We are Indians....!!!

India not only symbolizes a great democracy but is also a center of culture,tradition and knowledge.
In Mark Twain words, 'India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most structive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.'

We are surely preogressing in economic terms. We are producing excellent services in IT sector. There are 3.22 Million Indians in America. 38% of Doctors in America are Indians. 12% of Scientists in America are Indians. 36% of NASA employees are Indians. 34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians.

Now just have a look on the other side,
a newly wedded bride is burnt for dowry in India.
Your caste still matters here....!
Child marriages still take place (despite a law prohibiting child marriage being in existence for 75 years).
A girl gets raped by a police officer in the capital of this country!!!
And the worst thing....female infanticide is still in practice here. Yes, it gives me alot of pain and anger. It is an unbearable thing for every woman in India.....doesn't matter which age group she belongs to. And if this doesn't pain her , doesn't bring tears n anger in her eyes then she is as cold as dead.

Why are we killing innocent little girls ? 10 millions baby girls were disappeared in the past two decades. And many 'lucky' ones were not even got the chance to come to this 'holy land'. 10 million girls killed by not just 'those' people in the villages but by people like you and me who are educated, go to offices, surf the net and can afford everyday luxuries.

What is it that women do that generates such hatred that they are murdered? Is it just because people still practice the self-created illegal practice of dowry? (laws and all have no impacts on it )Is it because women have to survive in a man-made unsafe world where they are raped, killed, abused and hunted at every corner?

Where is our great culture ? Why are we so uncivilized ? We Indians worship Kali, Durga, Laxmi, Sarswati but why a form of that goddess is so brutally killed ? Why is she insulted at every point of her life? Why is this male-dominated world afraid to give her chance of equality ? Why do we expect to become a world power when 50% of the population never find their aim of existence ?

North India’s strong patriarchal values and widely spread practice of Dowry are considered to be the biggest culprits for female infanticide. But possibly these can't be the only reasons why female infanticide is so rampant in India because it’s not just the poor who are killing their daughters.Punjab and Haryana-among the richest and most economically advanced Indian states-have very low ratios of women to men (around 0.86), in contrast to the much poorer state of Kerala, where the ratio is greater than 1.03.

Perhaps it’s just a pure hatred for women that stems from within - Misogyny - that is causing us to murder our women.Even the Vedas prescribe an intense hatred for women, and female children were considered highly undesirable in the nomadic Aryan patriarchal view. Indeed, so deep-rooted was the desire for male children that the Vedas prescribe numerous prayers for male offspring :
Atharva Veda : " Let a female child be born somewhere else; here, let a male child be born."

Can we call ourselves civilized ??? No.....We are nowhere near to it.When will we people discard these nomadic practices and will accept a woman as a human being ? And when will a woman start realizing her own existence.....? When will she come out of the portrait of a sex symbol ?
I think it is high time for Indian women to change their attitude. It is high time to fight against this evil and boycott whatever is wrong and whatever is against her self-esteem. A revolution is needed from us, the Youth,.....beacuse it is our responsiblity.

Birthday......

There are three hundred and sixty-four days when you might get un-birthday presents ... and only one for birthday presents, you know. So, same here with me.....there is one day for me just like it was yesterday when I turned 22.

I'm obliged to all those people who made my birthday so beautiful....first and the most to my parents.No need to mention that how important they are to me. My whole life and all achievements owe to them.

But yesterday I really found that my presence matters in others' life too. It was fun yesterday. Not everyone is so lucky to have so many nice people around them who care and understand them.

Those bunches of red roses are still fresh. And I hope the fragrance to be fresh always. It conveys so much of love. This was my second best birthday celebrated here. The first one is unmatched ;) So many things had happened yesterday....but I don't think I need to write all those feelings here....I can only feel them....:)

Campus Placements

Campus placements are going on here. People are tensed for the job, further studies and all that sort of things. By the end of this semester most of my friends will finish their graduation and leave for their respective destinations. Then i'll be here alone. In one way I'm living here alone (courtsey to the kind of dept I am in ) so will it really affect me ? It might not affect me....but let's see that in future.

But when I think about my placement in next year then I just wonder or rather get worried if i will be able to make into some good company or not. And where should I go : Job, MBA, ICS. I'm not interested in MBA but can't help being a part of this iim-crowd. I can't do anything for my placement now ....I can just wait for it :(