on one boring Thusday

Sometimes on Thursdays, just one like today when I am not doing anything worth to add up on my Resume, its boring. And the more since I am not able to find anything interesting on the web to read about.

The breaking news says, 'India's secret N-submarine project nearing completion', but I do not see if its a secret any more. SRK dropped the name "barber" from his movie previously named as "Billu Barber". Because, "All India Barber Association" protested against the title barber, God knows why?(were suggesting for replacing it with Hair Dresser). Meanwhile "Slumdog Millionaire", not sure how many from the slums in India became millionaire, but surely has made Director Danny Boyle one. And that tussle between the Ram Sena and the Woman Associations becoming a big talk, come Valentine's Day they are planning for mutual exchange of "Pink Chaddis" and "Saaris"...LOL! But kudos to the girls, they are giving that lunatic fanatic goosebumps and sleepless nights.

Talking about the V-Day, there's a lot of offerings everywhere that too with added discounts(thanx to economic meltdown!) and only for couples though. I am just amazed to see the variations in offers. Gift your girl friend with an i-Pod Nano, shop in this mall and get free valentine day gifts (gifts are supposed to be free!!!... confused), send an SMS stating your favorite Bollywood Star Couple and win couple tickets to xyz multiplex. There is one from an FM station that is offering a cool thing. There will be some kind of competition, the winning couple will get picked up from their home in a Merc(sponsored by some motor agency), driven to a particular Mall, will get gift vouchers worth 6K, i.e 3k each. Then to a 5 star-ed hotel that will sponsor their dinner. To sum it up all a drive back to their home in the Merc. WoW!

Yes, of-course the "Iron Maiden" show, how can I proceed without talking about it. Ah!, what an event that's gonna be 2 stages, 2 days, 10 bands and non stop live rock music. And how on earth can I miss it....but I will indeed miss this extravaganza. Alright I can't type any further, feeling sleepy after that hefty lunch, everyone does.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

on the charts today is "world women heart day" and an international Hospital here in Bangalore has urged everyone to support this cause by wearing something Red. So far so good, though I am not really sure for those who are in red today are supporting the very cause.

Anyways I am supporting the cause and have a red band on the wrist of my right hand, does it help! Yes it does for sure....

Some time back I read this book by Khaled Hossini, "Thousand Splendid Sun". The condition and environment in which I read the book was somehow giving me a chance to make a comparison. Its about life of one Mariam, a five year old Afghan girl. She is a "Haarami" i.e resultant of a wealthy man sleeping with his maid and the social rejection here-onwards for every haarami born. Its even worse for a girl to sustain in a male dominated Afghan society.

The book goes into actually walk you through her life and the reflection of all the changes that was occurring during the time in Afghanistan becoming a part of Mariam. The small girl gets the shock of her life when she escapes from her solitary hut into the town where her father lived and was not allowed to enter the mansion. She had to stay all night at the gate until the next morning a driver took her back to the hut only to find her mother hanging dead. It was just the beginning, Jalil(father) and his wives quickly arrange for her to be married away to an older widower named Rasheed, who was shoemaker in Kabul. Then comes the repeated attempts of giving birth and also the fight with her self into becoming a wife from a girl in company of Rasheed.

The story is quickly disturbed by the sudden introduction of Laila, a beautiful girl born to the ethnic Tajik couple - Hakim, a progressive-minded high school teacher. And neighbor to Mariam and Rasheed. The changing political scenario of the country started showing its colors on the entire cast of the novel. Here the story turns into more and more torturous, leading to events one after another and ending at Laila getting married to the very old Rasheed as his second wife. Rest is worth reading in Khaled's way rather than me trying to narrate it for you. Its about their struggle and sacrifice into becoming and living a friend, a wife, a mother, a woman.