Women and The FaceBook

Facebook is like jail, you sit around and waste time, write on walls, and get poked by people you dont know.

 I’m not addicted to Facebook i just have an addiction to Facebook.

 You can do anything, but not everything.


Have you ever noticed that “lol” looks like a drowning man?
 I don’t think he was laughing out loud..

     We, the independent women of this century have no true friendship in real and virtual world. In our culture-torn India, the women folks are allowed to be independent, but to be dependent....confusing, isn't it?...but its true...Women know the secret of this independent cum dependent family values and how to abide, avert or act according to the situations. And so we survive in the real, reel and virtual world with little tampering. 

      Real world demands the physical as well as our mental stability. I dont know much about the reel world, as i am not in it. But heard that it needs more Horlicks than Boost...Coming to the virtual world, there is enough comedy to a hearty laugh with some pricks.

 Take the social network, FaceBook, true to its name, this one brings before us the true faces of others....

if you type a 'good morning' when the sun rises, sure of getting some 234 'hi's, 'good morning's till night. Wonder how many late risers the world has!!!

      On opening home page, you beam on seeing so many friend requests, going thru' it, you can bet a sport to spot out the original one from the fakes....click one, the about page shows only that he is a male. It is the best qualification you need to court a friendship with a girl in fb....nothing else is needed....

      Then there are other fellows who use fake ids projecting faces of actors or glamour girls. Their walls show bright morning and sweet nite pics posted by their so far 48(!)fake friends....you believe or not,these fellows are harmless. When i post a worthy post like an art work, they will blabber a 'hi, how r u..', 'hi, i like u'(not the art which i did), 'hello'(as i'm his mobile), 'where r u', 'wat doing?'..... 

      Some good(!) friends spearhead the rumors, bring forth the old clashes, live wire some controversial discussions, flare up misunderstandings, knotting good friends as to-be couples,....behave as if they are kids in school...

      Women happened to be in her 40+ must be aware of that she is having a nice(!) Indian family setup behind her, her daughters/DILs and sons/SILs.....She should be cautious about 

• confirming friend requests...(chaps working in Arabian countries, young chaps in college/school final)
• writing in private messages...(as it may get copied & pasted or posted)
• let not the praising from your friend gets into your head...(as its a virtual world, he can open many windows for simultaneous chatting)

    One friend of mine chats up to 2 in the morning as her hubby sleeps with loud snore. One twinkly night, another ffriend(a senior citizen) post a status update that she is going to end her life as there is no point in living...after some dialogues like these,

'u are not mine...' 

'i wont meant that' 

'u r not here often'

'i'll come and see u'

went between her and a young guy, she pacified and became active from the next day. Is this a true friendship or what sort of relationship is this? I cant guess...

FaceBook...the name stands and answers...

Revolution 2020 - A Run Through

Revolution 2020
By
Chetan Bhagat

Chetan Bhagat's  Revolution 2020 is a good attempt of bringing the society's corrupted lives, the nuances of the spirituality town Varanasi, touches AIEEE, JEE exams a bit, deals the love triangle going between three childhood friends, their attempts to succeed in lives, one being buckles to our corrupted system, other being stand straight and the third being the girl who torn between the boys. Book deals the intrications of love, lust, money, property deals and all that.....  


Gopal, a non-succeeder in AIEEE and JEE exams, opened an Engineering college in his disputed land with the help of a scammed politician. He believes in going through our corrupted system and got into the luxuries of life at an early age.
Raghav, an aspirant engineer from BHU, takes out to streets as his passion is journalism to make straight the corrupted system starting from the small town of Varanasi.
Aarti, the girl who caught between these two friends, shuttles through love and friendship.  


The author plays well with girls' feelings and analyses every bit how they behave and do things while they are in high and low times and get deep in this novel than his previous works and somewhat it appears worth. But no one is there to write how boys behave in such situations.... playing dumb or enjoying all? Someone must come up with these.

Chetan Bhagat

Missing threads....


When the main character, Gopal, toils to get his life lifted, he never once think about his father. The land in which he is constructing a college is the disputed land which drowned his father into debt. When you have hard times, you think about the person who dear you(Parents), not the person whom you dear(GF). But here its different. Gopal came to his senses of remembering his father, nearly after the lapse of 120 pages, and that too after he slept with her one day. Lust first, Father next.....


In all his books, the author seems to be in a thought that always a man care for his lady love and nothing else came to his mind. This is a bad illusion, Chetan Bhagat. Try to change this mindset from the next novel. There are so many things in life other than girls.


And the obstacles he is facing while constructing his college are not at all explained well compared to that of the author went on explaining in detail about the entrance exam coaching centers of Kota. The author just shifts the problems Gopal faces in this construction issue to the scammed politician Shukla.




'If Lust wins, Love fails' Myth went wrong....


Most part of this book covers the love and lust whirling around the three friends. Gopal loves Aarti from childhood and in turn she loves Raghav. But she agrees to sleep with Gopal, as her BF is not ready to spend time with her. She fills the vacuum with another one....how sweet she is....Suitable Indian Bride of 2020....


And here where lust plays a main part and the author handles it well. The guilty feelings, confused act of a girl in this situation is stated right. After that also the author maintains the true love the boy has with the girl besides sleeping with her often. And what the boy did at the end of the story, for his love, is the finishing work of this novel and its the crowning part also. I appreciate the author for breaking the myth, 'lust is behind every love'.....






Hats Off to Chetan Bhagat


At some points in this book, the author shows his inclination towards the society than his earlier ones. His boyish style of writing has changed to a more matured part.


At one point, when Gopal finishes with her in the hotel room, we murmurs, 'ya....he deserves'. That much of love the author intricates through out the book and wins our heart. When the boy insist the girl to be with him through out his life, one can think that it is the continuation of his desire. But we are proved wrong by the author. And when the boy goes to open up this matter to her lover, as the title states the revolution starts, the story twists and takes a turn and we see the story through Raghav..... The money, mercedes benz and the luxury are nothing in front of humanity is proved in this book. Good writing. Here the author stands tall.....


But again Chetan slips in one instant.....When Gopal decides to snap off the love ties with Aarti, the author may chosen some other means other than this filmy one. We had seen this thing so many Indian masala films....why the author sail the same way...to prove his Indian roots?


Though some writing appears filmy, its nice to see a young chap who buckles to our corrupted system raises to set right the system and thereby decides to let another guy, who fights for the society to get hold of the reins. 


Through the last lines in the book, the author sees Gopal as 'the Good' and more ahead of him, we started thinking Gopal as 'the Good'.


Chetan gives this time a passionate and  revolutionary novel that opens up the societal changes and we eagerly awaits for his new one to be better than this one....

Real Revolution....

Valluvarkottam

A Honour To Thiruvalluvar

             Thiruvalluvar, the classical tamil poet who penned down 1330 verses of Thirukural in 133 chapters. The monument for this great poet stands in Nungambakkam, Chennai as Valluvarkottam.

              It stands tall with a 127ft high temple chariot resembling Tiruvarur temple chariot, an auditorium which accommodate around 4000 people and inscriptions from Thirukural on granite stones erected in the mezzanine floor of the structure. The memorial is built using more than 3000 blocks of stone. 

             Valluvarkottam is architected by Ganapathi Sthapati  and personally constructed under the supervision of the then Chief Minister Karunanidhi. The memorial was opened on 1976 by the then President of India Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and presided by the Governor K K Shah.

             Its almost kept clean except the smell in the corners proved that we are real Indians.

Entrance                 

Chariot

Top

Bottom

Wheels 

Arch Entrance for Top Corridor

Relics

Terrace View

Valluvar

Life Size Statue of Thiruvalluvar

Public can access this renowned structure on all days between 8 am to 6 pm except Fridays and National Holidays. 
Visit Once.....