2009

I have great expectations and live in bad faith, that really doesn't leave much optimism for the year ahead. However, i hope to redeem myself. May this year be a year of promise, a year we renew our trust in what we truly believe to be just and fair. Let there be fulfillment, peace of mind and love to be shared. And most of all let us make our dreams a humble reality.God bless Humanity.

Songs of the Year

1. What a day for a daydream-Lovin' Spoonful

2. Kaise Mujhe-Ghajini

X'mas

Warmly wrapped in my woollens, I'm listening to John Coltrane at home. He is God, the creator of sublime and soulful music. Jazz is filling up my senses and i feel alive and awakened. I have never felt so at peace with myself.

Sat, Tat and Aum.

Life.

...2008...

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before?

Travelling to foreign lands with my dear sisters.

2. Did you keep your new years resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

No, never intend to.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Yes, my cousin who gave birth to an adorable baby girl named Vani.

4. Did anyone close to you die?

NO.

5. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

3 July, the journey of a lifetime begins............

6. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

Sharing the love and affection of the children i work with.

7. What was your biggest failure?

Losing my focus in life. Stagnation.
8. Did you suffer illness or injury?

I'm constantly in and out of minor illnesses.

9. Whose behaviour merited celebration?

The positive behavioural change of some of the children in the halfway house.

10. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?

Apathy of the general public and the attitude of some of my colleagues.

11. Where did most of your money go?

On parents, helping them out in times of need.

12. What did you get really excited about?

My holiday to Thailand and Bali. I loved the whole experience.
13. What song will always remind you of 2008?

Seal-Crazy and Telepopmusick-Breathe
14. Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?

Sadder.
15. What do you wish you'd done more of?

Having a strong purpose in life.

16. What do you wish you'd done less of?

Cribbing and Procrastinating.

17. How will you be spending Christmas?

With family and friends. High.
18. Did you fall in love in 2008?

In love.

19. How many one night stands?

None.
20. What was your favourite TV programme?

Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations. Hands Down.

21. What was the best book you read?

Yann Martel's Life of Pi. Tough choice.
22. What was your greatest musical discovery?

Indian classical music in its enormity.
23. What did you want and get?

A holiday to an exotic destination.
24. What did you want and not get?

Passing in Paper III of my Human Rights Course. A first of sorts.
25. What was your favourite film of this year?

Dark Knight. Heath Ledger.
26. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

Had a party with close friends over. Turned 23.
27. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Read more books from the world of social science academics.

28. What kept you sane?

Pinoo, dancing and travel

29. Who was the worst new person you met?

Not quite sure.
30. Who was the best new person you met?

Melissa, Charmaine, Elaine and Benjamin.
31. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.

Be the change. Act now.

32. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year.

Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gum. Ta ra rum pum pum.

weirdass

nidhi went to school in chennai and bangalore
up north shes got no room
she has a heavy presence down south
and across the breadth from east to west
nidhi loves minto
the bow wow
she twists herself into natural shapes
and distorts fiction
conveniently when the truth threatens
the stories shes told
to unsuspecting passengers on the morning metro
----a neurotic sketch
presumably monkey
and a pat on the back
to scratch the bum
not warm the heart
-----starts from the second line