A lot to be thankful for!

A hot cup of coffee.. a comforting book to read.. squirrels running about and.. miles and miles of trees to keep me company early in the morning!

This is the view I wake up to everyday..

When such wishes come true.. you know that you have a lot to be thankful for!

Are you for "Women's Reservation Bill"?

Women's Reservation Bill - From the moment I heard about this bill, I have been against it.
I have been trying to convince myself that this is a good thing - but I know it is not!

Lets start with seat reservation in public transport.
I was not ok with the fact that there are reservations for women in buses. If we are looking at equality of gender, how does reserving some quota of seats in buses constitute for equality?
Aren't we being overly partial to women when we reserve seats for them? Isnt the "equality balance" out of balance?
After much thought and some discussions with a few friends over lunch, I came to the conclusion that maybe I am wrong with reservation of seats in buses. Maybe thats ok - given the kind of men who travel in buses and take advantage of the fact that a woman is next to them.
Volvos dont seem to have "women only" seats- which kind of makes sense given the kind of people who use volvos. This proves that the "reservation in local buses" is actually to prevent eve-teasing and that these reservations in buses dont necessarily have anything to do with equality.
So as of now, I'm FOR "reserved for women" seats in buses..

Coming back to gender equality:
What does equality mean? Is equality achieved through reservations?
Isnt equality something in the mind? Would merely reserving a few seats for women in every field make sure equality is achieved?Is it even a stepping stone towards achieving equality?
I doubt it.

Coming back to Women's Reservation Bill:
Why am I against it?
a. In the name of gender equality and equal rights the wives and daughters of existing ministers will come into power. They most probably would become puppets in the hands of their fathers/husbands. Where's the equality?
b. If a woman really had it in her, to raise to power on the political front, she could do it all by herself without having to use reserved seats!
c. What happens after women get elected due to the 33% reserved quota? Will they be able to handle all the pressure and the dirty politics? If they cannot get elected to the assembly seats on their own(and have to rely on reservations) how will they fight and sustain their positons?

In a nutshell, reservation of assembly seats for women - WONT work.
Aggressiveness is the key - not reservations.
If women are not agressive enough to get to the seats on their own, then they should not!

Are you an egotist?

How do you decide if someone is an egotist?
Forget everyone. I keep wondering if I have a super ego.
Harsh says I do. But I think he does too! :) So, I'm not sure which one of us has a bigger ego!

How do you measure ego levels?
I wish there was a thermometer like device to measure this.

On another note,
What do call some one who is VERY stubborn? Do you still call him/her stubborn, or is it the ego that is showing up as stubborness??
How about, a very high self-esteem?At what level does high self esteem and ego become one and the same?

I thought looking into a dictionary will help me out, but here's what I found:
Self-esteem: a feeling of pride in yourself
Ego: an inflated feeling of pride
Stubbornness: the trait of being difficult;resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires

I'm more confused than ever!
A slightly darker shade of self-esteem and stubborness, and it seems like it cannot be differentiated from ego!

What do you think? Have you been successful in trying to differentiate one from the other?
If so, do you use some kind of a device to figure this out? ;)

Cant wait to hear(read) your thoughts on this! :)

Wolf Moon!

Last weekend's moon looked so lovely and alive॥

Although I got to see it only for a few minutes I remember it like I am seeing it now!
My so called romantic husband and the rest of the gang couldn't wait to go select their wines! :( Sigh! So I only got a few minutes with the moon..

I wish I was traveling by bus to someplace on Saturday! A window seat, some KennyG breathless, and the moon in its full splendor would have been a time well spent! (Oops! Did I just forget to mention my husband? :)

On an afterthought, maybe our venue for last Saturday nights' party should have been the terrace! Hmm... Romance, Wine and the (magnified)moon would have been a nice combination :)

Here's a pic of the Wolf Moon




It looks so fragile... !
No wonder then, that the heart, love and the moon go hand in hand! :)

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Image Courtesy: Sam Javanrouh.
Sam clicks some wonderful photographs. Have been subscribing to his photoblog for over 3 years now.
Here's the link to his blog.
I'm sure Chan can learn a few tricks from him :)

Am I frank?

Had fun this weekend as well!
This time the bahana was Pragya's treat..
Guys who dint get to attend this treat, keep counting! :)
You'll get to take all these treats when you get back! :) (And.. we'll get to enjoy an extra treat for every treat you guys get! We'll join you for all your treats remember? :)

Anyway, the Saturday treat put me in thinking mode on Sunday.
All because, I realized, that I'm a very frank person.
Well, this is not the first time this has dawned on me. I used to be frank as hell before, but I used to at least have a slight hesitation before talking my mind out to anybody. The hesitation seems to have vanished off late.
I whole-heartedly lay the blame on Harsh for this(Blaming him, makes me lighter(literally!) and its the easiest thing to do :)

Anyhoo.. back to my frankness.
The degree of my frankness seems to depend on the company.
With family, frankness is minimum. (On a scale of 0 to 10, it would be 5)
With colleagues and aquaintances, it is a bare minimum. (Guess I would give myself a 3)
With friends, it is a maximum. (Around 7 I guess)
And with hubby, it would be the maximum of maximum(.. so the higher side of 10).

Now, if my frankness, is dependant on the company I have at a certain point in time, that would mean that Im not actually a frank person.
If I were really a "franky" :) I would have behaved the same with everyone which is not the case.So, I conclude that Im not a frank person.

Coming to friends.. Im frank.
(I'm yet to figure out, what kind of frank I am, with them. Whether, I am
Frank(1) - meaning I talk my mind after thinking or
Frank(2) - meaning I talk my mind without bothering to think what I'm talking which results in people thinking that I'm a frank person :) Voting on this one, is now OPEN folks! :)

However, after being frank with a friend, maybe a day later, I might repent what I told him/her.
I picture the person being hurt/upset thinking about what I told them.
Are all frank people like this? Im sure they are not..

So what does this make me? A frank person, in the making? (That was supposed to be funny! Laugh!)
Like Harsh puts it, I have to decide what I am.

If I decide to go the 'actual' frank way.. I should learn to speak my mind and forget about it.
OR
Dont say stuff at all, which will later make me brood the next day!

Which one am I gonna be?
I prefer the first - but I know its gonna take a long long time!
I hope I can get to master this by when I'm 60! (But then, I'm 18 from the past so many years, I dunno when I'm gonna turn 60! :)

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By the way, I was serious, when I said votings are open..
Let me know, what you think I am - Frank(1) or Frank(2) in the comments sections! :)

What if?

I was wondering..
What if, my kid decides to continue blogging, on this blog of mine, after me!?
That would be "sooper cool". All I would wish for then, would be a laptop with an internet connection in heaven or hell - wherever I am! :) heh

WTH?

Why am I frustrated?
I wonder why we should be working on shifts!
Especially when, we are given a 30 minute notice, for a night-out in office. I cant work from home because, the time lines for each activity to be carried out is not fixed. We dunno when we should start and when we should finish.
What if something comes up while I'm traveling!? Seriously, BS!

I am waiting for a day when Indian IT resources are no longer seen as cheap labor.