Mum called me into the kitchen
Thus, my nightmare began
Cooking was one thing
Off which, I had kept my hands!!
“Here, chop these onions,
& Cut the potatoes square";
As mum gave the orders
The knife stared saying “Beware”
With a scowl on my face
I picked up the damn knife,
What luck! Wasn’t anything else,
Left in life??
Unwillingly I did the whole job
Barely saving my thumb, once or twice
But wait, the ordeal wasn’t over
I still had to cook the rice.
The stove looked sinister too
So I eyed it cautiously
How I hated this business
Words won't express that properly.
I was at wits end
Till all cooking was done,
“Eating is much easier,” I thought
while cooking isn’t half the fun!!!”
Thursday 14 June, 2007
Licence to Blunder!!!!!!!!
The following isn’t a part of my imagination but has been ‘word to word’ and ‘spelling to spelling’ copied from the “Form of application for renewal of driving licence”
“Medical certificate in respect of an applicant for renewal of driving licence”
This is the part 2 of the form:
To be filled by a registered medical prectinor appoined the purpose by the government or persons authorised in this benaif by the state government:
After the usual name, address and date of birth entries…here comes the real thing-
1.Is the application to be best of your judgement subject to epliasay veetigo or mental adment likely to effect his dificency? Yes/no
2.Dose the applicant suffer from any hurt or lung disorde with might interefer with the performance of his duties driver? Yes/no
3.Is there any defect of vision? Is so has been corrected by suitable spectable?
Yes/no
4.Can the applicant suffer ready distinguish the pigmantry colur red & green?
Yes/no
5.Dose the applicant suffer from a degree of deafness with would prevent this
meaning the ordinary sound signal? Yes/no
6.Does the applicant suffer from in the blindness? Yes/no
7.Has the applicant any deformity or loss member with would inter for with the emidient yariomance of has duties & deliver is so given you reasoning detail?
Yes/no
8.Does the shown any drive of being addited to excessive use of alcohal to because or drugs? Yes/no
9.What is the night of the applicant? Do you consider that hight will diseve geous for his to have octer vision of the road while driving? Yes/no
10.Is he mentally bill persons? Yes/no
11.Is the suffering from any defect in movement control or muscular power or either
arm limb? Yes/no
12.Does he suffer from attacks of lossconselousness from any cause?
Yes/no
13.Is he able to distinguish with eash eye at distance of 25 metters good day light motor date? Yes/no
14. If he is your opining general danger to the public? Yes/no
It took me two readings to know what it all really meant. The first time I burst out laughing but as soon as I realised the relevance of the thing I was bewildered.
The RTO was going down the drain…was what I thought!
Who should be held responsible for this??
Well, the spelling mistakes could be overlooked keeping in mind the fact that maybe it was written by someone who had little/no knowledge about English…but then isn’t this reviewed by any higher authority??
My mind was brimming with these questions …and then I got the point.
This was INDIA.
Most of the government departments are going down the drain…it was just that this RTO thing had caught my notice.
Come to think of it…there are greater issues to be addressed, aren’t there??…Mistakes in a driving licence form hardly matter…
The day they do matter, INDIA would be a transformed nation…
And we won’t mind saying this from the bottom of our hearts…Mera Bharat Mahaan!!
“Medical certificate in respect of an applicant for renewal of driving licence”
This is the part 2 of the form:
To be filled by a registered medical prectinor appoined the purpose by the government or persons authorised in this benaif by the state government:
After the usual name, address and date of birth entries…here comes the real thing-
1.Is the application to be best of your judgement subject to epliasay veetigo or mental adment likely to effect his dificency? Yes/no
2.Dose the applicant suffer from any hurt or lung disorde with might interefer with the performance of his duties driver? Yes/no
3.Is there any defect of vision? Is so has been corrected by suitable spectable?
Yes/no
4.Can the applicant suffer ready distinguish the pigmantry colur red & green?
Yes/no
5.Dose the applicant suffer from a degree of deafness with would prevent this
meaning the ordinary sound signal? Yes/no
6.Does the applicant suffer from in the blindness? Yes/no
7.Has the applicant any deformity or loss member with would inter for with the emidient yariomance of has duties & deliver is so given you reasoning detail?
Yes/no
8.Does the shown any drive of being addited to excessive use of alcohal to because or drugs? Yes/no
9.What is the night of the applicant? Do you consider that hight will diseve geous for his to have octer vision of the road while driving? Yes/no
10.Is he mentally bill persons? Yes/no
11.Is the suffering from any defect in movement control or muscular power or either
arm limb? Yes/no
12.Does he suffer from attacks of lossconselousness from any cause?
Yes/no
13.Is he able to distinguish with eash eye at distance of 25 metters good day light motor date? Yes/no
14. If he is your opining general danger to the public? Yes/no
It took me two readings to know what it all really meant. The first time I burst out laughing but as soon as I realised the relevance of the thing I was bewildered.
The RTO was going down the drain…was what I thought!
Who should be held responsible for this??
Well, the spelling mistakes could be overlooked keeping in mind the fact that maybe it was written by someone who had little/no knowledge about English…but then isn’t this reviewed by any higher authority??
My mind was brimming with these questions …and then I got the point.
This was INDIA.
Most of the government departments are going down the drain…it was just that this RTO thing had caught my notice.
Come to think of it…there are greater issues to be addressed, aren’t there??…Mistakes in a driving licence form hardly matter…
The day they do matter, INDIA would be a transformed nation…
And we won’t mind saying this from the bottom of our hearts…Mera Bharat Mahaan!!
Wednesday 13 June, 2007
Just like that…!!!
a few random thoughts...
kept it really simple and straight!!!
p.s: this is the shortest thing i've ever written.
Strange are the ways,
How people meet.
It could be that bus stop
On a bustling street.
You begin by talking
And end up as friends.
The persistence of this friendship
On you it all depends
Such a journey may well last
For an hour or so
Or it might span a lifetime
You never know!!!
kept it really simple and straight!!!
p.s: this is the shortest thing i've ever written.
Strange are the ways,
How people meet.
It could be that bus stop
On a bustling street.
You begin by talking
And end up as friends.
The persistence of this friendship
On you it all depends
Such a journey may well last
For an hour or so
Or it might span a lifetime
You never know!!!
Tuesday 12 June, 2007
Some sugar, salt and love.......
That day I saw you,
Arguing with your neighbor
Your anger did surprise me-
But I couldn’t help it
That day I saw you,
Lifting a stray pup off the pavement
Your compassion touched my heart-
And I couldn’t help it
Today I see you
All serene and mature.
That day I saw you,
Haggling with the vegetable vendor
Your demeanor left me astonished-
But I couldn’t help it
That day I saw you,
Buying those flowers across the street
Your fragrance spread all around-
And I couldn’t help it
Today I see you
Still fresh and youthful.
That day I saw you,
Walking down the road with your broken shoe
Your desperation all concealed-
But I couldn’t help it
That day I saw you,
Chatting away with your friend
Your smile so engrossing-
And I couldn’t help it
As I see you today,
Growing old with me
All I do is count - the blessings’
God’s been showering
On"You and Me"
Arguing with your neighbor
Your anger did surprise me-
But I couldn’t help it
That day I saw you,
Lifting a stray pup off the pavement
Your compassion touched my heart-
And I couldn’t help it
Today I see you
All serene and mature.
That day I saw you,
Haggling with the vegetable vendor
Your demeanor left me astonished-
But I couldn’t help it
That day I saw you,
Buying those flowers across the street
Your fragrance spread all around-
And I couldn’t help it
Today I see you
Still fresh and youthful.
That day I saw you,
Walking down the road with your broken shoe
Your desperation all concealed-
But I couldn’t help it
That day I saw you,
Chatting away with your friend
Your smile so engrossing-
And I couldn’t help it
As I see you today,
Growing old with me
All I do is count - the blessings’
God’s been showering
On"You and Me"
Monday 11 June, 2007
The perfect stranger
Silhouetted against the full moon
A shadow brushed past me,
No words escaped my lips
And I wondered-
How long could this quiet be??
A patient listener.
A silent speaker.
A perfect stranger.
Night simply grew darker
Further away the shadow did seem,
My eyes began searching
And I thought-
What could an absence mean??
An inspiring friend.
A dedicated companion.
A perfect stranger.
Suddenly, the stars appeared brighter
The shadow stood close by,
A lone tear wetted my cheek
And I smiled-
The answer to my how & what & why….
He, with the kindest heart;
He, with the purest soul
He, “the perfect stranger”!!!
A shadow brushed past me,
No words escaped my lips
And I wondered-
How long could this quiet be??
A patient listener.
A silent speaker.
A perfect stranger.
Night simply grew darker
Further away the shadow did seem,
My eyes began searching
And I thought-
What could an absence mean??
An inspiring friend.
A dedicated companion.
A perfect stranger.
Suddenly, the stars appeared brighter
The shadow stood close by,
A lone tear wetted my cheek
And I smiled-
The answer to my how & what & why….
He, with the kindest heart;
He, with the purest soul
He, “the perfect stranger”!!!
Thursday 7 June, 2007
My fair lady?????
Poetry’s taken a back seat as of now…(sad)
This novel idea of writing a piece that comments on one of the ongoing advertisements on television is courtesy ‘doc’ (thanks for being so inspirational!)
It’s about this fairness cream called…
Leave that...(They all sound the same)!!
I haven’t seen it a hundred times to quote it exactly but here’s a gist of it-
The girl and her family visit the guy’s house to see if he is worth getting married to…(surprise, surprise!)
In reality it’s the opposite-the boy along with his parents go and see the girl, she brings in the tea and other eatables (to show her culinary skills!!), they chat about each others likes and dislikes and God knows what else… (This knowledge is courtesy our TV soaps and Hindi films)
Well, the ad then proceeds to the guy bringing in the tea (more surprise); he then plays the Sitar (music lover!) And finally shows his dancing talent as well (Kathak!!)
The girl is impressed (wow!!) and she says “yes”.
The ad thus concludes and the voice says “fairever lagane se ye toh hona hi tha”…something like that!!(Fairever…that’s the name of the cream)
So what did it imply??
You could reject or select a guy after seeing his abilities (of course).
This was my interpretation of the ad!!
A few months back there was a lot of hue and cry over these so-called fairness cream commercials…they encouraged women folk to use them and look more 'beautiful' (*yawn*) and 'fair' (*a bigger yawn*)
i never paid much attention to it all...what was the big deal??
Then this ad came and made me think...
Besides I saw some matrimonial ads in the newspaper as well(no raised eyebrows, pleeease!!)
And then I understood it all….
Everyone wants a "fair, slim, beautiful girl"; you see beauty comes before brains
everywhere!!(I never knew that)
Hmmm…
So where does it leave all those who are not that fair?? (Normal Indian complexion is as such whitish)…
Don’t they get good jobs or good-looking guys (if that’s so very important) and cant they fulfill all their dreams??
I couldn’t answer that!!
ANSWERS ANYONE???????
This novel idea of writing a piece that comments on one of the ongoing advertisements on television is courtesy ‘doc’ (thanks for being so inspirational!)
It’s about this fairness cream called…
Leave that...(They all sound the same)!!
I haven’t seen it a hundred times to quote it exactly but here’s a gist of it-
The girl and her family visit the guy’s house to see if he is worth getting married to…(surprise, surprise!)
In reality it’s the opposite-the boy along with his parents go and see the girl, she brings in the tea and other eatables (to show her culinary skills!!), they chat about each others likes and dislikes and God knows what else… (This knowledge is courtesy our TV soaps and Hindi films)
Well, the ad then proceeds to the guy bringing in the tea (more surprise); he then plays the Sitar (music lover!) And finally shows his dancing talent as well (Kathak!!)
The girl is impressed (wow!!) and she says “yes”.
The ad thus concludes and the voice says “fairever lagane se ye toh hona hi tha”…something like that!!(Fairever…that’s the name of the cream)
So what did it imply??
You could reject or select a guy after seeing his abilities (of course).
This was my interpretation of the ad!!
A few months back there was a lot of hue and cry over these so-called fairness cream commercials…they encouraged women folk to use them and look more 'beautiful' (*yawn*) and 'fair' (*a bigger yawn*)
i never paid much attention to it all...what was the big deal??
Then this ad came and made me think...
Besides I saw some matrimonial ads in the newspaper as well(no raised eyebrows, pleeease!!)
And then I understood it all….
Everyone wants a "fair, slim, beautiful girl"; you see beauty comes before brains
everywhere!!(I never knew that)
Hmmm…
So where does it leave all those who are not that fair?? (Normal Indian complexion is as such whitish)…
Don’t they get good jobs or good-looking guys (if that’s so very important) and cant they fulfill all their dreams??
I couldn’t answer that!!
ANSWERS ANYONE???????
Tuesday 5 June, 2007
WHAT’S ON MY MIND????
Just yesterday I’d gone to the kitchen to get myself a glass of water. As I rinsed my glass I saw the other utensils waiting to get washed up as well. And so I ended up leaving them all spotlessly clean (thanks to “Pril” liquid!!)
Hmm…but, it wasn’t what I’d entered the kitchen for…its not that I don’t like doing it.
‘Cleaning utensils’…is one activity (if you do call it one… I don’t know) I enjoy doing immensely...(may seem a bit mad but who cares!).
The clanging and banging of the vessels…the slurring tap water…the lather produced by the union of the soap and the sponge and then those absolutely clean, grease free vessels…satisfies me completely!!!!!
But wait…why am I explaining all this…
I’d actually wanted to pen down a poem (quite usual) and ended up writing about my cleaning experience (very unusual)
But this is what life is all about…isn’t it??
It seldom goes according to one’s plans (mine never does!!)
And still we (‘I’) don’t stop planning and continue thinking of what’s going to happen next…
Maybe I’ll delete this piece but then I end up posting it on my blog!!
Ah! It’s just a state of one’s mind you see!!
[My mind to be more specific!!]
Hmm…but, it wasn’t what I’d entered the kitchen for…its not that I don’t like doing it.
‘Cleaning utensils’…is one activity (if you do call it one… I don’t know) I enjoy doing immensely...(may seem a bit mad but who cares!).
The clanging and banging of the vessels…the slurring tap water…the lather produced by the union of the soap and the sponge and then those absolutely clean, grease free vessels…satisfies me completely!!!!!
But wait…why am I explaining all this…
I’d actually wanted to pen down a poem (quite usual) and ended up writing about my cleaning experience (very unusual)
But this is what life is all about…isn’t it??
It seldom goes according to one’s plans (mine never does!!)
And still we (‘I’) don’t stop planning and continue thinking of what’s going to happen next…
Maybe I’ll delete this piece but then I end up posting it on my blog!!
Ah! It’s just a state of one’s mind you see!!
[My mind to be more specific!!]
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