DEFINING HAPPINESS

A recent study undertaken by MTV Networks International(MTVNI)found that Indian youth are the happiest in the world.In the biggest ever study of kids and young people,India is followed by sweden with USA coming third.The Japanese are the most miserable

The study found that the young people in the developing world are optimistic though faced with greater challanges than their counterparts in the developed world who are happy despite all the material wealth.

The study which took 6 months to complete covered 5,200 individuals in two age groups-8-15 year olds and 16-34 year olds across 14 countries.

-courtesy INDIAN EXPRESS(WEDNESDAY,APRIL 11,2007)

Is Indian youth really happy??such an easy question yet so difficult to answer.Each one of us may have different view but,as an average indian youth i see ahead of me a brim future.Im not happy with current situation prevailin in India,not that im botherd about Indian team's pathetic defeat in cricket world cup or the ULFA attacks in assam.For each one of us there is a tag "me"associated with anythin and everythin.Im deeply worried about things that has the potential to shake ma world.Im deeply hurt by the degradation in moral values within the generation X...were are we headin to???America 10 years back???old age homes are gettin filled up.Is this what the Indian youths are meant to be?? throwin out parents once they are past their prime...im deeply concerned about ma future.... with reservation issue hangin in balance i may not be able to get admission to an elite institution...what am i worth of in the IT industry with lakhs of engineerin graduates passin out each year???im more concerned of leakage of outsourcin jobs from india to vietnam or korea..with livin expences sky rocketin were will i stay???...pollution,increase in crime rates,poor pay package,competition,peer pressure,lifestyle....

now time to ponder "IS INDIAN YOUTH REALLY THE HAPPY LOT???"

womanhood

valentine's day is long over what am i waitin for.....n for whom???this whole idea of waitin for mr.perfect seems to be far stretched....m fed of keepin the happy face....smilin broadly....with 30 not so good teeth of mine....hm):- in here parents find the match for gals....the perfect match....you marry at the age of 20- 25...have kidz ,look after your husband and inlaws.....your entire life is over within the four walls of slavery...you don't marry at right age...people will point fingers at your moral side..this is the situation of indian woman subjected to worst kind of abuse both with n along the society....misdoin against women are at an all time high...women in india don't have the courage to come out into the public n speak about their own life...becuse here women are not meant or even expected to speak...you are expected to perform duties that all woman are meant to do....what crap...being born as a women doesn't mean you are deprived of individualitty...deprived of the small laughs...deprived of womanhood.....who is bothered...government till now couldn't enforce 33% reseration for woman...with woman legislators opposin the move... what a tragedy...one women is another's worst enemy...

global warmin

sunday...m all alone sittin in ma couch typin away ma thoughts in ma laptop....the temperature this year is on an average 38c...tanx 2 global warmin..the people in third world countries have to bear the heat....stayin near the sea side won't help either as one starts to sweat....schools are closed....the temperature near the tropical region is at record high .....no rain....global warmin has created havoc in the nature's cycle...cherapunji which boasts of the highest annual rain fall is bare...the place is facin a drought,himalayan glaciers are meltin at an alarmin rate,sunderbanz(world's largest delta)is shrinkin in size...belive me....underwater resources are exploited like never before...all the water bodies are dry....i m sure...its the case everywhere in the world...if we don't do somethin urgently...the climate change may become castrophobic......

THE LAST BUDHA....

Budha-epitome of peace......the culture that was lost long before.The last budha is not a term to represent an individual but,a sysem -THE APEX COURT OF INDIA-SUPREME COURT ....Laws and lawmakers are not preachers of peace themselves because wherever there is an unrest the matter comes before the court....if the word peace was within each one of us the court would almost become extinct..indian judiciary is represented by a blindfolded lady holdin a balance in her handin in turn representin "JUSTICE TO ALL" earlier on judiciary was a silent system dancin to the tunes of pied pipers of politics.Nowadays the table has turned on.Each and every event across the nation comes under the scanner of judicial system.True to be said as a young indian i belive in the judiciary more than what i belive in politics and the false promises associated with it..Bravo!!!!!to the only law abidin system in india on their verdicts and observation on the reservation,bofors,jessica murder n gujarat riots cases.Law don't differntiate between religion nor caste.The long hands of law has become nightmares to many who in turn is tryin head over heels to curb the supreme power....comin out openly critisisin the decisions...how sad...budha is being torn apart untill there is no last budha alive....

a generation awakens

The RANG DE BASANTHI Shot ...thanx 2 shaggy...this pic was taken on 31st...on our trip to munnar......the pic is inspired largely by the pic in the bollywood flick of the same name....india's official entry into this year's oscars...(dn' make it into the top 5)-:)well the catch phrase of the movie is "A GENERATION AWAKENS"The story revolves around 5 graduate students in delhi university....who feels that the past is not what one should be proud of...they represent an entire generation of indian urban dudes n dudesses who likes to detatch from the rich past cultural heritage of india ....a generation interested more in discotheqes n junk food...an english film maker named sue...inspired by her grandfather's(officer in british indian army) account of indian freedom struggle decides to make a documentary...her search for fresh faces lands her up in midst of these 5 students....the story evolves.....it takes a U turn when one of their friend's fiannce(indian airforce pilot) dies in an accident...what follows is a struggle....the 5 students after realisin the worth of their freedom decides to rebel against the government...for not aknowledgin their role in the disaster(aircrafts being maintained by parts of poor quality)after realisin the fact that peace is not an answer they decides to kill the defense minister...the 5 students die in an encounter......only to ignite the hearts of million of youth in the country....the capital saw similar protests by medical students when government deciced to reserve 50%seats...for not so poor people...in elite institutions...cuttin short the seats meant for deserved...the students took out into the streets....finally government had to withdraw its contreversial move....this is what its meant by awakenin of a generation......