For myself and a lot of other inmates of Namma Mane housing , the 60th Republic Day celebrations (really those were celebrations ?) started with some loud blasting Kannada music(again , really that was music ?) , yes hold your breath , at 6ish in the morning ! If it was a way of waking up folks like us super early to get all geared up for 26th Jan festivities , well that backfired a bit. None that i knew even budged a bit from the bed before 8 at-least. We were wondering if they were playing patriotic songs , but no .. just some random , loud and least melodious numbers that continued to thrill us (yea absolutely !) all day long, thanks to the speakers strategically positioned in the nearby lanes.
Despite all the irritation and abuses we showered on those that did this to us, on what could have been a quiet holiday , I knew no one would go out to question them. Reason , we knew , they could definitely drag the anti-Kannada , the you-outsiders issue..
And so the orchestra went on and on till it was close to 11pm , that was when I heard some dude deliver some kind of speech (as though assuring this buddies ,we won ! we managed to ruin everyone's peace for a whole day ! )
Wondering when we will have an end to such things in the country , these seemingly smaller issues that can very well explode into lingual or even communal conflict...
Happy 60th Republic Day everyone !

Following Rahul's blog post :)

Rules of the game: Check if your name is at the end of this blog post. If so, type out a similar blog copy-pasting these rules. After that, list down 10 random things about yourself (that many do not know) and then tag 5 more people who have to do the same.

My list:

1. I ain't scared of cockroaches or lizards
2. I just cannot lie flat on my back and sleep , I have to turn to any one side .
3. One of the weird things I do is to relate cloud shapes to real people , animals , events etc,.
4. I hate milk.
5. I freak out before any travel , more so for flights and especially if am traveling alone. Yes even at this age :D
6. I can never sleep for more than few mins on any 4 wheeler , or an aircraft . Long flights are a torture :(
7. I love chai/coffee but absolutely no malai on it, even the thinnest/smallest layer needs to get out of my mug.
8. Dream holiday - Australia and New Zealand ... sometime in my life :)
9. Hospitals totally get me freaked out , I need company even for a general checkup!
10. I cannot use key board short cuts while on a comp/laptop. Mouse is a must !!

My Tags: Namrata , Anu, Namy