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<u><strong>The Awesome Awfulness of Awesome</strong></u></div>
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As Clara and the prince glided gracefully across the stage in the Snow scene of the Nutcracker ballet, I watched with awe-inspiring joy, and filled with an overwhelming admiration I spontaneously exclaimed to myself, “<em>awesome</em>!”</div>
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Enchanted by the weightlessness, the nimble moves and the crisp, clean footwork of the performers, the audience broke into rapturous applause. Later, outside the theatre, praises for the ballerinas filled the air. Some appreciated ardently the prince’s athletic strides and others applauded the angelic and poised Clara, but a section of the audience undiscerningly chimed in with the broad, hold-all and recyclable superlative, “<em>awesome</em>!”</div>
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The ever-changing English language and its adaptability to newer expressions have aided manifold dictionaries. To that end, awesome, the most flexible of words, is ‘awesomely’ expanded to include a huge list of contexts. While the term conventionally implies an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration or fear, the same is now extensively used as a slang meaning very impressive.</div>
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And so, the opening of the Commonwealth Games prompted a dot-com to report: <em>John Barrowman Opens Glasgow 2014 With Awesome Selfie.</em></div>
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Earlier, when Novak Djokovic savored his Wimbledon win over Roger Federer by chewing on blades of grass from the club’s turf, stunned viewers bellowed the superlative almost rhythmically, ‘<em>awesome</em>!’.</div>
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Seated there, in the Royal Box, The Duchess of Cambridge and international style icon Victoria Beckham looked every bit awesome. </div>
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“But this is an awesome country with awesome potential...” said a freshman </div>
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American lawmaker in an embarrassing faux pas recently when he asked a couple of Indian-origin US officials about 'your country'.</div>
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A food blog reads: 10 awesome grilled sandwiches to try.</div>
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There’s this funny infographic about fifty awesome YouTube facts and figures. You should check that out!</div>
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And, if that is not enough, here’s a quote that chokes with the buzzword, “Awesome people have awesome attitudes and do things awesomely.”</div>
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Do I see you gagging already?</div>
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Wait, still to come are those that pepper everyday conversations: Germany vs. Argentina- what an awesome game that was!</div>
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The Fault in our Stars- you’ve got to watch that...Shailene Woodley is <em>awesome</em>! </div>
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By the way, have you tried Quinoa salad? It’s <em>awesome</em>!! </div>
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We went shopping for draperies and walked into a store that had the most awesome collection. </div>
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Our son’s new football coach is <em>awesome</em>!</div>
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We had an <em>awesome</em> trip to Monaco. </div>
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Your enchiladas were awesome; mine always unravel. </div>
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There were an awesome number of guests at my friend’s wedding. </div>
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The list, of course, is <u>endless</u> (and not awesome)!</div>
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The urban dictionary defines awesome as a '<em>sticking plaster' word used by Americans to cover over the huge gaps in their vocabulary. It is one of the three words which make up most American sentences.</em> </div>
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Are you nodding in agreement?</div>
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But why do we freckle our conversations, casual texts and chats with a clichéd expression? It’s a pity that the word which was once used to express genuine awe has now become an all-inclusive, blanket term littered all over off-the-cuff prints. What an awesome use of the hackneyed! </div>
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If you think the use (overuse or even misuse) of awesome makes you look cool, let me warn you, it doesn’t! You sound cliché-ridden! In case you’re trying to emulate the kid next door, grow up and get a life! There’s a huge list of words out there that can enliven your conversations to exactness. So, next time a friend impresses you with a prowess or an accomplishment, do not use a cursory and thoughtless awesome to laud him. It can be<em>outstanding, astounding, mind-blowing, sensational, fabulous, fantastic, magnificent, incredible, marvelous, overwhelming, phenomenal, remarkable, stupendous, fascinating or unbelievable</em>plus a lot more. Say anything more original or relevant than the moth-eaten awesome</div>
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Have you realized that only when you stop exercising your brain cells, awesome comes to your rescue as a filler to communicate your idea of excellence? In the process, however, you miss out on the precision of expression and end up sounding repetitious. </div>
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That’s the reason the ballerinas who were every bit graceful, energetic, nimble, poised, petite, and angelic, and who enthralled the audience with their fascinating performances, were effortlessly strewn together by many viewers in a catchall expression- awesome. A whole bundle of superlatives were tragically weighed down by a run-of-the mill expression!</div>
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Needless to say, everything that is ace is not awesome. All the more, language lovers are sick of hearing people calling things awesome. Having said that, I sheepishly admit that I am as blameworthy of hinging on the word as you are. It is, therefore, necessary that we tutor ourselves on more suitable adjectives and do away with our ignorance of alternatives. </div>
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Nevertheless, instead of ostracizing the word completely, let’s restrict its use to express real awe, the kind we may experience on our visit to the Victoria Falls on the Zambezi River in Southern Africa, where ‘the mist from the falls normally rises 1,300 feet and on nights with a full moon can cause a “Moonbow” ’. Undeniably, something as breathtaking and as jaw-dropping as that has got to be awesome. </div>
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What do you think?</div>
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Now, do you feel the need to credit your friend’s remarkable feat with something more suitable than awesome?</div>
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Don’t you wish to supplement your vocabulary with an assortment of words that you can use more precisely to fit the context and thereby appear less corny?</div>
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And last but not least, isn’t the overworked awesome entitled to better deal? </div>
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If you subscribe to the above and wish to sanitize your reviews, comments and statements hereafter, without ceasing to glorify the glorious, get yourself thinking and chattering off autopilot... The outcome, I assure you, is going to be <em>awesome</em> oops, striking!</div>
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<strong>About the column : </strong> I am no literary scholar, neither a linguist nor a grammarian, but one amongst you, who uses everyday English. It is my love for the language that enables me to observe keenly the trends in modern English. My column WordStock is an attempt to document the visible communication pattern and trends in the English language that we use as a tool to express, connect and correspond. No highbrowed, scholarly stuff but some salient peculiarities and quirks that mark regular expressions. It is all in good humor, about you and me, and the varied ingredients that constitute our language. So, stay on, enjoy the vignettes, and feel free to share your views.</div>
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About the author: The fragments that make up the world, its people and the impression they leave on her, prompts Ruby to share with you bits and pieces that you may find interesting or informative or both. Her reflections are a mosaic of personal and shared flavors. The content varies, but they're all about people-people like you and me, our footprints and her impressions, our pictures and her albums. She invites you to dip into her flavors, though you have the right to relish or refuse. Should you decide to scratch the surface, agree to disagree with her, but a thumbs up now and then won't hurt!</div>
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<strong>About Wordstock : </strong> I am no literary scholar, neither a linguist nor a grammarian, but one amongst you, who uses everyday English. It is my love for the language that enables me to observe keenly the trends in modern English. My column WordStock is an attempt to document the visible communication pattern and trends in the English language that we use as a tool to express, connect and correspond. No highbrowed, scholarly stuff but some salient peculiarities and quirks that mark regular expressions. It is all in good humor, about you and me, and the varied ingredients that constitute our language. So, stay on, enjoy the vignettes, and feel free to share your views.</div>
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<strong> Trending Vocab: Verbalizing</strong></div>
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Verbalizing implies changing nouns to verbs. Although, primarily a grammatical affair, verbalizing has recently gained ground as a popular style in tète-à-tète. Accordingly, a host of commonplace terms, expressions and phrases have acquired a face lift, so much so that our generation of youngsters uses them with easy familiarity. The tendency goes on to embrace a host of English speakers who find themselves using innocuous, modern-day versions of the more accustomed, typically used words and phrases. You may ''airbrush'' a picture, but it is rather acceptable to say that you ''Photoshopped'' it. Whether you have the Photoshop tool or not, the term ''Photoshopped'' suggests some sort of a camouflage that could have created a more endearing version of the real thing. Cool, isn't that?</div>
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Now, will you ''unlike'' me for being wacky or simply ''message'' me saying that you do not quite appreciate the way I'm getting along? Alternatively, you could 'inbox' me your number and I could call to explain myself. You may recoil at my lingo, but I guess I'm fine as long I'm ''Facebooking!'' However, if you still dislike me, you simply have to ''unfriend'' me. Notice how the Internet and social networking make vocabulary faddishly easy.</div>
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Verbalizing nouns has definitely to do with grammar, but modern day verbalizing has, to a marked degree, ''compartmentalized'' itself into informal conversation and social networking. Your friend's teen kid has made news by ''summiting'' the Everest. And while the kiddo may cringe about ''rooming'' with a geek at college, he has certainly chanced upon ''interfacing'' with a rocket scientist. For all you know, they may just ''partner'' on a new project and enjoy ''dialoguing'' about mutual interests.</div>
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Much of the recent verbalizing trends can be attributed to the Americanization of English. As British English is rapidly incorporating American flavors, ''verbalise'' with -ise is now written as ''verbalize'' with an -ize. Thus, it isn't uncommon to use words like ''symptomize,'' ''commercialize'' '''radicalize,'' or ''glamorize,'' yet it is more of a trend to say ''twitterize'' yourself, ''vampirize'' the guy and ''calendarize'' the events. These catch phrases may not have found their way into mainstream dictionary but there's something called an Urban Dictionary. Did you know about that yet?</div>
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It is a fact that users of English have taken certain words to the gallows and reincarnated them with a dash of colloquialism. Nevertheless, one mustn't forget that verbalizing is often wrought with trickiness. It is fine to 'text' a friend and 'spam' a stalker, but one certainly cannot post a link on another's Facebook page and say, "Hey! I've 'linked' you a funny video." Also, you can ''Google Search'' a long lost friend but you simply cannot ''Yahoo Search'' him. You may ''email," ''ping'' or ''WhatsApp'' him, but you possibly can't ''Facebook'' or ''LinkedIn'' him. And, do you realize that while you can ''lunch'' or ''dine'' with the consultant who ''head hunted'' you for your current role, you definitely cannot ''breakfast'' or ''coffee'' with him? Doesn't that get unpredictable?</div>
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I confess I do not ‘network’ so actively. But, if you ‘StumbleUpon’ more such facts, do ‘circularize’ the same.</div>
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And, if you have any memories of the teenyboppers who loved to ‘Obama-ize’ their pictures, wait; they are probably waiting to ‘Clinton-ize’ the same! While you puzzle over that, here’s to some cheerful ‘transitioning’ from the standardized to the snazzy.</div>
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<strong>About the column : </strong> I am no literary scholar, neither a linguist nor a grammarian, but one amongst you, who uses everyday English. It is my love for the language that enables me to observe keenly the trends in modern English. My column WordStock is an attempt to document the visible communication pattern and trends in the English language that we use as a tool to express, connect and correspond. No highbrowed, scholarly stuff but some salient peculiarities and quirks that mark regular expressions. It is all in good humor, about you and me, and the varied ingredients that constitute our language. So, stay on, enjoy the vignettes, and feel free to share your views.</div>
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<strong>About the author</strong>: <em>The fragments that make up the world, its people and the impression they leave on her, prompts Ruby to share with you bits and pieces that you may find interesting or informative or both. Her reflections are a mosaic of personal and shared flavors. The content varies, but they're all about people- people like you and me, our footprints and her impressions, our pictures and her albums. She invites you to dip into her flavors, though you have the right to relish or refuse. Should you decide to scratch the surface, agree to disagree with her, but a thumbs up now and then won't hurt!</em></div>
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<a class="active" href="http://bkhush.com/dev/content/wordstock#comment-1465536" style="color: #935b9f; font-size: 1.2em; text-decoration: none;">Loved it. Will keep coming</a></h3>
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Submitted by <a href="http://bkhush.com/dev/users/saloni" style="color: #935b9f; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" title="View user profile.">Saloni</a> on Wed, 07/09/2014 - 23:44.</div>
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Do you agree that using improper grammar can make you look like a dud? Or, do you feel that laying too much emphasis on grammar is an elitist thing? Despite all the fuss, the fact is that we all make grammatical errors...</div>
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The Arabian fairy tales have fueled the idea of a perfect romance amid golden sands and under starry skies. So, if you’re in Dubai, absorb these enchanting ideas and learn about some exotic deals that’ll add that unique Arabic flavor to your romance.</div>
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Submitted by <a href="http://bkhush.com/dev/users/ruby-sahay" style="color: #935b9f; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;" title="View user profile.">Ruby Sahay</a> on Mon, 06/30/2014 - 14:52</div>
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<strong>About WordStock: </strong>I am no literary scholar, neither a linguist nor a grammarian, but one amongst you, who uses everyday English. A non-native speaker whose first language is English, it is my sensitivity, and a definite love for the language that enables me to observe keenly the trends in modern English. My column <em>WordStock</em> is an attempt to document the visible communication pattern and trends in the English language that we use as a tool to express, connect and correspond. No highbrowed, scholarly stuff but some salient peculiarities and quirks that mark regular expressions. It is all in good humor, about you and me, and the varied ingredients that constitute our language. So, stay on, enjoy the vignettes, and feel free to share your views.</div>
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<img alt="" src="http://i640.photobucket.com/albums/uu121/antach/antach020/51ac7fd3-b16b-47e5-9d81-9a0f2d53e0d7_zps8eca1812.jpg" style="border: 3px solid; float: left; height: 400px; margin: 2px; width: 350px;" /> "Well, I googled the recipe for that perfect guacamole!" Now how's that? Did you 'Google' the recipe or did you 'search on the Internet'? The latter may appear a term conventionally preferred but the former increasingly trends in usage. And despite the fact that one may use several other search engines to look up a fact, one simply ''googles'' it. Interesting, isn't it? One of the most flourishing developments in modern communication is the burgeoning use of verbalizing.</div>
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Verbalizing implies changing nouns to verbs. Although, primarily a grammatical affair, verbalizing has recently gained ground as a popular style in tète-à-tète. Accordingly, a host of commonplace terms, expressions and phrases have acquired a face lift, so much so that our generation of youngsters uses them with easy familiarity. The tendency goes on to embrace a host of English speakers who find themselves using innocuous, modern-day versions of the more accustomed, typically used words and phrases. You may ''airbrush'' a picture, but it is rather acceptable to say that you ''Photoshopped'' it. Whether you have the Photoshop tool or not, the term ''Photoshopped'' suggests some sort of a camouflage that could have created a more endearing version of the real thing. Cool, isn't that?</div>
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Now, will you ''unlike'' me for being wacky or simply ''message'' me saying that you do not quite appreciate the way I'm getting along? Alternatively, you could 'inbox' me your number and I could call to explain myself. You may recoil at my lingo, but I guess I'm fine as long I'm ''Facebooking!'' However, if you still dislike me, you simply have to ''unfriend'' me. Notice how the Internet and social networking make vocabulary faddishly easy.</div>
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Verbalizing nouns has definitely to do with grammar, but modern day verbalizing has, to a marked degree, ''compartmentalized'' itself into informal conversation and social networking. Your friend's teen kid has made news by ''summiting'' the Everest. And while the kiddo may cringe about ''rooming'' with a geek at college, he has certainly chanced upon ''interfacing'' with a rocket scientist. For all you know, they may just ''partner'' on a new project and enjoy ''dialoguing'' about mutual interests.</div>
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Much of the recent verbalizing trends can be attributed to the Americanization of English. As British English is rapidly incorporating American flavors, ''verbalise'' with -ise is now written as ''verbalize'' with an -ize. Thus, it isn't uncommon to use words like ''symptomize,'' ''commercialize'' '''radicalize,'' or ''glamorize,'' yet it is more of a trend to say ''twitterize'' yourself, ''vampirize'' the guy and ''calendarize'' the events. These catch phrases may not have found their way into mainstream dictionary but there's something called an Urban Dictionary. Did you know about that yet?</div>
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It is a fact that users of English have taken certain words to the gallows and reincarnated them with a dash of colloquialism. Nevertheless, one mustn't forget that verbalizing is often wrought with trickiness. It is fine to 'text' a friend and 'spam' a stalker, but one certainly cannot post a link on another's Facebook page and say, "Hey! I've 'linked' you a funny video." Also, you can ''Google Search'' a long lost friend but you simply cannot ''Yahoo Search'' him. You may ''email," ''ping'' or ''WhatsApp'' him, but you possibly can't ''Facebook'' or ''LinkedIn'' him. And, do you realize that while you can ''lunch'' or ''dine'' with the consultant who ''head hunted'' you for your current role, you definitely cannot ''breakfast'' or ''coffee'' with him? Doesn't that get unpredictable?</div>
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I confess I do not ‘network’ so actively. But, if you ‘StumbleUpon’ more such facts, do ‘circularize’ the same.</div>
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And, if you have any memories of the teenyboppers who loved to ‘Obama-ize’ their pictures, wait; they are probably waiting to ‘Clinton-ize’ the same! While you puzzle over that, here’s to some cheerful ‘transitioning’ from the standardized to the snazzy.</div>
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<strong>About the author</strong>: <em>The fragments that make up the world, its people and the impression they leave on her, prompts Ruby to share with you bits and pieces that you may find interesting or informative or both. Her reflections are a mosaic of personal and shared flavors. The content varies, but they're all about people- people like you and me, our footprints and her impressions, our pictures and her albums. She invites you to dip into her flavors, though you have the right to relish or refuse. Should you decide to scratch the surface, agree to disagree with her, but a thumbs up now and then won't hurt!</em></div>
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The other day my twelve year old and I sorted out her early years books, to give away in charity. The sight of the books, as we pulled them out of the shelves, overwhelmed us with memories of the times we'd spent together. We went back to the days when her tiny hands would plunk a book into my lap, and I'd grip her with an effortless, enthralling narration. <i>i Devices</i> and gadgets had not intruded into our lives, and my dumpling enjoyed her story sessions with me, more than any other activity. Times have changed, my little one has grown into an independent preteen, and the house is filled with mechanical raiders that have robbed us of the time and space that we could have still shared harmoniously, together.</div>
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I no longer read stories to her. She has grown into an avid reader herself, and when she is not reading, she has games and gizmos to keep her occupied. I do not like the gadgets that distance us. I long to spend more quality time with my princess, time that will add to our memory's treasure trove, one that started with the early story time years. To that end, I've decided to be my daughter's friend, and reclaim all the togetherness that we've carelessly tossed aside so far.</div>
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From now on, baking sessions keep us together; we whip, froth and handle the oven. I listen to <i>Bruno Mars, Katy Perry</i> and <a class="link interlink" data-rapid_p="1" href="http://voices.yahoo.com/topic/72261/taylor_swift.html" rel="&content_type=topic&content_type_id=72261" style="color: #8a8a8a;" title="Taylor Swift"><i>Taylor Swift</i></a>, with her. That's fun! I've swapped <i>How I Met Your Mother, The Last Man Standing</i> and <a class="link interlink" data-rapid_p="2" href="http://voices.yahoo.com/topic/19861/greys_anatomy.html" rel="&content_type=topic&content_type_id=19861" style="color: #8a8a8a;" title="Grey's Anatomy"><i>Grey's Anatomy</i></a> for <i>Good Luck Charlie, Jessie</i> and <i>A.N.T Farm</i>. The new trade off delights me when she invites me to sit with her and tells me all that I've missed. I cannot read all of her books, but do enjoy the snippets that she brings to me from <i>Dork Diaries</i> and even <i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid.</i> Each time she croons <i>Pumped up Kicks</i> and <i>Hall of Fame</i>, she pulls me to her side, with the knowledge that I love to hear her sing my favorite numbers.</div>
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She will soon be an adult living life entirely on her own. I do not wish to impede that process, or bite into her personal space. All I wish is to make ourselves a part of each other's fondest memories. 2013 will see me work towards that.</div>
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21st January, 2013. A Spanish born Cuban-American poet recited his original poem "One Today'" at the 57th Presidential inauguration in Washington DC. A Latino and the first ever openly gay poet's recital at the President's swearing-in ceremony seemed more of a reflection of the changes that the President seeks to bring about in the nation he leads, the dawn of hope from "avarice, greed and violence" brought about by the erstwhile conservative elements and America's rich singularity in diversity. A proud moment for America and its President re-elect. Blanco's inaugural poem recounts the life of ordinary Americans engaged in their daily pursuits. In President Obama's own words, "<i>Blanco's work represents '<a data-rapid_p="1" href="http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/21/3192582/cuban-exile-mother-of-poet-laureate.html" style="color: #8a8a8a;">the great strength and diversity of the American people</a>"</i>' The poet expresses this diversity through an artistic blend of his personal life and the typical daily life of an average American. The last stanza expresses the theme of the President's inaugural address and hope for the American people, "<i>Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as <a data-rapid_p="2" href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-21/us/36462369_1_nation-and-one-people-perpetual-war-climate-change" style="color: #8a8a8a;" target="">one nation, and one people</a>.</i>"<br /><i>Richard Blanco's '<a data-rapid_p="3" href="http://www.nbcnews.com/id/50539867/t/one-today-full-text-richard-blancos-inaugural-poem/" style="color: #8a8a8a;">One Today</a>'.</i></div>
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January 19, 2013. New Delhi, India. The ruling Congress party appoints Rahul Gandhi as the <a class="link interlink" data-rapid_p="4" href="http://voices.yahoo.com/topic/37863/vice_president.html" rel="&content_type=topic&content_type_id=37863" style="color: #8a8a8a;" title="Vice President">Vice President</a> of the party. The following day, in an <a data-rapid_p="5" href="http://india.nydailynews.com/politicsarticle/bc142354839156be0636a68a94ddb71c/rahul-gandhis-speech-poignant-or-lacking-in-content" style="color: #8a8a8a;" target="">emotional speech in Jaipur</a>, the young leader, referred to his mother, the party supremo, speaking to him after he was named vice president: "Last night my mother came to my room and she sat and cried. She cried because she understands the power that so many people seek is actually a poison. She can see it, what it does to people around and to the people they love."</div>
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A feigned emotion was conveyed almost theatrically, in order to gain political mileage and bolster the image of a crumbling party. Further on, a forced leadership in a reluctant politician, who has repeatedly refused to accept ministerial positions and his lack of firsthand experience of India's turbulent politics, has prompted serious doubts about his political abilities. Does India expect this new leader to be its mythical phoenix?</div>
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Incidentally, here in India too, there was a poignant composition by an ordinary young citizen for this occasion--glorious or less. The poem, written by a young woman, in Hindi, and shared with just a handful of readers on a social networking site, is a reflection of India's total depravity, perpetrated by a deep seated propensity, self-indulgence and egocentricity of political forces. Unlike Blanco who voices the struggles of the average Americans, <i>Aradhana Pradhan</i> chronicles the heart ache and anguish of the ordinary Indian, brought about by the apathy and utter callousness of the leaders themselves. Diverse as a populace, yet united in grief, a helpless nation pledges to fight its own suffering, upon hearing the infirm pledge of a hesitant leader.</div>
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उनको रिझाने को</div>
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हमको खिझाने को</div>
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स्वाभिमान जलाने को</div>
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या देश तो बरगलाने को</div>
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आप क्यूँ रोये ?</div>
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भावना के अतिरेक से</div>
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अपने बुझते विवेक से</div>
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आखिर किस आवेग से</div>
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आखिर किस खेद से</div>
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आप क्यूँ रोये ??</div>
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ग़रीबी की आग पर</div>
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देश से अनुराग पर</div>
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चरित्र पे लगे दाग पर</div>
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या अपने अहोभाग पर</div>
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आप क्यूँ रोये ??</div>
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कुंवर के ताज पर</div>
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उनकी बुलंद आवाज़ पर</div>
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उनके नाटकी अंदाज़ पर</div>
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या बर्बादी के आग़ाज़ पर</div>
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आप क्यूँ रोये ?</div>
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संभालिये अपने आप को</div>
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और अपने संताप को</div>
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हम करेंगे रो रो कर</div>
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साफ़ सारे पाप को</div>
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रोने का बरसों से हमने ही किया है काम</div>
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अपनी हर ग़लती का हम ही भुगतेंगे दाम</div>
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अपने ही पैरों से चल के आये इस गाम ,</div>
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जहाँ मनु के मानव से हो गए हें ख़ास - आम .</div>
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हम क्या मानवता भी अपना सब खोयेगी</div>
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जमुना भी बचे खुचे आँसुओ से रोएगी</div>
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The irony lies in the parallels of time and circumstances that draw our attention to two nations: one to which we belong, and the other that we discreetly seek to follow as an undocumented formula of governance. The two nations that come close in their democratic set up and rich cultural diversity, differ vastly in the psyche and sentimentality of those who control the wheels of their respective governments. As one stands comely united to celebrate a promising leader, the other unites to lament the ingloriousness of the leaders who have brought nothing, but misery and malaise to their people. In the making of a leader, America sees a new dawn, but India dwells on the annihilation of humanity, a dysfunctional leadership and consequently, a never-ending gloom.</div>
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The world listened to Richard Blanco. The poet and his poem have received both acclaim and assault, for America too is not without its share of discontent. As a piece of literature, the poem has received a tepid response. But that goes for any debut workmanship. "<i>Richard Blanco's new inauguration poem, 'One Today,' composed to usher in Barack Obama's second term, is a <a data-rapid_p="6" href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booksblog/2013/jan/22/richard-blanco-inaugural-poem-obama-flop" style="color: #8a8a8a;" target="">valiant but not always convincing attempt</a> to square the circles." The Guardian.</i></div>
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Not many Indians have had the opportunity to read the outpouring of one among them, speaking for all. The poem deserves to be read, not merely as a piece of art, but as an elegy of our situation. The poet's heartache cardinally evokes mellifluous poetry. The juxtaposition sees America rejoicing over its 'new constellation' while India's propitious weather lies hidden under the behemoth of poverty, malaise and sufferings. As the "Mississippi and Colorado work their way to the sea" the 'drying Yamuna can only hope to fill up with tears of grief'. </div>
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Suffice it to say, not using the right words can make you look like a real turkey.</div>
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Here's a recent Facebook post that will have you rolling in the aisles: "<i>Happy <a class="link interlink" data-rapid_p="1" href="http://voices.yahoo.com/theme/1259/celebrate_fathers_day.html" rel="&content_type=theme&content_type_id=1259" style="color: #8a8a8a;" title="Father's Day">Father's Day</a> to all Daddy's and Papa's…enjoy!"</i> Daddy's and Papa's what? Nudge nudge, wink wink!</div>
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While flouting or relaxing grammar rules may be of little consequence in text, chat or other rapid-fire exchanges, in emails and formal writing the same is downright brutal. Typos and grammatical errors in emails reflect one's ignorance, laziness or plain carelessness, and often dim one's prospect of clinching a job, getting a raise or even making a sale. Professionals with incorrect grammar are a complete turn-off! Just as using inferior grammar reflects poorly on employees, a well-written email in a business environment is never nit-picked, if not appreciated. Back in 2012 the <b>Harvard Business Review</b> posted <i>I Won't Hire People Who Use Poor Grammar.</i> Isn't that why even two years later the post is doing the rounds?</div>
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Many here would jump to defend the leftist claim, but hygienists insist that grammar is the foundation of communication, and proper grammar conveys a message clearly to the audience. Grammar, a tool if used correctly, enhances the users' communication skills and empowers them with a certain confidence to make the right choices in various pursuits.</div>
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"Sup! Gr8 2 c u :) How r u?" Do you wince every time you get such text messages? Or, if you agree with the texter, do you type "shd b ok" and "LOL" to inject that much needed dose of humor into your conversation? Also, do you sign off saying, "C U…XXX"? How often do you hang up on a chat, saying "G2G...TTYL"? And, if you wish to continue after a short break, do you dash off "BRB"? How many of you with those ubiquitous hand held devices and computers, have dived into the new millennial text pool and have mastered the abbreviations and acronyms that constitute electronic chatter?</div>
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Once, on an online discussion forum, that seemed quite opinionated, I came across a feedback that was nothing more than a terse "TLDR". I balked at my lack of knowledge of the acronym. A frantic<a class="link interlink" data-rapid_p="1" href="http://voices.yahoo.com/topic/1269/google.html" rel="&content_type=topic&content_type_id=1269" style="color: #8a8a8a;" title="Google">Google</a> search revealed, "Too Long, Didn't Read". That left me agape. And, then there was "IMHO" that saw me floundering again. 'In my honest opinion' I felt hamstrung by the new age vocabulary!</div>
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Texting and chatting with those skilled in chat lingo, introduces one to a host of tangled expressions and humorous acronyms. Texting vocab is commonly associated with youngsters who abbreviate words. Thus, whole words are substituted with letters, symbols and numerals, not just for ease and speed of typing, but more for the sheer fun of it, so much so that there seems to have evolved a new order amidst all the chaos. But must one really give in to the juvenile dictionary? Personally speaking, I seldom find myself using inscrutable acronyms and freaky spellings that may perceptibly categorize me into the league of young people. Yet, all that reluctance takes a beating when one wishes to pack in information, courtesy and etiquette into a conversation, plus save time on ornate typing. Given the frequency of web chats and the need to convey spontaneous emotions, even purists are seen breaking rules handily, and bowing to digital glossary. It ensues that as time, space and emotions condense, the wordbook gets customized forthwith.</div>
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As text speak spews bizarre expressions and articulation among the youth brigade, lack of use of the same sadly gets the youngster dubbed 'uncool', LOL! Much to the chagrin of mature users XXX, BRB, TTYL, OMG, IDK, ROFL, C U, and TMI are some of the esoteric acronyms on Instant Messaging and texting. If you are skilled at IM and still do not know what TBH or TMI means, then both you and I must admit to holding a rather scant knowledge of chat acronyms and kinky abbreviations. </div>
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While fledglings gain frightening proficiency in the messaging lingo, linguists fume at the flagrant abuse of conventional spelling and grammar. The scenario however, gets watered down when parents, with an awareness of the potential dangers that surround their children on social networking sites, scramble to decode cryptic acronyms and smileys. </div>
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In a fast changing world, as Facebook comes of age and more and more youngsters drift to Twitter, the need to abridge texts is even greater. Old-timers needn't fear, falter and frown at the fusion lexicon. Perhaps, in the digital age, your BFF with speed pills in hand, is blameless in text speaking 'AAYF'. And, conservatives who coined 'IOU' way back in the 17<sup>th</sup>century can undoubtedly blink at that. :) </div>
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"Well, I googled the recipe for that perfect guacamole!" Now how's that? Did you ''Google'' the recipe or did you ''search on the Internet''? The latter may appear as a term conventionally preferred but the former increasingly trends in usage. And despite the fact that one may use several other search engines to look up a fact, one simply ''googles'' it. Interesting, isn't it? One of the most flourishing developments in modern communication is the burgeoning use of verbalizing. </div>
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Verbalizing implies converting nouns to verbs. Though primarily a grammatical affair, verbalizing has recently become a popular style in tète-à-tète. Accordingly, a host of commonplace terms, expressions and phrases have acquired a face lift, so much so that our generation of youngsters uses them with easy familiarity. The tendency goes on to embrace a host of English speakers who find themselves using innocuous, modern-day versions of the more accustomed, typically used words and phrases. You may ''airbrush'' a picture, but it is rather acceptable to say that you ''Photoshopped'' it. Whether you have the <a class="link interlink" data-rapid_p="1" href="http://voices.yahoo.com/topic/25225/photoshop_tutorials.html" rel="&content_type=topic&content_type_id=25225" style="color: #8a8a8a;" title="Photoshop">Photoshop</a> tool or not, the term ''Photoshopped'' simply implies some sort of a camouflage that could have created a more endearing version of the real thing. Cool, isn't that?</div>
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Now, will you ''unlike'' me for being wacky or simply ''message'' me saying that you do not quite appreciate the way I'm getting along? Alternatively, you could 'inbox' me your number and I could call to explain myself. You may recoil at my lingo, but I guess I'm fine as long I'm ''Facebooking!'' However, if you still dislike me, you simply have to ''unfriend'' me. Notice how the Internet and social networking make vocabulary faddishly easy.</div>
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Verbalizing nouns has definitely to do with grammar, but modern day verbalizing has, to a marked degree, ''compartmentalized'' itself into informal conversation and social networking. Your friend's teen kid has made news by ''summiting'' the Everest. And while the kiddo may cringe about ''rooming'' with a geek at college, he has certainly chanced upon ''interfacing'' with a rocket scientist. For all you know, they may just <a data-rapid_p="2" href="http://grammarcops.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/nouns-gone-bad/" style="color: #8a8a8a;">''partner'' on a new project and enjoy ''dialoguing'' about</a> mutual interests.</div>
Much of the recent verbalizing trends can be attributed to the Americanization of English. As British English is rapidly incorporating American flavors, ''verbalise'' with -ise is now written as ''verbalize'' with an -ize. Thus, it isn't uncommon to use words like ''symptomize,'' ''commercialize'' '''radicalize,'' or ''glamorize,'' yet it is more of a trend to say ''twitterize'' yourself, ''vampirize'' the guy and ''calendarize'' the events. These catch phrases may not have found their way into mainstream dictionary but there's something called an Urban Dictionary. Did you know about that yet?<br />
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It is a fact that users of English have taken certain words to the gallows and reincarnated them with a dash of colloquialism. Nevertheless, one mustn't forget that verbalizing is often wrought with trickiness. It is fine to 'text' a friend and 'spam' a stalker, but one certainly cannot post a link on another's Facebook page and say, "Hey! I've 'linked' you a funny video." Also, you can ''Google Search'' a long lost friend but you simply cannot ''Yahoo Search'' him. You may ''email," ''ping'' or ''WhatsApp'' him, but you possibly can't ''Facebook'' or ''LinkedIn'' him. And, do you realize that while you can ''lunch'' or ''dine'' with the consultant who ''head hunted'' you for your current role, you definitely cannot ''breakfast'' or ''coffee'' with him, if you so desire. Doesn't that get unpredictable?</div>
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Choked with emotions, brimming with memories and suffused
with thoughts of my very beautiful mother, I pen a few lines as a tribute to
her on this very first Mother’s Day, without getting to hear her voice any
more. I lost a part of me, my best friend and confidante on 20th October 2013.
The ache to feel her presence is beyond words… Call it a eulogy or a mere
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I yearn to visit the land of summers<o:p></o:p></div>
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Where the air is clement<o:p></o:p></div>
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And the sun, unceasing bright<o:p></o:p></div>
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Where there are blossoms of life<o:p></o:p></div>
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Intense and bright, warm and tight<o:p></o:p></div>
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Is that an Atlantis?<o:p></o:p></div>
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A flight of imagination?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Or, the fairylands?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Not until I bade adieu to your arms<o:p></o:p></div>
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Did fantasy turn a fore time reality?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Where the choicest blossom <o:p></o:p></div>
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Was your love, a luminous hue<o:p></o:p></div>
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An elixir nurturing
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And brought forth a floret<o:p></o:p></div>
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That blooms alike its creator.<o:p></o:p></div>
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A self-akin that tassels out <o:p></o:p></div>
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The love that came its way,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Kindles a flame alike, warm n bright<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, well, just when I plonk myself on the couch and cruise channels on the telly while hungrily previsioning a sizeable meal, she declares with vehemence that she’s in no mood to fix the feed. With not enough options, I take her out to a close-at-hand joint for a decent meal in order to assuage my already rumbling tummy. Half way through the chow down she declares she is stuffed. And I’ve barely eaten! To round off a full course meal, I order a tiramisu pudding, just one, for she is already full. The sight of the arrival warms me generously to offer to her a spoonful to sample. And there she goes, not one, not two, but several spoons until I realize that it is I who has done the sampling. I do solemnly admit that life, for the likes of me, comes in bite sized bits, and we have to contend with that.<br /><br />We decide to head off on a holiday, and I come back home the evening before with my car all tuned for the week-long run. As I walk into our ‘abode’ I’m awakened to the shocking revelation that my partner has exhausted her brimming wardrobe and awaits a shopping trip to revamp the same, and all this before we pack off on our venture. I suggest with the deepest sigh ever, that a few casuals, in case she disdains the idea of being pictured in the same ones in different snapshots, would rightly do the job. She instinctively refuses. I, who am constantly working on ideas to reach an accord, suggest that we could indulge in a bit of shopping at a newer outlet in the new place. The idea is met with an acceptance and is already being looked forward to with an earnestness you cannot fathom. Boy! How easily I learn that in pursuit of harmony, I shall have to be my salvager. Yes, destination signed in, I propose to take her to the Mediterranean restaurant which promises a distinctive platter of indulgence. Dolly’s evidently vexed with the excursion that was solely intended to be a joyride for her. All she pronounces is, “Whatever, I’m okay with anything!’’ And now when the ‘shawarma’ comes with a ‘tahini’ that does not befriend her taut palate, pop comes the retort, “You know how SICK I’ve grown of the same old falafel and shawarma, we’d rather gone for Chinese!!” Ugh! When did she tell me that? And now as I flop myself down on the hotel bed, enormously tired of the day’s expedition, she stands right there in the middle of the room, cross-examining every piece of furniture with a roving eye and finally blurts, “Could we check out the other rooms, as well? This one doesn’t seem to offer such a magnificent view.” God! Why don’t you just hit the sack? You badly need cool off!<br /><br />Our tastes do never converge on our choice of books. But as I sit down with the fat thriller I have been intending reading for days, she at once grabs it, gormandizes it for a week and once finished she throws it away in a nook only to declare, “What rubbish!”<br /><br />She’s ALWAYS there offering an assessment on almost anything and everything that meets her eyes and ears. Gosh! Does she ever realize what a slob she appears with her presumptions and unwanted sentiments? And inadvertently if I ever disclose the unfounded, unwarranted, I’m subjected to a judiciary which perhaps surpasses the strictest courts of justice!! I did have the license to do what I wanted yet I abandoned all that for an association that promised a harmony in its being. And now as I sail through the choppy waters of an alliance that can be felt only upon taking the plunge, I do hope for a small bit of fair weather. Someday I hope to be accepted for not being a mind reader, and I choose not to be spoken in hints but clear words preferably a trite ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Whenever I am glued to my favourite soccer match on television, I would like to be spoken to only during commercial breaks. And, please do not get your antennas up each time my cell phone rings,after all it doesn't always pay to be such a store-house of knowledge. When we have to go out, I should not be subjected to the torture of having to approve of your outfit. You can wear almost anything and everything that pleases you. And if you are a butterball, do accept, my words will not reduce your size. Also, do not gnarl when I look at that hot chick in micro minis. Have eyes, will see! AND most importantly, I should not be expected to reveal any more than what meets the eye!<br /><br />After all, life is tough, let's keep things simple - you and I.</span></div>
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For an economy that desires to advance, the prime focus lies in eradicating poverty and unemployment, and creating good governance.<br />India’s focus has suddenly shifted to issues of women’s rights, safety and respect, and the nation’s much-hyped modernity has taken a beating. All at once it feels that India has moved decades back into the dark ages prior to the socio cultural reforms. Even as, Indians are striving towards an egalitarian society, their progress gets intermittently mowed down by the under- current of gender inequality that raises its ugly head from time to time.<br /><br />Antipathy towards women and gender based violence begin in the womb, and female foeticide in India is a practice that has reached a horrific proportion. <strong>"<em style="font-weight: normal;">In a report by the Lancet, the world’s oldest and most respected medical journal, over a 20-year period, ten million female foetuses have been aborted in India".(Courtesy:Gulfnews.com)</em></strong> In a traditional Indian family, a girl is expected to grow up, get married and look after the household of the new family of which she becomes a member. This is what a girl is brought up to do, and this is the sole mission forced upon her. While her parents often live in debt in trying to secure a dowry to get her married, their only hope to relieve them of the burden lies in their son or sons preferably. The son, who is counted on to support his parents and liberate them of their debt, fulfills his role by marrying a woman who brings in a substantial dowry and looks after his parents. Although an outlawed practice, dowry continues to be a social evil in Indian societies. Dowry demands, traditions and cultural beliefs in India, often see a girl as a financial burden and thus result in her death even before she is born. In many cases, she is killed after she is born. Female foeticide and infanticide are issues that shame India deeply, and the preference for male children makes it an absolute challenge for girls to enter the male dominant society.<br /><br />For an ordinary Indian woman who finds herself treated merely as a man’s possession and as an object to appease a man's lust, it is indeed a stark challenge for her to live in a male chauvinistic society. In most cases women in India suffer a strong identity crisis in being treated solely as daughters, sisters or wives; why cannot women be treated as distinct individuals<strong><em style="font-weight: normal;"> “Of all the rich G20 nations, India has been labeled the worst place to be a woman. But how is this possible in a country that prides itself on being the world's largest democracy?”-The Guardian. </em></strong>Gender bias and sexual harassment are experienced, not just in public places, workplaces and institutions, but in the shelter of a woman’s own home. What comes to light now and again is a gross violation of women’s rights and the abuse that they are subjected to. The most influential Bollywood clearly mirrors this sentiment as it warbles bawdy item numbers to which the likes of Sheila and Munni gyrate their pelvis, and lascivious men feed on suggestions. What reeks is a mentality that confines women and disregards their liberation, and thus projects them as the weaker sex that is forever in peril of forfeiting its modesty. In other words, Indian women face a precarious existence. In view of the latest act of utmost horror that has left a nation convulsed, the spotlight is on rape, violence and a gross violation of women’s rights to peaceful existence. The recent incidence of the most barbaric rape and murder of the twenty three year old Delhi student has all at once revealed how badly India often treats its women, the extent of sexual harassment prevailing and how a despicable patriarchal society continues to feed on misogyny. With the advancement that India claims to have made in the recent years, nothing much has changed for its people. The struggle for basic education, jobs, shelter for the deprived, and the acute vulnerability that women face in a nation that paradoxically deifies female power, seem to mock at a democracy that often turns complacent with a stray progress made in a stray area. But what about the basic human rights of an entire gender?<a href="" name="_GoBack" style="color: #935b9f; font-weight: bold;"></a><br /><br />Gender based inequality, sexual violence, a largely male dominant society and a rather sluggish judiciary have gnawed into the fabric of one of the largest democracies and a developing economy. Recently the Supreme Court has slammed New Delhi for being a highly unsafe city for women. Ironically, it is the same people who gawked at the bloody, naked twenty three year old, left to die on the roadside after being brutally gang raped, are today clamoring for justice and safety of women. The men who stopped by, refusing to offer help to the bleeding, perishing woman, for fear of being harassed by the police, today fear for the lives of their own daughters, sisters and wives. Thus, the wide spread protests. Leaders who offer suggestions and guidelines to curb sexual abuse and promote safety and security for women, only seem to jeer at the 'weaker sex'. What hurts is the fact that India still fails to see women as individuals who have an equal right to dignified living as their male counterparts.<br /><br />India’s biggest impediment to advancement lies in its not empowering women and its inability to ensure equality of genders. Securing and safeguarding women’s rights and interests are the basic steps in the direction. A positive discrimination will possibly help reduce gender bias. Laws to ensure complete safety for women at all times, wiping out political and judicial apathy towards women’s concerns, and stricter laws not just against rape, but all forms of sexual assault and harassment can help women attain their rightful position in the society. Women, world over, in various societies face some form of violence and abuse. In India, however, it is the extreme callousness and inhumanity that women suffer, makes their plight deplorable.<br /><br />Centuries back, Swami Vivekanand related the welfare of the world to the condition of women: “There is no chance of the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved”. Of Indian women in particular, he said, “The principal reason why our race has so degenerated is that we have no respect for these living images of Shakti. Manu says,” Where women are respected, there the Gods delight, and where they are not, there all work and efforts come to naught.’’ Decades earlier when Mahatma Gandhi urged men to treat their women with respect, he said, ““To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman. If by strength is meant brute strength, then, indeed, is woman less brute than man. If by strength is meant moral power, then woman is immeasurably man's superior.” (Young India, 4 October 1930)” As India celebrates Swami Vivekanand’s a hundred and fiftieth anniversary, this piece can be rightly summed up in his words “The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women.” India, can you hear? Image Source : capariwar.com<br /> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">where Christmas gifts lie wrapped tight</span><br />
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<i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> It
is the time to praise the Babe</span></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> who
brought in cheer to the somber chill</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> and
thereon began 'Cristes Mæsse'</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> and
we shall rejoice for it's Chistmas time</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> I
long to bring the fir tree home</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> And
grace the nook that lies bare</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> bells,
lights and tinsels adorn</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> O
the joys of a blessed season</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> I
dream to wink at that jolly old elf </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> huffing
and puffing as he hollers in</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> I
crave to hear the peal of bells </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> as
Dasher n Dancer prance 'n tinkle</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> I
wait to hang a stocking there</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> that
he shall fill with gifts of love </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> my
stocking fillers he knows best</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> are
bounties of joys for them I love</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> I
fancy not of gems and riches</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> all
I seek is love galore</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> a
season full of mirth and gaiety</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> one
that brings in joyous hopes</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> I
set on to fill my pad with greens</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> a
mistletoe moment and holly wreaths</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> pots
of poinsettias and rose blooms</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> O
how flushed is the beauty of joy</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> I
ache to sit by the hearth’s glow</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> and
sing aloud the tunes of bliss</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> come
and join, my loved ones</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> it's
you I seek to flux the freeze </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> I
pine to huddle in the ardor of love </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> gleams
and beams to cling 'n coddle</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> a
time for togetherness and for joys</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> as
Christmas carols the chorus croon</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> Ring
in the joy of red and green</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: antiquewhite; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> let's
jingle and jangle this Christmas in</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Extra marital affairs have never been uncommon. While it is unfortunate that infidelity comes about and shakes an otherwise stable marriage, the fact that it has been prevalent in all sections of societies around the world, adds a sense of disquiet amongst couples. However, we do not bother ourselves with affairs that do not concern us. Nevertheless, there have been numerous extra marital escapades between people of repute and those in high offices that have intrigued us in some degrees. All such liaisons, irrespective of the reasons they develop, are outrageously scandalous, shameful, and unacceptable. They get the world speaking of the unspeakable. Even as, each such affair sets a deterrent example there are a few, very few, from which the society in particular, and a generation at large draws a cautionary note. Such is the fallout of the recent scandal between the CIA chief David Petreaus and his biographer, Paula Broadwell.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As news of the David Petreaus-Paula Broadwell affair cascaded down the media, my gut reaction, like that of countless others was to see what wife Holly Petreaus looked like. While reasons for the liaison could have reasonably varied, a diatribe against an ageing wife who looked more like a 'grandmother' to her rather ‘tanned, taut' husband, flocked the cyberspace. Going by pictures and videos, one couldn't agree anymore that the general's romping with a woman twenty years his junior was plainly inevitable, given the fact that she is every bit of a head turner as opposed to his unadorned, plain Jane wife of thirty eight years. "I'd have done the same thing," said a commentator on CNN's website. The media have raved and ranted enough over the affair, especially why Holly Petreaus did not seek to make herself any ‘lovelier’. Interestingly, public opinion too, has held wife Holly’s physical appearance as a contributory factor in her husband’s straying. Hence, the question that arises uppermost in one’s mind is whether beauty is the salient weapon a woman needs to keep her husband hooked.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While popular press confirms that the wife of the ‘philandering general’ has been the rock on which he has relied in a preoccupying career, Holly Petreaus's personal pain comes more as a threat every woman faces as she ages alongside her still winsome husband, who spends more time at work with a luminously beautiful woman. Enough reasons for Cupid to strike its arrow. Enough reasons for bio chemistry to get working between the beguiling nymph and the suave commander who certainly loves his homely, not-much-to-look-at wife of nearly four decades, and one who has been the bedrock of his success, but who fails to set his libido humming the way the new woman does. Sin of sacrilege? Well, for a while, let’s keep moral issues aside, and talk about a wife who, cloaked in the security of a ‘seemingly’ rock solid marriage, finds it immaterial to bow down to the standards of vanity and cosmetic beauty, and consequently allows herself to let go. She has other meaningful issues and pressing concerns to dwell on, especially with her husband’s absorbing career that she has all the while supported firmly. How well do her efforts pay? Furthermore, why is she held virtually responsible in tainting her own marriage?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Very often the man in the street inevitably draws subtle hints and inferences out of such a national scandal. Here, one discovers an ageless monster that raises its grisly head, and reminds every woman that an age old marriage in no way guarantees a lifetime of her husband's loyalty to her. A blaring reality emerges: no matter how accomplished and successful a woman is, she plunges to her downfall with greater rapidness if she fails to conform to the conventional standards of physical attractiveness. A scribe on a popular news website was of the opinion that Holly Petreuas' "entire demeanor, her hair, no makeup, her frumpy clothes, seem to scream to her husband and others ... I don't care!”-Chicago Tribune. Funnily enough, if a beautiful woman is betrayed, numerous other reasons surface for the betrayal, and all do indisputably agree that beauty is just insignificant to keep a marriage intact. In Holly's case ironically, it is this insignificance that has gained significance, and forces women to agree to the time honored allegory, that it is beauty with which she can harness her beast. Needless to say, a personal tragedy between three individuals who the world did not know until yesterday, has not just suddenly won a viral empathy, but has come to undo the perception that 'beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Leo Tolstoy had said, “It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness”. This has forever been a universally accepted truth. Coco Chanel, the French fashion designer and founder of the Chanel fashion brand, contrastively opined, “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” So even as Paula Broadwell is tailor made for the Chanel school of beauty, Holly Petreaus firmly supports Tolstoy. As the recent CIA scuttlebutt unfolded in generous doses, with pictures of the two women in their respective aura, all that clamor for a nick here and a tuck there, a Botox up and a silicone in has suddenly come to fuel ordinary women's minds like never before. The fact that women take extraordinary efforts to look physically attractive confirms that societies focus largely on physical appearances.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Physical beauty is a unique "combination of social consensus and genetic fitness". This is where the world associates the alluring Broadwell, the then tantalizing Monica Lewinsky and the ultimate sex symbol for generations, Marilyn Monroe. There is a tug of war that has surfaced in people's minds with Broadwell's beauty and brains, and Holly P's brains and her unflinching support to her husband, sans beauty. What turns out is that Holly Petreaus' plight has suddenly become every ageing woman's nightmare. Years ago Hillary Clinton suffered the same blow when Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky hit the headlines. Each time a less glamorous wife loses out to her sexier counterpart it is plainly inferred that her fading beauty or none thereof, works to her disadvantage. It becomes analogous, therefore, that just as one needs to perform consistently to keep one's job, a woman tirelessly, endlessly needs to enhance her looks, apart from all her other attributes, to keep her marriage. While there certainly is a LOT MORE than mere physical attractiveness that brings a man and a woman mistakenly together, what is it that leads us to the fearful conclusion that beauty is a predominant, if not the only factor in contributing to infidelity?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Savita Halappanavar died after she was allegedly denied an
abortion in a pro-life Catholic country. Malala Yousafzai survived a near fatal
encounter with the Taliban bullet. Chris Stevens, the US ambassador to Libya
was killed by terrorists who attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi,
Libya. Dissimilar that these deaths may
be and dissimilar may be the circumstances that have brought them about, yet a
common thread links them together: death in the name of religion. While all
instances of death that occurred or could have occurred took place in different situations, it was religious fundamentalism that sowed the seeds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Malala lived in the Swat province, a region that militant
groups controlled, and in her campaign for the rights of girls to be educated,
had written a diary on Taliban atrocities for the BBC Urdu service. The
Pakistan Taliban said it carried out the attack because Malala was 'promoting
secularism'. Savita, who was under immense pain and agony as a result of miscarrying
the foetus, repeatedly asked for her pregnancy to be terminated. Doctors, who
could have saved her, turned down her pleas because the fetal heart beat was
still present, and abortion could not be performed because Ireland is a
Catholic country. Chris Stevens, a career
diplomat whose humility, warmth and integrity won him friends across the Middle
East, friends who came to trust him even as they doubted his government. Stevens’ tragic death came as a 'spontaneous
response' and a 'senseless outrage' to an online preview of a film considered
offensive to Islam. Extremist forces
decried Malala's attempts to secure education for girls and women, for they
believed that "whom so ever leads a campaign against Islam and Sharia is
ordered to be killed by Sharia.”. So much said for the causes that have led to
the deaths and the attempted annihilation of lives that ought to be lived.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that Chris Stevens and Hallapanavar passed away because religion was placed
above their lives. Malala's survival, on the other hand, is hailed as God's
will. The question that arises is, whose will determines our lives: is it our
own, or is it the will of the fundamental forces around us that determines our
right to live; or further still, is it the will of the invisible force that is
believed to be the ‘sole custodian’ of life and death? While the latter seems a
matter of faith and thus abstract, the former are more concrete and thus become
the real factors that govern our lives in a world ridden with prejudices and
dogmas. While 'religious' doctors refused to stop a tiny, failing heart beat
that they knew was dying and thereby posing an enormous risk to a healthy
heart, they did not care to save the woman who had a right to live and to be
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<span style="font-size: large;">These examples may hardly be enough when one goes back to a
host of killings that have taken place the world over in the name of religion.
Graham Staines’ burning to death in Keonjhar district of Orissa, India, way
back in 1999 still gives one goosebumps as one thinks of it. Public protests
condemn Savita’s abortion death. A nation has mourned the death of its diplomat,
and the world prays for Malala's speedy recovery. What remain unchanged in the face of these
reactions are the dogmas that support these deaths. When Hitler defended his
rights to exterminate the Jews, he said, "Hence today I believe that I am
acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself
against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord." The world stood shocked as the ‘great
emissary of evil’ leashed genocide against those held together primarily by
their religious beliefs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is paradoxical that religion, a set of beliefs that
unites people even as it polarizes them into secular forces, becomes the
underlying factor of one's right to live. The irony of religion lies in the
fact, that even as it is created to uphold life and provide a sense of
direction to righteous living, it increasingly becomes a weapon to exterminate
life. How right is the self-righteousness
that we practice in the name of religion? How does a false sense of
guardianship and the consequent security that religion extends to its
believers, stand vindicated? Furthermore, how just is the fanaticism that comes
with a blind adherence to religion? Why doesn’t intellectual responsibility
triumph over religious faith? Is human life so fragile that it should crumble
under the force of someone else’s belief? If this is what religions stands for,
why does the religion of humanity not raise its head? </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08603558084600203417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521842597929647864.post-23351691389218901242012-10-02T08:57:00.001+04:002012-10-02T13:53:19.121+04:00 The Static Face of an Evolving India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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'marriage' generally bears a striking connotation: love and a life together.
Love is the key ingredient of this social union between two people who are
committed to spending their lives together.
What logically ensues is that in order to get married one needs to be in
love. Wedlock seals the romantic involvement and a new life begins for two
people. True. This is commonly and most naturally the case the world over. In
India, however, the scenario is entirely different.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">This is one
country that regales in its age old tradition of 'arranged marriages'. While,
getting married becomes almost imperative for every Indian, falling in love is
even today frowned upon. Paradoxically, in a land where remaining unmarried is
considered lacking a fundamental ingredient of life and an embarrassment, a
youngster in love, evokes the piquant curiosity of his peers and invites nasty
insinuations from the elderly about his/her romantic relationship. In major
parts of India, being in love before marriage is a virtual stigma. So is remaining single.
A girl in love supposedly brings 'shame' upon her family. And all hell breaks
loose if the boy she's in love with happens to be from a caste/ community
different from hers. In order to salvage the family's 'honour', the girl is
either hastily married off to another boy of a 'respectable' background,
falling within the 'caste/community' compartment, or in worst cases the
unwavering, undeterred girl and her lover are sacrificed by their own people in
the name of 'honour killing'. Shocking as it may seem, yet this act of
barbarism continues to be practiced in parts of the country. Most couples in
love, however, are lucky enough to get a positive nod from their respective
families. In such cases too it seldom is an easy win for them. Often parents
put up a stiff resistance to their children's choices and ultimately, fearing
an estrangement from their heirs, give in. At other times, however, the girl
and the boy, two consenting adults, are forced to marry someone against their
own wishes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In the
background of these somber, sour and unyielding practices, the age old
tradition of arranged marriage still exists as the most acceptable way to
matrimony. Funnily enough, Indian parents proudly take the onus of finding
suitable matches for their children, and getting their 'independent' children
married off is an incumbency carried out almost theatrically. The practice, in
today's world that significantly values individual freedom and choices in all
that one does, appears downright stifling and outdated. Recently, while talking
to a cousin in India, who works as a software engineer with a reputed
multinational, I casually asked her about her plans for marriage. The youngster
replied saying that while marriage was most plainly on the cards, she was still
waiting for Mr. Right. I asked her if she had someone in mind, to which she
replied in the negative, and said that she expected her parents to do that for
her. Some twenty years back the answer would not have befuddled me, but today I
found it difficult to stomach that. What is simply beyond comprehension is, the
way a person who's come to be independent, with a distinct conception of life
and choices, allows someone else to choose a 'life partner' for him/her. Isn't
that a decision reserved exclusively to the individuals concerned? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">Most Indian
parents, in their mid-ages, spend a chunk of their time and resources playing
match makers to their offspring. The burgeoning matrimonial websites come
appreciably to their aid. Bharat Matrimony, a ubiquitous name in Indian
households, boasts of having entered the Limca Book of Records with a record
number of marriages. Not that 'love marriages' are non-existent. With changing
times, 'love matches'- a term not used in the western world, are gaining
grounds especially in urban India. However, such marriages are arranged by
families, dutifully and most self- righteously, by way of mutual approval and
compliance. In ancient India, where the idea and role of the individual was not
well recognized and remained relatively blurred, the concept of arranged
marriage did work, and those marriages were fairly successful too. Today,
however, Indians with a decent education and career have veered far from the
age old way of living, but when it comes to settling down in marriage, they
most often lie, bereft of any romantic association, almost wholly at the wishes
of their parents. And it thus is a 'loveless match' to begin with. It would be
further intriguing to note that many of the youngsters have had no romantic
involvement at all until they get married, which happens anytime around their
mid-twenties or later. And this is highly regarded by the older generation and
often passed off as a mark of 'integrity of character'. To such couples, sex
comes, not as a result of love, but more as a result of a natural transpiration
between a man and a woman being 'made to sleep together' for the purpose of nurturing
the family tree, and for enabling a ‘socially accepted’ way to satisfy their
basic human instinct. What follows marriage is a life bogged down with family
pressures and responsibility, so much, so that love merely remains an object of
fantasy, restricted to books and films.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">In a land
where individuality and personal space do not come easily and naturally, it
appears that the age old tradition of arranged marriage has not just survived,
it is continually evolving to suit the needs of a changing populace. And so, a
'fair complexioned, smart, beautiful convent educated, 5ft2'' docile, homely,
graduate, Brahmin girl of 22,' of the 80s and 90s has now progressed to a
'beautiful, Hindu, Mumbai based investment banker 25, progressive woman with a
spiritual bent, seeks alliance with like-minded Hindu man, preferably based in
the US ; caste no bar'. In a progressing India the old arrangement still works,
with a constant variable of 'beauty' as an essential criterion for an Indian
bride. Not just in India, but scores of Indians settled in America and other
parts of the world, continue to opt for arranged matches with a view to retain
their culture. The difference is that back home, parents play a decisive role
in these marriages. Romance and courtship between couples-to-be is not
encouraged. And all clandestine meetings, if any, to that effect are often
swept under the carpet and not given enough importance. Indians living
westwards generally have a strong say in their own, arranged relationship.
Furthermore, the need to know one another is far more crucial and relevant than
what goes on at the family levels.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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summed up that arranged marriages continue to hold their charm for Indians. The
flavors get somewhat marinated in the changing times, but families still look
for decent brides and a US based software engineer continues to be the most
sought after groom.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08603558084600203417noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521842597929647864.post-62729130724623290812012-09-17T22:12:00.002+04:002012-09-20T08:35:55.564+04:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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sometimes spend too much time indulging in a particular interest, so much so
that it is generally disapproved of by others, and though we are not considered
eccentrics, yet the indulgence yields little to us. Such an excess is termed as
a 'fetish'. Women often have a fetish for something that relates distinctly to
their feminism. A fetish ranges from something optionally tiring, like
cleanliness, to something apparently splendid and impressive, like
housekeeping, and then something typically crazy like beauty, personal
grooming, fitness and then women often have that characteristic obsession for
clothes, accessories and jewelry. I, myself, most shyly admit to having a
fetish for beautiful hair! I strongly believe that great hair compliments a
woman's looks more than all the adornments that she may try.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I
am inherently blessed with voluminous, dark tresses that, at the moment, seem
to be en voyage to losing their glorious sheen. My erstwhile youthful years,
coupled with a stress free life, and not to miss the adequate climatic
conditions of the region that I once lived in, contributed immensely to my
flaunting a healthy mane. I took little efforts to earn the admiring and
envious glances of women not endowed with as lustrous a crown. Over the years
as the biological clock ticked on and I trailed my husband to the Middle East,
I soon realised that the desalinated water in the region for domestic use and
personal care, became the strongest enemy of my hair. Within weeks of my
arrival here, the tress, in open rebellion, began to part with the rest of my
physical self. I started losing hair in tufts. Thereon began the ongoing agony
of bidding a continual farewell to something I had once proudly possessed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">My
rounds of Dubai, the city that I happily settled down in, led me to discover
that hair treatment salon and parlors galore here. Numerous hair treatments
exist, most of which I learnt upon my arrival here. Pharmacies and stores do a
thrift business not just with skin care products but the ones for hair care, as
well. The leading brands in treatment products for smoother and stronger hair,
across the world find their way into stores and professional salons here. While
shampoos and conditioners are one of the very basic, intrinsic hair care
products, there exists a long list of names in specialist items like keratin
wax, chocolate wax, mousse, masks, souffles, cream, sprays, serums, hot oil
treatments, the very strange 'snake oil' and numerous other potions, some of
which until now had been alien to me. I started to loosen my purse strings on
buying anything and everything that promised to restore the lost glory to my
hair that had by now reduced to frazzled frizzes.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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started visiting parlors for different hair treatments that were spoken of as
tried and tested therapies. Not to mention the various home remedies that
followed at the behest of concerned friends, well-wishers and wellbeing
magazines. I patiently waited for the desired results, yet nothing majorly
helped. I felt horrible and helpless! It seemed as though every day was a bad
hair day in the literal sense of the term.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and acquaintances shared similar stories of follicular disasters and 'hairy
tales' were told at many a parties and get togethers. I would often be an
intent listener to all such tales. It was on one of these occasions that a friend suggested the use of flattened beer as a final rinse for hair. I had
known about this home remedy as a great tool for softening the mane but had
never tried it, probably because the lingering smell of beer somehow failed to
ensnare me into using it. Smelling good is always a top priority for women, and
the reek of stale beer, I was sure would be an outright declivity to one's
femininity. But, in order to tame my tresses, it was time to get them boozed!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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expectation. Hesitantly, I carried a can of flattened beer to the shower the
very next day. The beverage had never caught up with my preference of drinks,
and so it felt weird carrying beer to the shower. After the elementary round of
shampoo and conditioning, I finally rinsed the frizziness with beer and stepped
out of the shower, only to acquire the disapproval of my children, who
disdainfully said that I smelt foul ! To my utter dismay they tried to stay
away from me. It surely did not feel right having these little ones get sniffy.
That being a Saturday afternoon, I tried to distract them by taking them out on
their promised trip to the beach where the air felt refreshing.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Wrapped
in an eternal cycle of unrelenting chore, I hurriedly blow dried my hair, all
the while expectant of some miracle, as an end result. And this day was one
when my silent prayers seemed to be getting answered, for what I arrived at was
mind blowing, absolutely astounding! The instant feeling of softness in my hair
amazed me, like never before. I had not felt like this in all these months. I
could see lustrous strands of black and they appeared incredible. The silky
feeling made me run my fingers through the new softness constantly, and I felt
almost tipsy with joy. I just could not believe that an ordinary, most commonly
found ingredient had done something extraordinary. I began punching the air in
delight, even as the fresh, satiny fluff on my head kicked around in self-glorification.
I could feel the kick, the high, call it what you may. Seldom do I share such
episodes and experiences with my husband, to whom they probably appear out
right absurd and rather vain.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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without any knowledge of the triumphant conclusion that I had arrived at, he
walked merrily on the beach, along with the kids. I followed them, still soaked
in the delight of my new grand slam. With a spring in my steps, I caught up
with him. The cool air on the beach blew against our faces and gently lifted my
feathery, shiny locks. As the tantalising aroma of beer in my hair wafted
towards my 'beer bellied' husband, I felt him come close to me, his face
nuzzling into my hair. I was insanely amazed. The beer had not just worked; it
had worked wonders! Something that large amounts of delicate creams, rich
serums, refreshing gels or sumptuous fragrances had failed to bring about, this
ordinary, smelly beer had. My fetish did not go in vain. A can of beer is now a
regular sight in my bathroom. The use and the hangover persists!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I riffled through the aisles in a popular bookstore, stacks of paperbacks in black-grey cover drew my attention. I chuckled, for I had just finished reading the trilogy, the much devoured Fifty Shades series by debutante British writer E. L. James. These self-published and largely erotic books by a first time author have made their mark in the fiction world like none other. If reports are to be relied upon, Fifty Shades surpasses J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga as the fastest selling paper back series. Fifty Shades of Grey, the first in the trilogy has gone on to become the bestselling Kindle book of all time on Amazon.co.uk. The books namely, Fifty Shades of Grey, Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed have become so immensely popular that they are amusingly tagged as self-help books on rekindling mid aged women’s interest in intimacy. The first of the books was published in 2011 by a rather nondescript Australian publisher, The Writers' Coffee Shop, as an e-book, but word-of-mouth sent a plethora in the sales and the e-book hit the bestsellers list particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom in early 2012. As American publishers battled over the rights to release the books, Vintage Books secured the same in March 2012 to publish the e-book and the paperback editions. The books have earned the top spots on USA TODAY and The New York Times best sellers list for several consecutive weeks. Amazon's audible.com, offers the unabridged series on its Audible Best Sellers list. This clearly is an incredible bit of recognition.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well, so much for the electrifying adoration the books, developed originally from a Twilight fan fiction, continue to receive. The raunchy, ribald pornography that James handles in the audacious, spunky bedroom scenes with unblinking openness have something to do with the way the book continues to spawn a burgeoning fan base comprising largely of women, right from high schools to the middle ages. However, the books continue to receive conflicting reviews, from being gripping and compelling, to having set the readers' libidos humming, and then to being a nasty piece of writing, risqué, porn trash, and of course have gone to the extent of earning a derogatory nickname 'Mommy Porn'. Despite the poor reviews, the blockbuster sales suggest there is something deeper in the books that has taken the publishing world by the storm, and has extended a sky rocketing success to its author.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The hype and hoopla intrigued me enough to see for myself what all the fuss was about. Honestly, however, it wasn't the erotica, but the hysterical popularity that lured me to jump on the bandwagon. After visiting some popular bookstores in the city and discovering that almost all of them had their copies sold out, I decided to buy the e-version of the books on Amazon. Surprisingly enough, as I went about reading on the iPad, I realized it was difficult to get my hands off the 'chick lit' even in the briefest time that I had for myself, and that included the time spent in waiting to pick up my children from their activity classes and so on. Right away, I downloaded them on my cell phone, which allowed me greater flexibility in carrying the books all around and reading them whenever time permitted. Moreover, I had successfully managed to keep out the embarrassment that arises from reading porn literature so brazenly. Albeit, I confess the books kept me up as late as 2.30 past mid night and garnered my reluctance to sack in even after that. Even as I enjoyed the love story, the steamy, over the top sex exhibits, had me silently thanking my good sense that prompted me go for the e-books. With a sixteen year old book worm at home, I dared not have the print edition lying sprawled shamelessly on the couch. The love story that generates an ardor laced with abashment, describes the deepening relationship between Anastasia Steele, an intelligent, young, beautiful but moneyless college graduate and Christian Grey, a strikingly handsome, philanthropic Seattle billionaire with a tormented childhood. As James admits in an interview, the story is about romance between a young couple; and as all other young couples, these two have their fair share of sex. Now, the heart of the matter lies not in the plain 'vanilla sex' that couples normally engage in, but the 'kinky fuckery' that some women confess has induced them to feel wet 'down south'. At the same time, those who abstain from talking openly about their personal bedroom practices have admitted that somewhere in the course of their reading they have found themselves snuggle close to their husbands, and the lustful, carnal depictions have secretly massaged their G spot. That’s more like a sex toy in print! Yet, there are scores like me, who at some point in the first book weren't sure if they’d go on to read the other two in the series. Gradually though, the unique love story with a lot of spins and jerks nearly obsesses you and swamps you into a deep, dark world of dominance-submission and sadomasochism. Synchronously lies Ana's unbridled, first hand account of her sexual encounters with the irresistible Christian and their tantalizing amusement with hand cuffs, blindfolds and riding crop in the 'red room of pain'. The BDSM and SM details are repulsive, but Ana's mind blowing orgasms allow the readers a trip into the searing fantasy sex cauldron.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />Women, however, may find it easy to relate to Ana who comes across as a normal, smart, beautiful and intelligent girl next door, who initially fumbles and stutters in the presence of the celebrated entrepreneur, Christian Grey. Christian, with all that wealth, has his philanthropy and his undying love for Anna peeking through the greyness that surrounds him. In this Harvard dropout, twenty seven year old Adonis and an utterly successful entrepreneur, we may catch a fleeting glimpse of Mark Zuckerberg, philanthropist Bill Gates and the piping hot Tom Cruise. Funnily, by the time one gets to the end of the book, probably the high school readers start comparing their SAT scores with Ana's. The novel ends perfectly with Christian and Ana playing joyfully with their boy child, as they're on the way to bringing into the world their baby girl. Ana gazes up at the promising view as the sun sinks behind the Olympic Peninsula. 'It's everything that Christian promised it would be...". "It's home" and Christian is ‘fifty shades free’. A utopian ending seals a splendid fairy tale. Beauty and the Beast is somewhat revisited.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Humorously enough, each time Christian beds Ana, whether in the shower, on the piano top, in the elevator, at the boathouse and various other places, women may find themselves squirming with feverish delight and experiencing 'pawned' orgasms. Those who remain insensitive to the aphrodisia, and express disgust for such sleazy representation, may decidedly be called a bunch of 'elitist snobs'! Yet, all would univocally agree that there are certain sketches that are far too difficult to stomach, and that is exactly the reason why one needs to read the novel behind closed doors. Readers complain that the book contains poor writing with sloppy and repetitive phrases, a repetition of lowdown obscenity, and frustratingly annoying dialogues. Louboutin is misspelt ‘Laboutin', a case of poor editing. Ana's 'inner goddess' constantly propping up, and her ceaseless use of expletives not only leaves the readers exasperated, but also do not complement the persona of the English Literature graduate who enjoys reading 'Tess of the d'Ubbervilles'. In the background of an urban American setting, the writer’s inept handling of Americanism in her writing has raised a quite a few eyebrows. Despite the flaws, Fifty Shades has clearly gone viral and erotica has come to be resurrected to mainstream fiction.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In case you haven't read the novel, go ahead, buy it, borrow it or even lift. Let yourself loose and treat yourself to one of the most erotic fairy tales of your time, a book that is hard to put down. With all its fluffiness, the novel clearly veers far from fine literature and serves just well to pass the time. Nevertheless, there are some hugely popular books that are loaded with sex, often unromantic sex, and if one can tolerate those, one can certainly accept this as a light read. I'm sure the writer herself did not look beyond. You may just enjoy the story if you look past the preposterous sex scenes. Simultaneously, you will fall in love with Ana and Christian and will certainly want to know more about Christian's obscure history, Ana's vain struggle in disenchanting herself from the man who by his own admission is dark, and their passionate relationship that finally frees him from his demoniac past. And, should your man ever snicker at you, just confront him with a bold, 'why do YOU watch porn'? Again, women readers will be quick to point out that while the book is replete with sex, what interests them primarily is the enduring love between Ana and Christian.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Universal Pictures and Focus Features have won the screen rights to James’ purple fiction. The angelic beauty Shailene Woodley, and the very charming Emma Watson are touted to be the top contenders for Ana’s role. However, if some of the unimaginable, bizarre and perhaps, never before performances of intimacy are to be screened, it is a wonder if the actors will ever agree to give those 'hot-shots'. Even with body doubles, the scenes will be hard to ingest. Despite all that perplexity, movie goers await with ecstatic fervor, the most 'wild, wicked and wanton' book-to-film release.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08603558084600203417noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521842597929647864.post-43467554234318462722012-08-28T14:28:00.000+04:002014-02-02T10:47:38.242+04:00Love's Refrain<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">In ripe efflorescence, the flame of fondness flits,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">gleams and glimmers with mellifluous harmonics</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Wrapped in a cocoon, our twin hearts beat in unison</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">as Cupid's couple, we cleave in a rhapsodic mission</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our lives' elixir, we synthesize as dyad lovebirds,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">nourish and nurture amidst prismatic pastures</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Wherein fidelity, fervor, friendship and fondness</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">flock our spirits as we embrace amorousness</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A world of wealth that the Almighty doth shower</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">upon you and I, swathed in love's luscious amour</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">A love that swells and craves divine benediction</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">sensuality and desire are its concordant musician</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The peals of laughter that let sunshine into our today</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Pray, it glows incandescent when debility comes to stay</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">In sickness or in health, through all highs and lows,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">for better or for worse, while our fondness grows</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sweetheart, upon all our wedded bliss, abounding rife</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I, most solemnly do affirm, to be your ever loving wife.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08603558084600203417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521842597929647864.post-86330814519542672602012-05-09T15:41:00.000+04:002012-09-23T21:20:27.725+04:00It Tugs, I Twitch, It Beeps, I Peek<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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abandoned the days when weddings and births were announced on the house phone,
and the household huddled around to gather every ounce of the conversation. The
house phone seldom rings anymore, and with that we have almost done away with
such ceremonious revelations. You no longer have to wait to be informed by your
aunt that the pregnant cousin of yours has delivered. A beep on your hand held
device alerts you of the baby's arrival and pictures of the new born are
flashed across the world even before it may have taken the first breath of
life, leaving you wanting to scoop her already into your arms. Kith and kin, or
better still, digital connections of this cousin, receive an on-the-spot update
about how adoringly her husband thanks her for this bundle of joy. And as the
beaming mother swooshes into texting, instant messaging and updating status on
social networking sites, the pangs of labor and child birth thaw by degrees as
she transports herself from meatspace to cyberspace via that indispensable
widget she refuses to part with. Now think of this, some ten years back, when
you brought forth a life no less precious into the world, did your husband
applaud your attainment to that effect? Or, without the testimonials do you now
feel less appreciated? Or, worse still, has the language of love undergone a
transformation? Probably, it all lies in that little device which you appoint
to publicize your privacy, and thereby forfeit those exclusively personal
moments to digital eccentricity. And in the flush of this revolution in
connectivity, does it turn out that our erstwhile existence, bereft of such
trimmings, lay insipid in the confines of a small group of familiar associates?<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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totally grim scenario, though. You may be vacationing on the Seychelles Islands
and yet clinch a lucrative stock on SENSEX or get the latest on the NYSE. All
courtesy the minuscule gadget you own. A decade ago, the average person was
probably more diffident about technology. Not anymore. So, as you tweet about
the London Olympics and post videos of the latest Pitbull concert in your town,
you certainly can ask Siri, to guide you to the nearest Italian joint in your
vicinity. It's all about 'biting into the Apple' or latching on to the
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telecommunication facilities vary from nation to nation, and from region to
region, we quite easily store every bit of information on our mobile devices,
so much, so that this pocket-sized gizmo turns out to be a ubiquitous personal
assistant. So dependent are we on our smart phones, that parting with the same
awhile afflicts us with a disagreeable feeling of incompleteness. All
communication between friends, co-workers and acquaintances living across the
globe, is simply and most effectively contained in our pockets. You have this
sudden urge to say something to your friend, least important it may be, swoop
into a schmooze even while you are swaddled in your duvet! Emotions flow
freely. You may not get yourself to saying things aloud, but typing and tapping
'send' is all too easy. To say 'love you', 'thinking about you' 'missing you'
or 'did you have your pill this morning', is all but a pushover and simple as
ABC? In other words, love, care and concerns are now digitalized. With animated
smileys, you tap the keypad or simply touch the screen at any odd hour and let
your heart open up to your loved one at the other end. It's no more about
sitting at your workstation or embracing your laptop. It doesn't even matter if
you're living in unmatched time zones, if you haven't hibernated for the day,
you're always there to answer a call or acknowledge a text...and then you're on
a roll!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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with twitter feeds rolling in every second, a meeting at the workplace no more
palls on you. Tweets let us keep in touch when we are not blah- blahing on the
mobile phone. Facebook updates roll in every minute, and you get to see that
your friend in Oslo is enjoying the spectacular northern lights, while you are
sitting through that draggy, dreary meeting, headed by that acrimonious boss of
yours.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";"><span style="font-size: large;">It may lift
our spirits to know that we are in communication, even though we may be tens of
thousands of miles away from each other. Technology has actually made it
possible to dive into one another's life at random moments. With video calling
facilities enabled, you can connect with your mom no matter where you are, and
show her how sassy you look in that outfit she gifted to you on your last
anniversary. Even as, you allow your mind to go wild on the scary possibilities
of this video calling feature, you may just need to box up at times. After all,
would you like to 'facetime' with a friend when you have your face layered with
a cleansing mask, ugh? Well, that may be just one of your many flashes you may
not want to share. Yet, with 3G, 4G and the innumerable Gs evolving, it just
doesn't matter, where you are or what you're up to. All that matters is that
smart pocket device that beeps in harmony with every move you make, reminding
and reassuring you that all those who matter are just a click away. With the
pervasive and unrestricted wireless services, networking is simply at the push
of a button. And, if you possess the gizmo, you have it all there.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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phone virtually has broken barriers, blurred distances and has made information
available literally at one's finger tips. And with that omnipresent ding,
technology has gifted us with a peerless vim. Paradoxically, even as we bemoan
the gluttony of wireless connections, this contraption certainly gets us hooked
as it slides the world into the cozy confines of our pockets, and fills us with
a warm complacency of being connected in a rather disconnected world.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08603558084600203417noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521842597929647864.post-43065018428545578992011-12-08T23:43:00.003+04:002014-02-02T10:51:59.014+04:00Enraptured<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;">His rugged, virile odour says here comes my beau</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;">Oh, how long have I filled time, this he very well knows</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;">The moment's adorned with an impassioned grace</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;">His silent affirmation warms the cockles of my heart</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: 'lucida sans unicode', 'lucida grande', sans-serif;">A peerless affiance I make, am forever yours, sweetheart !</span></span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08603558084600203417noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6521842597929647864.post-65427585229758166022011-11-23T22:20:00.006+04:002014-02-02T10:56:06.350+04:00Nostalgia....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In life's onward march</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As I sashay along</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In one abrupt tilt</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My paths cut across</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The old lang syne</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I live at crossroads</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Tossed across the yore</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Entwined between</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The extinct and extant</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Reflections roll by</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A retrospective sojourn</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In an enchanting slide</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Down a back street</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Which grasps me in a vision</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I once would not cast off</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Even as the present beckons</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And I move wittingly ahead</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I cannot but help look</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Wistfully, once at the past</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I've left far behind</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A milestone fondly reached</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Is now a memento</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A fore time reality</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In an inward flash</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Spins a clamant fantasy</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nostalgia grips,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A dream retires</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Into fairyland's folds</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">And a story once told</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Remains a fairy tale forever.</span></td></tr>
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