Indecisiveness can be a very very bad thing. You should never take a decision without considering all the pros and cons of the situation. And once a decision is made, STICK to it... and it's never a good thing to wonder if it was the right decision or not... whether you are doing the right thing or not....
Once you've taken the plunge, you've taken it... that's that!

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high...

The headlines in the paper today justly reflect the sad situation in the country. No one knows whats going to happen next... it's like a lull before a big storm... remembered these lines from a poem by RNT (that's not Ratan Tata, that's RabindraNath Tagore!). I think it suits the situation very well...

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Where knowledge is free;
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow domestic walls;
Where words come out from the depth of truth;
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection;
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way into the dreary desert sand of dead habit;
Where the mind is led forward by thee into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
~Rabindranath Tagore

Updates

Nothing new happening in life actually... met up with an old friend from IIMK & his wife... felt really nice to relive those old days.... and actually after meeting we realised that we had never really been good friends in the proper sense of the word... guess we were just acquaintances- but the mutual liking and respect ensured that we 3 had a really nice time together...amazing pastry at Kookie jar and then a flopped trip to Victoria Memorial, ensured the day was pretty memorable :)

Landed up at a friend's place at 7am to give her bday wishes.... we entered her room, with the cake, singing "Happy Bday" at the top of our voices.... and when she suddenly woke up completely shocked, we knew we had achieved what we had set out for :) Then an amazing english breakfast at Flury's... not to forget Rashi's rendition of Happy Bday on the saxophone...
overall a very cool start to a long day....

Love the new Airtel Ads

Simply love the Vidya balan-Madhavan Airtel ads.... in a matter of seconds, the couple portray their love so simply.... and I really like the simple actions in the ads... like Madhavan lying on the bed and talking to her.. or Vidya Balan throwing the cards at his face in the train sequence... or the scene where she keeps stopping the elevator when he is leaving for a trip....

Very very smooth... great execution...

Picked/stole this one from Sheeba's blog. It just says so much :)

Gggrrrr..... %$#@&*&%$#

Men are such cheap creatures, I wish there were no males on this earth! The world would be a much nicer place to live in! My 10 year old niece experienced her first eve-teasing today... she is, I repeat 10 years old!! What the f#@* is the matter with this world?? Am I the only one here who feels that something needs to be done to stop this!!! Why should an innocent kid have to go through something so cheap and vulgar for no fault of her own? Simply because two sex-starved males thought it would be fun to see her squirm in discomfort???

You know what is the sad part?? That moms tell their daughters to ignore all this or women just get used to it and take it lying down. How many of us have been grabbed, squeezed, pinched or leered at, at some point of our lives??? I'm sure almost half of the world's population- and the perpetrator is the other half of the world (the supposedly superior half!) Bloody hell!! As usual, my concern is about those men who are supposedly educated (believe me, they are just literate!)...I know for a fact that most guys have done any of the following - stare at girls, pass comments, make cheesy remarks...! They think they're very smart- or that girls like that kind of attention.... Well, thanks, but no thanks.

There is a role that women also need to play here- they need to tell their partners, friends, brothers, sons etc that this is not something funny. Everytime we find ourselves at the receiving end of this kind of attention, it leaves us feeling disgusted, irritated and vulnerable. Just stop it, please....it's a humble request.

You know what I like about blogging? I like it when people read what I've written and relate to it. Sometimes they'll leave a comment, totally empathising with my thoughts or situation. Sometimes they even call or ping on gtalk and say that they could totally relate to what I felt... or give me their views... the best is when people leave messages saying that I shouldn't feel down, or give me advice to keep calm etc... It's nice to know that I am not a freak and others go through similiar patterns or thoughts like I do...

Of Birthdays and other nice things...

Birthdays are very nice occassions... they give you an opportunity to make people happy... however much people may deny it- they all look fwd to their birthday and wait impatiently for gifts. Whether it is a small token of friendship or an expensive gift, just the thought that someone cared for you is enough :)
I remember sending flowers to a friend for his birthday, a couple of years back. When he received them he was soooo surprised because it was completely unexpected. I remember his call in the middle of the afternoon, thanking me profusely. He said, "You know, no one has ever given me flowers before.." :D
That's what I like- being able to make people happy (esp. when they are ot expecting it)