Life is UNFAIR

life has its way of hitting back at u when things seem to be going right. my 3 yr old niece was diagonosed with luekemia when she was only 1 yr old. for 2 yrs she went through painful cancer treatment from injections to chemo.. abt 2 mths back, due to this new treatment given to her, she was diagonosed to be perfectly alright.. now when she is going to school, doing grt at that, a happy child playing around with beautiful black curly hair, her cancer has come back. out of the 12 children that we rendered this treatment, she is the only one with a relapse and docs says it will be tough.. WHY is what u ask. a 3 yr old kid. WHY???

30th Oct 2008 -
Anishka or Ajju like her folks call her, just underwent a stem transplant abt 4 days back.. shes under 60 days isolation and another 2 months of intensive care to make sure that she recovers from her cancer.. As a family, these are testing times for us... our sweet little baby needs to undergo so much pain only so that she can be better and we believe.. she too sweet and too strong to not fight this and come out a winner.. would any one of us trade places with her.. in an instant..!! always.. anytime..

Superstitions, prayers, thoughts, love, god, rituals all come into place now and we wont leave any stone unturned to make sure we do our bit to take care of our sweet girl!! an angel, a brat but a very sweet one! the darling of our life... :)

09th January 2009

Ajju is back home after abt 2 months in the hospital and some really painful times, shes back home to us. healtier, much better and touch wood free of cancer. the operation worked and as they say if its alls well that ends well.. the means and the struggle are justified.. never ever do we want anyones' children to go through anything like this.. it just doesnt seem fair but like i keep telling myself, the top guy has a reason and here 1 reason i can think of or something that i have learnt is the strength a 4 yr old can have to face this, understand this situation and get cured... i am happy and thankful to whoever is looking over her.. i pray that whoever is looking over her.. always does... :)

Khubu - i think its ur angel.. :)

7th March 2010

Ajju got her check up and she is clean!! :) cute, tall, nice, grown-up (pretends to be!!) 7 yr old.. i hope she has an awesome time and is able to fulfill all that she wants to do!! :D very happy for her with her 8th bday coming along in 2 days!! :)

thank u god!!!

Virudd- Brave movie

A fantastic movie to hit the Indian Cinema Screens abt 2 yrs back. everytime this movie is shown on indian television, it reminds us of the legal systems that exist in this country and only if u fall into a legal battle does the durt and the political control come alive.

A hard hitting movie that makes us youngsters realise that the country needs educated people like us running it. The choices we make as citizens can influence the way the country is run. Even if each one of us over 18 votes intelligently, we can see a difference, not today not next yr but in a decade..

Preview from a site:

Tuesday, July 05, 2005

Producer: A.B. Corporation Ltd., Satyajeet Movies P. Ltd.
Director: Mahesh Manjrekar.
Music: Ajay-Atul.
Cast: Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, John Abraham, Sanjay Dutt.

Viruddh is a bilingual film that addresses various issues of a common man’s plight against the system. Mahesh Manjrekar, the director has strongly denied the accusation. Now it remains to be seen how much Viruddh resembles Saaransh…

Viruddh is the story of a person (John Abraham) who accidentally witnesses a criminal act and loses his life in his attempt to intervene.

Viruddh is the story of standing up against a well-established paradigm of power in defense of his/her convictions. It is about dissent, refusal of fear and of extraordinary courage and tenacity amidst extreme pressure and adversity.

Viruddh is also about an ordinary sixty plus couple, Vidyadhar Patwardhan (Amitabh Bachchan) and Sumitra (Sharmila Tagore), who are forced to search for their faith in human values and society after the death of their only son. In this process they undergo the most testing struggle of their lives.

The ingredients of Viruddh and its theme are universally identifiable. Set in the networked and global milieu, it tells a tale that has classical elements and structure and can be relocated in almost any context.

The film expresses individual and social vulnerability in the face of a corrupt system and how this equation continues to be the same even as the ways of the society change.

The film is scheduled to release on July 22nd.

National Memorial for Indian Soldiers post 1947

Today is the 26th of January 2008 when India celebrates its 58th Republic Day. During the republic day show today morning where the entire parade is shown, there was this small piece on how theres no national memorial for those brave and daring armed force soldiers who have given their lives to save our borders.
I as a citizen, no where connected to the armed forces except for a few friends who are armed forces’ children, it troubles me to see that we donot respect our safety at all. This is a question of pride and achievement and not of bureaucracy and two ministries not able to take decisions as the story said.
If people can get together and do something so that by the next republic day we can see this memorial being constructed and finally giving the due credit to the brave soldiers.

A Thousand Splendid Suns - By Khaled Hosseini

If kite runner was a moving story, A Thousand Splendid Suns was over the top. This story not just reflected the tough times in Afghanistan during the taliban regime, also very beautifully tells the story of 2 individuals – Mariam and Laila. It also shows the world the situation and status of women in Afghanistan. What comes out of the book is an understanding of where Afghanistan was in its glory days and how war can ruin all that’s known to the locals. A fantastic tale of a country only known to people as the country that USA invaded. For someone like me, a woman enjoying the previledges of a better country and policies, having the freedom to choose what i can make of my life, this book makes me realise how lucky and how fortunate the woman in my country are to be able to lead the life i lead.