Rowling and Dan brown, i have even tried, quite a lot of times in fact, to create a master piece in the field of literature. But everytime i start writing, i stumble for words and my thoughts become a blur, and in those few times when i manage to write a few pages, the story would be an obvious combo of harry potter eloping with bella swan in the streets of ancient Rome to become Romeo and Juliet. The net result - an overflowing dustbin and an ever shortage of stationaries, not to mention my mother's constant nagging about the amount of stationaries i waste - which has gotten to the extent that she no longer sponsers for my stationaries and i have to fund them myself. yea, great! As if i dont have expenses of my own. That...