Us and Them

“Your sick”

“No I’m Muslim”

“Bwahahahaha. Very funny . I’ll better it, get this – “Ya allah illallah kann illa palli illa”

“Ya ya shuddap – Ram naam sathya hai, murda saala mast hai”

This is what a couple of high- school kids consider as religious division. Sadly, I am too, a high-school kid. But since a while I’ve been noticing…the differences…

In my tennis coaching classes, U used to come everyday….a lot more regular than myself, I might add.He was so darn funny that I had to stifle a gulp when one morning , he was moaning on and on about how he had had to kill a sheep. U, who couldn’t harm a fly had had to massacre a whole, live animal with his own, bare hands.

It was the first time that I noticed that he was muslim apart from his name. It was the first time I’d ever realized the difference between us. Us and them.

Thankfully the feeling didn’t last very long. Sensing that he’d shocked poor brahmanical, but meat eating, hypocritical but confused me at some level, he reasoned with me later that day during lunch. “A! For crying out loud, your frigging butcher does it every single day. What’s the fucking difference??!”

Of course! What was the difference between a once a year religious sacrifice that was consumed by an entire family and a butcher who killed everyday for consumption? After he’d put it that way it had all made sense. In fact, he shouldn’t have even had to explain himself. I should’ve understood. I smiled, linked arms with him and life moved on smoothly enough. U even got grace time for coming late to class on Friday afternoons because he went to the Masjid across the road. We’d all chime in chorus “Sir, he’s gone for Namaaazzz” and the coach would nod approvingly and mark him present.

This week Z, a close friend of mine has been most dejected. His American visa has been rejected for the second time. “I’m just going there for a film shoot with a crew of 60 people for 3 months, with one of the largest production houses in India, with a resume of like 10 films till now! But they still ask me in that low critical voice they love to use ‘Mr Z, I’m going to ask you one more time, what is the purpose of your visit to the United States of America? Like I’m some fucking imbecile” he screamed out, close to tears. His frustration apparent that the rest of the crew had got their visa’s on the first attempt because none of them were Muslims.

It reminded me of a scene from the Pakistani film Khudakayliye, when the protagonist who is literally being tortured into saying he’s a terrorist changes his scribbles on the wall from ‘I LOVE USA’ by adding an MA to the end of USA to now read “I LOVE USAMA”.

Z, finally got his Visa on the 3rd attempt and is off tomorrow.

I, have just realized, I’m not entirely sure what I’ve been trying to say.

A*

Comics and Books

Most of you would have read the post on Ironman by my friend, Arushi.

‘Hollywood has a knack of making bad films out of good comics’ she says.

I disagree with that as well as agree.The Spiderman,Batman and Xmen movies seem to have done a fairly decent and applicable job at convincing its audience that they’re not another ludicrously loopy movie with brightly colored supernatural human beings running around the place yelling’I shall save the world with my Odd-Sonic Blaster Thing’.

Whereas when one watches movies like Hulk its an entirely different point.The only way one can comprehend the movie is if you can understand the Bam-Bam language in which the Incredible Hulk speaks in.Sure he’s big and hairy like in the comic,but at that rate you might as well put the Mask with King Kong.

In the case of novels ,like the Harry Potter,Lord of the Rings and Narnia series you have breathtaking work ,along with breathtaking actors like Daniel,Ben and Elijah.

The newly released Chronicles of Narnia:Prince Caspian is a much more appreciable movie compared to its predecessor.This time you would expect the movie to be shown on HBO instead of Disney Kids.The truculent battle scenes along with the exceptional Narnians and their king,Aslan,have attracted a much wider range of viewers.

The movie no longer shows the Pevensies as children who go dumb at the sight of talking beavers and moving trees,but teenagers who have begun to accept the facts of life.Also ,this movie has allot more humor in it,provided by Edmund,Susan and Mr.Rat.Little Lucy no longer goes ballistic about certain creatures like Mr.Tuminous and doesn’t start crying at the drop of a hat.In fact Little Lucy isn’t quite Little anymore,neither is Edmund.

During the last battle scene you see a variety of new Narnias like the cute yet lethal rats and kid centuars.The trees of narnia have also changed quite a bit.They are no longer the polite,sweet-scented selves but towering,rebellious,botanical beings.Their roots travel through the grounds and reach at the other end of the battle field only to demolish the colossal ammunitions of the Telmaranians and knock couple Telmaranian soldiers down.

Over all this movie is allot more impresive than the previous one.Watch it folks,it wont disappoint you.

Now that was the positive side of this post.Unlike Narnia,there are some movies that do not do justice to its book.They not only kill the book but rip it to bits and leave it to burn in disgrace that even the ashes aren’t left.One such movie is about a boy called Eragon.

After watching the movie I have come to three conclusions.They are:-

1.The Director,Producer(s) and Scriptwriter(s) ought to apoligize to Christopher Paolini for the sorrowful bit of work that they made out of his marvelous book.
2.Edward Speleers is a hopeless actor.
3.if you want to live then I advice you to not go and watch the other installments.

Thats all from me for now,

N*

Ages of Rock

Hendrix...Legend

THE BIRTH OF ROCK

Blues-based rock:

The Blues rock-The rock revolution of the 1960s seen through the life and music of Jimi Hendrix. The first doomed icon of rock, Hendrix was the mix of everything that had gone before him and all that was to come. The Birth Of Rock also explores the influence of rhythm & blues on a generation of British musicians such as The Rolling Stones, Cream and The Who, and how the song-writing of Bob Dylan and studio developments of The Beatles transformed the possibilities and ambitions of rock.

`Scuse me while I kiss the sky

(Jimi Hendrix)

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Yes the Sex Pistols...

BLANK GENERATION

Punk-

A tale of two cities, London and New York and the birth of punk.Possibly, one of the most interesting and one of my favorites. Each city created a bastard child that marked the biggest and fundamental shift in popular music since Elvis walked into Sun Studios, Memphis( But that’s another story hehe) Blank Generation unpicks the relationship between the bankrupt New York and the class and race-riven London of the mid-1970’s and explores the music of The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Ramones, Television, Patti Smith, The Damned and Buzzcocks ( I heard about them just yesterday actually, and trust me on this one, the name is far more impressing than the work).

I am an antichrist
I am an anarchist
Don’t know what I want
But I know how to get it
I wanna destroy the passerby

‘Cause I wanna be Anarchy
No dogsbody

(Anarchy in the USA, the Sex Pistols)

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Yes this IS Black Sabbath in their erm...very early days...

NEVER SAY DIE

The Heavy Metal Revolution

The story of the longest surviving and certainly the loudest genre of rock, heavy metal. With no sign of disappearing, metal has been the most controversial and misunderstood of all rock genres. Emerging at the tail end of the hippy dream from the rust belt of industrial England, heavy metal would go on to secure the most loyal fan base of all. With Black Sabbath as the undisputed Godfathers, we follow their highs and lows, and, along the journey, meet Deep Purple, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Metallica.

You’re Children of The Damned
Your back’s against the wall
You turn into the light
You’re burning in the night
You’re Children of The Damned
Like candles watch them burn
Burning in the light
You’ll burn again tonight
You’re Children of The Damned

(Children of the Damned, Iron Maiden)

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Springsteen...dancing in the Dark

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS

Stadium Rock

Ok so till 2 weeks back, I had no idea this term existed so don’t sweat if you have no idea what I’m talking about . We Are The Champions follows the development of some the biggest names in Rock, among them Queen, Bruce Springsteen, The Police and Dire Straits and shows how, through events such as Live Aid and the rise of MTV, rock achieved a global influence on culture and politics. Yes, I know…this is the music has the ` oh god -at-our-time-the-music-was-so-much-more- bearable…induced parent talk…but these are the classics. The film concludes in the early 90s, as U2 effectively brought the era to a close by reinventing the big rock show so completely, that fifteen years later most major rock tours are still pale facsimiles.

The more you see the less you know
The less you find out as you go
I knew much more then than I do now

I’ve seen you walk unafraid
I’ve seen you in the clothes you’ve made
Can you see the beauty inside of me?
What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?

Oh you look so beautiful tonight…tonight
In the city of blinding lights

( U2)

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Nirvana....gods... \m/

LIFT OF THE DIAL

Alternative Rock

The rise of alternative rock in the USA. From its early underground days where bands like Black Flag drew inspiration from the DIY ethos of punk, Left Of The Dial traces the history of the network of fans, clubs and fanzines that sustained the scene and launched the careers of bands like REM, The Pixies and Hüsker Dü. The film takes a fresh look at the explosion of the Seattle scene, culminating in the success of Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ and the tragic loss of Kurt Cobain, an artist whose triumph and tragedy continues to cast an inescapable shadow. (See: The death of Kurt Cobain. R.I.P.)

With the lights out its less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us
A mulatto
An albino
A mosquito
My libido
Yea

Im worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little group has always been
And always will until the end

( Smells like teen Spirit, Nirvana)

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The Arctic Monkeys hehehe

WHAT THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR

Indie

The story of British indie, beginning with The Smiths. The film follows The Stone Roses as the heirs to the indie crown, Suede’s dark sexuality and the media saturation of Brit-pop’s Blur v Oasis. how indie ultimately lost its once cherished intimacy and integrity in front of 250,000 fans at Oasis’s Knebworth spectacle in 1996 and how, by returning to its roots in clubs and bars (and even front rooms) with bands such as Franz Ferdinand, The Libertines and The Arctic Monkeys, indie became respectable again.

I can’t say much about it…because you see, not a huge Indie fan…and yes, I will admit taking a little help in the Indie bands haha.

Gona’ start a revolution from my bed.
cuz’ you said the brains i have went to my head… Step outside in summer times. Stand up besides the fire-place, take that look from off yer’ face, cuz’ you ain’t never gona’ break my heart and….. So Sally can wait, She know’s it’s too late, and she’s walking out by. So slide’s away, don’t look back and I heard ya’ say.

So Sally can wait, She knows it’s too late, as were walking out by.
So slide’s away, don’t look back and I heard ya’ say.

( So Sally can wait, Oasis)

Favourite Quotes

“I hate the way you talk to me, and the way you cut your hair. I hate the way you drive my car. I hate it when you stare. I hate your big dumb combat boots, and the way you read my mind. I hate you so much it makes me sick; it even makes me rhyme. I hate it, I hate the way you’re always right. I hate it when you lie. I hate it when you make me laugh, even worse when you make me cry. I hate it that you’re not around, and the fact that you didn’t call. But mostly I hate the way I don’t hate you. Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all.” “Ten years have gone behind you, no one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.”

“Life isn’t just passing me by, its trying to run me over.”

“Phooey.”

“Eep.”

“Don’t let anyone wake me, I’m dreaming out loud.”

“Steady feet, don’t fail me now, gonna walk till you can’t run.”

“Stop and stare. You start to wonder why you’re here not there.”

“I miss you, I miss your smile, and I still shed a tear everyonce in a while.”

“Six billion people, six billion stories.”

“I loved you like a fire red, now its turning blue.”

“For all those who talk about me thanks for making me the center of your world.”

“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many too choose from.”

“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.”

“Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.”

“Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?”

“Everybody wants to go to heaven; but nobody wants to die.”

“Heaven wont accept us, hell thought we would take over.”

Dr. Rockstar

When you read the word ‘rock star’ what are the phrases that spring to mind? ‘Fame’? ‘Glamour’? Anything but ‘post-graduate degrees’, right? Well, apparently notRecently, I saw a snippet on Queen’s Brian May pursuing a degree in astrophysics. Yes, you read that right…astrophysics.

That got me thinking. So, I scrounged around a bit and looked some stuff up. You would be surprised at the sheer number of artistes with degrees in higher education.

For example, in 1969, Brian May was just another college boy. In fact, he was the college boy who was expected to make it big in life. Not as a musician, but as a scientist. Studying interstellar dust clouds, May was midway through his research when Queen hit the big time. He dropped his doctorate studies to tour with band full time, which must have seemed like a good choice at the time. Thirty-three years, sixteen studio albums and about a million awards and accolades later, he returned to the Imperial College, London, to complete his PhD. He will receive his doctorate as soon as his thesis is approved, most likely in August.

Tom Morello, ex-Rage against the Machine, and of Audioslave fame, graduated from Harvard with a degree in Political Science. He is known to be quite the social activist. Most rockers end up in jail for DUI charges or drunken behavior; Mr. Morello gains time in the slammer for holding protest marches. He prefers to get through to the public through his music. His alter ego, the Night-Watchman, performs at all Morello’s political gatherings. The only catch is that instead of the intense rocker everyone’s used to, he’s a peaceful, serene performer.

Scott Stapp attended Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee and Valencia in Orlando and got himself an associate’s degree in the arts. He then transferred to Florida State University where he met some fellow rockers and formed the Grammy award-winning band Creed.

Dave Farrell, better known as ‘Phoenix’, bassist for the Nu-Metal band, Linkin Park, was awarded a degree by the University of California, Los Angeles. Okay, so maybe you wouldn’t have guessed that, seeing him thrashing about on the stage, but it just proves that if you put your mind to something, you CAN do it.

And that, my friends, brings us to someone we all know – Shakira. Yes, I know she’s not a ‘rock’ artist, nor does she act like a drunken, two-legged donkey on stage, but still. Not many people know that, despite being a blonde and a pop performer, she has an IQ of 130 and can speak 6 languages fluently.

Here are a few more that will surprise you—and one or two that won’t. Art Gurfunkel, the vocal half of old-time folk duo Simon & Garfunkel, took a BA with majors in art history. Not satisfied with such a soft degree he then took masters in mathematics. And mind you, these degrees were from no less than Columbia University.

Possibly the most interesting entertainer-academic is not a musician but an actress. Danica McKellar, who played Winnie Cooper in the landmark TV show ‘The Wonder Years’, is a mathematician. Danny studied at UCLA, and majored in maths. While at college, she co-authored a paper with along with a professor and a fellow student. The paper was titled ‘Percolation and Gibbs States Multiplicity for Ferromagnetic Ashkin-Teller Models Z^2’. Don’t ask. Interestingly, she is also the author of a book titled Math Doesn’t Suck: How to Survive Middle-School Math without Losing Your Mind or Breaking a Nail, which is apparently intended to encourage girls to enjoy and succeed at maths.

However, a fascinating case is one that didn’t really happen. Once upon a time there was an academically brilliant young boy growing up in a small town called Dartford in England. He entered the London School of Economics on a scholarship, studying for a degree in finance. However, after a just a year, he dropped out and became a musician. He ended up leading a group called The Rotating Pebbles. Or maybe it was called The Tumbling Rocks. Something like that, anyway.

I guess what these people are trying to tell us is – stereotypes don’t limit you. Nor do careers. You may be a rock star, an actress, a belly dancer even one of those guys that clean movie theatres at night, but it shouldn’t stop you from pursuing your education. If you don’t believe me, ask Dr. Brian May.

Mali*

R.I.P Heath Ledger

U DIIIIIIIEDDD U FREAKSHOW!!!! :’(

sadness has prevailed.

Arushi~*

The Death Of A Legend: Goodbye, Kurt Cobain

Much has been written about the events of April 8th, 1994 – the day Kurt Cobain’s body was discovered in Seattle- and, for the thousands of Nirvana fans left behind, that day will remain in their memory for many years to come. Cynics have claimed that Cobain tried to make himself a “rock and roll martyr” by taking his own life – an attempt to secure the reputation as the Jim Morrison of the nineties – but such speculation tends to overlook the terrible tragedy of the death of one of the most influential artists of this decade. Such statements are stupid and insensitive. And I, at least for one, would beg to differ.
Why does everyone, without knowing the facts immediately label the death as suicide?

Kurt Cobain was an amazing artist and deserves that all of the truth be brought out once and for all. A lot of people saw Kurt Cobain and may have perceived him as somewhat of a Pied Piper of youth leading them towards drug use, heroin in particular. If Courtney Love is completely innocent, she should be spearheading the re-opening of the case, for their daughter if nothing else. Kurt Cobain was extremely important to millions of people. An investigation needs to be done, for the sake of Frances Bean Cobain, for Courtney Love, for the families of the 68 people who committed suicide after Kurt was found dead, and for the literally millions of fans of this amazing artist.
Kurt Cobain left a drug rehab center in Marina Del Rey California on April 1, 1994 and was later reported missing. As you probably know, he was found dead just seven days later.

 

COURTNEY LOVE WAS FACING A DIVORCE

Kurt was in the process of leaving Seattle and his wife Courtney, when he was found dead.

Courtney knew Kurt wanted out of the marriage. Just weeks prior to his death, she asked one of her attorneys to get the “meanest, most vicious divorce lawyer” she could find.

 

SOMEONE WAS USING KURT’S CREDIT CARD

One of Kurt’s credit cards was missing when his body was discovered.

Someone was attempting to use the missing credit card after Cobain died, but the attempts stopped when his body was discovered.

COBAIN WAS IN FEAR OF HIS LIFE

The shotgun found at the scene was purchased BEFORE Cobain left for rehab in Los Angeles, NOT AFTER he fled the rehab as reported by misinformed media sources.

The shotgun was fully loaded with three shells. It was purchased and loaded for protection, not suicide.

The police claim there were no legible fingerprints on this shotgun!

The truth is, the shotgun wasn’t even checked for fingerprints until May 6th, nearly one month after Cobain’s body was found.

THERE WAS NO “SUICIDE” NOTE!!

The note found at the scene by the police was immediately labeled as a “suicide note.” The police report states it was “apparently written by Cobain to his wife and daughter, explaining why he had killed himself.”

But this note was not addressed to Kurt’s wife and daughter and it says nothing about “killing himself!” This note was clearly written to Cobain’s fans telling them he was quitting the music business. There was only a short footnote to Courtney and Frances and the handwriting contained in those lines has been questioned by several handwriting experts.

COURTNEY HAD ANOTHER NOTE SHE KEPT IN SECRET!

Courtney was in possession of a second note after Kurt’s body was found! SHE DIDN’T TELL ANYONE about this second note until several months later when information about it slipped out during an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine.

The second note, the one that Courtney kept in secret, clearly defines the first note which was found at the scene of Cobain’s death. The “second note” from Kurt plainly states he was leaving Courtney and he was leaving Seattle. He was NOT leaving the planet!

COBAIN WAS INJECTED WITH 3 TIMES A LETHAL DOSE OF HEROIN!!

Cobain’s heroin, (morphine), blood level was 1.52 mgs per liter. This would require a minimum injection of 225 mgs of heroin, three times a lethal dose, even for a hardcore heroin addict! The drug Diazepam, was also found in Cobain’s blood system.

 

THE OBVIOUS QUESTIONS:

1. If Cobain injected himself with a deliberate heroin overdose, why would he ALSO shoot himself in the head with a shotgun, leaving his baby daughter – the love of his life – with horrific visual images to remember him by? Why not just “go to sleep” on the overdose and never wake up?

2. IF Cobain injected three times a lethal dose of heroin, COULD he then pick up a shotgun and shoot himself? Wouldn’t he have been immediately incapacitated?

Based on the heroin, (morphine), blood levels found in Cobain’s body, preliminary research indicates Kurt Cobain would have been immediately incapacitated. He could not have picked up that shotgun. He could not have pulled that trigger!

IN ADDITION…

Cobain was not barricaded inside the room as reported by misinformed media sources.

The stool which was supposedly wedged” against the door was actually just sitting in front of the two unlocked doors that only led out to a balcony.

Cobain did not leave his Driver’s License out for identification as reported by misinformed media sources.

The first police officer on the scene found Cobain’s closed wallet, opened it to remove Kurt’s driver’s license, and displayed it in order to take a photograph.

THE FACT IS…

The police and the Medical Examiner have no forensic evidence that proves Cobain’s death was a suicide. On the other hand, there’s a substantial amount of evidence for murder.

The official verdict of “suicide” was simply a rush to judgement which eventually painted the authorities into a corner as reports of so-called “copy-cat” suicides began making the news.

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Whatever may be the case, the fact is remains that on that fateful day, we lost the deemed saviour of acid rock. And, that, more than anything, is just plain sad.

 

I myself was a Nirvana fan and continue to be. As do millions of people across the world who will continue to listen and appreciate his music even when he’s not there anymore.
Kurt, R.I.P
We all love you.

A*

Here is just some of…
WHAT YOU WERE NEVER TOLD:

Tyrranical Parents

This I’m sure most of us can relate to. Parents. We love them and sure, they loves us too and they do a whole lot of stuff for us…but sometimes, heck, why be nice right now…a lot of times…they can annoy us to bits. Admit it…it happens with all of us.

Top Parents’ most frequently used phrases list-

1. Please clean your room. It looks worse than a pigsty. If anyone comes in here…they’ll wonder how we’ve brought you up.

2. Do you ever do ANY physical activity? Do you know how bad it is for health?

3. How can you be so selfish? It’s always all about you isnt it? ALWAYS.

4. How lazy can you possibly get? You are abnormal!

5.Get off the phone

6. Turn it down!!

7.You cant watch TV in the afternoon!!

8. Get off the bloody laptop!!

9. DO NOT HIT YOU BROTHER!

10. Hurry up.

11. Take a sweater…take a jacket…

12. Take it anyway!

13.Im going to count till 10 and then we’re leaving without you. We are always late because of YOU!

14. I mean it! NOW!

15. If u dont go, we’re not going.

16. Give me a kiss!

17. Stop it this instant or we’re going home!

18. Set the table!

19. Dont give me the `it- not -my turn’ thing

20. Sit up. Dont slouch.

21. Push ur chair into the table.

22. How many times have I told you??

23. Move your glass it’s too close to the edge!

24. Watch it!

25. Is that yours??

26. Do you ever put anything back anywhere??

27. Just a minute…cant u see im talking??

28. I said..dont interrupt!

29. Go outside. It’s such lovely weather.

30. You have a superiority complex.

31. You dont know everything.

32. Read a book.

33.Go to you room.

34. You don’t always get what you wangt. that’s life

34. Don’t argue with me. I’m not discussing this any more.

35.Where did all the cookies go?

36. Is your homework done? Do you EVER study?? We are not spending so much on your tution for nothing!

37. Stopp yelling.

38. STOP YELLING. IF YOU WANT TO ASK ME SOMETHING, COME HERE.

39. I’ll think about it.

40. Not now.

41. Ask your father.

42. We’ll see.

43. Don’t sit so close to the television, it’s bad for your eyes.

44. Calm down.

45. Is that the truth?

46. Fasten your seatbelts.

47. Did everyone fasten their seatbelts?

48. I’m sorry, that’s the rule.I’m sorry, that’s the rule.I’m sorry, that’s the rule

49. Ask your mother.

50 Don’t we matter to you at all?

51. For the love of god, shut up sometimes.

52. You have no respect!!

53. Family is important. You must bond with your cousins. And no, you cannot call them` wierd’ or `lame’ behind their backs, even. Even if u hate them, try and be their friends.

54. Thats final.

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I’m sure if we really got down to writing this down…it could go on for pages and pages but sadly, I don’t have enough patience.

A typical conversation-

* Daughter/son is sitting on her/his bed…listening to music*
*enter mother*

mother- (whatever name)!!!
*no response*
*mother plucks out earphones*
kid- you mind?
mother- do you mind listening and taking those darn things out your ears when im talking to you?
kid- you were talking to me?
mother- see?
kid- whatever.
mother- dont `whatever me’
*kid is silent*
mother- have you done all your homework?
kid- um not quite. but iv started.
mother- do u plan on working on that instead of sitting all day and listening to music or watching TV?
kid- we have holidays!
mother- so?
kid- ugh. this is so unfair.
mother- u r impossible.
*kid slams door and leaves*

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mother- (whatever name) , put those glasses in the kitchen.
kid- why?
mother- because i said so.
kid- thats no reason.
mother- it bloody well is.
kid- but I didnt even bring them here!
mother- and so?
kid- so…why should i put them back??!!
mother- because you live in this house and you will do as I say.
kid- no i wont
*kid slams door yet again and leaves*
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girl- mom can i go to (whatever name)’s place wednesday?
mother- no (whatever name 2)..i thought I told you…you’re grounded.
girl- but mom!
mother- no but’s.
girl- It’s her B’day !
mother- I really don’t care unless you improve your behaviour.
girl- but I havent done anything wrong!
mother- God knows you’re grades are going down.
girl- can u lay off a little? cut me some slack sometimes??
mother- I will choose weather or not to ` lay off’ or to` cut u some slack’ .As of now, you’re not allowed.
girl- I really really really hate you!!!! you’re ruining my life!

*girl leaves room*

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father-(whatever name) did you get your math paper?
kid- no dad! will you quit pestering me about it?? I’ll show it to you when the thing comes!
father- I’m sure you’ve got it by now. It’s been 2 months since the paper!
kid- Dad!!! for the last time today, I have NOT GOT MY MATH PAPER!

*next day……..
dad gets a call from the school*
principal- mr.(whatever) , this is just to inform you that (whatever name) hasnt come to school today. this is the second time he has got into trouble since he got an F on his math paper.
father- they got their paper?
principal- Oh, of course! Quite a few weeks back!
father- Ok thank you mam. Let me deal with (whatever name) myself.

*(whatever name) comes home from school.*
father-son, i had a talk with miss.(whatever) this morning and I found your paper in your wastebasket..which I might add you have not emptied!
son- what are you talking about?
father- How much can you defy me you stupid boy? Useless!
son- Fine. Don’t trust me. I hate you.

*son leaves room*
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LOL

Yes, we fight and argue. But ah well, in the end family is family.
Love them or hate them , u cannot ignore them.(trust me i’v tried!)

A**
M*( contribution)

Sisterood and Us

Geetanjali’s version

So, the Sisterhood of Traveling Pants is a book which, as most of us know is about four friends who are nothing alike. There is Bridget- the bright haired blonde, Tibby – the rebel, Lena – the calm one and Carmen the tempered one.

And the ‘us’ part of the title. Well, while reading the book I noticed a lot of things which we have in common with the Sisterhood.

Arushi and Lena: Like Lena, Arushi is mostly pretty calm and underestimating.

Arushi and Carmen: Carmen and Arushi share a bad temper (that is, the few times they get angry) and of course, she loves us all like Carmen loves her friends.

Malavika and Lena: Like Lena is passionate about art, Malavika is passionate about her music.

Malvika and Carmen : Carmen is the baby who loves her friends but loves being pampered the most! Much like Malavika!

Malvika and Bridget : These two share nothing other than the fact that they are extremely reckless and instinctual. They both do something first and think about it later.

Naina and Tibby : Naina is really hard to place in the sisterhood. I would say she was most like Tibby. On top, she hates hugs but inside would love one. And though she is like only one of them, Tibby is the most interesting and complicated sisterhood character.

Geetanjali (me) and Bridget : Ah, me. There are only two things that I don’t have in common with Bridget – her bright hair and the fact that I am not in love with a guy named Eric. Otherwise I’m pretty much same wacky chick who loves soccer (in my case only playing i am not patient enough to sit still long enough to watch a full game)!

Malavika’s Version

Now normally, I wouldn’t go near a book like The Sisterhood of Traveling Pants with a ten-foot barge pole, much less write about it. This, however, is an exception. Arushi left the books at my place accidentally, and since I had nothing better to do, I read them. And then, I read the post by Geetanjali.

While Geetanjali is entitled to her opinions, I’m entitled to thinking they’re stupid. I almost completely disagree with her on how we relate to the Sisterhood girls.

Arushi: I feel that Arushi is like Lena. She prefers to watch rather than participate. Lately, however, Arushi’s getting crazier about her ways and starting to take more and more risks. Kind of like Briget I suppose. The only thing she has in common with Carmen is that she loves everyone unconditionally. Tibby and Arushi have exactly nothing in common.

Geetanjali: Bridget and Geetanjali share a mutual love of athletics and football. Of course, Geetanjali is also kind of like Carmen, always being happy with what there is. And when she’s not happy, you’d better watch out.

And then, there’s me. Like Lena, I have mixed emotions about most things. If you asked me to pick A or B, I’d always choose C. It’s just the way I am. I have difficulty following my emotions. Rather, I justify and rationalize incessantly and over-think everything. Then again, I have an ability to love and trust freely, like Bridget. I’m confident, and flaunt it. I’m not afraid to be who I am, sometimes to the point of recklessness. Yes, I do impulsive things sometimes, but I do regret them afterwards. But Tibby is the one I’m most like. The rebel. Slightly sour, very cynical, very self-judgmental and extremely moody. And of course, we have a mutual love of the camera, the dream to go to NYU and a plan for a future making movies. And like Carmen, I’m protective slightly towards the side of selfishness, confused but mostly happy to love my friends and family.

And Naina, well, she’s not really human. She’s a mutant, and so she doesn’t relate to any of these characters. I still totally love her though. I mean, when I’m not cowering in fear in front of her.

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M

Men, Boys, Lads and their Unfortunate Importance

 

This particular post is written by me,Naina.

Most of the people we know and who are reading this would expect this post to be written by Malvika and not me.

or anybody for that matter.

I never thought boys were a matter of life and death.Until that faithful day arrived when I sat and saw ‘Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone’.

I sat down on my beanbag and turned on the television as I had nothing to do,and had finished all of my Enid Blyton’s (I was seven). While watching Power Puff Girls on POGO,a little ity bity ticker appeared that said ‘Watch Harry Potter on POGO,this may’.

I had heard a lot about this Harry Potter thing and how the books were great,yada yada yada.Never actually got down to reading it.So i thought that I might as well sit and watch the movie and not bother reading the book.Until my mum came.

She said that I can’t watch the movie until and unless I read the book.Now its not like a small, innocent,harmless seven year old has the guts to stand up to her own mother.So anyways moving on from my traumatic childhood,I read the first part of the harry potter saga,and loved it.

Its just as simple as that.

-and now living to the ripe age of 14,I am still obsessed with it.

but that has nothing to do with this-

-my obsession did not decrease,as in a few years time I fell…well not in love…but sort of stopped breathing ever since I saw the third Harry Potter installment,Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Containing within it ,what seemed like the only living male in the entire universe to me,was Daniel Radcliffe.

I was completely………well……..I don’t know, it was that funny feeling most girls get when they see a cute blue eyed,messy haired male human being.

Out of all of my friends I am the only one with this ‘feeling’ for the Daniel thing.

Mali (Malvika) on the other hand has sort of had her share at guys.sadly their all(I’m being polite) different.

Probably the most effective one would be Pranav Kuc…….well…..lets just stick to Pranav.

-Mali could write more on him.

Arushi is in love with the Jonas Brothers,Chase Crawford and Robert Downey Jr.She does like Daniel ,but its just that she doesn’t need to show it at all ,as I do all of that for practically every one.

But in the case of Robert Downey Jr.,she’s not alone.I kinda like him too.Courtesy,Iron Man.

*god,I love that movie*

Geetanjali….I don’t think she like anyone….but wait a moment….that cant be right.

…

Ah well,she can do her bit on the guys she like’s.

But for now
Bye,
Naina