An unusual visitor

While Diwali rains brought snakes to the houses in Chennai, my cousin had rather an unusual visitor. She was found huddled shivering and yelping beneath a thrown away chair at the back of his house. Well they accepted her graciously. She has slowly found her way into their houses and in our hearts.Wish I had been so lucky. This Sunday found me trying to get her to know me. It was all in vain. All she liked was lying down and letting me pet her like she was a queen. And she likes peeing wherever she pleases. We are yet to christen her.I suggested the name "Hermionie" but not sure whether my cousin accepts the same.I am sure she will appear more on this blog.Watch out for her.

Southpaw or pawless?

On Sunday morning, Mom and I were watching some scenes from the tamil movie "Gajini" where they were showing Surya playing Sanjay signing a cheque for charity. Surya took a pen in his left hand and neatly signed the cheque. That prompted a "oh" from my Mom. On further questioning, she replied that she didnt expect Surya to be left handed (not sure if he is really) and that left handedness implied bad parentage. I was shell shocked. How in the dickens could she think like that? And there are many such parents I have seen who have concluded that their children are disabled because they are southpaws. Have these people seen Wasim Akram bowl? Or Adam Gilchrist bat? Have they heard of Bill clinton? Julius Caesar and Napolean were also supposed to be left handed. The people who gave us "Alice in Wonderland" and "Tom Sawyer" were left handers. Little do these people realise that talent lies a few inches above in the brain and left handedness lies in the gene and that we are like compiled C codes and we cant change the way we do certain things.I wish I was a southpaw though I do experiment batting left handed sometimes.

What ever happened to Darker Dudes?

Well an ad in the paper about a fairness cream for men has prompted this outburst from me? Well Mr. Shahrukh khan is seen coming out a bathtub endorsing the fact that fair means lovely. Whatever happened to Mr.Khan? Hasnt he seen Madhavan or any not so fair good looking dudes? Well if emami,lux are promoting these cheap incorrect facts then I pity them for our indian girls have started seeing more than fairness in men. I am half a hypocrite writing this article because I went for an unsuccessful facial last week. I ended up paying 700 bucks for being sprayed rosewater,watermelon juice and some fruits on my face trying to look fair...Nothing ever happened and I swore I wouldnt try this stuff again. I am going to be dark and be proud of it..I am not going to spend my life worrying about my colour.So Mr.Khan you can act in better ads.

An attempt at poetry!!

THE METAMORPHOSIS...

Am the captain of my fate
Going to steer my ship away
Before it’s going to be late
An imbecile I have been
The devil had been waiting at the gate
A beacon has shown me the way
Saving my ship from going astray.


All is not lost
But my strength and vigor
There is a time to lose
Now is the time to get back
I will save my soul
From the deepest sins I have done
Sloth was my master
Gluttony was my friend
I have been playing with these demons
While my shadow became wider.


I have seen the beacon
I have got the warning
The ship needs to be saved
No longer will I be lonely
And allow myself to succumb
To the dark devil called fear
Humor have I mistaken
For a phantom called ridicule
Laughter I created
In the minds of others
By plunging my soul
Amidst the darkest of insults.


This is a moment of reckoning
Never again will I crave for food
Or will I crave any pleasure
I will no longer please the devils
And be a fool amongst fools

Higher will I soar
Greater than the
Depth I have plunged
The moment has come
For the healing of my soul
A winner I will be
As you will all soon see
And I will share my winnings gladly with thee.


The time has come for me
To enter the unfamiliar
terrain of wedlock
Which I swear to travel
with love and lots of patience
After all theres going to be nice company in this life
In the form of a friend called wife.


I will no longer prolong my suffering
Of being a mere weakling
Am going to steer my fate
Before it’s going to be too late.


----Navin

(18/11/2005, Chennai, 1 AM)

New Haute Couture!!

Latest fashion statement going around is wearing the wrist bands carrying the words "Live Strong"..These are distributed by the Lance Armstrong Foundation and can be obtained at Archies for 40 bucks. The money apparently goes to funding cancer affected families. Well theres one ony wrist for a noble cause..

Bought a new flat!!

Alas!! I own 650 sq ft of land in this world. It feels so good to own a flat and rent it.:)

Well it is a 2 month procedure which really exhausted my dad and me. But it was worth it.

When it rains IT POURS!!

The well know saying came true last week in chennai when it started raining cats and dogs continuously for 2 weeks due to a depression on the day. So much was the rain that it caused total havoc in the city. as for me, rain meant staying indoors watching TV which I got bored within a day. Heres a pic of how evil it looked on a rainy day. This rain has created many lakes in the city.:)



no cricket and play for the last 2 weeks...its really boring..But thank god not much power cuts in nungambakkam. The whole city is facing a cholera and dengue epidemic. and the streets are flooded with sewage water. Hope the rain stops and the situation lightens up.