gracias - the kiddie magic!!!!

today csa organised " GRACIAS 2007" (hope i got d spelling right)... it was a thanksgiving program given by the sponsored students of rajendranagar to us, the sponsorers. well it was an amazing event. people asked me if it was the kids idea to do this event, no it was our idea, but the kids also believed in it. they made thank u cards for all of us. they were so excited to be ther and actually perform in the main auditorium in front of a surprisingly large audience. a lot of time and effort had gone behind this. the volunteers, the kids, the n number of practice sessions and CHARLIE (3rd FEP) who despite being a non csa member was so enthusiastic about the whole program, he was a great help. the kids were excited throughout and were so grateful for being there. in one of the dances, the power was cut off and the music stopped, the girls performing for that piece were so confident. i am sure if i wud have been there, i definitely would have freakd out and pulled my hair.... but they were so confident and relaxed.. mann im dazed!!! and that dance turned out to be the best in the whole show. later when i was talking to one of the teachers who attended this show, she said the whole show was very realistic, the drama, the whole concept and environment. it was one of my few days which ended in lot of fun. when the kids went away, we(the volunteers) were pulling each others leg. we had so much fun. im just waiting with lot of expectations for gracias 2008.

wandering thoughts

it is funny how small things in life gives you so much happiness.. like spending a day with ur close friends, eating yumm food after a long time or just getting a small gift wen it is totally unexpected. wat is so pleasant about a surprise?? a small kid smiles at u or waves back wen u wave at him, mann it makes ur heart melt. but it also at many instances it is very difficult to please human beings???? y are we so weird??? y cant we ever be predictable??? i have a friend who does social work in a slum once a week. how ever bad her mood may be, as soon as she enters the slums and sees the kids, her face lights up. she forgets all her tensions and apprehensions. what magical power do these kids have that can heal all the problems in a jiffy!!!! the innocence, their sincerity. i wish kids never grew up and remained kids forever.

Civic sense to be re imposed!!!!

Traffic!!!!!!!! phew!!!!! It is a diastrous task 2 drive in any city.. and bangalore is no exception... even though a red signal is shown, the heavy duty vehicles keep on driving despite it being somebody else's turn. and when we try to reason with them as to it wasn't their turn but ours to move, all they hav 2 say is "Baap ka road hai kya???" why is there so much indiscipline in this country???? even policemen donot seem to scare them.. the n number of fines also dont change their habit. i guess the only option left is to put iron barricades. (the things which are put up at toll gates.) when the signal is shown red, the barricades come down. i know this would present a very bad picture of us Indians, but have we left us any option??? we claim to be the It capital but what about our infrastructure. every time a new road is made, it is dug up in a matter of days, to put some extra pipeline, what happened to the freshly laid tar. we lack proper planning. if we plan well in advance i think bangalore will be a much more nicer place to live in. i think it is also our moral duty to co operate with the city and govt officials to make this place better. we should also suggest them ideas for improvement rather than just sit and crib about it.

passion in the drains!!!!

A few days back i attended a journalism seminar in my college. the topic was Media Landscapes: Challenges & Controversies. It was very interesting as we got an insight about the media through the media persons. it was also very disheartening to know that journalism has become more of a commodity. it is like the highest bidder is the winner. how much ever we lament about freedom of press, we donot have that much freedom(there is always an upper hand by the govt 2 supress all news stories whch are against dm). they were talkin bout commodification of news and unjust publicity of silly news stories. but i dont think they ever reachd a conclusion. it was sad to know that the passion for true journalism is lost in this very commodified world. when asked about the unjust publicity of the prince issue,this is what one media person had to say: because of this issue we got to know that our army people are always ready to save us!!!! (when did we not know that???) and it was when this issue came into limelight that the village got electricity, the kid is receivn education and some cash price... what is he tryn 2 say, if we want electricity push our kid in the well???? i know im bein very critical, but all my good hopes about journalism was shattered that day. the media people were being so neutral in their stands. it was very visible that they had come only 2 promote their companies and save their jobs. where has all their passion for this field gone???? as i lay thinking about the answers to the many unanswered questions, i shall sign off...