She defined charisma

She was beautiful. Ravishing. Gorgeous! Someone who could get men frothing at their mouths. Dark skinned yet ethnically,culturally and technically- a seductive star  who awed the whole nation.She was used,abused,tormented yet understood the game of her life. Penniless and a mother who schemed her through  the gutters of living. A living that no weak heart could survive.

After all, we ,the makings of mortality learn to SURVIVE right? It's a funny world. We survive gulping down all the absurdities of life. And that's proved in this book "Starry Nights" by Shobha De. I now know how controversial this book would've been ,then! 

I am not going to review the book. But this book portrays the untold stories of struggling men and women who rise to stardom and behave on their own whims and fancies despite their trying circumstances of greed,arrogance,unattended ambitiousness and utmost loftiness.  

I had nothing to particularly "learn" from this book but I think it makes you look at celebrities in different light.But like I said , I always fall in love with the main protagonist . Here it was Asha Rani aka Viji. Her character might look so outrageous but I think each one of us play our role in life to justice and to the fullest and so did She. See,I have become so defensive of Asha Rani now .Giving us cue from here that we have no business to judge people,whatsoever, because you have no idea what their journey is all about. Fate decides our rewards and punishments. So let's keep planting our life deeds for rewards alone! Because in our line of sight,life is always greener than it should be and punishments are hardly a thing. *Right,I am an idealist,  a romantic who can't take no for an answer.*

And I think Asha Rani was a revolution of sorts.She might have just jiggled her hips in skimpy outfits on screen and sizzled her way to stardom but her rising out of ashes every time she made stray mistakes is phenomenal. One doesn't get to see so many like her,really.I liked the book.Not "loved" but liked it.

Asha Rani will keep my soul stirring of all her doings,for a while.A character so bold, unambitious yet lucrative , reserved yet buoyant.Bitchy yet exuding charm. Trampy yet a walking ,waking charismatic beauty.Slutty yet a wife. Lusty yet blossoming with pristine, unadulterated love.Her love of life;Sasha- her daughter. 

I recommend you reading this book. But people,beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder ,er,reader! So if you sense the spark and glitter in all the muck ,then you're gifted to have witnessed and understood what we humans are capable of surviving. As a woman.As a girl.As a wife. As a mother.Picking up the shambles of life and sticking them back together and starting life all over again. It's phenomenal. 

Man..this book is exhilarating! It kept me hooked all through.

Go ahead, get intoxicated with Asha! I'm still reeling under her effect ;) You know how sentimental I get with these fictional characters no! Nooo..Asha's got to be real! :O

Ciao. Have a great week!!! :)

And hey, the message is, Never give up! Dream on baby! <3 

Dreams really do come true! Strive hard.Harder.

:)

On a roller coaster ride

Hellllloooo World!

A big Helllooooo! I missed you guys! It's been a whole long month.

A month of utmost work because my final year in engineering is winding up .Plus I'm super worried about my PG admissions. And I'm not begun with studying for my final exams yet! Plus our university just re-scheduled and re-re-scheduled  our exams.We have them in June now.It's practically postponed to 1 whole month ahead.Phheeeewwww!

A month filled with life's lessons and a number of reasons to mellow me down.I have like two more posts to do .One featuring my dear fellow bloggers who nominated me for awards and another of my own.It feels good to be back.

I feel woken up from a deep slumber. From here on,I'm going to be focused more on quality work than quantity.Not going to bother about the "number of posts" I post per month but the quality of posts I pen down about.Because I'm totally sick of monotony. I hate a smooth transition. I love unruly roller coaster rides. I think it's more "fun" and reflects my kinda sophistication. Or my kinda style ;) Suddenly ,I feel the posts I write about affects me in turn, than those reading my work.And I thank a dear friend who reminded me that. 

I'm generally a moody person. I do what I feel like without taking other factors into consideration that may or may not be important. Yea,one of those who learns hard from mistakes. Sometimes I don't think. I run my life on my basic instincts and not practicability. Mostly a person who goes with the flow. Quiet cool headed . Sometimes I think too much. Sometimes I get too responsible. I start getting accountable and expect the same from others. And in the process I think I've kinda lost myself. Lost myself against the intention with which I was suppose to be(behave).Ah..INTENTIONS!! That is an awesome thing to blog about, in more detail! :)


Even now, Writing is helping me ease the pain I have been silently harboring for a month.As in ,I love talking. I just sort out other people's problems by talking them out or into "right decisions" .But when it comes to me,I'm suddenly in a fix. I'm lost in an ocean of misery.I'm not trying to gain sympathy out of not being given support or anything. But sometimes ,a voice of hope goes a long way in boosting one's spirits right! And a friend just gave me that. And I'm glad that brought me into writing this! 


I don't know who is feeling better after reading this post. But I do. It gives me a new light to envision and dream. 


Lightens me up! 


O Man, the craziness of life! :D


Love ya..So love being back! :)

Lie.

They say white lies are pure,

how can you be so sure,

if that was so true,

then why do we more than- 

white lie?

When all we can

is  relentlessly

be truthful.

Carrying the cross,

for being so gross,

let's bear the pain,

and anchor our reign.

For it is us who make our life,

so we never harbor strife,

if pregnant with lies,

leads us to the mice,

for if we show might,

then there is no reason,

to blight.

Every time you lie, maybe you want to mark "x" in your scrapbook? Reminds us of the magnitude with which lies live in us.

Tag-O-Mania

Alright.I'm one big lazy goose but if anyone gives me something enthusiastic and fun to do,I have no clue where the laziness vanishes and from where my sound energy doubles up! :)


And here comes a fun activity  Sujana tagged me into doing. :) Thanks for the tag and you guys should visit her blog for all the awesomely informative posts she comes up with!! :) This questionnaire session gave me a momentary celebrity status. LOL! 


Firstly,The Rules.


Rule#1: Put the rules on your blog.

Rule#2: Every person tagged should tell 11 things about themselves, answer the 11 questions asked by the one that tagged you, tag 11 other people and ask them 11 different questions.

Rule#3: Let the people whom you tagged know you've done so.

Rule#4: Don't tag anyone who's been tagged before.

Rule#5: Really do tag 11 others, don't go all ''if you want to take this tag''.


The 11 things ABOUT ME ;)

1. I love visiting  a LOT  of new places  though I don't particularly love the travelling part coz it just gets my body/mind/mood off the hook and I hate the feeling.I carry along a camera.I love LOVE capturing the best moments. Someday ,I know I'm going to go professional.
2. I love the the smell of petrol.If you found that wierd ,here's more to my wierdness,I love the smell of a shoe rack.Just love them.I have no clue why.The smell just gets me. :D
3. I collect at least 4 clean tissues by default every time I leave a restaurant.So more than money in my wallet you'll find KFC tissues,Wangs tissues, Pizza Hut tissues ,Hot Pot China tissues ,Express Avenue tissues and what not!
4. I love the smell of a freshly sharpened pencil and if the paper smells good too, I'd go on and on my life gaining happiness doing just that.Believe me ,I've been thrown dirty looks for that! 
5. I love driving and though my dad is waiting for the "right time" to get me a car and no matter how one of my friends think I drive like I own the road or think I'm an F1 racer ...never stops my love for driving.
6. I own more number of shoes than any other accessory! I simply love my shoe collection!
7. I used to lose temper quiet easily but now I have sobered down a wee lot.Also I forgive too quickly.My dearest ones say,That's my problem! Sigh.
8. If you were my closest friend,I'd never trade you for the world.
9. I love being loving/patient/loyal and in totality, love living in style. Betraying & lying to me ; I have two words-BUZZ OFF!!
10. I'm going to be owning a huge firm with my future husband and how do I know that? Not because my father owns one & I'm inheriting it but I can just see that coming.I'm imagining like it's already happening. :) That's one broad smile.
11. Lastly,I take inspiration from a lot of people ;be it people from my own home or people in the neighborhood or people in the fashion industry or the politics or genuinely spiritual ones (My views on spiritualism is different from religion.See My Take on Spiritualism & Religion) or even strangers! I just intake all the postive attributes and shed every little inhibition that stops me from being what I have to be. After all, there is nothing more important in life :)

Here are my answers to Sujana's lovely questions! Gawd,I can't keep the excitement. 

1) What's your favorite place? 

 My cozy home whether it's Paris,London or Chennai or Mumbai. After all home is where the heart is.

2)If you had to marry a celebrity ,who would it be?

I think I'd have to choose between Brad Pitt & Shah Rukh Khan. Brad Pitt coz he's got a great persona and Shah Rukh coz I don't think anyone could beat a man who can juggle both a beautiful family and his career driven reel life with so much charisma ,grace & humor ;) So all my votes to Shah Rukh Khan ;) *blush* 

3)Do you want a twin?

Yes, a boy twin. Not another girl like me. One trouble of Jen at home is more than enough! ;)

4)How long is your oldest friendship?

20 years.I'm turning 22.

5)What's your greatest achievement?

I don't label any of my achievement "greatest" but I put them categorically under different columns of myself.So every achievement is "greatest". I know that was incomprehensible. But my greatest was when I won Gold medal at a swimming competition.I'm just so crazy about swimming! :)

6) If you could talk to one person for the rest of your life,who would it be?

That one person who does not want to be mentioned here.Kidding.I love being around my family or friends but never with ONE person.Or I'd rather be alone.Mmm.MOM! 

7)Socks and sandles-yes or no?

Er.Isn't that Eww? NO!

8)Choose your power: Mind Reading or Invisibilty 

INVISIBILITY!! Anytime. (;

9)What's your method of transportation?

CAR.CAR.CAR.I love driving.Remember? :)

10)Favorite book 

This one's tricky.Being such a huge fan of Sidney Sheldon & Paulo Coelho. It would be Paulo's The Alchemist :)

11)Facebook or Twitter or neither?Why?

Facebook. Because I connect easily .Having a Twitter handle is sheer waste of time and space. If you ask me then why I tweet that's only coz I loved the flying bird on my blog :) Isn't that a cutie?! :)

*Following is the formula for life*

My 11 killer questions ;)

1. What do you like most about yourself?
2. The best day of your life :) 
3. How would you equate life ? (As in, I equated it like this : live+laugh+love or like the pic above ;) 
4. Who is that one person you think is the reason for what you are today? And why? 
5. From where/how do you think jealousy stems from? chuck the drama and be straight & mean.;) (You can site incidents too :)
6. What makes YOU jealous of someone? (Not to worry,we're humans ; there's no such thing as I-am-never-jealous-about-anyone! :) 
7. If you were given a second chance to alter your current living life ,how different would that be from what/how you are living now? And why?
8. That one celebrity/person you would want to be, given the chance.Which one would that be?
9. Red or Yellow roses?
10. Treasure hunt :The longest route to the treasure box or the one that is shortest but dangerous?You are provided with NO map.And no instruction is given that you'd require a gun to shoot down that savage lion.
11. If you were awarded 1million US$ for being ALONE for two years on a strange island ,No connection with people via any means but given all the food supply and water for 5 whole years.You are completely cut off from the world .No nearby countries. You are dropped by a charted flight. Would you take up the offer? Yes/No? Why?

The Lucky 11 who got tagged :)
Tracie Louise @ Think Love!
Purvi @ Purvi's Creative Hub 
Daisy @ Luv and Light!
Sujatha Sathya @ Conversations
Deepak Karthik @ Whatever It Takes
Mila @ Illusoire
Shalini Gupta Chopra @ Stylish By Nature
Lancy @ Make Up and Beauty Home
Ashwini C N @ Just The Way I Like It
Neha Shandilya @ Shades of Purple & Blue
Siri @  Makeup & lifestyle products & some recipes to add the Zing!!


I've selected the tags on the basis of how much I love these blogs!! And for those who've already been tagged or I know too well have not been tagged.This is just another way to know about our fellow bloggers better and wiser !! ;) 


Tag your lovely 11 and let the fever spread :)