Independence Day

Patriotic songs.
The hoisting of the tri-colour flag.
Feelings of joy, pride and oneness.
In the midst of all this I find myself pretty lost.

Call me unpatriotic, Independence day is something I really cannot relate to.
I think it has something to with being born post-Independence.
I don't really know the true meaning of being ruled by ruthless foreigners, while watching them take over the land of your ancestors.
And then finally watching them return it to you along with the priceless gift of freedom, while they surrender, defeated.

But the truth is I don't think that I have really experienced Freedom.
Everytime I use Public transport, I wonder if I'll reach home safely?
Everytime I step I out of the house I wonder if I am dressed inappropriately. No matter Whatever I wear the perverts will not stop leching or passing explicit comments at my expense.
And when it comes to protection, I really wonder if it's safe enough to approach any of the cops. Remember the girl who got raped by a policeman in Marine Drive?
Everytime I step into mall, I know I'm taking a risk. In this city anything can happen anytime.
What about when the elections are coming? You never know when a politician decides to start a communal riot.

May be we are Independent from foreign rule. But are we independent and free in the true sense?

Ha! So much for projects.
The second I found out College doesn't start until Thursday, I kissed good-bye to the computer screen, curled under my blanket and let the fascinating world of Books take me away.
I was stuck with The Da Vinci Code for over a month.
I know it's supposed to be a great book and all that, but somewhere in the middle I just got lost.
After that it was a real drag!
I just couldn't get myself to finish it.
I used be such a book freak.
And over the summer I read really shady books like The God of Small Things and some sad chic-lit novel.
So basically after a very book-dragging Summer I got stuck with Da Vinci.
I was starting to get really paranoid.
Was the computer really taking over my life?
Had it replaced the love I once had for the sacred pages of knowledge bound together to create something magical? :P
As it ends up, it really was the fault of the books.
Now I'm reading Desert Royal.
It's the third book to the Princess series.
They are two of my favourite books and I read them a long time ago.
It sort of comforting to go back to one of your favorite books and relive the moments.
The book is about the life of Saudi princess, Sultana, and the state of affairs from her eyes.
While most Saudi women have either resigned to their faith or believe that this is the life God has chosen for them, Sultana's rebellion against injustice inflicted upon women and hypocrisy of their culture, comes as a refreshing change.
It's a must read for those who are deeply concerned by the brutality of this world on the fairer sex.
Well that's all I have to say.
Tata for now :)

Wow! An off after so many days!
I come home so late everyday that I am too tired mentally to get any work done :(
I feel so uninspired.
First semester, I managed to complete all my projects on time.
Second semester, I was a little lazy.
But I managed to complete the projects anyway!!!
This Semester it's so hard to concentrate!
Its not as if too many things are going on or anything, but I just can seem to focus the way I used to.

As for my Blog, I haven't been updating it because I have gotten into the habit of Diary-writing again.
It's so hard to maintain both simultaneously.
You almost always ignore one of them.
Back in School I used to be a Diary freak.
Every incident, significant or insignificant found it's place in my Diary.
Believe it or not, I used to buy a new one every 3 months.
Well I am not that crazy anymore, but I think it's good to maintain a record of random everyday incidents, thoughts and feelings. They teach you so much about yourself and life in general.

But I still haven't spoken about the best thing that's happened.
Well, I finally decided it's time to seriously think over that Fashion line idea and I'm going to go ahead with it. =D
I still don't know how feasible the idea is and whether I am going to make any money out of it.
But if nothing works out, atleast I'll be left with all the nice little outfits that I make!


P.S. The red Balloon-pencil skirt with suspenders is coming from the tailor today. Can't wait! :D :P