Whose line is it anyway?

ASSIGNMENT-
In upto 500 words write about the concept of the petition "Issues for the Young Adults in Delhi Assembly Elections ". Write about your contribution to the above mentioned activity both in terms of ideas and activity. In your estimation was the activity a success or a failure. If success why? and if failure what are the ways in which it could have been turned into a success?


“Yeh world hain na world…is main do tarah ke log hote hai…” -Bubly aur Bunty

I’d be most glad to complete this statement… “Ek type ke log jo…news dikhate aur banate hai. Aur dosri type ke log jo…un news ke ‘items’ hote hain”. However, it would be wrong to say that the second years of KNC journo are the first kinds. I’d rather say that they are the mixed doubles, who tried to play a fair match. Elections have always been about a white kurta and un-kept promises; we the students, looked up at this event---not as a reason to crib and criticize about the wrong and unfair politics, but as something more concrete and positive to look forward to.



“Mere paas gaadi hai, bangle hai, shaan-o-shaurat hai…tumhare paas kya hai? Hayee?...” -Deewar

The concept is very simple, short and sweet- “Mere paas petition hai…jisme 250+ signatures hai!”. We don’t care if it is rejected. We don’t care if it is disapproved. We don’t care if it is thrown into the bin or crafted into airplanes. Moreover, we don’t even care even if it is read after elections. The attempt has been made- for a good cause which affects more than a millions. Somewhere some minds got together to think of improving the status of the present, instead of cursing and blaming the government. The concept deals with the youth trying to put forward what it wants to be served with- almost like giving the order for the first time in a restaurant, rather than being served anything and everything!



“Haehae…Ohhh Sambha…Kitne aadmi thee???” -Sholay

"Sarkar…sirf 250 se thode zaade…” So what??? Haan Kalia? So what? Who gives a damn anyway? If 250 do…that’s cause they genuinely do! And why should 250 men and women not be heard in a democratic country? Therefore, the second years planned a media strategy. “How to get who all we want!” Many contacted radio stations, TV channels, newspapers, ad companies, students, teachers, friends etc. While the rest of the class was upto looking at the bigger and broader picture I was making telephone calls. Yes, I know…Idea is expensive these days, but not at the cost of a nice chit-chat with people I’m not in touch with! So, I began conversations leading one after the other. Conferences and tele-discussions on the phone line about the petition. After all the calls while I watched favorite soaps, I re-thought of my plan. I had to…had to… get into the mindsets. So I mailed the idea to all those people again, in a very sarcastic manner. Then, I changed the tone of the mail and sent it to all the newspaper agencies I knew of. The next day with a help of a friend, I put the site name on all the PC’s desktops in the comp lab. Later, we also put posters in our college and in Gargi. I joined the facebook gang and then finally- I motivated. Those around me and those with me. For by the end of the day, a good leader is always a good motivator!



“Jaani, yeh chaku hain na chaku…lag jaata hai toh khuuuuun nikal aata hai!” -Chalbaaz

I don’t care less if it was a failure. (In the sickest way possible…) I DON’T CARE! I know I have succeeded. I could have spent a whole lot of that money talking, messaging or playing silly internet games on my phone. I could have spent all that time whistling away to tunes of “ma-da-ladala”. I would have never irritated the computer lab bhaiya as much as I did on that day. I could have never motivated people around me for all I know! But you know what---I DID! I did end up doing all those things at all those crazy times. I definitely don’t feel I failed. I tried, I scratched, so now I know I can move it !!! I know that somewhere I feel empowered. The next time I file a petition, I wouldn’t make the same mistakes. The next time- Id be better focused. And most importantly, the next time- they’d know---that--- WE KNOW!

“Hum jaha pe khade ho jaate hein, line wahi se shuru hoti hai” - Kaaliya


~~~AMEN~~~

Life "Gardner"... Not Life Partner...

Life partner huh??? I'll tell you what all characteristics I want in him...
He should be---
ummm...
ehhh....
welll....
errrrr...
mmmm...

Who should he be?
Should he be SRK? Or Hrithik?
Should he have a beard like Big B? or a mustache like Shatrugan Sinha?
Should he be 6 feet tall? or a dwarf?
Should he be handsome? or just some ugly duckling...???

Does it matter by the end of the day who? what? why? is a person like the way he is?
Can’t he just be himself for me to accept him?
He may be a fraud, he may be a cheat, but by the end of the day, if I get married to this guy and we both are able to make our lives comfortable with one another...does it really matter?
Maybe he is taken to prison or is jailed or even hanged to death...would all his qualities matter then? What would matter would be the time that we would never forget inspite of who-what-where-how-why we were who we were...Then why bother?

Anyway...the point is...Am i looking forward to marry qualities of a person to simplify my life? In that case, how well qualified and quality-fied am I to be ‘suitable’ for my Mr. Right?
no way! I am going to marry an individual who would not burden relationship(s) but ease the burdens of relationship(s)...

Okay, to simplify in your terms, which I SO can’t relate to...
The Only QUALITY I am looking at is...

"To be able to merge and sublime into my life and make life easier for me and himself, both"

---The End---

dIKSHA gROVER

LIQUI-LECTIONS!!!

Liquids are free flowing. They are boundless and possess no fixed shape. Their liquidity (characteristics- or rather, personality) determines their flow. Yes, they may be limited but they are not defined. They do have a surface tension, but they make their paths. However, it’s the external force that can influence them. They can handle themselves, but they like to be governed.

Did I just say 'governed'? Coming down to governance, as the elections approach, the voters (the liquids) get to be pushed around, more emotionally than physically. With the 'channelizing' of their immediate needs and desires into "making-the right-move-by-the-right-vote" thought process, the liquids seem to be pushed with an external force. What next? Well, it’s this phrase that comes into my mind on the topic you are reading and I am writing about. It is very rightly called “drop by drop makes the ocean”.

So, what I intend to say is that the ocean that these drops make often tends to flood and wash out their existence. Something known as "Wrong-guy; right-vote" funda. So, the problem is who's problem is it anyway? the wrong guy (the ocean) or the wrong minds (the drops)?

It is universally known that it is the nature of the liquid to flow with the force, to become volatile with physical, chemical and biological pressure, to change its course with the inclining planes etc. But, then at the same time, it is the ocean's nature to keep it's criminal fish-y friends safe in itself, cry its crocodile's tears, dance with the tidal effect and if the need be- flood its fellow friends. But then- do the liquids want the same ocean in the upcoming elections??? Well, I somehow--- don't think so.

Allow me, a far inferior liquid, to make a list of the things- I want another liquid to do for me this time...before I and my vote(s) make him the ocean...

1. STRESS ON GOOD EDUCATION AND NOT JUST LEARNING
2. ‘WANTS TO’ HELP ORGANISE GOVERNMENTAL WORK
3. IS A YOUNGER LEADERS AND LOOKS FORWARD TO GOOD GOVERNANCE
4. HELPS BETTER AND MAKE THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM MORE EFFICIENT
5. WANTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ENVIRONMENT (POSITIVELY)
6. CREATE SAFETY AND SECURITY FOR ALL, ESPECIALLY WOMEN
7. HELP DEVELOP PUBLIC CONVENIENCES, ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN

Now, sometimes, liquids change their shape if put in different containers, but their volume and their physical and chemical properties are sure and certain. We may get influenced, but we are always certain of what we want. Let’s choose to choose the right choice. For this is the only choice the beggars have.

dIKSHA gROVER