Food For Thought

Ah well I’ve been wanting to update for a long time. And there’s no time like the present (read as when you have a bio paper the next day... in a little over 12 hrs) Its going to be a serious thingy except bits and pieces here and there – so BEWARE!!

The day before Children’s Day they did a feature on 4 kids in The Times of India. I sat and psychoanalysed them based on their interviews. (I don’t now why I did that. Lets just say I was jobless)

If all this seems out of context you can skip right through it. I spose you’de have to read the article yourself… But do read about kid no. 4 – really touching.

Kid no. 1- Abhirath Kumar, age 12: Serious bloke from B’lore. Likes sports but knows he may not be able do what he wants to if it doesn’t pay enough. He’s trying to portray the ideal kid – like his parents prolly want him to be. Or like we’re taught to be. This I realized when he says his heroes are – firstly Mahatma Gandhi and then a foot baler and a golfer. HE says he’d always abide by his parents views – even if they are wrong – because they know better and they are doing it for your good. Load of tosh you say? Nay nay that’s how lots of kids are brought up. He struck me as this kid stuck in the past and wanting to break free. But he says if he had a 1000 bucks he’d just buy a shirt (reminds me of Dumbledore saying you can never have too many socks)… and he’d give to an under-privileged child he’d give it all away… This time I don’t think he was saying it because he must

Kid no. 2- Yash Pathak, age 11: He’s been doing adverts and the like since the age of three. Doesn’t really consider it a big deal that he has acted with “Uncle” Amitabh. (Thank God everyone is not obsessed with that man) He hasn’t lost his childhood (amen). He likes reading Captain Underpants (LMAO!!) and he likes building blocks. A Gameboy too (I think that goes without saying – all guys do) Loves his mom a lot. Says he takes money outta his piggy bank for her birthdays (sho shweet!!)
What was real weird – he touches his mom’s feet every morning and chants mantras whenever he’s free!!??

Kid no. 3- Aashali Shukla, age 10: MAJOR BITCH!!!! Well actually I read her interview rite after no. 4. And it presents a stark contrast! She may not be a bad sort, its just that reading about her made me think of how directionless a life kids lead these days. How things have changed etc etc… She’s 10 and she “socializes” and wants “her own space” *gags* HELLOOOO??!! Where did the kidgo? She reminds me of the super-shallow unicorn club from SV… Oh she thinks Shah Rukh looked gay in the recent Lux ad. Umm.. at that age I’m so sure I didn’t know what “gay” means!! She likes Desperate Housewives (does she understand it completely or does she watch it coz her mom does?) And she thinks sometimes her mom wears the wrong colour combination. What bothers me is – since when did kids start being born at age 15??
What was good was – “They live in this city and destroy it. They live in this country and they destroy it. They live in this world and yet they destroy it.

Kid no. 4: Subhan Ali, age 12: This kid who has to be street wise because he lives all by himself and works in a tea-stall in Delhi is more innocent and pure, if I may use the term, than any of those three. From what I’ve gathered in my years so far – our parents/ grand parents had their life centred around their parents. Its like it was a smaller world around them. That’s the sort of thing I felt when I was reading about this boy. He works n 11-hr shift at Rs 900 a month. Before which he worked 16 hrs a day for a lower pay!! Passtime = sleeping on the pavement. A good holiday means getting extra sleep.
What made me wanna bawl: “I enjoy listening to FM. But someone stole our radio a few days back”
He’s scared of jinns and bomb blasts.
“I don’t want to be washing glasses and serving tea for the rest of my life. I would like to help out my parents in the field. For me, happiness means meeting them and that happens only once a year.”
*sob* We lead such a good life!!
His take on politicians – I know who Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi are – whenever they drive through the area there are policemen.

Ah… now I have the emotional bits over with…

Oh I was talking to Vineha after SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO long the other night. It felt good. It was this zany part of my life which I had lost touch with temporarily.
We were discussing all these old idiosyncrasies…
See, IIT entrance coaching is not exactly what I call fun. Its interesting, yes, but when its not its upto you to stay awake in the lecture. Our chemistry teacher sucked… He was a kid – trying to teach over-smart kids. One fine Periodic Table lecture we were thoroughly bored. Hence by the end of it – Heisenberg was my husband, Avogadro was Vineha’s. My kids -Auffboss, (its Auffbau but that’s howsir kept saying it!!) and someone else (can’t remember), Her kids- Pauli, Hund and someone else.
Later we added Chinaya to my list and Punaya to hers (for reference – these are terms in Bharat Natyam. She had a theory paper and we really like the names.)

Hmmmmm… I was gonna write something else… except i can’t remember… as usual!!

*hit by lightening flash* oh yeah – about domestication of animals (which is what I’m supposed o be studying rite now)
We happen to be the cruelest beings EVER!!! Did you know fishing is done by FISH POISONING????????!!!!!!!!!
And poultry-breeding?! Well those poor hens can’t take care of their own off-spring!! THAT IS MEAN!!!
Ah well.. I think a lot of things are mean. Therefore I shall not waste more space and time by dwelling on them…

God what kind of a moron am I? I forgot to switch on the media player… Damn!!

Oh yeah – mom got back from Delhi tonite!! I have a new pair of shoes, the greatest bracelets (wooden bangles actually) and this set of BEEEYOOOTIFUL earings and bracelet!!
And NEEM PENCILS!!!! Its actually like neem twigs with holes bored right through them and graphite stuck through that… looks all woody (duh) and cute!! YAY!!!

PS: P. G. Wodehouse is my savior!! I WUVS HIM!! and i wuvs Clowes!! yay!!!
They're the best ever!!

New stuff- Today was the bio paper in peeeeeeeeeeeeeep. Pratap, an electronics student was sitting between nasir and me who are bio student. He did say he wud pass answers across - so he really can't blame us for taking him up on his word...
Nasir: Ask her what genetic code is
Pratap: He's asking what the genetic code is.
Sukanya: Tell him i don't know.
Pratap: She says she doesn't know
Nasir: Liar!! tell her that
Pratap: (super embarassed) *mumbles* he says you'bdhfre nkfsdfifa
Sukanya: WHAT? Nasir - what did you say?
Nasir: nothing nothing..... *innocent look*
Sukanya: Pratap what did he say?
Pratap: well he said.. umm.. you're a lair..

If you can imagine me being super-demanding about something you can imagine the poor guys plight...
Nice time pass though when you're trying not to focus on biology questions which you do not know...

The Land of Far Far Away

(oh please read what the comic says - its important)
Nice is it not?.. haha.. owe Stephen Pastis one for that..
Here is a convo i had that day -

Sukanya says:
Little miss muffet
Sat on her tuffet
Eating her curds and whey
Alomg came a spider
and sat down beside her
And frightened Miss muffet away
Then muffet went back
and checked her gun rack
grabbing the .357
Finding the spider
she sat down beside her
and blew that poor sucker to heaven

Masher. says:
poor spider - but it deserved it

Sukanya says:yeah totally!

Masher. says:
you know the three bears sued goldilocks for break-and-enter, maliscious damage, and for psychological trauma ?

Sukanya says:
haha.. well now i know..

Masher. says:
they conveniently leave that bit out

Sukanya says:
i know!! its not fair,.. they're all the fun parts

Masher. says:
they make goldilocks and little miss muffet out to be the good little girls

Masher. says:
but they should be locked up

Sukanya says:
yeah.. that too in rigorous imprisonment on the land of far far away

Masher. says:
yeah

Sukanya says:
well its her own damned fault.. did she think she'd get away with it?

Masher. says:
have you heard of any others?

Sukanya says:
well i'm trying to remember..

Sukanya says:
oh yeah and the 7 dwarves sued snow white for misuse of private property

Masher. says:
4 out of 4 are females on the bad side - r0fl

Sukanya says:
hmph.. don't you start discriminating mistah..

Masher. says:
I'm trying to think of guys in the bad side

Masher. says:
bo peep ?

Masher. says:
jack horner

Sukanya says:
oh yeah here you go - the frog prince - he had a law suit slapped onto him for conning a princess

Masher. says:
the kid that kissed the girls and made them cry

Sukanya says:
yeah - jack horner - sticking his thumb in.. and basically violating ettiquette rules

Sukanya says:
oh wait - who was that guy who stuck his thumb in the pie then?

Masher. says:
yeah - food poisoning and all that

Sukanya says:
i thot that was jack horner?

Masher. says:
yah, that was

Masher. says:
jack horner sat in the corner

Sukanya says:
yup..

Masher. says:
what about the wood cutter who killed the big bad wolf?

Sukanya says:
oh yeah.. animal rights.. he ignored them he did.. know where that got him? in an island.. stuck there he is.. can't get out on bail either

Masher. says:
serves himself right

Masher. says:
a talking wolf was an endangered species

Sukanya says:
YES!! how come he didn't realise that...

Masher. says:
repunsel (sp?) sued the witch for unlawful inprisonment

Sukanya says:
ah.. there is that of course..

Sukanya says:
and her parents sued the which for kidnapping

Masher. says:
Fairy Tale Land is a very ligatious (sp?) place, ay?

Sukanya says:
absolutely!! and our parents think its safe for children*snort*

Masher. says:
HAHA - yeah

Sukanya says:
we should alert the childrens rites authorities asap..

Masher. says:
not only is there heaps of law suits, they're sexist, racist, and just generally discriminatory

Sukanya says:
yup.. its a wild world..

Sukanya says:
i feel like filing a PIL (Public Interest Litigation)

Masher. says:
yeah.and the old woman who lived in the shoe.... I heard something about the welfare cracking down on her and her children - something about an audit

well thats about it.. haha..

Aknowledgements - to Mr. Martin a.k.a Masher - who came up with half of this.. THANK YOU!!
also - thanks for editing it... now i feel really useless because i simply copy pasted what you actually sifted through.. lol..

PS: I WUVS FAIRY TALE LAND.. heehee..
ta for now..
Oh BTW: i don't think i put htis in any of my pervious posts.. I WUVS LALIT!!
He is the love of my life.. (no deeps i still insist on keeping cell division as well)
Teeheehee.. the story behind him will come some other time.. Its not a saga or anything.. but blah..

Ah i have decided to just edit this post to write more..
Garam Masala - what a no show...
Well it began well enough.. ANS AKSHAY LOOKS WAAAAAAY CUTE WITH A PUPPY DOG FACE teehee.. except.. after a bit it just became a toture to watch the movie.. The songs - well take out the lyrics and you have an AWESOME party music.. fantastic beats.. The picturisation- well its best left unsaid... No acting by either John or Akshay.. Paresh Rawal was great as usual. So was Rajpal Yadav. WHY they had to sign up Asrani and Rimii Sen is beyond me though because they did nothing in the movie.. or rather weren't given anything to do. It was "SAD" haha.. thats it.. ta!

PPS: Pooja has delegated an Unspeakable meaning to the word 'pen' (yeah you'll only figure out if you think REAL hard.. and REAL dirty) haaha.. therefore 'pen' will henceforth be referred to as "thingy".. *washes out mouth for she has already said the 'thingy' 's real name so many times*

PPPS: i am NEVER gonna edit my posts EVER again.. i've done it more than 8 times today... thats enough to last me a lifetime..

PPPPS: (i'm gonna have to mind my P's) after saying all that i did end up editing it AGAIN.. i swear i will delete the edit post option...

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Well.. first things first.. the new and improved term for "sucks" is "inhales" *guffaws* haha.. todays Bombay Times.. the comic strip 'Hi & Lois'
Well i had lots to say.. however.. i have forgotten.. never mind...
Ah.. paddy's in Ganpati Phule.. and her description of the hotel was... well.. funny...
She didn't seem too happy *silent laughter* - sorry deeps.. wish you could've stayed at the AWESOME guest house like i did.. haha
Oh i have realised - my mom has clean-o-mania.... not good.. the other day she felt irritated coz my bro spoilt the floor of the railway waiting room with his dirty and wet shoes... haha..
Oh she's come.. must go!!
ELDEST is the AWESOMEST book EVER!!