Just another post!

Hey all..!!

No, I am not going to write about any social issues today...
It's just a school issue. A problem faced by the students! EXAMS!!!

Yeah, I couldn't blog for some days and it was because of exams. It's my final exams for 9th Grade.
First one was Maths. And it was the lengthiest Maths question paper I have ever seen in my life! Most of us couldn't complete... According to my calculations, if I see my maths teacher smiling through the school corridors, it means she hasn't started correcting our papers yet. If she is angry, that means she started correcting our papers. Till today, I always see her smiling... and that, obviously makes me smile too!

Writing the paper isn't a very BIG deal for me... But preparing for it, is. Studying for Geography is worst part in Social Studies..!! Sometimes, it makes me wish that my country wasn't that diverse (no, I don't actually mean that!) !! Sometimes, I get really tensed for some exams that I wish for weird, impossible things to happen. Like, "Oh god, I wish the earth will rotate super fast that tomorrow gets over in a minute and our exam gets cancelled!". The thing is, even if Earth does rotate super fast and one whole day is missed, our school wouldn't cancel our exams!! I know.... it's really stupid but in helpless situations, wishes become weird.
Till now, all the exams went well. Just well. I have this superstition that if I say my paper went really good, then my results will go bad... So, even if my paper went SUPER GOOD, I always say "It went okay, not bad.".

You know what? Tomorrow is the BIG day!! It's that last day of Exams!
Then, during these holidays, I will sleep and sleep a lot..! I need to compensate with all the 'waking-up-early' I did to prepare for the exams.

What young India wants

Most of you must have heard about the Indian writer, Chetan Bhagat.

' Chetan’s books have remained bestsellers since their release, and have been adapted into major Bollywood films. The New York Times called him the ‘the biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history.’ Time magazine named him in the “100 Most Influential People in the world” and Fast Company, USA listed him as one of the world’s “100 most creative people in business.” '

He has written six amazing books and I have read all of it... Well, at least most of it. My favorite ones are "Five point someone" and "Two States - The Story of my Marriage" . Currently, I'm reading his first non-fictional book, What Young Indian Wants. I thought I will share my thoughts about that book.

I bought this book on the month of September of the year 2012. But, someone who had read the book, told me that she found it boring as it wasn't fictional. It was just so many essays together in a book. That is exactly the reason why I did not read it until yesterday night. That proves that I haven't finished the book yet. But this book is going to help me in the long run, I'm sure.
I started reading this book and I just was so sunken in the book and couldn't stop reading. You see, I am that type of a person who looks for a change. And in this book, Chetan Bhagat looks at and analyses the complex issues that India is facing. Not just that, he suggests solutions.

He teaches us the true meaning of wealth. He talks about the corruption in India. We pin-point countless mistakes in our political leaders. But the irony of the situation is that, we are the ones who elected them.
Chetan Bhagat makes us realize the irony here.

"Citizens should be the strict teachers who will tell leaders they have a lot of homework to do.".

I love India. I'm proud to be an Indian. But, yes, there is still a long way to go for India to be corruption-less and better country. 'What young India wants' is a book which can motivate us for a change.
So please... All Indians out there... looking for a change...? Don't know what to do? Unsatisfied with how things are? Want to know what problems our country is facing and what we can do about it? What young India wants is the book that you have to get yourself next!

Minute by Minute...

Day by day, minute by minute, second by second, we are growing old.

Staying young forever is a dream that is impossible to become true. Of course, with regular exercising, yoga and meditation, it is possible stay young at heart.  But, not all are blessed with that. They are desolated by their own children. Once the children gets everything they need in life, their parents becomes a 'burden'.

It's just so cruel how people can leave , desert or be unwilling to take care of their own parents! After all the things your parents have done for the benefit of you, you decide to leave them... forever.
Maybe, it's the situations that makes one come up with the decision of leaving their parents in old age homes. But, still....
Old age is the second childhood. When one becomes old, he/she will need help for most of the things they do. In a stage like that, if there is no one to help, that's the biggest punishment. But why punish the innocent?

Recently, Papa told me about this old age home, Santhinikethanam.
Santhinikethanam was found by a nurse, Ms. Razia Banu on 8th May 2006. It is situated in a place called Vadakkanthara in the district of Palakkad, Kerala.
The life of Ms Razia wasn't a complete paradise but her dedication and hard work needs immense appreciation.
It's not everyday we come across people like Ms Razia. Not all of us can take the initiative to do things like this. But, it's always good if we do the very little we can. Little things add up.

Santhinikethanam is somewhere close to my home, in India. But, I never had the opportunity to visit Santhinikethanam. Every year, when Papa goes to India, he visits Santhinikethanam and pays some amount as charity. I would really appreciate it if you could spare a bit of precious time to go through the blog of Santhinikethanam.  Please do read the blog.
Our lives are so busy. We have got no time to think of how blessed we are. But after reading about the lives of Ms Razia and those ladies living in Santhinikethanam, you will learn to appreciate all those little things happening in our lives. And to thank God.

Just love and care for her...

There is only one special 'person' in this world, who gives everything she has to everyone and does not expect anything back. And she is the one who deserves all the care and love. Though, very few people love and care for her. If you think it's your Mom, you are right. But she's not only your Mom, she is our Mom. A little confused, are you? We all have a common Mom. I mean, our Mother Nature/Mother Earth.

If Earth wasn't existing, we wouldn't be existing. Nature gives us everything we need. But we still continue to kill her day by day. Look around you. Look at the pollution around you. Everyone, from a primary school student to a President of country knows, that we shouldn't cut trees, we shouldn't waste water, we should reduce the usage of plastic. Everyone knows the 3 R's. But only 3 out of 10 people practice what they preach. And their mere presence cannot change the environmental issues of this world. Think about how much Earth gives us. It's the reason why we survive. But, you are just taking advantages of it. Cutting down forests and building Malls in place of it. As if Malls can give us fresh air, water and bring rain.
I understand. Even I enjoy all this developments. But, we should learn to compensate. No, there is no blame from my side to the government. I blame those people out there, with very little minds.
Government is doing what they can (but I would appreciate if they could take more initiative), like Natural Parks, Botanical Gardens etc...

Everyday, I come across people who waste water and tear up papers and throw them away as if papers are the reason for all the problems in their life. It's pathetic..! Trees go through pain when they are being cut down. No, it ain't funny. It's true. If you don't believe me, you should research about it. You will see what I said is true. I do the little I can to not waste too much water. Some times, in the rest rooms of some malls, I see ladies, turn the water tap on and talk over the phone. Little do they realize that there will be one day in their lives when they cannot find even a drop a fresh water to drink.
I do the little I can by recycling used papers. I take the papers to my school and put them in the recycling bin we have. And my schoolmates make  funny comments on me for that. And I say in my mind, that one day they will remember me for my actions. I know that what I am doing is a good thing. So, I will just continue it.

I told Papa about this. He said environmentalists go through a lot of rejection. Society thinks environmentalists has 'lost their marbles'. But if you ask me, Society has lost their marbles.

I could write a lot more, but that would make the post boring for some. I will save all that for another post.

And remember, No body will blame you for global warming, except for your kids. At least, for your kids, do something to save our earth from danger. For the pain we put our Mother Nature into, natural disasters are nothing.

I guess your carefree attitude towards Earth changed at least after taking a look at the posters.