Well u can really call me OLD FASHIONED... but these are my thoughts...which have been on my mind off and on...actually every time I read a newspaper... so well here it goes...
A newspaper is basically a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements. It’s as simple as that. Right??? So what the big deal in that huh!!??!!

Well the deal is that the newspapers we get now days are not exactly the ones that fit the bill entirely. Why do I say so??? I personally feel that they have become more of a magazine...a daily FILMFARE or a MOVIE!!! Or may be even a soft porn supplement. Well wait before you pounce at me with accusations and decide to not read my thoughts further...my point here is that don’t you think that the news paper should have JUST the news and not people like Ronaldo(who happens to be a current favourite with most of the children and teenagers!!!) and Paris Hilton cozying up together that too in the main supplement of a leading newspaper??? Why only this...there are people...celebrities in bikins and the works!!! The other day I read an upcoming actress say that men want women with bodies such that their hands can be occupied!!! Then there is someone caught smooching and that too gets reported...(gosh...give them some privacy and us some sanity!!!)

Now my concern here is not who is saying what or wearing what ...I am no moral police...but what concerns me is that this all is happening in a newspaper...which is accessed by the seniors and children of the house. We were told in our formative years that reading newspapers is a good habit as it keeps you abreast of the things happening across the world and also improves your vocabulary. Well I am afraid that the newspapers today are wanting in both!!! You have a child lock feature in your television...you can certainly have sites blocked when your child is surfing the net...but What will you tell your child when he / she asks you what did the actress mean by men wanting bodies to keep their hands full??? What will you reply when he/she asks you Why is Ronaldo (his fav from Manchester United team) seen like this with Paris Hilton??? May be it is then acceptable...as its in the newspapers and daddy says reading newspapers is important...and he himself reads it every morning!!! What will you tell him/her when he / she asks what is a smooch mummy??? .... and these can be unnerving as when a 5 year old asks such things with innocence.. what do you do???

Well I certainly dunno how am I going to handle this one...as one really cant do away with the papers and even cant end up getting the leaves of the paper out before letting children read it... any suggestions you got???

DOMESTIC ENGINEER.....

Well I thought that I may as well update my profile on the social networking sites...which is were I came across the point of changing my status from working to ... err... the dreaded word....housewife. I simply don’t get the reason behind any one calling herself HOUSEWIFE!!! Hey what the hell is that supposed to mean...(housewife---as in house lice.. house mite...house clothes...what???) wife’s are meant to be only in the house??? If you are outta the house that means that you are not a wife??? People usually end up saying “Oh you are a housewife!!! You must have all the time in the world to lord around and do nothing for an existence and be happy about it!!!”

I seem to be a little confused (read angry) at this nomenclature as I beg to differ here... I think a ‘HOUSEWIFE’ as they say happens to be a much more intelligent person than at least 50 of you so called working fellas out there put together at the same time. She happens to know exactly what to do when...what does each of her family member needs at which hour...she knows each ones tastes and needs...she knows how to fix the nitty gritties of her house without resorting to call for help at the fall of a hat. More than that she happens to be up and about 24 * 7 that too 365 days a year... no weekly offs... no PLs... no CLs... no OTs...

All this and end result... being called JUST a housewife... common they... err...we need to be given our due respects too...ain’t it so??? Well so my lil contribution to this is by calling my self and the rest of my clan ‘DOMESTIC ENGINEERS’ hence forth... as to me it fits the bill completely.... what say?????

Thank you Guglielmo Marconi......

It’s almost become a habit for me to work and do my household chores with the radio on or have the earphone of my mobile plugged in and the radio on. Somehow when it’s not on I feel a part of mine is missing!!! Funny ain’t it??? I am almost on the verge of depression or al least sadness (really I am not exaggerating on this one!!!) when for some reason the radio is not on (may be my lil one is asleep ..et all)

But my point out here is not to proclaim my love for radio...that is a given by now...but the thought that just came to me was that technically I am all alone at home, but yet I don’t feel alone!!! How cool is that don’t you think so??? I have so many people talking to me and keeping me interested and happy and playing music especially for me(i prefer thinking of it this way!!!)...and time flies by...but hey there is no one around!!!(Ok I don’t intend to make it sound spooky ... but that’s the way it is!) This thought totally intrigues me...that the radio waves are always there albeit in an invisible fashion but they are surrounding us...ALWAYS, its up to us to make use of this invisible potential and get to be a part of something that is live rather than to be all alone and crib till eternity!!! Ain’t this the rule that applies in every sphere of our lives??? We have all the things around us its just that we need to attune to them and listen to them and only then can they make us a part of them and both can get mutually benefited!!!

So just for this thank you Guglielmo Marconi for he was the first one to have proved the feasibility of radio communication(i couldnt resist the temptation of googling more info on it but wont bore u on that...). He sent and received his first radio signal in Italy in 1895...& since then there has been no stopping us in using this invention to our benefit and taking it to unimaginable levels!!! Seriously the human mind boggles me..........

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND...

WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND...

I am sure we have all read what has been coming in the news papers about the Aussies being racists. Racism has yet again raised its ugly head...Very sad I agree...especially when you run away from your own homeland thinking...hoping (with all your fingers and toes crossed) that your motherland has deteriorated enough and that the only way to be HAPPY is by running away from here...& migrating to a better land... a land of opportunities... or going there just to study as they have a better education system... or taking the study route to get a PR there.... And then what do you see???? The same racism that we were running from over here is happening there too...then you question your self...that OMG now what to do...where to run from here???

But my question is that aren’t we also doing the same thing? Very recently didn’t we also kill and hurt the cab drivers as they were non-maharashtrians??? As they were not the sons of the soil??? As they had come and settled here and were taking away the earnings from OUR people??? So what to do??? Kill them... massacre them. But when the same is happening to us in the foreign land we don’t like it!!! There has been so many instances of foreigners coming here and getting assaulted...raped...robbed..murdered...Remember “WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND”

Also isn’t is ironical... that the Aussies wont harm Aussies but will harm Indians as we Indians are outsiders there, but out here in India we don’t have a concept of being INDIAN...we are all so obsessed with our own selves...our vested interests...that we are Maharashtrains... we are Muslims.. we are North Indians... we are Kashmiris... we are Keralites... that somewhere we have forgotten that WE ARE INDIANS... and that its high time we stand united with each other...& don’t go after our own blood...

If this simple fact is digested by us...life will become easy and this place will become fairly happier place as it was before...& I am sure people will think twice before having thoughts of migrating. If our own land gives us security and opportunities I really don’t see any reason why must we look elsewhere??? The least that may be we can do as individuals is to treat each other with respect and show oneness and let not caste create boundaries even now especially when we are proud of saying that we are progressing as a nation and we have the latest gadgets and all fancy things at our disposal...but what is the use if we are as primitive in our thoughts as we were a couple of hundred years back???????

In search of resolution.....

Initially I would think that all those who blog are big time losers... attention seekers ...And they have got yet another medium to fulfill their needs to be recognized... and that I am NEVER going to blog as it is a total waste of time and not meant for people like me...

Well news is that I was WRONG... as here I am starting my own blog!!! Ha ha ha... life has really funny ways of teaching you things..& smirking back at you...Don’t you all think so??? There was a time that I was so busy that I had no time to kill...and now the scene is that time spares no occasion to kill me with its abundance!!! So here I am venting out my thoughts and may be in search of like minded people...

What also got me here was the fact that I have realized that the virtual world rules us... I really wonder how our forefathers...let alone fore fathers but how our parents lived without GOOGLE SEARCH and CHATS??? In the last few months I have realized that people really have no time for each other...no time to speak with each other...no time to hang out and go for long walks and just TALK... all we do is search each other in the virtual space and then scrap and poke each other...& forwards the forwarded mails that we get...isn’t that sad? Its out of utter sadness and frustration that I am typing all this...as I have realized that there is no one out there that I can share this with!

And on a brighter note...in case if you are reading this...it may give you some thing to think about (if you agree with me) or just criticize my thoughts (obviously if you disagree with me!!!) and it may take care of may be 5 minutes of your life.. so not that bad eh???

And lastly why have I named my blog as IN SEARCH FOR RESOLUTION... simple yaar...there are lots and lots of whys and hows and ifs and buts...which I hope to resolve (re-solve)by writing...by thinking out aloud...by venting...by questioning myself...by questioning you...

And on that note...

C ya till I see ya again.......