Girlish Act

Many girls will agree with me on this that we undergo some internal hormonal changes whenever we go out to shop! I generally go out to buy a menial thing like a toothpaste or bornvita and end up buying something which has huge integral multiple cost as compared to a toothpaste ;)
Same was the story some days back. I was in my hometown for the weekend and had to go out to help my sister buy some daily things as her hostel was about to reopen after the summer vacations. Had planned to go to Spencer for the shopping...Everything was fine and the things put in the shopping basket were all good when suddenly we passed through the electronics section. That acted as a catalyst for us. We looked at each other with a smirky face.In the shelf was a hair straightener,which we both wanted to buy since a long time.
At first we tried hard to resist it, but how could we not buy the straightener which has 6 attachments and 3 types of rollers free!! As many know, girls have some unexplained affinity for the word "free"!
We then started our brainstorming on whether we should buy it or not. We came out with wierd justifications for buying it,one of which i remember was "Noida's air is very polluted, we need a straightener to protect our hair from it". Now, how illogical was that. How can using a straightener help your hair against pollution.
Finally we bought it,whoppieeee and came to the house with our proud possession. But i had to come to the Noida that very day and my luggage did not allow me to keep it with me. So it is in my hometown only. I am waiting desperatly to go to my hometown and bring it with me back. I know i wont we using it much as
1. I would be too lazy to use it often considering the length of my hair.
2. Contrary to what we discussed above, using a straightener harms the hair as much as the pollution in Noida.
Some times i feel, i overspent to buy a thing i will not be using often, but sometimes we should pamper ourselves with the things we desire for long.
It will be sounding very girlish, but i m loving it :)

A quest for happiness

What is happiness? Is it a state of mind, a broad smile in the face, a feeling of satisfaction or merely a mirage after which everyone is running.
Out of the above, my definition of happiness is a feeling of satisfaction. But now the question is satisfaction to what degree.No one is satisfied with his/her life. Everyone wants something extra to attain satisfaction.So, when should we stop.
There are so many questions, but no concrete answer.
Regarding me, i was never a happy go lucky type of person in my entire life. I am candidly accepting the fact that i was a type of person who used to ( and still) get affected by very small things - like someone did not return my copy on time, my friend called me 5 mins late, i left the last line in Chapter 2 of the English book so i will fail!. These type of things used to bother me. And now things are no different, an exaggerated form of these things are bothering me now. But is this right?
Is it right to give some thing or some person so much power that it could ruin our happiness?
Should i stop worrying about anything?
Should i just be happy no matter how strained my relations are with my loved ones.
I dn't know.
I really dn't know
But i know that i want to be desparately happy. I want to enjoy this life. I want to respect myself and pamper myself.
So let me start now my quest for happiness and let me see if this brings me close to satisfation...as i am not able to do the vice versa...

The Lady has Guts!

It is often said that "marriages are made in heaven",but the fact is that to find a true match should not be left for the God's to decide but one should chose it with an open mind as a small flaw here could ruin the entire life.
It seems that Rakhi has understood this funda very clearly, that is why she has taken this "extreme" step of having a swayambar done to chose the ideal person for her.
Many call her "Drama Queen" , who can do anything for publicity, others call her an item girl, but only some can resist her presence.Good or bad, she has the publicity which makes her a cynosure for the public and media.
Of all the episodes aired, i admit that i have seen each and every episode. And i have no qualms about admiting that some of her sentences have really impressed me, be it her stessing the sentence that the meaning of the word "gharelu aurat" is not the woman who does household chores but all the ladies who work outside to give their family a better life and them come home to look after their children and family are also "gharelu", or when she rightfully tells a muslim person that the men are admitted to have a second wife only when their first wife is not able to give birth to their children.
Our society has always been baised towards males, it is a hard reality but we have to accept this fact. In this male dominated society, when a woman has the courage to have her own swayambar done is not an easy task.
Some say that this show is scripted, some say that this is only for publicity, but the fact is that many people watch this show for various reasons , some for mocking, some for following her make up and dresses, and others for seeing how far a person can go for publicity.If Rakhi, knowingly or unknowingly , brings further the causes of woman, or if she makes the people aware that a lady has such a power to bring men to her terms before marriage, then some woman may get the courage to stand up for their causes without bearing the brunt of a bad relation.
By no means, i am pro rakhi, but a part of me admires a lady who has the guts to arrange for her own swayambar in this male dominated society.

PS:Most of the people will not agree with me but honestly think for a second that how many of us have the courage to do so on a national television. The Lady has Guts!