My Beloved... Anna Nagar!!

What is happening to you??  You are not the same any more.Your alluring charm seems to be missing these days. Ever since the metro rail work started, the beautiful tree lined avenues of yours have turned nightmarish. I thought I knew you so well,  But am mistaken...The numerous take diversion sign boards has left me scratching my head. The once calm and peaceful streets have become glutted with vehicles of all sizes, pedestrians who scurry hither and thither trying to get across the road for no one knows where the zebra crossing is.Pollution and dust seems to have enveloped you from all sides. It sure is becoming hellish for all of us. Initially I didn't realise the large scale of your transformation and now that I do, am not able to digest the so called transitional changes! I want you to get back to being the endearing and the adorable Anna Nagar You once were! With Your land mark arches due to be pulled down in a week, I cant help but shed tears..One look at the arch and I knew I was home. Am going to miss that feeling. I know its not easy for you either. I hope you become your usual self soon.

With Love,

Your resident of 20 years.

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday So glow.
Thanks for being with us and listening to all our stories!
You are such a wonderful friend!!:-):-)

A dose of nostalgia

Wouldn’t it be wonderful when you get a chance to meet your classmates after 30 years since you finished schooling? I just attended one such get together along with my mother at Sri NKC Hr.Sec School, Kurusukuppam. A month ago, when I and my mom went for shopping, we met one of her school mates. As they were talking, they got a plan to trace back their friends and organize a get together. At that moment, it sounded insane- to trace back 51 students and organize a party! Impossible! 

Today, it has come true in the form of PEARLS (Pondicherry Experienced, Active Reunion of Living Students). It was not just an alumni meet but a revolution and milestone in the history of government schools in Pondicherry. A team of six students took the initiative to trace back, not just their friends but their teachers and Principal. It was a simple yet wonderful meet! It started with an invocation song followed by inaugural address, speech by the teachers, tree planting, silent prayer in memory of their lost friends, self introduction by the students, presentation of mementos, vote of thanks and a grand buffet. One of the teachers rightly pointed out this meet as a new mode of Social Networking. It proved to be a definite treat for the nostalgic memories.

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Bon Voyage- A journey into art

Butterflies in stomach,
Thudding  heart,
Sleepless nights!!
Crush??
No!
These are the symptoms that I am experiencing right now due to an entirely new atmosphere over here. Its almost a month since college started. Right from my first class, I ve been put to various tests either directly or indirectly by the people around .I never imagined post graduation to be so different from under graduation. At times, I get the feeling that I have not understood anything in Physics. What soothes me is that there are quite a few people in class who feel exactly like me and we have become very good friends.Though the faculty members are soft, every time a professor enters the class, there would be a sudden rush of adrenaline in my body. Our Mathematical Physics professor is a mobile alarm reminding us about GATE and JRF every time he writes a differential equation on the board. In electronics class, I start feeling ravenously hungry even if it is the very first class of the day. Numerical methods is fun and that is the only class, I keep my mouth shut and ears wide open. Today, We had Freshers Party which was so beautifully organised unlike what we expected. There was a formal session with the professors followed by an interaction session with our seniors.  It started with a song and then we had to pick chits and perform whatever was written on it- It had absolutely everything- Dance, Mock Cookery show, Cat walk and JAM and during my turn I got to talk on 'Tubelight' for a minute.I tried making it as funny as possible with absolutely no sense in it and the best thing is that they all loved it.It was definitely a refreshing day and I also got new friends after interaction.Hope everything goes on well from here for the next two years !

Hopeless in Chennai!!

I will have to say this is not the best time for a chennaite. Incessant power cuts, fuel crisis,the sweltering  heat and to top it all CSK not winning the IPL. And add to that list my personal woes! Just out of college and looking for master's admission. Once the semester exams got over, I was hoping to relax for a while, but no it wouldn't happen! Preparing for the innumerable entrance exams and interviews leaves you with very little energy to do anything else! And if exam preparation doesn't sap your spirits then the cumbersome admission process of the universities will! A friend of mine once remarked as you grow older you get very little time to do nothing and even if you do, you would probably become sick from the guilt of doing nothing. Where is the time to stop and stare?? And when I see the the neighbourhood children playing merrily,It seems like they belong to a different world. Iam confronted with one question. Why do I have to grow up?? Ofcourse being an adult has its own advantages but at the moment I would prefer to be the little girl riding the bicycle with her arms wide open!