tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10309566165342453792024-03-20T00:07:48.773-07:00MY CACTUS DRESSMy Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-23435193138673941622017-03-09T16:48:00.002-08:002017-03-09T17:31:34.473-08:00Sup 2017!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Gosh, I've been on this blog after so long, it doesn't even recognize me anymore. It's giving me this cold look I usually get from my parents when I've haven't called them for weeks. But like family, I'll always come back to it. It's home.<br />
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I've been traveling so much, I felt like I've lost touch with my writing. Which is why I am here and plan to be here regularly. I need to reconnect with words. I will no longer wait for a perfect topic to write about or editing it. Henceforth, My Cactus Dress will be all about my ramblings and non-stop chitter-chatter. I'll talk about my book, books that I am reading, art, food, travel, science, movies and TV, and any thing under the sun that inspires me to form words about it.<br />
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Like<u> <a href="http://mycactusdress.blogspot.com/2014/12/mandatory-year-end-post.html" target="_blank"><b>2015</b></a></u>, I was not able to post a 2016 year-end post, because life (read procrastination), but let me update you on my 2017 so far. <br />
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I was visiting India and France from the beginning of the year. I got to attend a wedding for the first time in five years, the last wedding being my own wedding. I danced like nobody's business, I ate a ton of food and put on 3kgs (yes!), I didn't get sick, I ate mangoes, I celebrated five happy years of my marriage, I conversed intimately with the mountains (my favorite part), I danced in snow a little, I legit had a silent conversation with a baboon, and had the most amazing time with my family.<br />
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If you don't already know, I've been <strike>working</strike> struggling to finish my first novel since more than a year. It's a dystopian science-fiction novel about two different worlds and its residents crossing paths. More details about the book <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mycactusdress/photos/a.186994011454673.1073741825.118853991602009/657057867781616/?type=3&theater" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>.<br />
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So far, I've written two drafts. My main story is out on paper, but I am still working on little details, world building, and some new characters that were born after I finished my first draft. I learn something new every time I sit down and write my book, which adds to some extra work. My plan and my biggest dream was to publish my book before I turn 30, which is March 23rd this year. I am more than confident to declare that's not going to happen. I've sulked enough over this fact and I am not going to do that anymore. I am just going to get it done this year.<br />
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I have finished reading only one book so far this year, a book that I started in 2016!! That makes my goal of reading 40 books in 2017 a tad bit irrational. Which apparently makes me a deadbeat in one more department.<br />
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On the bright side, after taking over 3 dozen flights from and to the US in the past 9 years, I was held at the immigration at LAX for the first time, when I flew from France last month. It included a mildly invasive pat down and sitting in the immigration office for more than 45 minutes (only to be told I was fine to go after checking my passport and documents). Fortunately, I didn't have a connecting flight to catch. Did I say "bright side"? I need sarcasm fonts.<br />
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After being away from home for almost two months, I am glad to be back. I am a bit salty right now, but I am sure I will get my groove back in no time. I promise.<br />
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How was your 2017 so far?<br />
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P.S. Elon Musk is sending two people to the moon and I am depressed about the fact that I am not one of them.</div>
My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-20618659791058445122016-06-08T22:17:00.000-07:002016-06-09T00:07:19.520-07:00Summer Book Bingo Challenge.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
What better way to bring me back to blogging than a Summer Book Bingo Challenge.<br />
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I am right on track with my 2016 Goodreads Reading Challenge. Out of 24 books that I want to read in 2016, I've finished reading 11. Add me on Goodreads here - <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/34935170-dhara-parekh" target="_blank">GOODREADS</a> - if you want me to catch up with your reading challenge as well. I was a bit bored with watching myself being the goody two shoes. So to spice it up a bit, I am participating in <a href="http://www.mylifeasateacup.com/" target="_blank">My Life As A Teacup's</a> Summer Bingo. It's like a bingo game, but with books!!!<br />
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You basically check off the challenges in a row, either up, down, across, or diagonally to win. For clearer rules and info about the prizes, check out Kristin's blog-<br />
<a href="http://www.mylifeasateacup.com/2016/06/summer-reading-bingo" target="_blank">http://www.mylifeasateacup.com/2016/06/summer-reading-bingo</a><br />
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I'll keep on updating about the challenge on my Facebook page or here, if I have more to say. Let's get started with the strategies.<br />
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My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-53460480386130310392016-02-13T14:18:00.002-08:002016-02-13T14:22:34.866-08:00Cultural Appropriation is not an art<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For those of you who have not seen the video, it features Chris Martin walking around the street, mainly in the dented and slum areas of India, singing, “I’m feeling drunk and so high”, while small kids dance around him and Holi colors fly high . Then something more interesting happens. He walks up to a small theater that is running a movie “Rani” (written in Hindi because that’s exotic) and our very own Queen Bee is doing some weird hand motions on a green screen, and sporting an overly done Indian attire, while too stubborn to let go off her blonde dyed hair.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yes, the video is offensive and let me explain you why.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For generations, Indians have been mocked in the US for sporting a bindi or wearing Indian attire. So much that they were called “Dot Indians”. They still do. Forget yesterday. Take any current American movie or a sitcom and you’ll notice how Indians are mocked for their accents, their dressing sense and their food. As funny as Koothrapali is to Indians, he is still shown wearing tacky sweaters on top of his shirts because Indians are not supposed to know what goes on what. Indian food is always said along with the word ‘diarrhea’. Indian women are still stared at on the streets while in their Indian attire. Not just Indian, but most ethnic cultures have been mocked and caricatured in the western countries. In the same timeline, they also want to use this very specific culture and its traits as a fashion accessory, when they want to. From music festivals like Coachella to music videos made by the entertainment Industry, you will see the usage of bindis, sarees, bridal dresses, etc. being sported in the name of fashion without actually understanding or respecting what it means to people who wear them in real life. That is called Cultural Appropriation and it’s offensive as hell.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am no protector of Indian culture. I couldn’t care less if a bindi is sported by Beyonce, Iggy Azalea, or a cat. Just because I am an Indian, I do not have the rights to tell you what to wear, for I am not a tad bit responsible for building up this rich culture, but what I am asking is for a little bit of respect. Respect for my countrymen who had fought many battles to build up this rich history and culture that you easily mock. Please, don’t use other cultures if you don’t know what it means to its people. Most of the times, I feel proud when I see Indian culture being adopted by westerners. It creates a mutual bond. But that’s when they actually like it and try to learn the idea behind it, not when they use it as an accessory to lift their own personality or to feel exotic or to sell their art.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And if you think this issue is too small to talk about and that we should focus on wars and famine, as a lot of empathetic individuals would say, go find an answer to give to the Indian-American girl who was bullied and pushed around because she wore a bindi and a Punjabi dress for her birthday, to school. A lot of vital issues stems from smaller issues. No issue is a small issue.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is okay to be a Beyonce or a Coldplay fan and still find this offensive. You don’t have to defend them shamelessly because you like their music. I am (was) a Coldplay fan and I liked the audio. I wish Chris Martin had not gone for an easy sell-out, like everyone else.</span></span></div>
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My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-67518218187183315462016-02-13T14:13:00.003-08:002016-02-13T14:25:22.893-08:00A class on sociology<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #9197a3; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Venkat Kapoor, an important Indian character in the book, The Martian, is replaced with Vincent Kapoor, in the movie. Vincent Kapoor was played by the British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor. Not to mention, he still played the character Hindu. Because it was too hard to cast an Indian actor?</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And almost all Hollywood movies with Indian backdrop has the same old typecasts with a overused formula for locations.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Few weeks back, I had written a post against Coldplay’s video and to my surprise, almost everyone on internet was defending it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yes, India is not just about advanced infrastructure or educated youth. It is not wrong when we say, India’s heart lies in its villages, but I am still against the portrayal of India in this video and many other, because If they can manage to present western countries without stereotyping them, they sure can find ways to portray India without depending on the classic poor-dirty-uneducated version. Why don’t we see Kangaroos jumping around everywhere, when we see portrayal of Australia on TV? Do we only see pubs, buses, and telephone booths when they show London? Do they show snow everywhere when they shoot scenes in Canada? </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No. They don’t. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">All these countries are treated as countries and not as a cultural-exhibition experience. Yet, when they show India, they pick the parts that are more sell-able. I don’t want them to show pubs or malls. There are many ethnically rich places in India that are not just dirty streets and slum areas. Snowy mountains of North India, luscious foothills of East India and the tropical beauty of South India are never explored. Northeast India is never in the picture, because they wouldn’t ‘look Indian’. It all ends on fake, doped sadhus doing rope tricks, roadside entertainment, some of which are hardly found these days, half naked skinny kids dancing around muddy streets and Holi colors.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The only time we are correctly brought into limelight is when we make any technical advances in the field of science, which too mocked in various ways (the cartoons above).</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now how is Andreessen’s tweet related to all these? Let me explain. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These little things, when seen individually are not offensive. That is why a lot of people don’t get when people raise their voices against them. They look normal. But when you see the big picture, it tells a very different story. These little things when fed to Americans on TV, it helps them build conceptions about India and Indians. Conceptions helps us in coming up with conclusions and those conclusions ends up being the lenses we view everything through. A lot of poeple are surprised when they see pictures of the Lotus temple or the beaches or the snowy regions of Kashmir.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Television is a very important medium to explore the world and its people, without even leaving your living room. We cannot travel all around the world, so we build our conceptions about other countries and their cultures over what we see on TV or read in papers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">That’s social psychology.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Like I said in my last article, as far as India or Indians are concerned, like many other Asian countries, it has some very specific traits that lingers around its portrayal, which they are not ready to change, because it’s something that sells.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If we spend our whole life watching Friends, we’d come to think it’s normal to have a two bedroom apartment in Manhattan without a handsomely paid job. We’d come to believe that it’s possible to see six white friends sitting at a New York’s coffee shop all day, and not spot a single Indian around in all the 10 years they are sitting there. Both of the scenarios are next to impossible.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So when I say that cartoon with the rural Indian man is offensive, it does not mean I am offended by dhoti or poverty in India, I am offended by the imperial mindset behind it that has a very strong and stubborn negative perceptions about India and Indians. They know it’s not correct, but it still goes on, ready to be distributed on every doorstep, in every living room.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: inherit; line-height: 1.2; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am such portrayals because all these little bricks falls harder on the tender mind sitting in the other corner of the world, thinking this is what India really is. I am against it, because someday that little mind will grow up to be a powerful businessman or an entrepreneur or the president and start dictating what’s good for India and what’s not. I am against it, because that very person would tell the world that the poor, uneducated India was better under the slavery of Britishers. Because that very same mind will consider India as a third world nation to market his business in the name of philanthropy. Because that very mind will feel the need to babysit a developing nation.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Things are changing, though. You’ll notice powerful, non-stereotypical Indian characters on TV now. Aziz Ansari’s character from Parks and Recreation is one such brilliant example. Actors like Sendhil Ramamurthy have strictly refused to accept offers of stereotypical Indian roles. It’s also because of this fight, people have started to recognize the wide, extensive culture, that’s not just limited to a couple of ideas. This small changes, all because of the voices raised against this idiocy for decades.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">TRAI’s decision to support Net Neutrality and refuse Free Basics is one such victory of recent times. It was the combined efforts of that same “educated, elite, urban youth” that saved the nation from operating under foreign power. Any entrepreneur will henceforth think twice before assuming it’s a cakewalk to dictate what a developing nation should and shouldn’t have.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In the cobweb of sociology, it’s all related. Small or big, it will all come around. Cultural Appropriation or stereotypical portrayal of characters does not just affect NRIs, it affects everyone, from every class, from every country. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And if you don’t get this, you don’t understand how sociology works and if you don’t understand sociology, then you are a mere sheep, following the easy path, aimlessly. You are the one who defends a pop-star shamelessly and then question the audacity of an entrepreneur for assuming what the pop-star has shown, as reality.</span></span></div>
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My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-53019694671547389922015-01-20T22:33:00.000-08:002015-01-20T22:33:27.821-08:00When I hit an eve-teaser<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
As much strong as I want to be, I'm a wuss. Even after growing up, I used to cover my face and shout for my mom, when my sister harassed me. I am a kind of person who'll probably take a turn and walk away if you slap me for no reason. I am really really not proud of it, though.<br />
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One evening, my sister and I went for grocery shopping at our market in my hometown. It's a typical Indian vegetable market; dark and Mumbai-local crowded with women yelling names of vegetables and their value, people with two-wheelers trying to drive their vehicle with feet on the ground, path all muddy and soft and you really have to shove your face into someone to talk to them. We only had to pick up a couple of things so I asked my sister (the shopping enthusiast) to grab them, while I (the lazy shopper) take a u-turn on my Street-smart bike. That way we don't have to park and can easily drive away.<br />
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I took a u-turn and was waiting for her near a Khaman shop, when a man walked passed by me with his hands swaying on his side. When he reached me, he swayed his hand on my thighs and kept walking. I blamed the crowded place. After few seconds, he returned from the opposite side and swayed on my thighs again. This time I was sure he did it deliberately, but before I could react, he turned immediately, repeated the same action and walked away hastily. He mingled in the crowd and I wasn't able to spot him.<br />
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I decided to not tell my sister when she came back. She sat behind and we started to ride our bike in the crowd. We were going at the pace of a bullock-cart when the same man came from behind and touched my thighs again. I have never felt so angry, ever. I felt my blood boiling and I wanted to shout, but instead I did something amazing. Because of the crowd he couldn't walk fast, so I drove a little faster to reach him and hit him SUPER HARD on his back. Yes.<br />
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My sister was horrified.<br />
She yelled, "What are you doing? Are you crazy? Drive fast or the crowd will attack us for doing that."<br />
The man escaped like a chicken because he knew he'll be broken in to pieces if I shout for help from the market crowd.<br />
I had to explain my sister the backstory. For days she couldn't stop laughing. She was utterly surprised by my aggressive gesture.<br />
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So was I.<br />
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We agreed to not tell our parents about it. I've never laid my hand on anyone, but this will remain as one of the proudest moment of my life. This incident proved how horribly disgusted I was, by people like him. <br />
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This happened years ago when news of rapes, eve-teasing and molestation were not constantly blinking in the newspaper. Maybe it was the absence of this same kind of news that kept me fearless during this incident. Because a <a href="http://mycactusdress.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-night-i-was-eve-teased.html" target="_blank">similar incident</a> happened few years later, where I was not able to react as bravely. I hardly remember this incident. It has not managed to be a part of my life because I never felt like a victim. Not when it happened, not right now. In fact, it amuses me when I think about it. Whereas, the Ahmedabad incident still terrifies me. Maybe the fear that arises from listening similar stories have crippled our strength. Maybe all of us are very strong from inside. Maybe the real way to rediscover this strength, lies in not feeling like victims, but feeling like the Protector. Maybe we all have the ability to say, "That's enough!"<br />
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All I can remember right now is his scared, sorry face when this wuss managed to gather the strength to hit him.<br />
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<b>Dhara</b></div>
My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-27694936715704871112014-12-28T20:14:00.002-08:002014-12-29T23:59:53.188-08:00Mandatory Year-End Post<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">2014 has been the most productive year of my life. If this year wouldn't have taken away <a href="http://mycactusdress.blogspot.com/2014/04/one-dream-at-time.html" target="_blank">a beautiful soul</a> from me, I would have given 2014, the best year tag. I did some pretty amazing things like,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 16px;">ü</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Learn a sport (Tennis. Reached Intermediate level)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 16px;">ü</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Learn a form of dance (Ballet. I can do <a href="https://33.media.tumblr.com/c5f2857e2ee0aeba39207d2592347cda/tumblr_mpddf758XD1rht4mro1_250.gif" target="_blank">Pique Turns</a> without falling or fainting. So that's something)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 16px;">ü</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Travel a lot (traveled for 31 days through land, water and air)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 16px;">ü</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Visit a new country (Canada. That's a fourth country in a row, one per year)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 16px;">ü</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Read good books (Oh, yes. I didn't read as many as I wanted to, but read some great ones)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 16px;">ü</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Do something selfless and meaningful (volunteered at an animal shelter and donated hair)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 16px;">ü</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Create art (I sucked here, but it was better than last year)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 16px;">ü</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Watch great movies (some of the best ones and abundant in quantity)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 16px;">ü</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Cook a lot (fancy, non-fancy, everythang!) </span><br />
<span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 16px;">ü</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Discover a new cuisine (courtesy of my friend Jessica, I got to roll all over Korean cuisine. I made <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimchi" target="_blank">Kimchi</a> at home and tried a lot of other Korean recipes)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 16px;">ü</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Hug one of the the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AWalkAcrossTheBridge/photos/pb.118853991602009.-2207520000.1419824147./365042416983164/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">tallest tree</a> to exist (what? That can be a milestone)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 16px;">ü</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Make new friends (I am worst at this, but made a great friend this year)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 16px;">ü</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Reach 1000 followers on Facebook (925.. meh, but close enough)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: wingdings; font-size: 16px;">ü</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Write more on blog (hmmm.. ya... moving on)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2014 also marks a 10 year anniversary to my nomadic life. Exactly 10 years ago, I left my parents' house to make a life of my own. Nothing has been stable ever since. Life's been one hell of a journey. I never got to stay at one place for more than a year (except for my current place), never had a house of my own where I could have my own room, stayed with some 30+ room mates, some of whom were gold, but some plain nightmare, got degrees, worked with amazing employers, tasted some ridiculously tasty food around the world, but also slept with empty stomach on numerous nights, traveled A LOT, visited six countries, met amazing people from different cultures, but also cried to sleep at night missing home and family, had great days, met worst days, smiled, wept, fell, got up, achieved, lost, gave up on few ambitions, experienced something new, read, and evolved. Evolved into a much better, smarter and wiser being. 10 years younger me would definitely lose against the current me and I am proud of it.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">The best part was meeting my other half. That was the </span>highlight<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of this decade. A big, bright one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2014 motivated me to do even better next year. Apart from all the things mentioned in 2014 list, which I want to do more in 2015, I want to attempt new goals like,</span></div>
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<b style="background-color: #fcff01;">I'VE MOVED FROM HERE. PLEASE CHECK OUT MY NEW WEBSITE WHERE I SHARE MORE INTERESTING INFORMATION - www.dharaparekh.com </b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b style="background-color: #fcff01;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span> <br /></b></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Charity is never meant to be announced, but charity, like a lot of other important issues needs awareness. A part of this donation process was to spread awareness and encourage others to donate, specially if one has access to a huge number of crowd, which I do. Therefore, instead of cherishing this noble feeling all by my myself, I thought of sharing it.<br />
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About a week ago I chopped off 14 inches of my hair to donate to a non-profit organization called <a href="http://www.childrenwithhairloss.us/" target="_blank"><b>Children With Hair Loss</b></a>. When I read about hair donations on a website, I knew the very second I wanted to do it. After doing a bit of research, I found CWHL.<b> </b>Adults can <strike>deal with </strike> understand physical changes like losing hair, but children can't. They go through a lot of mental crises. They lose their confidence and self-esteem. They are often bullied which pushes them more on the dark side. Organization like CWHL accepts hair along with monetary donations. The donated hair is used to make wigs which is then given to children with hair loss, for FREE! (the cost of which could go up to $2000/above 1 lac rupees).<br />
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Human hair is precious even though it is available in plenty. Almost all of the human hair is supplied to the beauty industry, where they are made in to wigs, which are then sold for unbelievable profits. Tons of hair shaved in India for religious purposes is also supplied to Europe (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGigLa23vuA&feature=related" target="_blank"><span style="color: #073763;"><b>check the documentary here</b></span></a>) where they are sold for profits. This buying and selling of hair business leaves only artificial hair available at cheap prices.<br />
Children and adults suffering from serious diseases like cancer, go through hair loss because of chemotherapy and other hormonal changes. Buying a real hair wig is almost impossible for a normal person with all the heavy medical bills they are already paying. Organization like these, with the help of our donated hair, help these patients gain physical normality and self-confidence in the form of hair wigs. Hair is just a superficial part of our body, but it does bring a lot of changes to our appearance, which is again a superficial trait, but it means a lot to a person who has already lost a lot of their body to evil diseases.<br />
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I am not going to lie. I had second thoughts. I always loved long hair. The last hair cut I had was around 2 years ago. I never had short hair for almost all my life. Even though I knew I wanted to do it from the very moment I read about it, I always kept wondering if I'll be okay to accept this huge change. Then I saw these pictures on CWHL's <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CWHLMI" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.</b><br />
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And I thought, to hell with my hair. I would give everything that I can to bring that kind of smile to a suffering child. I didn't have to think anymore. I went to the salon next day, got as much hair as I can in a ponytail, chopped according to their guidance, filled their form, put my hair in a ziploc bag and mailed them.<br />
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I chose CWHL because,<br />
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2. It is not just for children who lose their hair because of cancer, but also for children suffering from Alopecia, Trichotillomania, burns and other disorders that causes hair loss.<br />
3. It is old and trustworthy. No scandals or cheating.<br />
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4. Unlike other organizations, they accept colored, chemically treated or gray hair. (mine was ombre colored). Other organization also demands for minimum of 10 to 12 inches. CHWL is okay with a minimum of 8 inches.<br />
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I researched about hair donation in India and found these two organizations. I do not speak for them or guarantee their integrity. If anyone in India is interested in donating their hair, they can do a little more research and go for it. Please let me know if you are aware of other such organizations in India.<br />
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<b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/HairForHopeIndia" target="_blank">Hair For Hope - India (an international organization)</a></b><br />
<b><a href="http://www.hairaid.org.in/" target="_blank">HairAid</a></b><br />
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Cutting your hair is painless unlike donating your blood or an organ, and it grows back. So what is there to lose? Go for it! You can make someone's <strike>day</strike> life by doing something as simple as this. For us, it's just an accessory, for someone it's something to look forward to on a crappy day.<br />
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If you are running a hair salon or a beauty parlor, you can initiate and help this cause by encouraging your customers to donate hair or sending the chopped hair to non-profit organizations like these.<br />
If any of the readers donate their hair, do share your pictures or stories with me on my <span style="color: #073763;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AWalkAcrossTheBridge" target="_blank"><b>Facebook page</b></a> </span>and I will be more than happy to share them. It is the action of one that encourages the action of second. Together we can make a difference and bring positive changes to unfortunate lives.<br />
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Lastly, I want to dedicate this donation to one of the most important person of my life, <span style="color: #073763;"><b><a href="http://mycactusdress.blogspot.com/2014/04/one-dream-at-time.html" target="_blank">Nidhee</a>.</b> </span><br />
This is for you my love.<br />
I miss you SO MUCH. I am sure this will make your day, wherever you are. I know you are smiling right now. :)<br />
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My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-46217598246997310012014-10-03T19:53:00.001-07:002014-10-13T19:21:49.018-07:00A letter to my mom<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Let me start with a confession. Few years ago, one fine morning, I saw a really old notebook lying in your bedroom. [<b>Let's just say, I see a book, I HAVE to look what it's about. Unless there is something written on it like "personal diary" or "Do not open" or.... "Nicholas Sparks"]</b>. I opened the notebook (sorry mom).</div>
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The first page was filled with your name in various fonts and floral designs. The rest few pages were filled with writings in Gujarati. I flipped pages to check the whole book. It seemed that as time passed, you solely used the book for noting down grocery lists, to-do lists or random reminders.</div>
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I started reading the second page which was written decades ago. The paper was pale and the blue ink on it a little faded. It was a philosophical paragraph written about fish and water. It explained some sort of analogy about humans and their desires. I don't remember much of it, but that was the first time I realized that you were a writer or at least loved writing too. That's when I understood about my indispensable need to put words down with a pen or a keyboard to express myself. There are too many things I got from you, but I am most thankful for this one.</div>
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You are one of the most interesting woman in my life. I remember every small things you said and did. "I want to write so much about her character" was your way of paying compliment to one of your favorite daily soap actors. I also remember when you told me about your passion for doing something different in life, doing something to make a difference in the society. I know you saw yourself running among needy people, helping them, cheering them and making their lives better. As a person and a woman, your opinions and ideas were always unconventional. You even chose bold paths for us, rather than doing what parents were supposed to do with their daughters.</div>
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I know you could have a done a lot more in life than what you have already done (which of course is plenty), but you chose to sacrifice it all for your family, for us. I never saw regret in your eyes. You did it with pride. Your values, your character and your beliefs molded me in to a person I can feel good about. You have a heart of a child and your conscience is filled with empathy and love towards people around you.</div>
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It's your birthday today and I have always forwarded you this <a href="http://mycactusdress.blogspot.com/2013/03/from-your-daughter.html" target="_blank"><b>old article</b></a> that I wrote few years ago because that pretty much explains how I feel about you, but this time I wanted to tell you how much you mean to me as a person than as a mother. You are more than a wife and a mother. You are a beautiful human being who bettered so many lives. I hope you don't feel otherwise. I am proud of you and I am proud to be your daughter. </div>
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There is not a single moment when I don't feel your absence. I miss you more than my heart could bear and I wish to see you soon.</div>
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Stay healthy and happy. Stay awesome.<br />
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I love you.<br />
Happy Birthday,<br />
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Kittu</div>
My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-71903436258039198262014-09-29T23:04:00.001-07:002015-02-02T04:09:36.386-08:00Checklist for Indian Men<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Ignore the invisible 'Occupation' under personal information on your birth certificate. It probably reads Engineer or Doctor.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Accept that as son, the sole responsibility of earning bread, running/protecting the house and keeping the bloodline alive lies on your head. A side effect of having just one X chromosome.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Childhood comes with being bullied by studs, adulthood comes with being challenged by studs. Nerds, geeks, artists - No No! Go for sports. It's a safer zone.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Learn that your career and the scores on your mark sheet is a global issue. From your dad's friend to neighbor's aunty, everyone deserves to know them.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Choose career based on everything else, but your passion. Passion won't get you a wife, six digit salary, a car and a 2 bhk house.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Accept your mid twenties as your warrior phase. Earn, make a career, get married and breed. Failure to do so may give society the chance to look down upon you.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Imagine your life as a conveyor belt. You are the product. It takes you through Birth > School > college > Fancier college > Degrees > Job > Fancy job > Heavy salary > Marriage > Children > Earn > Earn > Earn > Earn > Earn......... Did I forget to mention, it's endless?<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Value the importance of India's contribution to Zero. The more you have, the worthier you are. On your paycheck, of course.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Peer pressure; relish it. Pansy, sissy, coward, <i>namard, </i>faggot or loser will be your nicknames if you don't speak up to your girlfriend, don't want to drink alcohol, do household chores or spend too much time with your new wife. "Bros before hoes" is the official manthem.<br />
<b><img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> </b>Value the importance of a woman's hand. They are costlier as it gets. It's like applying for a visa. Keep your bank statement ready.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Hurry up. By the time you'll reach the age to get married, women you might like will be extinct.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Get the striped t-shirt because once married, you are in your referee phase. It's a life long see-saw between your wife and mother. Good way to utilize the time you wasted watching WWF.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Do not dream about staying at home, cooking or taking care of your children. You don't want to be called "the wife". 9 to 5 job is your Dharma.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> In the land of Rajnikanth, you have no right to be a "sissy". Gun, knife or an atom bomb, whatever it might be, get manly enough to fight them. Inability to do so drops you in the impotent-barrel.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Urban men, get this. 'Don't be a pussy' is offensive and sexist. Use 'Don't be such a dick' to gain brownie points among women. It increases your non-sexist bar.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> From train coaches to a window seat on a plane, you'll always be given secondary preference. Deal with it. It's called "Darker sex treatment".<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Don't judge women based on their weight or body shape. Your physical aspects on the other hand have to be top notch. Short? Pot-bellied? Bald? No biceps and six-packs? Rot in hell. Stud category only includes Tall, Dark and Handsome.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Do not go for taller women. Men HAVE to be taller. It's a biological law. How would you look down upon her, otherwise?<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Loving your own gender is filthy and punishable. Raping another gender isn't a big deal. Pick the easier one.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Women can wear suits and boxers, but the moment you sport a pink shirt, you'll be cursed. Go for bomber jackets, heavy boots, chunky pants and a cowboy hat. Stay "manly".<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Stop being sensitive. Crying or expressing sentiments is not for your gender. No uterus, no tears.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> 'Rapist' is a new tag offered to all Indian men by local and international crowd. Wear it with pride.<br />
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My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-53349476709321863672014-07-01T17:25:00.000-07:002014-09-17T21:34:28.906-07:00Every. Single. Night<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: left;">One sheep, two sheep, three sheep, four... sheeeep, ship, sheeeeep, why have the teens started using the word "ship" for "relationship"?... 'pyaar ki kashti mein'.... Hrithik does not look like Bradley Cooper... when will the next season of The Big Bang Theory start? I miss Sheldon Cooper, Bazingaaaaaa....What happened to that Priety Zinta case? *checks cellphone for updates*... are my pupils shrinking right now?.. I did this experiment in school.. I miss school... I wish I was in Monsters University... would they allow me to scare kids?.. kids are so cute, but puppies are cuter.. I want a German Sheperd.. no no.. a Labrador.. no a Northern Inuit, like Jon Snow's and the siblings'.. ewww The Mountain was so gross..Where was that ship going with The Imp in it?.. He is the most important character on the show. Is that why he is The Imp?.. tuition teacher use to write IMP on every page that was supposed to be read before the exam day.. tuitions are so overrated in India... I would have had 5000 hours of naps if there were no tuitions.. I love naps.. Why can't nights be about a lot of small naps.. They are, aren't they? why do they call it a nap.. is it because kids take more naps and kids were nappies, hence naps?.. can girls wear small nappies in their period when there is heavier flow?.. ewww we would look ridiculous.., but we can get a booty like JLo, Why did they allow her to make a FIFA World Cup song? That song is just noise.. Shakira, always go for Shakira.. OMG, we danced to "Whenever, Wherever" in school, in the staff-room, just for teachers! What the hell were we thinking... I like how an invisible bulb lights up on our head, when we get an idea.. I wish I had a real star for a bulb.. Universe is so huge, Solar system is so interesting.. Why did they kick Pluto out.. It was my favorite.. In the absence of Gravity, I would float and go meet people from all the countries...What if airplanes just wait in the sky and wait for the earth to move!.. Did I leave the microwave open? I see can see some light in the kitchen?, Are the windows of the living room closed?.. what is that noise? Is someone trying to break-in? I can hear whispering.. No one would try breaking-in.. This house is on the main street, the police would come faster than the bullet.. what if I was a police? How does it feel to catch a thief?.. Am I on the right track of life?.. Am I doing the right things with my life?.. What if I get very sick one day? What if my loved ones dies? life is so short.. I should starting going out more.. get more sun and fresh air..I should do a OITNB marathon tomorrow, in the couch whole day...What should I eat tomorrow? I want to eat Broccoli.. Does Broccoli know that it looks like Cauliflower?, What if they talk inside the fridge? Like bitching about how roughly I chopped some of them... so they hate me now.. What if everyone talks? What if Toy Story is real.. It should be.. I have a minion toy, if Toy Story is real, I can have a real talking minion.. Where can I learn Minion's language? I need to learn French.. I am so lazy... Merde... What if I start learning Spanish instead? Spanish is easy... 'Para Espanol, presione uno'.. Do I still have my Uno cards?.. Uno, dos, tres, cuatro.. omg it's 4am.. One sheep, two sheep, three sheep, four sheep.......</span></div>
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My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-70237375237026915422014-06-29T23:01:00.001-07:002014-07-02T16:12:26.957-07:00Checklist for Indian women<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Get married at an early age. Life is all about being a wife<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Learn all the household chores. It's a scale to measure our superiority.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Learn to cook. A way to men's heart is through his stomach. That's the goal ladies.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Get a degree for higher comparability. You know, if you want to be a housewife in the urban areas.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Learn useful hobbies like knitting or sewing because how can painting or dancing be useful to anyone else?<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Do not be too fat or too thin. "Hourglass" is the word.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Get a good complexion. The fairer, the better. We have to replace tubelights in the hour of need.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Sacrifice for parents, husband and then kids later. We are very privileged, anyway.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Give up your last name, your home, your parents and your whole identity.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Get acid, fire or beating proof. Our life is full of adventures.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> In case of poverty, give up the chance to be educated. Brother can read better.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Mentally prepare yourself to be a "house-wife"<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> If you are allowed to work, mentally prepare yourself to be a working wife + a housewife. We are officially a Ninja.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Learn this equation. Motherhood = Primary caretaker. Now repeat it 10 times.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Give up your career if you want kids. Master's in Motherhood is what you need and Wife Executive is a top white collared job. Yes, it is.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Be ready to hear opinions of people if in case you really WANT to be a housewife and a mother, because there is that kind too.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> No bold professions.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> No profession with a higher level of physical work. We don't want to damage our stilettos.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Get this - Pink is our color. From womb to tomb. "Hail Pink" is our motto.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Do not ask for motor trucks or toy guns. Barbies. WE WANT BARBIES.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Stay alert. Always. Even when you are asleep. Who doesn't like that.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Don't opt for public transport when it's crowded. Open roads are better for getting groped.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Don't opt for public transport when they are empty. You have to master the ability of identifying just the right amount of crowd.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Wear fully covered clothes. You might expose a virtue with that <strike>sweet</strike>slutheart-neckline.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Do not apply heavy make-up. Makes you look inviting. Red lipstick = whore lipstick. You don't want that. Naa eh.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Learn self defense. Beatrix Kiddo kind.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Not to trust anyone. No one. Because everyone loves you.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Carry pepper spray. The latest in the women's deodorant section.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Cell phone should be fully charged. You never know when you are alone at night, in the middle of nowhere and you feel the need to order a pizza..<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> No roaming around after it's dark. Peter Pan might come, grab you by hand and take you to Neverland.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> No male friends. Are you a slut? No, right?<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> No drinking. Relaxing in a bar with a bunch of friends is too mainstream.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> No parties or disco. Music make us waaayield!<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> No Chow mein. No explanation.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Call everyone your 'brother'. That one word is an instant demon modifier.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Listen to and value opinions of bigots even if you don't know them. We flourish because of their blessings.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Get objectified. We are Shapeshifters. We can be Tandoori Murghi or a doll or a beer bottle anytime we want.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Be happy. There is very high chance you don't get to check off this list. You lived for only two months in a belly. You lucky little devil.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Don't over-think. It is always our fault. We are unstoppable.<br />
<img alt="Open box" border="0" src="http://officeimg.vo.msecnd.net/en-us/files/936/547/ZA001162688.gif" style="background-color: white; border-width: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI', SegoeUIWF, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; visibility: visible;" title="Open box" /> Be everything, but you.<br />
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My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-35417815250679996422014-06-06T17:01:00.002-07:002014-08-11T12:38:28.648-07:00Why Tyrion Lannister is the most unique character ever written<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Game of Thrones is an ocean of characters. It is filled with lovers, fighters, rapists, whores, dragons, wolves, Hodor, witches, cannibals, walkers, pedophiles, incestuous, slashers and what not.<br />
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Tyrion is a very underestimated character. Obviously, the most likable characters on the show are Jon Snow, who is too charismatic for the girls to resist, Arya Stark, who kicks asses with her tomboyish charm and Khaleesi, because let's face it, she is hot, have an army larger than the ants and have dragons for kids. So what makes Tyrion, the best?<br />
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Most of the characters on the show are either too weak or too strong, too beautiful or too ugly, too good or too evil, however it's hard to find a correct adjective for Tyrion.<br />
We can start with 'relatable'. While the aspects of other characters looks unreal and fictitious, we can easily relate to Tyrion. He is one of us. He is like you. He is like me. Even though he is righteous, he is flawed. He is utterly, viciously and gorgeously flawed.<br />
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He is a dwarf.<br />
He is scarred.<br />
He is addicted to alcohol and whores.<br />
He is insecure in his own skin.<br />
He hates the way he is.<br />
He is too afraid to stand up against his own family.<br />
He don't have the strength to be with the woman he loves.<br />
He understands what is right and he still can't mend things.<br />
He is helpless.<br />
He is not perfect.<br />
He is flawed.<br />
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But we still like him. He is fiercely witty. He believes in good. He is not heartless. He hates morons. He is the only person who gave Joffrey a hard time. Remember when he slapped him?<br />
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He make us have faith in the Lannisters. He faced the Batlle of Blackwater like a boss. He respects Sansa, even though he had the liberty to do whatever he want. He is one of the most unfortunate character even though he is a Lannister. The love of his life doesn't believe in him, his own family hates him to the core, his most trusted friend ditches him, he is controlled by others, he is a tragic hero, but he still manages to be empathetic towards people.</div>
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Regardless of all these goodness, it is his physicality, his scar and his flaws that makes him unique. Had he been a Jon Snow or a Jamie, with the good qualities he have, he would just end up being a normal guy. The dynamism of his character makes us like him and care for him. He has sentiments that no other character posses. The other characters on the show are too involved in their own stories, their revenge or their goals, but Tyrion alone fights for the good.<br />
And just as he said, he didn't let words of others cut him. He took the name they gave, made it his own and didn't let anyone hurt him with it anymore.</div>
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He was always a delight to watch and I liked him from the start, but it was the trial scene from the sixth episode of season four that compelled me to write this post. Skip the video if you have not watched that episode.</div>
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Peter Dinklage took this character to another level with this trial scene. It is impossible to explain his flawless acting in words. Every word out of his mouth is like a reward for losing all the good characters in this show. His speech is like a roar of a lion and it gives us goosebumps. </div>
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Therefore, I rest my case. Tyrion Lannister, you are guilty as charged for being too awesome.</div>
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Mr. George R.R. Martin, oh you good, clever, weird, evil old man, please don't take him away from us or<br />
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<b>"I will hurt you for this. A day will come when you think you're safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid."</b></div>
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My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-29996586868499468392014-05-06T23:44:00.001-07:002016-02-22T14:52:34.896-08:00If Friends was an Indian Soap Opera - Part 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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1) Watch "Kahini Yaaron<b> </b>ki" starring Chandar Bisht, Manisha Gerewal, Rachna Garg, Ronit Gerewal, Jai Thirwani and <b>Phoolan Bedi.</b><br />
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6) Jai is a struggling Bollywood actor and stars on a hit TV show "Ye din zindagi ke".</div>
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...to be continued.<br />
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<b>Watch out this space to know more about "Kahani Yaron Ki"</b><br />
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I realized very late that today was the tenth anniversary of <b>Friend's </b>finale. I was feeling guilty about not having anything to dedicate to one of the best companion I've ever had.<br />
<b><br />Friends</b> was there for me, anytime I was low, anytime I wanted to cheer up, anytime the rest of the world was shut down on me. I've come across a lot of other sitcoms which might be funnier than<b> Friends</b>, but there will be no show, no other television characters that would touch my life like they have.</div>
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Let's raise our glass to one of the most terrific show in the history of television and the hundreds of hours that we've spent on it.</div>
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HAPPY 10th ANNIVERSARY!<br />
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My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-69009433383660124032014-04-24T17:40:00.001-07:002019-02-07T16:30:09.339-08:00One dream at a time<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
On April 8th, I lost one of the most special person of my life. Her name was Nidhee.<br />
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Who was Nidhee?<br />
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Me: "Chemo must be painful, isn't it?"<br />
Nidhee: "Yes it is, but it gives me a pimple free skin. So that's good." (with a silly little smile on her beautiful face)<br />
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That was her. The most positive person I knew. Who always saw the silver lining.<br />
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In social terms, she was my sister-in-law, but that was just another relationship that brought us together. In reality, she was my best friend, my comfort in solace, an ear to my secrets, my source of endless laughter, my girlfriend, my love.<br />
At the tender age of 21, she was diagnosed with an evil disease called Ewing's Sarcoma, a rare kind of bone cancer, just a couple of months after marrying the love of her life. This did not stop her from being the magical, happy fairy that she was. She hid the pain, the sorrows, the worries and the doubts behind her infectious smile and laughter. Even during the tough times, it was she who comforted her loved ones to keep the faith. Throughout her journey of cancer, she was always concerned about others and their discomfort.<br />
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After almost two years of stressful journey, ten rounds of traumatic chemotherapy, seven painful surgeries and her never-ending faith in good, we lost her on April 8th. She left this world with a smile on her beautiful, angelic face. She touched so many lives who will never be able to forget her and her charming personality.<br />
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I have too many things to write about her and I might never end, but today is the day to talk about her dream which was left unfulfilled.<br />
Even in her last stages of life, she would never stop telling me about how much she loved kids. She talked to me about her dreams and aspirations.<br />
She always wanted to be a social activist. She wanted to help people. She wanted to end the sufferings of few.<br />
So this is what we thought could help her dream come true.<br />
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Click on this link to donate - <a href="http://gogetfunding.com/project/one-dream-at-a-time#/project_details" target="_blank">http://gogetfunding.com/project/one-dream-at-a-time#/project_details</a></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; text-align: left;"><b>Yours Humanly is a global organization devoted to helping unprivileged and not-so-fortunate children around the world.</b></span></div>
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Anyone from around the world can donate. Your currency would be converted into Canadian dollars. You can donate as little as $1. All the funds collected would be forwarded to unprivileged children around the world through <a href="http://yourshumanly.org/english/index.php" target="_blank">Yours Humanly.</a><span id="goog_6029292"></span><span id="goog_6029293"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><br />
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If it is impossible for you to donate on this website, go outside your house and help at least one person in need. I am sure it would make Nidhee happy.<br />
Most of us want to do something for people in need. We wait for the right time to do it, but we never know when our time runs out. There is never a right time. Each one of us is capable of giving at least something. If not money, give education, give food, give your services, help elders in need, give your old books to read, give pens and paper to write. The possibilities are endless.<br />
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Life is too short to wait for the right time.<br />
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Nidhee, you are gone, but will never be forgotten. Your memories, your values, your selflessness, and your goodness will live forever in our hearts.<br />
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Love you boo ♡<br />
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My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-74160932658940597612014-02-28T23:10:00.005-08:002014-03-02T00:25:17.420-08:00Woof Woof!Hewo Humanz,<br />
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I is Cannelle. Mufmy says d cannelle means d cinnamon. I is a three year old Yorkshire Bichon puppy. Tooday is my buffday. In d humanz year I juz turned 21. I can drinkz and marry now. I stayz in the cold, but beautiful Paris. I logged in to my mami's bloggerf and postings my cool pucturz. I is very awesome, trust me.<br />
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I love eatyz, playz, nappyz, sunshines, different foodiez, window lookingz and bedyz. I doonut like big doggyz n disturbance while sleepyz. I kiss d familiz a lot. We call it d <i>bisou.</i><br />
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I stay wif my mufmy, grandpapa, grandmama and small mama. My biggerz mama and mami stay awayz. Dey all are d humanz, but dey are familiz.<br />
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Check me out. I is purdy.<br />
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Wen I was one year old. I is cute wif brown earz. Mufmy sayz I is Cannelle beecouse I has the brown earz.</div>
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I like d colorful drezzis. I is a bride now.</div>
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I is jealous of my buffday gift.</div>
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I love the snoweyz. I feel like white cub. Ament I the heroz?</div>
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The humanz from d familiz did the chrimus tree. I check.</div>
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Shoppinz time. I pickey my food.</div>
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Very loohtle option for d toyz.<br />
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Ohh waiteez. I found something me like.<br />
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I like the brown onez.</div>
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I get thiz, humanz?<br />
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Shoppinz for some style. Many doggiez come to see me in d park n say "bow WOW"<br />
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Come out n playee with me mateyz</div>
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I love lap nappyz in the car.<br />
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My favorite spot in the homey. I get sunshines n I do window watchingz.</div>
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Sunshines is crayzy. They movin and shiftin :(<br />
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What is d dealz wif you sunshines?<br />
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Humanz caught me in my baggie. I love me baggy. I hatey when someone touch itz.<br />
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Tis is my house.<br />
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When I angry wif d humanz, I hide here and watch dem find me. <span style="text-align: start;">Dey say I is very spoiled n stubborn .</span><br />
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Winnie is sooov irritatinz.<br />
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I is skypez wid mama mami in d Amurica.<br />
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I told yew I love the bedyz but only the humanz bedyz. #messyhurrdontcare<br />
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Toyz I like not for long time. I get bored.<br />
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I was sick so I take my monekyz n sleep.</div>
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I don like when d humanz liv me and go. I angry den I cry.<br />
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Wen dey come for d vacationz I keep an eye on dem so that they don't liv me n go.</div>
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oooo wassuuf! I was jooz catchn the nappyz.</div>
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I hate clothez beecouse I is the nude artistz.<br />
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Dis is my pick-me-up-humanz-or-I-get-mad pose.<br />
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Okeey, I know you liked me. Nize to meeeet you. If wonz I know you, I always love you.</div>
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I go now for the eatyz n wayt for my buffday cake n gift,</div>
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Bisou,</div>
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Cannelle (wooof)</div>
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Can't believe she just did that, but yeah, she is awesome that way.<br />
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Happy Birthday my baby. I miss you. </div>
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I received the text,<br />
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<i><b>I am here :)</b></i><br />
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It was a beautiful summer morning in Paris. I was feeling quite cheerful and exuberant which was unusual. That morning when I got out of the house to proceed towards my metro station, my iPod was playing some very peppy songs unlike the usual psychedelic ones. I was singing and my walk had a dance to it. I might have been hopping.<br />
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This is the Google street view of the slope, I was walking down towards the station, like a bunny rabbit.<br />
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I was to meet him today at my station, Jules Joffrin. As I was climbing down the stairs of the platform, I received the text,<br />
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<i><b>I am here :)</b></i><br />
<i><br /></i>I froze. I stopped on the second last stair and checked the message again. My heart started pumping fast. The butterflies were running marathons in my belly. There was an instant warmness in my chest. I suddenly felt like the student of 'WTF was I thinking' university!<br />
<i>What am I doing?</i><br />
<i>Why am I meeting a stranger?</i><br />
<i>What if he and his friends were playing some prank on me?</i><br />
<i>What if he finds me not appeasing enough?</i><br />
<i>What if I come on TV on an annoying prank show?<br />What language should I talk in? (in my defense, there were four languages in question)</i><br />
<i>I should go back, I am crazy.</i><br />
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I turned a little and had a deep-rooted craving of returning to my room, get back in to my PJs and have a hot cup of coffee by my window, rather than dealing with this huge package of anxiety and nervousness.<br />
On second thought, I didn't want to run away from something good this time. I wanted to face it. I turned towards the platform, took the last stair and walked in.<br />
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I looked on the right. There were not much people who might have been waiting for me. I looked to the left, and there he was...<br />
Tall, handsome, in a perfect French formal attire, with a laptop bag in his hand. He walked towards me and said,<br />
"Hi"<br />
"I am sorry I am late." I said.<br />
"That's okay. Can we first decide what language should we talk in?" (!!!!!!!!), he said and smiled.<br />
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Our metro came, we entered and in just about ten seconds we forgot we were meeting for the first time.<br />
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I married that man exactly six months later.<br />
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That beautiful day was two and a half years ago. Do the math.<br />
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<b>Happy Second Wedding Anniversary Mon Cheri.</b><br />
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I often wonder what would've happened if I had turned away and went back home. I am sure each day of my life would have ended with less laughter, less smiles, less love and less contentment.<br />
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<b>You say it was love at first sight. For me, it was my life at first sight. It was my DESTINY.</b><br />
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I love you<br />
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<b>1. It doesn't matter if it was you or just your mom who watched the soap operas, you will however, never forget this day.</b><br />
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or weirdly, between these</div>
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<b>3. Cell phone was a luxury, hence we had an emotional relationship with one of these. </b></div>
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<b>4. They were our rock-stars. We had their audio cassettes and we definitely danced on one of their songs.</b></div>
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<b>5. But we couldn't stop talking about them either. Which one were you? I was Sporty Spice.</b><br />
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<b>6. We shared this with friends and also recorded our personal playlist.</b></div>
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<b>7. They were ready to sing for us anytime we wanted to go exotic. We listened to 'Quit playing games with my heart' was are "taunting" song.</b></div>
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<b>10. And the title song to this one, still make our eyes wet with nostalgia.</b><br />
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<b>11. How about a little embarrassment? Let's talk about fashion. (Embroidery jeans, bell sleeves and velvet bell bottoms - RAD)</b><br />
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<b> 12. Admit it, you too had one of those shiny pants. </b><br />
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<b>13. These were our hot wheels</b><br />
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<b>14. Until they showed up.</b><br />
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<b>15. We have all taken our best shoes out and have done this at least once. And boys, this is how we discovered Ayesha Takia, way before y'all did. If you know what I mean ;-)</b><br />
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<b>16. This was the first English movie we watched, however we refrained from watching it with our family because of the painting and the car sex scene.</b><br />
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<b>19. Birthdays were taken way too seriously.</b><br />
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<b>20. And we not just filled, but owned one of these bad boys.</b></div>
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<b>21. Friendships day was bigger than Diwali and we always wanted to be the one with the highest number of friendship bands on hand.</b></div>
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<b>22. But it was always hard to find one of these.</b></div>
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<b>23. Then SHE came in our life and we were always out of our pocket money,</b></div>
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<b>24. Remember that crazy trend of tattoo Jewelry? How hot were we?!! :-|</b><br />
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<b>25. We hated the moment every time our moms got this devil out.</b><br />
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<b>26. And those five famine days when we couldn't eat anything because we wanted to do this.</b><br />
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<b>27. Talk about food and we get the fanciest things today, but where can we find this?</b><br />
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My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-91708640205797610852013-10-15T23:28:00.000-07:002013-10-16T15:21:01.367-07:00Happy First AnniversaryI must make myself stand in the center of a stage that is placed in the center of all the bloggers and have them throw eggs and tomatoes at me. I am the sinner who got too lazy to put up a one-year anniversary post of her own blog. I know how much it means to the bloggers as I have read their posts.<br />
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Although, I made this blog in the July of 2011, I gathered the potency to write my first post exactly one year ago.<br />
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To be honest, this blog was not like my diary or like my baby or my friend. For me, it was a medium to channel my views, my amateur writing, my beliefs, my callings towards the society and my urgency in trying to talk about some social issues that were hitch hiking in my head from years.<br />
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Now, when I look back and read my past blog posts, I feel surprised by how much I could express and emote, regardless of being an introvert. I am overwhelmed by the response too. I never thought thousands of people would actually take the pain to visit this blog and read my ramblings. Every single comment here was like a reward.<br />
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So, I thank every single one of you, who have been a part of My Cactus Dress.<br />
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The ones who left inspiring and encouraging words, the ones who agreed with my beliefs, the ones who appreciated my efforts, the ones who left essay-comments (you were my favorite), the ones who giggled with me, the ones who got wrathful along with me, the ones who shared their stories after reading mine, the ones who just<i> Liked </i>my posts, the ones (thousands) who came to get the McVeggie recipe to fill their burger-hungry bellies, the ones who <i>Followed </i>me, the ones who gave those cute awards, the ones who came through Google search, even the one who landed on my blog with the Google search "Madhuri Dixit without clothes". Yes, I am talking to you Mr. Pervy Perverson. You all were a part of it. Every single one who brought this blog to 30,000 views in just a year without a single hateful comment or an upset reader.<br />
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Thank you.<br />
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It was a beautiful journey. I look forward to more memories.<br />
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<br />My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-64833820107247890322013-10-07T19:42:00.003-07:002013-10-09T17:34:38.320-07:00Help needed!It's my request for everyone who comment on my blog through Facebook, to comment on the blog itself, using the options provided below the Facebook comment section. As my blog was made in the USA, I can only read Facebook comments that are posted from the US (URL - "mycactusdress.blogspot.com").<br />
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Due to Blogger's new feature, when you open my blog, it automatically opens it under your country's URL. Similarly, when you post a Facebook comment from your country, it is registered under the URL of your country. For example, if you are Facebook-commenting from India, the comment is only visible on "www.mycactusdress.blogspot.in" and not on ".com" which disables me to read your valuable feedback.<br />
I am trying to solve this issue but, till then I would appreciate the above mentioned option.<br />
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Any HTML experts or fellow bloggers here who can help with this issue? I am also starting to lose a lot of my FB likes from my posts. My post "An open letter to a rapist" had more than 180 likes however, it shows 15 likes on my computer. I am able to see correct number of likes from my phone though. Not that it matters much but, I would be glad if it would stop acting crazy.<br />
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I am also opening a sort of blog-post series called "Semblance". It would reflect a similar pattern like that of "<a href="http://mycactusdress.blogspot.com/2013/09/happy-ganesh-visarjan.html" target="_blank">Happy Ganesh Visarjan</a>" post. With just the title and contradictory pictures. I would list all such articles in one tab which you would find above ^ under the tab "Semblance"<br />
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Love and rockets,<br />
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<br />My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-76994328796562046842013-10-03T19:47:00.000-07:002013-10-03T21:22:08.163-07:00Random things every Indian mother tell their daughters<ol>
<li>Why do you keep a cell phone when you don't want to answer it?</li>
<li>Get off that phone. NOW!</li>
<li>Get off the laptop. NOW!</li>
<li>Shaadi hone de, tab pata chalega. (You'll come to senses, once you get married)</li>
<li>Prakash mama was talking about a boy, he is 25, Engineer, good looking.</li>
<li>Why don't you want to get married?</li>
<li>Ladka dekhne me kya harz hai. (What is the big deal in looking guys for marriage)</li>
<li>Social functions ma jaai toh 2-4 manas sathe odkhan thai. (Gujarati for- People would only identify you if you are social) (loosely translated as, "you'll start getting marriage proposals only if you attend social functions!)</li>
<li>Ashok uncle's daughter is already married and she is only 20. You are 21! Kuwari rehna hai kya? (You want to stay un-married your whole life?)</li>
<li>I was a mother of two at your age</li>
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<li>At least wash the dishes</li>
<li>Don't make me get up. Don't make me come up there.</li>
<li>Why don't you ever clean your room?</li>
<li>I am not the maid of this house.</li>
<li>Ek baj gaye. Why can't you sleep early? Saat baj gaye. Why cant you wake up early?</li>
<li>Don't use that tone with me</li>
<li>Aane de papa ko! (Let your dad come home)</li>
<li>Don't you have anything else to wear?</li>
<li>Those pants are too tight. That t-shirt is so loose.</li>
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<li>You have a million friends.</li>
<li>(on the phone) Call me when you reach. (10 minutes later placing a call) have you reached?</li>
<li>Facebook ki exam deni hai kya? (you want to appear for a Facebook exam?)</li>
<li>Teach me Facebook. What is YouTube?</li>
<li>Look at <i>abc</i>. How smart she is. Learn something from her. Look at <i>xyz</i>, why can't you be like her?</li>
<li>Learn something from your sister. (To my sister) Learn something from your sister.</li>
<li>It wasn't easy in our times.</li>
<li>In our times we worked really hard.</li>
<li>In our times we didn't have so much luxury</li>
<li>In our times girls didn't have so much freedom</li>
<li>Wait for five minutes until my serial ends. Wait for just 30 minutes, my favorite one just started.</li>
<li>An extra roti wont hurt you.</li>
<li>Why don't you walk enough. You are starting to put on weight.</li>
<li>One day you'll understand me.</li>
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Huhhh? Huhhhhhh? Have I missed any? <br />
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I don't think I even have to mention how all of these gave me more happiness than any kiss or hug on earth could've given me. Regardless of what I mentioned above, you are one of the <a href="http://mycactusdress.blogspot.com/2013/03/from-your-daughter.html" target="_blank">coolest, liberal-est and swag-iest</a> mom on earth.<br />
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<b>HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!</b><br />
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<b><br /></b>My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-38172597554772507432013-09-23T20:59:00.000-07:002013-09-24T14:29:57.475-07:00I Love YouI was two and a half years old when she entered my life without dropping a statutory warning. I hated her. With all the attention and the love that she was getting, I just wanted to get rid of her. I often use to ask my parents if they could dispose her in the bushes. It's only when I see the old photographs right now, that I realize how much of a cute kitten she was with marble eyes and a cub face.<br />
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She grew up and the pool of trouble widened. I had to catch her hand and take her to school with me. She used to bawl like a crazy, stubborn brat and wouldn't walk a foot from the school gate. And hence, I was always late to class.The real issue started when she grew up and turned in to my size. Every morning I felt like Santa, trying to hide presents. The only difference was that I didn't want her to find them and that they weren't presents and they were mine. She was a master in finding them and in silently exiting outside the house like a feather..<br />
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Man.. I hated her.<br />
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I wanted to shoot her for every punches, kicks and scratches she gave me.<br />
I wanted to shoot her for every burglary that happened in my closet.<br />
I wanted to shoot her for every meal fight.<br />
I wanted to shoot her every time she wanted to drive.<br />
I wanted to shoot her for calling me names.<br />
I wanted to shoot her for making me get up and switch off the lights at night, even when I was half asleep .<br />
I wanted to shoot her when she rejected all my feet massage requests.<br />
I wanted to shoot her when she gave me long shopping lists.<br />
I wanted to shoot her every time she asked for Apple products!!<br />
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But, I would take a bullet. I would take a bullet,<br />
for every time she cooked for me,<br />
for every time she read my face,<br />
for every time she tried to cheer me up without making me realize,<br />
for every time she would shop for me and I would sit in a corner like a boss,<br />
for every time she wouldn't let anyone speak against me,<br />
for every time she would fight for me,<br />
for every time she was there for the family, more than me,<br />
for every time she supported my biggest decisions,<br />
for every time she helped me take those decisions,<br />
for every time she made me forget I was the elder and she was the younger sister,<br />
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You are someone I'll never have to lose regardless of any consequences. Having you on the parallel bed and talking until we dozed off, was my biggest comfort at the end of the day.<br />
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Happy Birthday Notorious.<br />
I wish I was with you on this special day.<br />
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I love you to death.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #666666;">GANPATI BAPPA MORIYA!</span></b></div>
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Ohhh! Oooh..Check out these silly ideas some people used.</div>
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Immersing clay Ganpati in the water so that it melts and mixes with the soil...Psssttt... Noob!</div>
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In a Bucket? So lame.</div>
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I had a special relationship with trucks right from my childhood. When I was a kid, I used to sit on the tank of my dad's motorbike. He used to make me read things written on the back of the truck to keep me awake, as, I use to see-saw horizontally over the bike. When I grew up, my dad taught me how the first two alphabets on the number plates of these trucks signify the state the vehicle is being registered in. I still couldn't go wrong on that. And as majority of commercial transportation in India is done through trucks, I was able to see every state's truck wobbling along the highways. And thus, begin my journey with this amazing machine, without which no highway in India would look complete.</div>
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I've been on roads so much that one of the most belonging feeling that I miss right now is the <i>zoooom</i> sound of the trucks you hear in the middle of the night when the silence peeks in. The loud garbage trucks of California in the early morning makes me crave for the sweet trail of noise, a heavy truck leaves behind.</div>
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What have I seen in/on those trucks? Bizarre things. Everyone is aware about the spunky and perky quotes the drivers write on their trucks.</div>
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<span style="color: #666666;">Scroll down to the comments to read the quotes. Translating them would kill the fun but, I'll be happy to translate if anyone feel the need to have a laugh or two.</span></div>
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The trucks are normally seen with two people. The driver and his side kick. Yes, let's call him the side kick. And when the three of them merges, fascinating things happen.</div>
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I have seen them, brushing their teeth and having a mini-bath in the seat, right in the middle of the highway during a traffic jam, I have seen the side kick putting sun glasses on the drivers head, I've seen them making tea right next to the steering wheel, I've seen them singing folk songs better than the ones we see on reality shows, I've seen mirrors, televisions, refrigerators, curtains, paintings, shelves, stereo system, fans, a life size cardboard cut out of Kareena Kapoor sitting between the driver and the side kick, a poster of Amitabh Bachhan, a 'welcome' mat near the driver's door, wind chimes and other such unique things which are least expected on a moving vehicle.</div>
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What I've seen behind the truck? Petrol, diesel, cotton, sugar canes, hay, tubes for drainage system, wooden logs, spare parts of airplanes and ships, cars, motorbikes, buffaloes, sheep, people, an elephant, chickens, stuffed sacs so overly loaded that the truck looked like a pug and millions of other crazy stuff. I also had this funny habit of stamping trucks with certain characters depending on their look.</div>
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They all have faces. Trust me.</div>
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The more I traveled, the more I was sure of some secret, unofficial competition going around between the truck owners. They decorate their trucks like a newly wedded bride and walk her on the highway ramp to check who has got the best.</div>
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On a serious note, people really don't realize the beautiful and intense art work that is crafted on such trucks. They really put in a lot of thought, time and sweat on decorating them. They cruise around with their trucks with so much pride, searching for jealousy in their rival's eyes. They spend, weeks and months and years on roads and their truck is their only companion during their vagabond journeys.</div>
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If I was the head of Pixar, to hell with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_(film)" target="_blank">Cars</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planes_(film)" target="_blank">Planes</a>, I would make a movie called Trucks.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Tell me, I am not insane and it is normal to talk so much about trucks. Tell me, at least one of you who is reading this have also been enchanted with this super machine.</span></div>
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Actually, never mind.</div>
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I already feel it can be the best job in the world and if possible, I would be a truck driver. What better way to be on the roads 24/7, traveling east, west, north and south, stopping in the middle of the night to eat in cozy <i>dhabas</i> and drink tea in the middle of nowhere?</div>
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I already imagine myself, in a <i>dhoti-lungi</i>, raising my right leg up and patting it hard on the thigh and drinking <i>lassi</i> from a nasty glass.</div>
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So, never mind. I have already crossed the territory of saneness and it's impossible to get back to normal.</div>
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My Cactus Dresshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13694549023806957335noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1030956616534245379.post-3786300682347854782013-09-03T18:46:00.002-07:002013-09-03T18:55:53.138-07:00I need to stop.The past couple of months have been tormenting and frustrating, with everything that is going around in the world. It reflected on my blog. I always try to keep a balance with my blog posts however, the recent ones were all filled with anger, sourness and sadness.<br />
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I am still not out of it. I am still furious with what is happening. I still want to write a lot and talk a lot about it but, I shouldn't do it right now. I NEED to bring the happy vibes back, at least for a while.<br />
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I am trying my hands on poems again, I am trying my hands on fiction, I am trying my hands on something different, which I believe have never been on anyone's blog. I <strike>need</strike> have to make space in my head and my blog for these things.<br />
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I would be glad if you could come up with any suggestions that might make the blog more readable and cheerful. Tell me something I can write better.<br />
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Till then, I would hum and dance with decadence in my own dark swamp.<br />
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