Yesterday was cloudy and rainy,
Tomorrow will be damp and cold
But today I have decided
Decided to be jolly and bold
-- Kavi RSV
Tomorrow will be damp and cold
But today I have decided
Decided to be jolly and bold
-- Kavi RSV
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Monday, May 07, 2007
Alice in complicated land
It was a bright day with the big white clouds floating around in the nice blue sky. Alice was lying down under an apple tree and trying to make out which cloud looked like which animal. The last one was a horse, like a big stallion galloping at full speed. The next one was sheep with a small little nose and lots of wool. With the third one she was amazed, it looked exactly like a puppy and not just any puppy but the one with dreamy eyes and slight smile too.
She suddenly decided to get herself a cute little puppy.. and where else to go but to the wonderland with lots of friends to help. She was sure with so many friends she will be able to get the best puppy in the world. But...
There she was staring at the first puppy of the day. It was not exactly as she had seen in the sky.. but it was cute in its own way. She had almost picked it up, when the cat appeared.. first its teeth (all 32 of them) and then the body.
"Wait, Did you count the number of teeth the puppy has? You would not touch it if you knew it had only 31" said the cat.
'But how does it matter? It can chew as well as you do.." said Alice.
"You fool, last time a girl of your age took the puppy with 31 teeth.. and do you know what happened? She fell down and broke her hand."
Its Ok, thought Alice, I will find one with 32 teeth.. not more nor less.
Next she saw another puppy which was perfectly white like a fairy. She picked it up and the puppy immediately made a sweet little sound. "Common Alice" said the cat. "This one is not for you.. Did you see under its paw? It has a black patch. It will not be able to adjust with you".
And so came the third puppy. And went too.. because its age was exactly divisible by the age of Alice. "How in world you could even look at it, Alice" was the comment.
And so Alice roamed around the land looking at one cute puppy than another. And the cat got happier and happier. If the cat let Alice have the puppy, why will she think of him? She will be too happy with the puppy.
By making the life complicated, the cat ensures that people remember and offer it fruits daily. Not that the cat liked the fruits that much. But the adulation people gave was good enough.
So, will Alice be able to find her puppy? Lets wait and see.
--
~RSV
She suddenly decided to get herself a cute little puppy.. and where else to go but to the wonderland with lots of friends to help. She was sure with so many friends she will be able to get the best puppy in the world. But...
There she was staring at the first puppy of the day. It was not exactly as she had seen in the sky.. but it was cute in its own way. She had almost picked it up, when the cat appeared.. first its teeth (all 32 of them) and then the body.
"Wait, Did you count the number of teeth the puppy has? You would not touch it if you knew it had only 31" said the cat.
'But how does it matter? It can chew as well as you do.." said Alice.
"You fool, last time a girl of your age took the puppy with 31 teeth.. and do you know what happened? She fell down and broke her hand."
Its Ok, thought Alice, I will find one with 32 teeth.. not more nor less.
Next she saw another puppy which was perfectly white like a fairy. She picked it up and the puppy immediately made a sweet little sound. "Common Alice" said the cat. "This one is not for you.. Did you see under its paw? It has a black patch. It will not be able to adjust with you".
And so came the third puppy. And went too.. because its age was exactly divisible by the age of Alice. "How in world you could even look at it, Alice" was the comment.
And so Alice roamed around the land looking at one cute puppy than another. And the cat got happier and happier. If the cat let Alice have the puppy, why will she think of him? She will be too happy with the puppy.
By making the life complicated, the cat ensures that people remember and offer it fruits daily. Not that the cat liked the fruits that much. But the adulation people gave was good enough.
So, will Alice be able to find her puppy? Lets wait and see.
--
~RSV
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Two Lives
Part-1
It was a bad day. It started with a headline in the newspaper. 'H1B visa quota exceeded in 1 day'. "What the hell, we work so hard here and America doesn't even have consideration to let us live our lives peacefully" thought the Vimla. She had been eagerly waiting for the new year so that she could restart working. It had been a long wait, but worthwhile now that their son was in school and she had free time to start thinking about supplementing the family income. She had even managed to get a sponsor for the H1B after long process, even agreeing to drive 2 hours one way to work. And now all the hopes were dashed. She was cursed to this wait-for-husband-and-kid routine for one more year. And over that, the plans of buying a new car will have to be postponed.
But what wretched life this was. She could not work. Ram could not change his job. The expenses were rising. And the forever illusory 'Green Card' was taking forever to be granted. She had just heard that the backlogs were enough to last 5 years. And this was going to increase with time. Without the green card, they could not settle in life, could not buy a house, get scholarships for their children.
The archaic laws were forcing them to lead a life of relative poverty and was unsettling. Why was that happening to them. Most of her friends in the US had got their green card, bought a house, sending the children to best of the schools and now even planning for a second home. She took another dose of anti-depressent, hoping that she will be well by the time her son returns home, cursing the US and its weird laws at the same time.
Part-2
It was a bad day. It started with traffic snarl in the morning. The maid had taken another day off without informing. Vimla was already late for the office. So many problems. The new home they had bought was farther than her office and road worse than thought earlier. It would have been so nice had her husband Shyam took up the job offer in US. She would have a comfortable life like her sister Bimla. How nice it would be to be out of this traffic and cruising on a free-way. It was year since she had started working again after a long break. Now with the new job of Ram and the additional income she was earning dint heart in any way. They had a bigger home, sending their son to one of the most expensive school in the city, and also managed to buy a new bigger car. But still the heat was killing her. The car she was driving dint have an AC and the roads were jammed. Why did India has so much population. Why did Shyam ignores her nagging. It was such a comfortable life her sister was leading. And she took an anti-depressent from her purse and drank a bit of water. Cursing under her breathe, she started honking hoping that the additional noise will clear the traffic.
It was a bad day. It started with a headline in the newspaper. 'H1B visa quota exceeded in 1 day'. "What the hell, we work so hard here and America doesn't even have consideration to let us live our lives peacefully" thought the Vimla. She had been eagerly waiting for the new year so that she could restart working. It had been a long wait, but worthwhile now that their son was in school and she had free time to start thinking about supplementing the family income. She had even managed to get a sponsor for the H1B after long process, even agreeing to drive 2 hours one way to work. And now all the hopes were dashed. She was cursed to this wait-for-husband-and-kid routine for one more year. And over that, the plans of buying a new car will have to be postponed.
But what wretched life this was. She could not work. Ram could not change his job. The expenses were rising. And the forever illusory 'Green Card' was taking forever to be granted. She had just heard that the backlogs were enough to last 5 years. And this was going to increase with time. Without the green card, they could not settle in life, could not buy a house, get scholarships for their children.
The archaic laws were forcing them to lead a life of relative poverty and was unsettling. Why was that happening to them. Most of her friends in the US had got their green card, bought a house, sending the children to best of the schools and now even planning for a second home. She took another dose of anti-depressent, hoping that she will be well by the time her son returns home, cursing the US and its weird laws at the same time.
Part-2
It was a bad day. It started with traffic snarl in the morning. The maid had taken another day off without informing. Vimla was already late for the office. So many problems. The new home they had bought was farther than her office and road worse than thought earlier. It would have been so nice had her husband Shyam took up the job offer in US. She would have a comfortable life like her sister Bimla. How nice it would be to be out of this traffic and cruising on a free-way. It was year since she had started working again after a long break. Now with the new job of Ram and the additional income she was earning dint heart in any way. They had a bigger home, sending their son to one of the most expensive school in the city, and also managed to buy a new bigger car. But still the heat was killing her. The car she was driving dint have an AC and the roads were jammed. Why did India has so much population. Why did Shyam ignores her nagging. It was such a comfortable life her sister was leading. And she took an anti-depressent from her purse and drank a bit of water. Cursing under her breathe, she started honking hoping that the additional noise will clear the traffic.
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