The infamous kiss between Richard Gere and Shilpa Shetty

Now that the summons are out from the Rajasthan High Court for Richard Gere's arrest, i am left wondering as to where these 'fast-track' courts are when we really need them...when a girl has been raped...when a women gets molested in a crowd..Where are all these courts and these so-called culture police?? Why don't they react to the fact that 50% of Indian children are victims of child abuse? Why don't they fight for child rights?

What I fail to comprehend is that why has the court which is supposed to be much more broad minded then the remaining people, send out summons to Gere knowing very well that he didn't force anything upon Miss Shetty and inspite of Miss Shetty's all out support for Gere. What was the High court of Rajasthan trying to prove through this judgement??

The fact remains that Gere or no Gere, Indian culture is eroding at a pace faster than that of the glacier of Gangotri!! So why make a big hullabaloo about a psuedo kiss that happened between two celebrities? Don't we have better things to concentrate on?

Richard Gere has been working in India for the past decade and is perhaps one of the earliest members who triggered the HIV-AIDS campaign in India, a country which was being ravaged by this disease silently a decade ago. Heroes Foundation was a brain child of this man. Heroes Project is a national initiative launched in July 2004, by Richard Gere and Parmeshwar Godrej to work with media organisations and societal leaders in India. It seeks to develop co-ordinated campaigns to address the spread of HIV/AIDS, and reduce stigma and discrimination by educating the public and advocating for change in policies.

So here is a man who comes down to our country to do some NATIONAL good and here we are making a hue and cry over some insignificant issue. Is it that we are bored? Or is it there is just no news to fill the prime spots in 24/7 News channel thus every small thing becomes a national news?

We made a hue and cry over the treatment being meted out to Shetty during her participation in Big Brother on grounds of racism. I have a question to ask. Aren't we being racial too? Would the RSS have reacted in the same manner if the same scene had happened between Shilpa Shetty and Amitabh Bacchan? Or maybe with a Shahrukh Khan?

For heavens sake there are a 100 people out there who tarnish Indian culture? Where were these courts when the historic monuments were being raped by 'majnus'? Or when some media houses bring out some really insulting defamatory advertisements?

THINK ABOUT IT!!! HOW INDIAN ARE WE REALLY??

Cheers!
Priya

A tribute to a great environmentalist..will miss u surely!

For a reptile lover like me..the death of one of the world's well known wild life conservationist came as a blow..out of no where..for someone whoz been watching croc hunters regularly..d fact that Steve Irwin is no more has numbed me..You must be probably wondering why the death of some tv show host should upset me so much..well the fact remains that he wasnt just another tv host..he was STEVE IRWIN..steve irwin who brought out the beauty in reptiles to the world all over..he had the ability to bring out the best out of any animal..And he played a major role in creating awareness about the dreaded reptiles..let it be crocs or snakes..when i say i love snakes people give me the weirdest looks..i say watch steve irwin's show and tell me why one shouldnot love these underdogs of the wildlife.....

Steve Irwin was a great guy who dedicated his whole life into the conserving the wildlife and he did this by influencing people with his risky documentaries..he acted as a link between humanity and wildlife..that was steve irwin..and the fact that he died while filming another documentary so that us the lesser mortal get to know about the hidden secrets of mother nature is saddening..it is downright unfair....

Those who watched his show regularly would agree with me when i say that he gave a lot of importance to life...not just human life but life of any kind....He and Terri entertained and educated millions of people all around the world about the nature...and helped environmentalists reach out to the people...His was a glorious life.. and a pride to Australia....
He was one lucky bloke and i surely am gonna miss him a lot..

Kudos to Steve..kudos to his efforts..kudos to the croc hunter..

Signing off
Priya

Time and Tide waits for none

Life is so funny...everyday is a new experience..sometimes it can be extremely monotonous and sometimes it is in your face..sometimes life is going just according to your usual routine and suddenly something happens that just shakes ur routine..that makes u realise so many things in one day...Thats life!

Time and tide wait for none! My dad says this all this time and i usually look at him with a 'watever' kind of look...with a sense of arrogance wondering why does he think so..i had taken so many things and so many people for granted that the thought that nothing and noone is immortal never struck me..and even if it did i would push it to the back of my side....

Then the thought came to the forefront when i lost my grandfather the other day...on may the 2nd after a short struggle...a struggle to leave this world rather than a struggle for life..He was one of the most active men that i had ever come across always moving around..he was more or less like a nomad...especially after his wife's demise ten years ago....and i had taken it for granted that he would be there always...so when i saw him in the hospital the other day struggling i was shocked...i felt myself go numb with pain...i was in a haze...didnt exactly know what was happening..i mean he was fine wasnt he?how could this happen to him?these were some of the thoughts that went through my mind..
Then came the flashes..the flashes of my time spent with him...the way he used to call me Queen Sheeba...of his smile..of the way he used to eat junk..(yea can u believe it he used to eat junk food!), flashes of laughter, flashes of my foraging his store room for treasure...(his store room was a treasure house of books and pens and other interesting material!)..

And then came the regret...the regret that i didnt spend enough time with him..regret that he had to leave so early..the same regret that i felt ten years ago when my grandma died all of a sudden..the regret that i couldnt express my love for him...the regret that he never got to see me reach great heights like he always wished for his grandchildren..regret that he didnt see me get married...the regret that he didnt see my children...

And the regret lead to pain..seering pain in my heart..a pain that is so hard to explain in words..a pain that one feels when they lose someone so close to their heart...and i just wanted to scream..ask the God how is it that my prayers always remain unanswered...pain immense pain mixed with regret sadness and guilt...guilt becoz i just took him for granted! guilt coz i didnt give him the time that he would have so loved...guilt becoz i was just so caught up in my life......

All that i am left with is the pain of losing him...of losing both my maternal grandparents...of losing a generation of wisdom...of losing a reservoir of love...Thatha this blog is for u..this space is for u...to let u know how much i love u and how much ur absence will be felt...how ur death taught me an essential lesson in life...DONT TAKE ANYONE FOR GRANTED!

His death gave me strength....like i say every experience in life teaches u a lot..redefines the way u look at life..even this experience has redefined my way of looking at life......thats life redefined! Life redefined through Death!

BLOGGING???WHATS THAT?

Thats the first question that i asked my friend Rakesh when he said hey read my blog! I never hid the fact that i wasnt as computer savvy as my little cousins but then hey this was something that was unheard of! Then i was introduced to the world of blogs, to the world of random thoughts, i got to read quite a few interesting, expressive blogs, but still never got myself to write one. I was so used to the printed word that somehow the virtual blogging took hell lotta time to digest!

Then my friend Vamsi sent me this link to create a blog..and well here iam..with my new blog!
I have finally moved into the era of blogging like millions others and well i hope to sustain amongst
all the other bloggers!!!!

Life Redifined thats the name of my blog..becoz eveyday one goes through different experiences and well as they all say EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER. life in itself teaches u a lot and ur perspective about life changes with every experience either for the better or for the worse...Im sure all of u agree with me..Iam what im today becoz of my experience with life...becoz life has redifined life for me!!! Let it be travelling in the bus, or talking to friends or while interviewing someone...life has taught me a lot...other's lives have been a source of unquencing inspiration like that of my servant maid determination to educate her blind daughter...
Thats life redifined...ur life is what u make of it!
signing off
Priya