A small song for my mommy!!

For every small thing I did...
U always hugged me...
Whwnever I faltered...
U never yelled at me...

Never forced me into doin anything...
Always let me do my own thing...
However tough the demands I made...
the smile on your face would never fade...
N yet I yelled and mocked at you...
not realizing, ur human too...

But today mommy, I jus wanna say...
I wouldn't have it any other way...
'coz I jus know God must rrreally love me...
For he gave me U...for a Mommy!!!
Love u mommy!! :)

SDIPA Summer Funk 2009 - What a fiasco!!!

Ooooomigoood!!! Went to watch the summer funk dance show today evening at sophia's auditorium, Bangalore. 'Twas my first tryst wid anything Shiamak-ish...n must must say...wasn't anything even close to a good experience!!
Apart from the fees charged for the course, the fee to watch your own children/siblings dance was a whopping Rs. 250/- Not that 250 bucks is a BIIg amount in today's world, but for the way the show was organised, did really seem "whopping!!"
There was no parking for 4 wheelers inside, and considering it is located on the main road near Chalukya hotel, the cops are standing there ever ready to harass you...yes I literally mean harass!!
Unfortunately for us, the car broke down right in front of the gate(though we were not blocking the entrance or the traffic!) M standing there wid our 8 month old baby looking for help, while my husband is stuck inside the car...
First comes the cop, and yells some obscenities in kannada, at my husband...to the effect that "I dont care whether you're stuck...u push your vehicle out of here, or m gonna have it towed!!"
"...eh excuse me sir, we go... the vehicle wont move... we need some help here!"
So you get down and push the car, n take it away...or I'll tow it now....
(Is there some sort of a disconnect here?????!!!!)
Anyway, our next option was to seek help from the so-called Valet-parking service arranged...
So, I go n ask for help in pushing the car...n the guy goes... "Nahin Madam, hum aise risk nahin le sakte. tho kya hua agar aapke pati push karenge tho...baad mein hum nahin sambhal sakte!!"
eh...excuse me...do you not see, we're stranded, n with an infant here???!!!"
...Next option: Go to the next building, the golf club, which has more than enuf parking....
"Bhai sahab, please humein park karne dijiye... We'll pay you...Gaadi start nahin ho rahi...aur chota baccha hai!!"
- Sorry madam, ske liye hum kuch nahin kar sakte!!
n this went on..n on...until 2 noble souls volunteered to help push the vehicle!! n in all this...the organisers were nowhere to be seen... The entrance was teeming with people, all having similar parking problems, some even unable to watch the show finally!!!
For a Shiamak banner, n with so much money involved, one definitely expexts a little more organization!!
SDIPA.... a looooooot of learning still in store...nope, not for ur students, but for you!! n for the 10th year, one definitely expects sthg better!!
So all in all, a complete fiasco!!!

My views on God....

Who is God??!! What is God??!! Two questions that have been on my mind for quite sometime now... Why??!! 'Coz the way I see him is sooo radically different from the way I am supposed to...

At one point of time, I was a very "religious" n devout person... Would visit the temple everyday... write my sriramajayams and Om Ganeshaya namahas everyday... follow the routine of visiting the Ganesh temple on tuesdays, Hanuman temple on saturdays, the Infant Jesus Church on thursdays...because that was the day auspicious to that deity...or some such thing....

N somewhere down the line... I started questionning myself as to what God means to me??!! n from there started the beginning of a radical change in my views of God and prayer n the like... n in fact, if you ask me, now is when I really feel I am closer to understanding Him...

Now, I dont really pray to him desperately asking Him to make this happen and not make that happen n give this n not give that.........Its more like... "Hi God!! Looong time... really sorry couldn't make it...but you understand right?!!" or "Happy Birthday God! Not gonna ask u for anything 'coz its ur day!!" or "U know wats best for us.. so jus hold our hands and walk us through" or the various thank yous for the million odd things I need to thank Him for!!

N I truly love this feeling!! Of feeling that He up there is my best friend...one that understands me better than even I understand myself!! He's no more a punishing God...who's not gonna give me sthg...or take away sthg from me jus 'coz I din recite some shloks or visit him at the temple!!

'Coz now He's God...my own God!!my bum pal!! n u don need to necessarily do things to please ur bum pal...Ur jus thankful they're there!! n thats how I would always want it to be...even if maybe I come across as a person who almost has no religious beliefs!!

My bum pal knows better than that... n I love Him!! :)