Womens day-a day to ponder!

Here comes again...a day where the women rock and all the poor men look at us in an utter dismay...its womens day!!

All the women in my department are dressed in saree's ;some in ethnic ones,some in their own traditional style and yet another representing an epitome of modernism.

There is an atmosphere full of cheer, merrism and colours.

No one seems to be working , groups of ppl are seen on alternate desks with small bursts of laughter at intervals.

Its the time to celebrate ;a day to pay tribute -to the nucleus and the core formers of the society-to womenhood!

Well looking at the happy faces-i begin analysing the essence of all this-of womens day!

Is there any true meaning that it holds?Does the society really give the women their due respect?Are we ourselves able to go out and achive whatever we want?
Are we allowed to take up a career of our choice?Are we able to express ourselves and voice out our opinions as freely as men are able to?Do we have a choice at all?

Well i dont think it will take even a second to get an answer to all these-its straight and simple.

The truth remains that even today,as the society boasts of being equal,of women having equal rights, at being at par with the men,the hard core mentality of most people remains the same.

If the change really has to be made,it has to be from the core.Just by getting out n trying to prove to others that we are something,would not make us that.

We have to believe in womenism. Others have to believe in it.They need to understand the role that a women plays and come to respect it not just in words but in actions and in attitude.The fact that a women plays (and plays it well to-)so many roles that a man cant even think of. She is a mother, a wife, a daughter, a friend, a daughter-in-law, a homemaker…n finally a professional and she potrays all of these roles with full sincerity.

She gives her entire self,just to bring a smile on her childs face or just for the good of her family.She sacrifices,compromises,gives-and all that unconditionally.

So the bottom line is, if womenhood has to be celebrated, first there is a need to respect her basic self- only then comes the question of what has been or can be achieved by todays modern women.

Womenhood does not lie in being successful-it lies in the spirit of just being a women!

Searching for a meaning!

Early in the morning this thought crossed my mind...what am i doing with my life?
what am i living for?Is this the kind of life i have imagined for myself....?There is only one answer to all of these-NO!
There is a choice that i have-to live a life that most of the people around me do-a life full of superficiality,shallowness and complexity.
Or a life of simplicity.Now with simplicity i do not mean a simple outlook,
By the word simple i mean, the simplicity of thoughts,an ability to think deep,to think SIMPLE.
I have come across many people, even my own friends, who rate simplicity based on the kind of clothes the person wears.I have always wondered, if thats how simplicity is accounted for.
Iam a person,who is regarded as very stylish,i keep getting comments like-"u dress very smartly, or that u carry urself damn well..u got a great dressing sense etc etc- now that does not make me not simple!Simplicity arises from within-from the way one thinks,
from the attitude that one carries towards life.
I have always wanted to lead a life where there is much more meaning than just chilling out with friends and havin fun all the time.Now again,Iam a v fun loving person,who knows how to enjoy life-but then life doesnt end there.
I imagine a life where i have more to look forward to-more meaning-more depth-broader perspective-high thinking-!
I dont want to waste my years just like that-having fun, and achieving nothing.Everyday of my life seems to be just the same,
wake up in the morning, go for work(where again,iam working half the time, n the other half we seem to have no work-killing time again)..come bk home in the evng,n go out again wid friends who have been waiting for u-which leaves no choice for u to say a no, u dont want to hurt them obviously.by the time iam back home..its time to sleep!n this goes on...every single day of my life...it pinches me..gives me a terrible sense of dissatisfaction with myself.And it results in enormous anger,irritation and frustration leading to stress!My efforts of being nice for all these days goes waste.I gain nothing!
All my plans of going to the gym,joining a computer class, going for an art of living class adding some meaning to my life...etc etc...goes in vain!
N who is to be blamed?Me ofcourse!!
I sometimes feel i have dual personality-someone who wants to have fun-but at the same time,who is scared that she is losing out on time n on life.
Its not that i do not have the determination to do things,its not even that i dont have time do things-its just that in trying to please everyone around me-i tend to displease myself.I want to be among the goodbooks of my friends and for that i have to go out with them, and do everything that they do-whether its sitting in the canteen for hours
and wasting time, or its simply bunking lectures and doing smthg that totally disintersts me..
Everytime i try n put forward my word-tell ppl that lets do smthg constuctive with our lives-i hear them sayin-sakshi has gone mad!
She is a scholar-she always wants to study-she is not attched to us-she this she that!
I cant do anything-i cant live w/o them and i cant keep living with them-this way!
In the process of my killing time,the time is killing me!but iam unable to take a step forward n do smthg about it
iam swayed away by the crowd-a crowd that i dont belong to!

Nature-at its best!

looking out from the window...
i see freshness all around...
the pitter patter of the raindrops..
swirling leaves..fresh and green...
the cool breeze swaying away the stillness of the noon...
the sun is playing hide n seek....
shining behind the grey clouds n spreading its subdued sunrays...
suddenly everything seems beautiful,
the bored faces appear bright and live...
the dull spirits revived...
mesmerizing sounds of soft hums..
fills the room with a cheerful lul..
i stand at my window sipping a hot cup of coffee...
n wonder about the creations of God...
so beautiful and pure...
nature presenting itself with its best coloures.
filling my heart with enchanting music arising from my soul...
reaching my lips... i ache to go out and loosen up in the natures arms...
and pamper my senses with its ecstacy and charms.

A TOMORROW THATS OVER!

The problem with waiting until tomorrow
is that when it finally
arrives, it is called today.
Today is yesterday's tomorrow.
The question is what did
we do with its opportunity?
All too often we will waste tomorrow as we wasted
yesterday,and as we are wasting today.
All that could have been accomplished can
easily elude us, despite our intentions,
until we inevitably discover that the things
that might have been have slipped from our
embrace a single, unused day at a time.
Each of us must pause frequently to remind ourselves
that the clock is ticking.
The same clock that began to tick from the moment
we drew our first breath will also someday cease.
Time is the great equalizer of all mankind.
It has taken away the best and the worst of us
without regard for either. Time offers opportunity but
demands a sense of urgency.
When the game of life is finally over,
there is no second chance to
correct our errors. The clock that is ticking away
the moments of our lives does
not care about winners and losers.
It does not care about who succeeds or who fails.
It does not care about excuses, fairness or equality.
The only essential issue is how we played the game.
Regardless of a person's current age,
there is a sense of urgency that
should drive them into action now - this very moment.
We should be constantly aware of the value
of each and every moment of our lives -
moments that seem so insignificant that their loss often goes unnoticed.
We still have all the time we need.
We still have lots of chances -
lots of opportunities - lots of years to show what we can do.
For most of us, there will be a tomorrow,
a next week, a next month, and a next year.
But unless we develop a sense of urgency,
those brief windows of time will be sadly wasted,
as were the weeks and months and years before them.
There isn't an endless supply!
So as you think of your dreams and goals
of your future tomorrow, begin
today to take those very important first
steps to making them all come to life.