SAVE MOTHER EARTH!!!!

The moment you tell this to someone, often you would find that person shrugging his/her shoulders and asking - "What can I do?". Then you also tell them what can they do and spat comes the reply - "One person's efforts can not change the world". Honestly, that's true.

If only one person does what is right it doesn't make a big difference in this world. But my point is that if everyone who thinks he/she alone can't change the world starts putting in his/her little efforts, the world will soon be a better place to live in. In fact even if a single person starts doing something, people around him/her might get inspired and do something to preserve this beautiful masterpiece called 'earth'.

This is not a vague moral lecture that I am trying to give here, in fact I am talking from experience. In 2007, I saw a documentary on garbage disposal in Delhi. The documentary showed that out of the seven disposal grounds in Delhi, four are full and the remaining three are over-flowing. Most of the rubbish consisted of plastic and plastic variants. And we all know how dangerous plastic is to our environment. It also showed how the garbage thrown on streets(again mostly plastic) results in causing 'n' number of problems in animals who end up consuming that. It won't be wrong to say that most of the animals who eat plastic off the streets are soon found dead.

Ever since that day I have been conscious about my 'plastic' consumption. Well, the less you use, the less you throw away. Also I never throw anything on the road or the street. When I started practicing this habit stringently, many people(including my parents) made fun of me; echoing the famous, "What can a single person do?",  line. I didn't let them bother me, rather I started reprimanding my friends and family whenever they consumed plastic unnecessarily or threw the garbage anywhere but in a bin.

What is the result? Well, its been 3 years now and the people who used to make fun me then do what I started doing alone now.

So basically meaning to say start chipping in a little something to save our precious planet today. And if you can't figure out how to start, start by observing the EARTH HOUR. Just switch off everything for just an hour and contribute in saving this planet's life. The government need not announce a particular day to observe this desperately needed 'earth hour' for us to do something. I am sure we all can live without electricity for just an hour everyday. So lets just - KEEP IT GREEN!!!

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Books Books everywhere... What should I read?

Ever bought books when you know you do not have time to read them? In fact there already are like a gazillion unread books at your home already? Well, WELCOME to my side of the world. i recently bought sixteen - yes thats right 'sixteen' - books at the International Book Fair held at Pragati Maidan. But I just don't have time to read em...


Whenever I pick up a book outside my course to read(doing  masters in English literature), I feel that I should first try and concentrate on the stuff I would be graded for. But that doesn't stop my obsession with shopping for books. I just can't resist that enchanting smell of parchment in a place full of books. When I walk past a counter I swear I can hear the books calling out my name, begging me to buy them and promising to entertain.


And top of everything bookstores take advantage of my weakness and offer a bargain on them. I mean how can you leave a book with costs only 100 bucks??? How does it matter if that 100 rupees book is about 'scrapbooking'??? Yeah, that's true... I have this book too :) :)..


Well what can i do? 'BOOKS' are my first love. And its a universal fact that a girl never gets over her first love...  Trust me, they are the ideal lover one can ever hope for. Sad or happy, angry or calm, anxious or curious - what better companion can one have but an amazing book?


That reminds me I have got to get back to my reading... so... Aufwiedersehen...

  

HEY THERE... HI THERE... HO THERE...

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

- Aristotle

Don't try and read the above quote in Hindi. Trust me it'll sound very cheesy. Having given the disclaimer, lets move on.

People often tell me that no one is going to stick with me till the very end; except my immediate family and of course, education. They also tell me that friends should not be my priority as they just disappear eventually. I say, 'They are correct'. 

So far in my life I've had many people who came, became my friends, then one fine day stepped out my life for some reason or the other. You know reasons like communication gap, misunderstandings, quarrels etc. Therefore, I feel that whosoever believes that friends come and go is not wrong.

But wait! What about the people who come in your life, make it extremely beautiful and never leave? Rather they just stick to you like super glue or something. People with whom you can share your entire life without any apprehensions sound like a beautiful dream. Well I am just lucky that for me this is not just a dream but a beautiful reality. I don't have to worry about these 'real' friends to leave me ever. I can laugh with them, cry with them, embarrass myself in front of them and I know they'll still love me.

So that is why I want to dedicate my first proper post to my 'special' friends who mean the world to me and are responsible for making me as crazy as I am today. I love you all :).

P.S. - Oops, I think I forgot to mention their names. Here they are... On second thoughts, I don't think I need to do is as they know who they are ;)...   

An awkward introduction :)

Sitting in my pandemonium,

Occured a novel thought.

When here I have a consortium,

Why should I let my views rot?

My thoughts might not be grave,

Might not be even free of flaw,

But they are still here,

Both  - done and also raw.

So hear me out

And then decide.

Am I just loud?

Or will I suffice?

Help me by keeping patience,

And a regular reader also be.

Will be waiting for your suggestions,

Every word will be appreciated by me.

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