sundara snehavidu....

This is my favorite scene from my favorite movie in kannada.....america america.....apart from various other aspects it portrays like brain drain, economic recession, self employment, attitude of the Indians abroad and so on, this movie is a beautiful piece of art of friendship, untold love and the essence of relationships .

Bhoomi: En yochne madtidya surya.
Surya: Ee sethuve kattida mahaan vyakthi bagge yochistidini. Entha adbhuthawada srushti alwa?
Bhoomi: Esht chennagide alla. Ee golden gate bridge nan favorite spot. Nammoralli namdondu favorite spot ittalla ade thara. Weekend bandre saaku nanillige od band bidtini.
Surya: ide thara ond sethve manushyara manassu manassugala naduve iddidre esht chennagirtittu. Hel le beku anta ansodanna kooda naav helodilla. Manassinolge muchchidthiwi.
Bhoomi: Shashank nin hatra tumba vishya muchitidane. Avangeega kelsa illa. Tumba desperate agidane. Naneega sales girl aagi kelsa madtidini.
Surya: ah..so what…ond doddu estate owner maglu anta nod de, eega sales girl aagi kelsa madtidya andre, I’m really proud of you.
Bhoomi: Ee vyavasthe tumba strong aagide kano. Manushyana ego galnella kattarsi hakutte. Ond kade dandiyagi materialistic comfortsna kottu sukhavagirsutte. Kelavru, ee shashank nanthavru ee sukha ella naane sampadsiddu ankoltare. Aadre ee sukha vyavasthe kottiddu ashte.
Soorya: Bhoomi neen sukhvagidyalla?
Bhoomi: Sukha? Ide andre ide…illa andre illa. Kelavru illinavru, ondonu dollar na koodittaglu 35 rinda gunsi 35 pattu sukha jaasti aithu ankoltare. Ee sukhakkoskara naav huttiro desha bhashe ooru ella bitbit barbeku. Identha sukha helu. Nam aatma ne maari nakli kirita totkond haage.
Soorya: How’s your internal life? Shashank ninna chennag nodkotidana?
Bhoomi: he’s a nice guy. Aadre tumba superficial manushya. Chikkandininda nan prapanchadalli iddavru neevibre. One fine day, avnu nan gandanagi thath anta illig ethkond band bitta. Neen alle ulkondbitte. Naanu ibru friends nu kalkondbitte.
Surya: Neevibru illi band mele, nanobne alli esht suffer maad de anta aa devrige gottu. Nimgadre at least jagla adoke antanadru ibridiri, aadre nange…bari gida mara gudda samudra ivugal jothene matadtidde.
Bhoomi: Soorya, neen tumba strong emotions iro manushya, nija helu, yaro neen preetsid hudgi? Ellidalo avlu? Yaak neen avalna madve aglilla?
Surya: naan preetsid hudgi nanna preetislilla.
Bhoomi: Neen jorag koogi helbekagittu ‘I love you’ anta.
Soorya: Enanta?
Bhoomi: I LOVE YOU anta…
Surya: Naan ankondidde preeti annodu hrudayada pisu mathu anta. Koog beku anta gottirlilla.
Bhoomi: Houdu kano. Kelav dad hudgirge kivine kelsolla. Neen jorag kirch helidrene arthvagodu.
Surya: oh…avlu kivudi….naan mooga…he he…

disgust...

She said that she feels like a road sign with birds shitting on her....

ಅಮೃತಧಾರೆ

ಗೆಳತಿ ಗೆಳತಿ...ಕ್ಷೇಮವೆ ಸೌಖ್ಯವೇ.....

ಬಾಳು ಪೂರ್ಣವಾಯಿತೆ...ಜೀವ ಧನ್ಯವಾಯಿತೆ

ಗೆಳೆಯ ಗೆಳೆಯ....ಬಾಳಿನ ಯಾತ್ರೆಯು...

ದೂರದಾ ದಿಗಂತಕೆ ದಿವ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಸಾಗಲಿ....ಗೆಳೆಯ..

ಜೀವವನ್ನು ತೇಯುವೆ...ಹೂವಿನಂತೆ ಹಾಸುವೆ....ನೋಯದಂತೆ ಕಾಯುವೆ....

ನಾಳೆಯೆಂಬ ಮಿಥ್ಯೆಯೋ.....ಕಳೆದುದು ಚರಿತ್ರೆಯೋ ......ಪ್ರೀತಿಯೊಂದೆ ಸತ್ಯವೋ.....

ಗೆಳೆಯ ಗೆಳೆಯ....ಬಾಳಿನ ಯಾತ್ರೆಯು...
ದೂರದಾ ದಿಗಂತಕೆ ದಿವ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಸಾಗಲಿ....ಗೆಳೆಯ

Law??!!

If you thought laws were made to protect people, have a look at these articles in the Shia Personal Status Law, also called the Rape Law.

Obedience, readiness for intercourse and not leaving the house without the permission of the husband are the duties of the wife, violation of every one of them will mean disobedience to the husband.
Rape within marriage is legal.
Rape is included in the category of Zina (adultery) and the victims who are minor girls or women are stoned to death. (Their unpardonable crime is to have been raped.)
In a rape case, circumstantial evidences are not considered and there has to be at least four adult male witnesses.
If a rape is proven (which does not happen in 99 out of 100 cases), the rapist is obliged to pay the victim the amount typically received as marriage payment to similar brides (and can go scot free)
(As no other punishment is mentioned, the punishment of rape, if proven, can be only financial compensation)
In a rape case, the evidence of women is originally inadmissible on account of their weakness of understanding; want of memory and incapacity of governing.
Adultery also includes any type of intimate relationship between a girl/woman and a man to whom she is not permanently or temporarily married. Such a relationship does not necessarily mean a sexual relationship.
The law denies women the right to leave their homes except for ‘legitimate’ purposes.
Women are forbidden from working or receiving education without their husband’s permission.
Women must wear make-up if their husbands wished.
Guardianship of children is granted to either father or paternal grandfather.

These are the articles in the Shia Law to which a new amendment has been passed in July which gives the husband right to starve his wife/wives who refuse sex.

I cannot believe such a society can exist. I cannot believe there is a set of people who support such laws. I cannot believe there is a government which passes such bills for political gains. My heart goes out for the women who have to go through such barbaric and heinous acts all though their lives. I pity those children who grow up witnessing women being stoned and caned to death.

I feel extremely grateful for being associated with family, friends, society, city, nation, government, legislation, people who respect my individuality.
I’m grateful to be able to ride back from work in the night and still feel safe.
I’m grateful for not having gone through a traumatic experience of being beaten and chased by random strangers for dancing in a pub being a woman.
I’m grateful to be able to express my thoughts, take my decisions, and exercise my right to education.

Invisible

Let’s say you are in a party…..no one has specifically arranged for this one…no invitations, no plans…..you are just there for some reason….there is a big hall where everyone is gathered and a small room in the corner….the room is made of glass which is transparent from inside and not from outside…..now you enter the party and quickly get into the small room….you can see everyone entering and leaving the hall….but no one can see you…..when someone enters, you decide if you would like to talk to him/her….you call out to people who you would want to talk to and get back into the room…..but what about people who would want to talk to you…..they wouldn’t know if you are present…..so why get into the room??

Sounds crappy??...he he….it actually is…..but this is what I imagine when I see the status ‘invisible’ or ‘appear offline’……somehow it is kind of irritating to realize that someone is online but not visible…..i do that sometimes but not all the time…..maybe it is understandable for people who are extremely popular or have a huge set of friends who would bombard them with messages as soon as they come online….has never happened to me….so will never understand :-)

special..

Sometimes you get so much of love and affection from people that you start wondering if you really deserve it. I feel lucky for having known people that I know. I feel lucky to be able to understand the love and care shown to me. I feel lucky to be able to reciprocate. Thanks uncle, aunty, roomy and nisha. It was really overwhelming. I’m not sure if I could express what I was feeling. I was speechless. Thanks for making me feel so special.

Brida

‘But how will I know who my Soulmate is?’ Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life.

Wicca laughed. She had already asked herself that question and with the same eager anxiety as the young woman opposite her. You could tell your Soulmate by the light in their eyes, and since time began, that has been how people have recognized their true love.

‘By taking risks’, she said to Brida. ‘By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in your search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.’

Wicca started picking up the cards from the table, and Brida sensed that her time was nearly up. Yet there was one other question to ask.

‘Is it possible to meet more than one Soulmate in each life?’

‘Yes,’ thought Wicca with a certain bitterness. And when that happens, the heart is divided, and the result is pain and suffering. Yes, we can meet three or four Soulmates, because we are many and we are scattered. The young woman was asking the right questions, but she had to avoid answering them.

‘The essence of creation is one and one alone,’ she said. ‘And that essence is called Love. Love is the force that brings back together, in order to condense the experience dispersed in many lives and many parts of the world.’

‘We are responsible for the whole earth because we do not know where they might be, those Soulmates we were from the beginning of time. If they are well, then we, too will be happy. If they are not well, we will suffer, however unconsciously, a portion of their pain, Above all, though, we are responsible for re-encountering, at least once in every incarnation, the Soulmate who is sure to cross our path. Even if it is only for a matter of moments, because those moments bring with them a Love so intense that it justifies the rest of our days.’

The dog barked in the kitchen. Wicca finished picking up the cards and looked again at Brida.

‘We can also allow our Soulmate to pass us by, without accepting him or her, or even noticing. Then we will need another incarnation in order to find that Soulmate. And because of our selfishness, we will be condemned to the worst torture humankind ever invented for itself: loneliness.’