I've been tagged by Poorn.

The significance of number 1-10 in my life.Thought I'll give this a shot

1: The no of siblings i have. Only. Thank god.Also, the number of cameras i own.

2: The nag brigade. My parents. Annoying and equally adorable.

3: No of careers i wan to have. Simultaneously. It also signifies the number of BFF. ( Gwad! i sound so lame!)

4:No of alumni i belong to. Nagasena Vidyalaya Vidya Mandir, Mount carmel college, VIT.

5: No of years in Mount Carmel college. Those were the best days.. and all that.
6:No of crushes ive had. Its a pitiful number.:(

7:No of MAD cousins i have. My childhood wouldnt have been the same without them

8: Is the number of days left for me to finish my thesis

9: I just like this number.I do.

10: Is the rank i was stuck most of my school life.

This is a special inclusion.

11. The number of active Thikkal club member. My favorite type of people.

Well. Its an attempt.

Update: Im in lab at 7 on a saturday.

Long since.

It's been ages since ive written anything. A poem. A story. A blog.

Its been ages since i finished a book. I am now in the process of reading at least three.

Thesis becokens. I havent a clue how to write one.

It rained today . Hail stones. In spite of my damn runny nose, I couldnt resist dancing in the rain. Its why i love Bangalore. April showers. Beautiful and poetic even.

I had really good weekends last month. The Bombat bombshells. Thats what we have named ourselves. It was a re living of the Pre university days. Mad dances. Crazy stay overs. Tang fears its not going to be the same, what with people moving out. Will we ever be Bombat again?

Change takes over everything. I find myself turning rather clingy because of these changes. Rather annoying even to me.

'So, What plans after MSc?' - I vote this the most annoying question ever.

Work has to be done. So much. Tau and Parkinson's and what not?

I listen to songs now. Thats strange. Really.

Photography is my new passion. (www.flickr.com/photos/meghnaiyengar)I can be a million times better . But I dont think its a bad start. Thanks Dad!

Got drunk recently. Apparently I develop an accent when i am. Didnt like the hangover one bit.

Went to the planetarium recently.Watched a show. I think its one of the most romantic places. Truely.

Am annoyed with a lot of things.

Am happy about a lot of things.

Angel cards say im emerging.
Who knew.

To Hero and my lou. Hope of Happiness.

Random and Mind fucked.

Happiness

The last few weeks in my circle of friends hasn't been pleasant. Fights. Make ups. A Good damn circus. I was the mute spectator. Well, maybe not that mute. Everyone around me was so miserable and that got me thinking.
When i look back on my life at this point , i realize that all that i had been miserable too. And for no reason as such. Sad and miserable. I had everything that i ever wanted. Why had i been that miserable?
Am i happy now, because i have made up my mind to be? Is happiness all in the head? Can you be happy at will?

Man- Galore .

The terrorists have stopped playing pin the bomb. So far so good. But, our reporters are running out of news. Pakistan's apathy now is old. It is after all the TRP.

Sri Ram sena, a group founded by Pramod Muthalik who was formerly a member of the Bajrang Dal, is a strong hidhutva group. On Saturday, 24 th of Jan 2009, these people attacked a pub,because the girls there were a 'disgrace' to Indian culture. Yeah right. And they got this moral code from where exactly? The public was physically abused.Girls shouldn't drink or smoke. They should wear sari's and bindi's and not raise their voice against the men. I think this is assertion of Power. Men do not control women anymore and that bothers these men.Insecure bastards. .

I believe, these 'armies' do get funds from Hindutva supporters. i do believe that a lot of Hindu's think they are becoming the minority . But blaming a government really? Maybe they thought BJP might not harm them much , but you think it would have mattered to them who was on the seat? And really when the media is everywhere nowadays, why would BJP play 'political games'? I understand that leaders weren't arrested immediately and this has irked a lot of people ( me included). Women especially. BUT Talibanisation of India?? IT was ONE attack ? what is Noida then? The Genghisisation?

I agree what happened in Mangalore was wrong. I am a woman. I go to pubs.I'm as outraged as the next person. It has to be reported, i agree. But it has been four days today. Don't you think news channels like TIMES NOW are blowing the issue out of proportion. Debates in which people who were not even from Karnataka participating. And while we are at it, i thought journalists weren't supposed to be biased, but Arnab Goswamy was exactly that. I'm not BJP supporter. Hell, I'm hardly interested in politics.But i think we need perspective.Moral policing has always been there. Following up is necessary , but a dedicated hour debate? where the winning side has already been picked? I don't think its fair.

Anyway, Freedom to walk on the road peacefully without fearing rapists or eve teasers is my only want from whichever government.Hopefully all this is sorted out and the men are duly punished.

PS: Change is required and therefore every vote counts. I might not follow politics day to day, but I do my research before i vote. Please vote.You are responsible.

A song was sung. Dark blue like the night sky. Hidden in every syllable was a deep secret. An evil secret. The notes took to the sky anddanced. A call for the greater evil. The song was sung by the soil of goodness who was unaware of the harm caused. My question is once the soul finds out, what'll it support? Power? or her damned existance?

The world is ending.

Dont you think?

The bombs haven't stopped.

The terrorists are everywhere. Fear is rampant.

Emotions are rewired.

What is the cause actually?

obliterate ? blow everything to smithereens?

The world is coming to an end.

CSA in India

When i got into undergraduate course and i found out a few of my classmates didn't really know how.. well.. we make babies. I was a little shocked.I after all had known about it when i was in the 7th grade.Then i went into Masters and i realized that i was in some kind of time warp. At least partially.

Most of what i knew about sex then came from other friends and i got a lot of it from reading Women's Era personals.Well, i did say i was in the 7th grade.

Anyway, all that got me thinking. We Indians are mostly prudish. The word 'Sex' brings about scandalized gasps in most of the households. My mother's sex education amounted to saying.." err, Meghna? do you know??..." about two years back. Therefore its not surprising that most of us Indians don't think child sexual abuse happens in India.But it does and i believe it's quite rampant. I had heard of Child sexual abuse. I believed it happened in India. But like most of them i thought it was rare that it happened here. I thought these people were generally from the lower classes and not amongst the middle class to which i belong.

I soon learnt i was wrong. About two people i know personally have been abused sexually when they were children. And one of my friend knows another. These people were sexually abused by close relatives.Uncles, Family friends, Cousins even father in some instances.When these kids realized that there was something wrong and told their parents, they were said to be lying. A strong word for a kid who has just been raped.Parents or the elders brush off the issue and behave normally and the kid has to grow up seeing their rapists walk around free all their lives.

Why are men who rape adults taken more seriously then those who sexually abuse children? Don't the children deserve to be taken seriously?

Each of these people i know have been affected adversely. They look normal, yes, but these girls, are mentally disturbed. They grow with a shadow of that experience and the disgust at the freedom that their abusers enjoy.

/www.karmayog.org/childsexabuse/childsexabuse_3301.htm

Gives the inadequate laws of the Indian system. Stringent laws are the call for the day.

http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=476&Itemid=34

is a good article.

Awareness has to be created and children have to be taught the good touch

from the bad when they are young.Lets try to make the world a better place for

our children.