Is Racism Justified?

Just been a week old in Melbourne and every other person asks me the same question.... Did you feel the heat?? Honestly speaking the answer is a Very BIG NO, a Big "Fontsize 30" NO ...But should accept that there's indeed a small racist community over here,which is comprised of Nocturnal "Jerks".


If you are a 6am - 6 pm Kinda person, moving around Non- remote areas, you would never feel any discrimation... Ok let me address this issue in two parts.


Normal 6am-6pm Life in a Non-remote area:


First reason you would Love Melbourne is the nature of People here. You don't have to be a friend to get a "Hi" here. Every person who walks past you, throws a smile followed by a 'Howdy'.. It happens everywhere You go. People pick up conversations so easily.. They always have so many things to say.. Most of the people who meet in the "day time", seem pretty worried about the racism against Indians.


The So called Happening time - Night Life:


But if you are kinda Nocturnal person, then you have reasons to worry.. And those reasons are not limted only to Melbourne, it's the same anywhere around the world.Most of the issues that have been reported have all been during off peak hours in remote places. If you happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, you should consider yourself unlucky; careless to some extent too.


Having said all these, I still realise that there are some occasions where you could clearly see a rasict inclination..


What is the reason for such deep rooted racist thoughts? What provokes people?


All of that and much more in another article, because it requires a completely different mindset..


                                                                                              Coming soon.....

Dan Brown - Lost Symbol

I have just got a copy yest.

The cover itself has improved a lot from the previous books. It gives more of a tempting look to get it. The design on the cover itself gives a toast of wat is to come......

I have just started the book,,,, the pace that is set in the first few pages is amazin,,,,,

More to come tomorrow... probably will give u a day to day update as the story move s on with me

Train Journeys

One thing that has always fascinated me, has been the Train journeys. I should admit though, it has not been the same kinda fascination always; at different ages I have enjoyed different faces of a Train journey.


At 2 it just took the mere sound of a train to amaze me; At 4, it was the length and gigantic structure of train that caught my eye.


At 6 ,the addictive movement pattern of the train excited me. 5 days after the journey I could still feel my body swaying. I term it as addictive movement ,because you started wanting it more and more. At 8, the biggest ambition was the Upper Berth in a Train. It takes a year to convince your dad that your grown up to move up. If You succed this, you are the hero next day among friends.


Trains are not always associated with fun and entertainment alone. It taught you lessons you would never forget.


At 10, we learnt Helping and Sacrifice ,when we swapped our Lower berth to an elderly person who had difficulties to climb up. It would have taken ten years for any teacher to teach you the virtues of Helping and the satisfaction a Sacrifice could give. At 12 , when struggling with topics of Parallels and Perpendiculars ,Train
tracks came in handy.


At 14,"Chaiya Chaiya"(Famous A.R Rehman Bollywood song) popularised trains more. All your fantasies were revolved around the train from then on for a long time. At 16 the TGV Atlantique fascinated me.These trains from France ran at speeds of 300 km/h, at a time when Indian train delay units were not minutes or hours but Days.(At 20 though , I realised that, If France had India's Population their train delay units would have been Months).


At 18 , you learnt to fill the first form of your life(Not knowing that you would spend most of your life ahead filling forms), when your dad asked you to book your own tickets and travel on your own. At 20 ,Trains gave you an opportunity to show your respect to Elders. Whenever you see an elderly person, you would be the first one to offer a seat.


The current happenings on a Train requires a whole new article. What a 22-Years-and-above person Observes on the Train,requires a whole new article...