Random Musings http://rupasivanarayana.wordpress.com About Life and its myriad hues Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:25:04 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ en hourly 1 http://www.gravatar.com/blavatar/0115c9ed3d81b15cf787887beda5e158?s=96&d=http://s.wordpress.com/i/buttonw-com.png Random Musings http://rupasivanarayana.wordpress.com Folks, Today ….. http://rupasivanarayana.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/folks-today-is-the-day/ http://rupasivanarayana.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/folks-today-is-the-day/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:22:11 +0000 rupasivanarayana http://rupasivanarayana.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/folks-today-is-the-day/ ]]>

I turn an year older and hopefully wiser :)

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Sick to my stomach after reading this. Grow up into responsible parents? Do they even know what parenthood means….. Oh Lord? the baby father haunts me.

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Dear friend Laksh has done such post a while ago. Going by my fascination for tags (they give me a reason to write, to blog,cool) I was pretty enthusiastic to take it up too.But stress took the better off me andI had been postponing it…now that am back wanted to do it as soon as I can…..

Its a tag where one assigns a letter (only if you ask for it :) ) . You write about ten things you love that begin with your assigned letter, and post it at your place. When people comment on your list, you give them a letter, and the chain continues on and on.You are welcome to comment even if you do not want a letter.

Laksh chose the letter S for me and here comes my list…very random….on the spur of the moment.

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1) Siva: my better half. And it’s obvious why he tops the list. :)

2) Sweat: am just out of the gym. It’s bound to appear here. But let me clarify, I appreciate it only if it succeeds a workout.

3) Success: Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

4) Shopping: I love and hate shopping. Confusing? Ok, let me explain.I love shopping for groceries, home furnishing, curios, kitchen ,home related stuff and shopping for others. I especially love it when its for my parents (role reversal brings the excitement I guess). Since childhood its always they for me, so when its me for them it feels very gratifying.

And I hate shopping for : clothes (trial rooms tire me out) though I love clothes, jewellery( leaves me sore),bags, cosmetics. Infact anything which requires trying out and checking in the mirror puts me off…and stresses me…. ..shoes make the only exception.

5) Swim: is what I want to do (at least this summer). Swim like a dream – I don’t remember when and where I read or heard this (during childhood) but it’s stuck with me and this is how I want to swim – like a dream. Silly me :)

6) Straight: am obsessed with everything straight. Straight hair (mine is wavy :( ), straight fits, straight cuts, straight forward people.

7) Singapore: a country that I want to visit. I’ve never been to the east and also it has an IKEA (India doesn’t have one :( ). East is just to sound logical but I love IKEA that much. Yeah! That very  much. :)

8) Summer: the scorching heat has already come over….and it being only February, indicates that  another torrid and blistering summer awaits us. :(

9) Sari: am a slave of this six yards of sheer magic. The most subtle, elegant and flattering attire on Indian women in my opinion. Draping it prettily is an art in itself; I am still in the process of fairing reasonably in it at least.

10) Sharon fruit: known as persimmon. Yum Yum fruit. To say am  addicted to it is an understatement. Sadly, it’s not available in India, At least I haven’t heard of it. Any idea folks?

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Am extremely proud to be a member of  Consortium of pubgoing, loose and forward women.

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 Hop over and do your bit. Join the pink Chaddi Campaign.This year’s valentine’s day seems exciting already.

Happy valentine’s day!

What is the Pink Chaddi Campaign?

The Pink Chaddi Campaign kicked off on 5 February 2009 to oppose the Sri Ram Sena. The campaign is growing exponentially (4,500 at this point in the life of our Consortium of Pub-going, Loose and Forward Women) and that is not surprising. Most women in this country have enough curbs on their lives without a whole new franchise cashing in with their bully-boy tactics. Of course, a lot of men have joined the group as well.

Here is we want to do with the Pink Chaddi Campaign. Join in. Be imaginative, have fun and fight back!

What can you do?

Step 1: It does not matter that many of us have not thought about Valentine’s Day since we were 13. If ever. This year let us send the Sri Ram Sena some love. Let us send them some PINK CHADDIS.
Look in your closet or buy them cheap. Dirt-cheap. Make sure they are PINK. Send them off to the Sena.

The address to send the package is: Pramod Muthalik, Chief Bully Boy, Sri Rama Sena, #11, Behind New Bus Stand, Gokhul Road, Near Lakshmi Park, Hubli – Karnataka.

If you don’t want to mail it yourself, you can drop it off at the Chaddi Collection Points. We will be collecting across the country through this week and sending the packages on February 12. More information about Chaddi Collectors in your city soon on our blog: http://thepinkchaddicampaign.blogspot.com/

Step 2: Send the Pink Chaddi Campaign a photograph of the package.
Tell us how many chaddis you are sending out and inspire other women in other cities. You can either mail the information to freelancehabba (at) gmail (dot) com or you can mail it at our facebook address. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=49641698651&ref=mf

Step 3: On Valentine’s Day we do a Pub Bharo action. Go to a pub wherever you are. From Kabul to Chennai to Guwahati to Singapore to LA women have signed up. It does not matter if you are actually not a pub-goer or not even much of a drinker. Let us raise a toast (it can be juice) to Indian women. Take a photo or video. We will put it together (more on how later) and send this as well to the Sri Ram Sena.

What happens after Valentine’s Day?
After Valentine’s Day we should get some of our elected leaders to agree that beating up women is ummm… AGAINST INDIAN CULTURE.
For right now, ask not what Dr VS Acharya, Home Minister of Karnataka can do for you. Ask what you can do for him. Here is his blog. Send him some love.

PS. Our good friend L says we should not colour-discriminate. So if you really, really can’t send pink chaddis, send those in other colours.
PPS. Both Women and Men are invited to send in their chaddi’s/ pictures of chaddi’s.
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New job and high security workplace, inaccess to blogs and mail, tiring long days at office, getting back home late and worn out, busy weekends, bad internet connectivity……caused the oblivion.

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