Hero Worship

Posted on: Aug 16, '07

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Hero Worship!

I was one of the cricket freaks who worshipped Tendulkar and Zaheer.I was one of those who cried their lives out when Kalpana Chawla died.I was one of those who screamed with joy when Sunita Williams went to space. Then I sobered up last week and thought 'OMYGOSH! What's the matter with me?' And after observing people for a week now I think 'OMYGOSH! What's the matter with the nation?' Because I found a billion people hero worship almost everybody in random.Excusing our cricketers (coz that can't be helped) lets move on to the other two people I've mentioned above(just like examples and illustrations in our text books?Sorry can't help it).

Well, Kalpana Chawla-Harrison was an American citizen who worked in 'her' country's most important institution.I wonder what that has to do with India's pride.I don't find the fact that she was Indian-born amazing. Of course, the loss of seven unsuspecting lives is pathetic but it is equally disgusting to find people, even the government, making one of them a hero because they died the way they did.

As for Sunita's case I felt more irritated.Atleast Kalpana was born and brought-up in India. But Sunita is completely American.Ethnicaly she is part Slovenian.She was not too desi.Her mother says that RAM was the only hindi word Sunita could ever write. Sunita was a patriotic American child. She worked in the Defense as she had dreamed. She married a patriotic collegue.What among these made India proud? Nothing, right? So what is the point of "Hail-all-sunita-the-pride-of-india"-ing?

Er...I'm exhausted and forgot all my points so this is it.An incomplete blog.

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Examz

Posted on: Aug 01, '07

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Examz

It is drizzling here in Chennai and its a really cool climate, except the fact that internal exams are starting tomorrow. I can't understand how things change so drastically. We had just celebrated the Ethnic Day of our college - and had a lot of fun (obviously) - and now when we had just settled down to concentrate on the 'stuff' our lecturers had taught - which we didn't care to concetrate on, (again obviously) - we were told that our internals are on August 2. My God! How can such things happen? Though I'm a second year, I feel like an innocent fresher who finds out that fun is not the only thing in college when she is shocked with the announcement of internal exams. I wonder, when we have only'' three years to enjoy the status of a grown-up adult,why are exams there? They spoil the fun!

This post is from my blog in fropper