40 Days...

So after a month of chilly sabbaticals, MIC was once again a spectacle of brewing energy. Armed with the well deserved laze at home and the enriching stints at various media outlets, they could be seen raring full throttle towards getting back into the Article-19 work mode. After a semester full of discussions, ideas and conflicts the first meeting of the semester kicked off.

40 days to the festival folks. Just 40. And the college came together with an electric fervour at the enthusiastic first meeting for the semester. For those of you who missed it, it’s a pity! The charged atmoshere in LH1 generated the much needed thrust for a frenzy of activities planned. There was an unprecedented plethora of ideas. How I love brain storming!

It started off with the general over view of what has been accomplished so far and also discussing the plan of action. With too much to do and too little time, we plan to meet everyday. Here’s hoping the enthusiasm kicks in and our concentrated collective efforts helps us to achieve our ‘goal’

Flashback: Gay Rights and Rockstar Dreams

It was a really awesome year, except that I didn't become a rock star. That's one thing due this year. I'm sure I can make it happen.

Lots of other exciting things have happened, about which I have lots of things to say. One of the most exciting things to happen in the year just gone by was the overturn on the ban on homosexuality by the Delhi HC. I can't tell you how happy that made me.

Now, people, you don't have to start getting ideas about me. No, I'm not GAY. But I feel strongly about gay rights.

What's my point? It's plain and simple. And scientific. That homosexuality is all in the biology. There's not a gay gene as such, but scientists know for a fact that homosexuality is a product of a complex interplay among genes, hormones and the environment.

You don't decide to be gay. It's not a mental disease (Baba Ramdev, are you listening?). Oh and the Delhi HC didn't do it because the country is coming largely under the Western influence (as some radical religious leaders were heard saying in a press conference I happened to attend).

But will just one amendment in the constitution flip the destiny of homosexuals in the country over? Perhaps not. I still find my friends cracking silly gay/lesbian jokes that can only be considered as ridiculing of the community...

Things are not going to change unless people accept the fact it's not a choice, it's not a disease...it's something someone is born with. Just like you are born with blue eyes and dark skin, you are born with homosexuality. Though of course it's not as simple as that. Some people with genetic predisposition to the condition may never go on to develop it but the root of the matter is that it is vey much biological, very much out of one's own hand.

And people need to know that. Only then they are going to "overturn' their deep seated prejudices about homosexuality.

Enlighten yourself on the origins of homosexuality. Go read this detailed report in The Telegraph (and it's not highly technical)

And make it a point to enlighten others about it too. Life is just way too hard on homosexuals. They spend a large part of their life fretting about the fact they are stuck in the wrong body. This is enough to provoke their suicidal tendencies. And then the rejection by society just devastates them.

They are humans, just like you and me. Make life easier for them. Accept them.

Oh, and on the closing note: The clock is ticking quick for the great event of the year. Are you ready?

New (Year+Decade+A19+ME)

Imagine if dates were not created. We would up wake up to every New Year, every Century and Millennium considering them as just another day. Women will be glad with the idea that they would never have to tell their age ever again as they themselves wouldn’t realize how old they are and committed Men will not have to bother taking the toil of remembering the anniversaries or the date of their first date. negative side include, lack of public holidays which sounds dull and frustrating. We would also have to deal with setting up A19, according to the climatic changes and warmth of the sun, to continue with it as an annual event.
But we have dates and calendars and we know that we have entered into a new Decade and a New Year has beckoned upon us, and more importantly so is a new A19 EVENT looming large over Manipal.

The hangovers are never easy to tackle. The fame that I have acquired over the last year comes with a heavy price I learnt; Christmas and New Years and then the Eves that come prior to them, prologue-d by days set off by commercial Corps. that lure the human and Bijleean mind with highlighted shopping offers that are never close to being true. Anyways my point being, well… nothing really, basically all that I said forms my excuse for being so laid back in keeping in conversation with my readers, if I have any.
Well what do you expect, with my new irresistible and charming visual appeal I was the heartthrob at most happening parties, engagements and weddings just like how a friend of mine had predicted in a comment on my previous post. My in box on FB is flooded with event invites.

After such hectic and heavy partying, I went into a much deserved slumber, to come back refreshed and full of beans. What awaits me and my friends back in Manipal is nothing better; from the moment the MIC gates are pushed open for all its students, the high octane action and suspense filled mass exertion begins to bring about the biggest Fest seen in Town.

Fans of mine who have not yet been lucky enough to see me in person have gotten a glimpse of my new self with the bettered design and photo of mine on this Blog I believe.
I shall meet you all soon I hope at spectacular events that have been planned up for the coming weeks in the student hub. Be updated through my Blog.

Happy 2010!