tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79944220639284970192024-02-20T22:19:00.563+05:30The Shadow GirlShadow Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051306937843105891noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994422063928497019.post-75142116548678625072011-01-25T04:25:00.000+05:302011-01-25T04:25:56.195+05:30Here, I once walked....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;"><i><b>To be perfectly candid, I am not a huge fan of photos.. I 'd rather see it through my eyes and breathe the aura of the place than glue my eye balls to the camera. So, I had to search high and wide to get a decent photograph.. Well, here is one. City of Edinburgh...have to say it was pretty ( know u cant make that out of this photo). You just have to take my word for it. :-)</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSWlujqBFRxGRnmPF46Efp9Sxbi-2OwvCxxLFjpYnOZ227uWYksnrqWucu_OGlVHdnuxSSgkxBimF1kFhrAW9UkMEQvyOxSqeHT3upStYJPckakJ-TBtvDy_TWklwDUWP2Ix76Hj0IC4/s1600/DSC04000.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCSWlujqBFRxGRnmPF46Efp9Sxbi-2OwvCxxLFjpYnOZ227uWYksnrqWucu_OGlVHdnuxSSgkxBimF1kFhrAW9UkMEQvyOxSqeHT3upStYJPckakJ-TBtvDy_TWklwDUWP2Ix76Hj0IC4/s400/DSC04000.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
</div>Shadow Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051306937843105891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994422063928497019.post-67824411289487225742011-01-24T03:33:00.001+05:302011-01-24T03:37:11.461+05:30In grip of a vice...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutkVSVn8eZWjj9IQcH0-r-ETe4C-uNTBh7jDgZvMbvxVCsuc-KvHrY1ZyHNHcoC7Jc_MVtV4dvD5_FD9_PMjjG3bdbaQ6kG4yQBowDSw31Eqctmx1Hw65B_NfsDXBfy6bd4R0RnqI7yA/s1600/Sabaw_by_moonarchangel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutkVSVn8eZWjj9IQcH0-r-ETe4C-uNTBh7jDgZvMbvxVCsuc-KvHrY1ZyHNHcoC7Jc_MVtV4dvD5_FD9_PMjjG3bdbaQ6kG4yQBowDSw31Eqctmx1Hw65B_NfsDXBfy6bd4R0RnqI7yA/s320/Sabaw_by_moonarchangel.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #e69138;">Ahem ...of all my vices and Devil knows that i have innumerable the one I could happily get rid of is.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... procrastination!!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;"><i><b><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f6b26b;">Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.</span></u></b></i></span></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Ah , the picture is worth a thousand words. I fondly reminisce about our very first drunken escapade. Glassy eyed, stone drunk and happy as larks. Here's to my best pals..</span></i></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">Miss ya loads and love u even more</span></b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Shadow Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051306937843105891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994422063928497019.post-52493043924850390472011-01-22T02:51:00.000+05:302011-01-22T02:51:35.774+05:30Unveiling the shadows..<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f3f3f3; font-size: large;"><b><i><u>The inspiration that gave birth to my blog's name</u></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">this is not perhaps the most obvious way to cite my reasons in reference to my choice of the blog's name. But do not be deceived, its still a very honest confession. for those who know me perhaps they will be able to interpret and those who do not are welcome to try. the poem speaks about me in a way and perhaps I perceive myself always or like to as being a mystery, just out of reach, elusive and thus shadow girl.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #eeeeee;">p.s. this is not one of my great poetic adventures ...only an example of ....when have i ever done things the conventional way.</span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Memories dance on the boulevard of an era gone,<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;">twist n twirl , skip n jump round n round all along…<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">a stranger stalks from far beyond the shackles of time,<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> staring at the ballerinas shift to tune of the chimes<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"> she rests in the arms of a cold mist,<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;">from whose icy tentacles no escape doth exist.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 1in; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">her name a seductive caress on lips of a song,<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"> whispering promises, enticing her to belong.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">Alas, a curse keeps her captive still, <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"> her fate slave to a vengeful wizard’s will<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">For he wove a spell into her life’s maze<o:p></o:p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"> Ensnared betwixt worlds she be a prisoner always<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">a mere shadow with no cadaver to claim her own,<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"> for all time to come dead & those still unborn<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">even beyond the grave shall there be no goodbye,<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"> for it will be the shadows where I forever lie..<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;"><br />
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Ah, the time comes again where my angel half has once again appealed to my sense of love for her and poked and prodded at me till I agreed to take this challenge. Although to be candid , it does seem intriguing.. Nonetheless, I plead not guilty due to reason of laziness in the possible case that my questionable sincerity and frivolous dedication to a task rears its not so pretty face in the forthcoming days.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_fOM2RL1y-ooOR6kvmBvyrgyU1WlCuCOHUzUpJwmrYJHKLTxCVJfjZfvkyuMyIWUJkZ-5JfU2BDgHBvLdV1JgE6uXq0C40zCrvOoF1iwdjcOn7IG5e9xl59N8jWSfRVRyBm8feJKTLw/s1600/Fingers_Crossed_by_kandikills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim_fOM2RL1y-ooOR6kvmBvyrgyU1WlCuCOHUzUpJwmrYJHKLTxCVJfjZfvkyuMyIWUJkZ-5JfU2BDgHBvLdV1JgE6uXq0C40zCrvOoF1iwdjcOn7IG5e9xl59N8jWSfRVRyBm8feJKTLw/s320/Fingers_Crossed_by_kandikills.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #fde9d9; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><br />
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</div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #fde9d9; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">9)</span><span style="color: #fde9d9; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #fde9d9; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">I am always known to speak my mind albeit diplomatically at times.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #fde9d9; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">10)</span><span style="color: #fde9d9; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #fde9d9; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Although I am told that I am highly ambitious, I’d like to believe I would be insanely happy doing nothing, living on a secluded mountain, away from the wicked material pleasures of the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><br />
</div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><span style="color: #fde9d9; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">11)</span><span style="color: #fde9d9; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.0pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #fde9d9; font-family: Cambria; line-height: 150%; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.5pt; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">As I am the devil half, when I lose my temper no one in the five mile radius can fail to notice it unless they are a zombie. In which case cant really blame them as they are brain dead, soul sucked out creatures.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: -18.0pt;"><br />
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</div></div>Shadow Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051306937843105891noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994422063928497019.post-59754749654718541962010-04-28T19:03:00.002+05:302010-04-28T19:09:03.578+05:30Till death do us part....<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Soulmates … people across this world irrespective of their color, gender, nationality and race instinctively seek for their soulmate as if we are inherently imprinted to do so. In war, in peace , in countries large and small, in sweltering heat and freezing cold, in tempests and tranquil , consciously or subconsciously we look for that individual who will offer us a sense of belonging, the gift of unconditional love and unwavering trust. We look far and wide, sans borders and religions and when at long last they are discovered we are willing to defy the whole world for them.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">But who is a soulmate? Why do we assume that it has to be a spouse? Sometimes when we are diligently searching for this one person to render us whole, we so often overlook that someone, who was our shadow in light, a guardian angel in times dark, a port in the storm, sanctuary in the rain, and a warm hand on the shoulder. We are so engaged in staring ahead that we never bother to glance back and appreciate the constant presence defending our back.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Why are our visions ensnared in chains and our capacity to love so constricted? A soulmate isn’t indispensably a husband or a wife, a lover or a partner. He/she can be a friend, a parent, a child, a God or even a pet. Why not? After all, “there are more things in heaven and earth than one has dreamt of….”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Perhaps that’s why I believe to be genuinely blessed in not only having you in my life but also to be able to humbly accept that our souls are attuned to each other. You and I, I and you have been linked before even we were able to spell friendship. Maybe that’s why it has been so untarnished by the ravages of time. Our bond has been so pure yet so devilish, so innocent yet so impish, so simple and yet so deeply intricate. I have heard this sacred vow countless times and you were the first person that had made me comprehend its cosmic connotation. A few simple words casually stringed together but have unfathomable significance.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">“To have and to hold from this day forward</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">For better, for worse; for richer for poorer</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In sickness and in health; to love and to cherish</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Till death do us part”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">What is our friendship if not a solemn pledge to sustain each other in good times and bad? It is inconsequential whether we are rich or poor. We are each other’s balm in sickness and together we shall rejoice in our health. Isn’t it an oath to love and respect each other when our opinions diverge and treasure our converged thoughts? Isn’t it the patience to entertain our individual idiosyncrasies, soothe the insecurities and shouting encouragement even at the gates of impossibilities? If this isn’t what soul mates share then I do not breathe, the earth is not round and we are not friends.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We laugh; we cry,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Together we saw time walk by and by.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">A few smiles …a few tears,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">We touched eternity in these years </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Shinning sunrises & shimmering sunsets</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">lots of whispers, giggles and daring bets.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Cheating in exams & strolls in the playground,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">naughty comments and crushes all around.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Dancing shamlessly in the rain,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">pledging to be there in joy and in pain</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">From a child to a girl to a woman,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">together we were on every road, each turn.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I'll be there and i know you will be too,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">thats why we are soulmates true..</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">p.s: ... In ancient cherooke tradition they do not say I love you because love is too dynamic and at times too vengeful and selfish... they say what I am saying now...for my best friends..</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> "you walk on my soul"</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><br />
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<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In the mid sixteenth century, when Hungary was swamped by the Turkish forces of Ottoman Empire and was a theatre of war for the Turkish and Austrian armies lived a young girl whose name would later be written with black ink in the pages of history. Elizabeth (Erzsebet) Bathory was born to one of the most noble and wealthiest families in an age when peasants and common villagers enjoyed a status lower than animals. Slavery and bondage were the rule rather than the exception and their lives meant less than nothing if they ever committed even the most innocuous errors. Was this noble blood tainted with malice? Was she doomed from the instant she was conceived owing to her regal bloodlines? Was royalty a curse that unfurled its wrath on those it believed to be beneath it? When impressionable children should be taught to revere life in all forms she witnessed the terrible ordeals and punishments carried out under her family’s command. It has also been reported that she suffered from violent seizures as a child. Maybe, nature and nurture both conspired against her, and it was inevitable that she should fulfill her destiny as the Blood Countess.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Perhaps, the earliest warning of her untamed nature was when at the age of 14, already betrothed to Count Ferencz Nadasdy, she gave birth to an illegitimate child by another man. Elizabeth and the Count were united in holy matrimony on May 8, 1575 and only three years later Nadasdy became the chief commander of the Hungarian forces and led them to war against the Ottomans. In absence of her husband, it befell on eighteen year old Elizabeth’s shoulders to manage and later defend the estates. But she was more than capable of it. In the fog of ignorance and illiteracy, the Countess was a spear of light for she was politically intuitive and could read and write in four languages.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Perchance, it was the non attendance of her husband that she grew bored of her isolation and turned to witchcraft. The count was no innocent himself. Though it has never been ascertained whether he was any wiser to his wife’s “hobbies”, historians account that Count Ferencz was a cruel man himself and it was he who introduced his wife to a delectable new practice of torture. The poor offenders were coated with honey and then left in the wilderness at the mercy of bees and insects. For a beautiful woman, tall and majestic in her bearing she definitely had a cruel streak. Her physical exquisiteness masked the hideousness of her soul. Even the Garden of Eden held in its breast a deadly serpent. Her curious pursuits involved parading the girls naked in front of her men, whipping, freezing them in winters and other assorted delicacies of punishment to sate her sadistic appetite. Elizabeth Bathory had given birth to six children of which three daughters and a son survived. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">It was the death of her husband that made her conscious of her own mortality. In her deadly obsession with beauty and eternal youth, her soul, black and tarred as it was, gasped its final breath. One sultry evening, when her maid accidentally pulled her hair while dressing her, she struck like a viper and bled the poor girl. In her eyes, she had discovered the elixir of youth for she believed that the skin where the victim’s blood had spilled looked younger and fresher. This conviction of her signed the death warrants of hundreds of victims. They were captured by her associates and each drop of blood was drained from their supple bodies so a blood thirsty countess lusting after the myth of “eternal youth” could have her bath. The devil himself must have quaked in his boots at such a sight. The accounts of her taking greedy bites from their bleeding forms and sucking at the stream of blood on the bodies could well be the seeds that in time germinated into a whole jungle of vampire lore.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Illusions are only that, illusions and one day their fate is to shatter. The Countess could not fight the inevitable victory of age over beauty but she was in the possession of her false pretenses and fixation. A novel twist in this plot took place when she drew the absurd inference that the blood of the peasant girls was not pure enough. She desired the blood of nobility and thus began the fall of Countess Elizabeth Bathory. Under the guise of an educational academy, she took in twenty five girls of noble families and sacrificed them at the altar of her bloodlust.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In all the years that encompassed her killing extravaganza, she had grown arrogant and conceited to the extent of tossing dead bodies out on the street from her passing carriage. Justice, comatose, for all these years came upon her as an avenging angel. She was nobility and therefore a demigod and in those times the noble could do no wrong. She was put on house arrest but never faced trial. Her associates were judged according to their own crimes and each brutally penalized. The number of deaths on her hands were said to be ranging from 40 to 650. A diary was found where she by her own hand had written the names of all her 650 victims as if a keeping track of a grocery list and presented at the trail. All her estates and assets were seized by the King.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Ironically and life in all centuries are so absurdly full of them. The justice that came knocking on her castle was not on behalf of the dead victims but the King’s reluctance to repay the mammoth loan that her husband had given to the King. It is so disheartening to realize that life has no value before political aspirations and motives, be it in a democracy or a monarchy, a castle or a 21st century General election. It seems some things are set in stone. Some hold the belief that she was innocent of the crimes of which she was accused and this production of trial was politically motivated. She merely existed after the trial and was on house arrest. The Countess who wrote the destinies of innumerable victims was walled in and only a narrow opening was her umbilical cord to the world. The woman who had madly lusted after eternal youth embraced death a scant four years later in 1610.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
<span style="color: white;"></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So who really was Elizabeth Bathory? Centuries later when we observe the landscape of her life what do we ultimately believe. An evil woman who left wreckage, blood and dead bodies in her wake or a psychotic who was trapped in an ignorant era with no respite. Did her soul shudder and scream at least in the earlier stages of her malevolence? Or was it all a fair game to her? Or she was an innocent pawn on a political chessboard? In her defense, she was probably more insane than evil. Well facts were buried with her but whoever she was, she was someone whose name was forbidden for centuries and that’s evidence to the terror that must have struck in the hearts of people. She was The Blood Countess.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">She would have gladly lived through an eternity suspended in that addictive state of pain and pleasure but reality rushed in, bursting her bubble. Someone was knocking on her door. She hastily wiped the blood away, cleaned her dagger and flushed the tissue. She quickly replaced the dagger in its secret place. Only a dumb idiot begging to be trapped will leave such incriminating evidence behind. A wry smile touched her lips as a thought crossed her mind, <em>“insane she may be, stupid she was most definitely not.”</em> She closed the door of the bathroom, walked across the room and with a deep breath opened the door of her bedroom. Her mother glared at her, <em>“why was the damn room locked. How many times do I have to tell you that you are not supposed to bolt your door?”</em> Faith belligerently stared back for a few seconds, and then said,<em> “I wasn’t doing drugs you know, I just wanted some privacy.”</em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><em>“Faith, I do not like this attitude of yours, why can’t you be normal like your sisters.”</em> At her mother’s absolute horror, Faith started laughing hysterically. Her mother warily stepped back and stared at her youngest daughter with her jaw dropped open. <em>“Normal she says, normal!!! How can I be normal when you never let me forget that I was the result of your forgetting to take the pill one night? How can I be normal when I have sisters whose idea of fun is to be vindictive to me? And last but definitely not the least, how can I be normal when he visits me in the night when you are sleeping the sleep of the ignorant?”</em> Such heart rending questions were on the young girl’s lips but Faith didn’t voice them. What would be the use except to invite more heartache? She already was getting more than her fair share.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Faith turned and went to sit by her desk, and busied herself with her studies. She let out a deep sigh as her mother went away. She fervently prayed that she would be left alone throughout the evening. Apart from the sight of her own blood, the thing that calmed her best were books. The next time Faith came out of her reverie she was pleasantly surprised that seconds had given birth to minutes and minutes to hours. Maybe this was going to be her lucky day, maybe he won’t come to her tonight. And for the first time in days the veil of sadness lifted from her eyes and hope flared in her heart. Deciding not to push her luck, she immediately went to the dining room when her mother called for dinner. Usually, these times with her family were akin to awaiting the verdict from a jury. But she determined not to let it dishearten her.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">The hope in her heart was mercilessly murdered when she saw the blatant hunger in his eyes. As a thousand times before, she mutely wondered why no one else ever could spot the lust. How her mother was so oblivious that her new husband was raping her daughter? Was she really so naïve or was she secretly relieved that he left her marital bed? Would it have been different if her father had been alive or her mother had not married such a monster? The food stuck in her throat as terror edged inch by inch into her soul. Her sisters snickered at her but she was blind and deaf to their malicious comments. They dwarfed before the catastrophe looming on the horizon. She all but sprinted from the room when the dinner was over.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">At midnight when he stealthily walked into her room and fastened the lock behind him, she was lying curled up like a fetus holding her breath. She was so frightened; she could scarcely breathe let alone move. He sat on the bed beside her and caressed her legs in a manner that mocked the pure act of making love. Faith whimpered and tried to make herself as small as possible. He sweetly murmured to her, <em>“so smooth, just like silk.”</em> She froze, her mind unable to process the horror. Then suddenly, with herculean effort she tried to struggle vehemently like a cornered animal. But he subdued her easily for physically she was David to his Goliath. His weight crushed her to the mattress and a hand clamped over her mouth, while she kept sobbing inconsolably. He was grunting like an animal and whispering guttural words in her ear. After a few unbearable moments, her mind blanked and scampered to seek refuge in a faraway place. When he was gratified, he kissed her forehead and this act beyond anything repelled her. Before biding her goodnight he said,”<em> oh Faith, you are so perfect, not a mark or blemish on your skin. Till next time baby.”</em> and walked away without a backward glance to the devastation he had left behind.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><em>“Perfect”,</em> she thought as she lay bruised and bleeding. How heartless and sadistic life can be? A young heartbroken girl desolately yearned for the scars on her soul to heal. Ironically, each time she smeared a little hope on her lacerations to heal, they were cruelly ripped open again and yet the body she slashed again and again absolutely refused to scar no matter how many times she brandished the dagger on it. She swiped the back of her hand across her face and abruptly ceased to cry. Tears had never rescued her from her plight. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Faith, a sixteen year old girl who was forced to become a woman way before her time stared out her window with haunting eyes as dawn creeped in and slowly the dark was devoured by the light. She was Faith, who had lost her faith in humanity when her step father had unleashed the animal in him on her. But if anything it was measure of her strength because she had long decided that he could break every bone in her body and drain each drop of her blood but he would never be able to conquer her spirit. And one day she will truly be David to his Goliath.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Shadow Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051306937843105891noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994422063928497019.post-54115161977799511812010-03-25T00:49:00.003+05:302010-03-30T14:23:19.334+05:30Betrayal...<div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="color: #b45f06; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"Her fate was sealed the instant their eyes locked..she was dead..she just didn’t know it yet..She giddily hugged the love to her heart and ran to him..he embraced her closely. She was just sighing in pleasure when he stabbed her in the back..shocked she looked up with accusing eyes …he smilingly said..”Nothing Personal”.</span></em></div>Shadow Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051306937843105891noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994422063928497019.post-11409719450865911082010-03-24T23:44:00.003+05:302010-03-30T14:31:56.017+05:30For you, my daughter..<em><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"In my beginning is my end..My gaze falls on the bundle trustingly sleeping in my arms , my brain greedily captures the sight…for as I despairingly fight for my last breaths, my daughter lustily draws in her first….Death you are not absolute..I shall vanquish you...In my end shall be my beginning."</span></em>Shadow Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051306937843105891noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994422063928497019.post-48847583526745161522010-03-06T16:05:00.002+05:302010-03-06T16:12:44.647+05:30Tagged..Useless Facts..( was fun though)..<span style="color: #6aa84f;">I have never done one of these before, but there is a first time for everything. So here it goes. Thank you Isha for tagging me and giving me this opportunity.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Some Useless Facts About Me:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What is your current obsession? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">The novels by Agatha Christie.. especially the Hercule Poirot series. Dame Christie would have been tremendously pleased to have acquired such an aficionado.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What are you wearing today? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Black Harem pants and a short black tee!! Umm...incredibly comfortable..not to mention deliciously sexyy..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What's for dinner today? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Oranges and watermelon…they hold up the scale of health foods sufficiently for me to glutton on chocolates.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What's the last thing you bought? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> Wat do u think..books . I bought The Blind Assasin by Margaret Atwood ( Winner of 2000 Booker Prize) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What are you listening to right now? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Mala jau dya na ghari ( Let me go home).. Its a Marathi song from a movie called Natrang...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What do you think about the person who tagged you? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">She’s an integral element of my life’s tapestry who has been very intricately woven with each of its aspect.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you like it to be? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Hmmm..I am so greedy.. :P Bt if pinned down ...I would love one either in the stunning city of Paris...or in the big apple...New York..( Please whoever is looking after the real estate..dont forget the house better be in Manhattan)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What are your must-have pieces for summer? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Sunglasses and short skirts...( Its so freaking hot here already) & a very good Anti tan cream.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Hmm...this is not good..Why only one place...Such miser options...Still...I would go to Nashik( So that I can meet my sweetheart !!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• Which language do you want to learn? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">I would love to be the most multi lingual person in the world...Gaelic and Latin are the ones I would love to learn .</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What’s your favourite quote? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">God..anyone who knows me will recognise the perils he has invited by asking me this..I am an absolute English Literature buff..</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">“ To see a world in a grain of sand ; & heaven in a wild flower </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> Hold infinity in the palm of your hand & eternity in an hour." – William Blake ( The Auguries of Innocnece)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">“ I do not agree with what you have to say but I will defend to the death your right to say it” - Voltaire</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">“Nothing begins and nothing ends that is not paid with a moan,</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;"> For we are born in other’s pain and perish in our own” – Francis Thompson</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• Who do you want to meet right now? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">My best friends ...Its been so long....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What is your favourite colour? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Black!! Black!! & Black!!..( though when the whim strikes me ..i love red as well)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• Give us 3 styling tips that work for you. </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Hhmmm... (a)Perfectly shaped nails polished with deep colors.</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">(b)Stylish eye makeup..especially a good application of Kajal..</span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">(c)A striking haircut..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What is your dream job? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Dream job.. I wouldn’t say job..but my dream work is to be able to write poignant , thought provoking and thoroughly compelling books..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What’s your favorite magazine? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Magazines arent really my cup of tea...lonely planet, reader’s digest are what I like ...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• If you had $100 now, what would you spend it on? </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Hah!... Spend the most of it on books...( incase u hadn’t noticed it yet I am a bibilophile) and the rest on clothes or maybe a nice bag..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What do you consider a fashion faux pas? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Wearing a gorgeous designer gown with your lingerie lines clearly visible for anyone to..err...notice..( Appropriate lingerie for each type of clothing is absolutely vital)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• Who according to you is the most over-rated style icon? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Kim Kardashian</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What kind of haircut do you prefer? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Bangs and Layers...( the one that flutters around your face when u walk..)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What are you going to do after this? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Oh..I am going to have an afternoon nap and have an very intriguing session of dream entertainment.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What are your favorite movies? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">hmm..Loads and loads...But to name a few Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,Hum Apke Hain Kaun, The Exorcism of Emily Rose, 88 Minutes, Passion of The Christ, The Hills Have Eyes ,etc, etc..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What inspires you? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Everything and Nothing...(the civilization enveloping me and the world within me... Life and death, light and shadow)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What do your friends call you most commonly? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Nicky or Nick generally...Some respect the effort of my parents of naming me proper and use that one only :P</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• Would you prefer coffee or tea? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Neither in hot form..Iced Tea..if that counts..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What do you do when you are feeling low or terribly depressed? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Haunt my house like a ghost , talk to some imaginary people , & if that doesnt work..Dance to some really loud and fast music...:)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What makes you go wild? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Wild as in a good way or bad??...In a bad way its hypocrisy and betrayal...in a good way..loads of things make me ecstatic..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• Which other blogs do you love visiting? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">To be brutally honest..I read the blogs what this girl (who tagged me) asks me to read by holding a gun to my head... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• Favorite Dessert/Sweet? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Yumm..Dark Chocolates, Belgian Chocolate Mousse..in Indian sweets.. I love Jalebi..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• How many tabs are turned on in ur browser right now? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Two...am in a lazy mood rite now...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• Favorite Season? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Winters ...any day, any time, any where ..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• If I come to your house now, what would u cook for me? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Whatever fancies you...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What is the right way to avoid people who purposefully hurt you? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Hmm...depends on who the person is..but I would be terrifyingly polite and socially correct ( it always confuses them)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What are you afraid of the most? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Shattered dreams....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Ooooooohh..I am pretty..( So go crucify me..I am vain...)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What brings a smile on your face instantly? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Lots of things... I am pretty cheerful person ( exception only when I am haunting my house)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• A word that you say a lot? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Hmm...( Translation varies from I am only pretending to be listening to you ...to I don’t agree to what you say but Mom said to keep quiet in this case...to thats an interesting point..)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• When was the last time you did something nice? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Oh...Does encouraging someone to achieve their dreams count....Oh wait I remember..I stopped a boy from throwing pebbles on the caged leopard in a Zoo...:)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• What would you do if you were made President of India for one day? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Declare Emergency :P ( Bcoz in our country the President is the Supreme Commander of Defence Forces and rules in time of War ..rest he/she is constitutionally bound to agree with the PM , Cabinet , Lok Sabha..)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">• Do you Know who Master SHIFU is? </span><br />
<span style="color: #6aa84f;">I didn’t know him by name rather by his face or should I say “raised eyebrows…But I took the pain of finding out ..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">So now to do the rituals I shall tag some of my friends and/or blog-friends. If you despise tags and them as a farce, then you are excused. If not then I insist that you complete this tag and share with the world all the useless facts about you. Cheers. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">And they are..</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Rashmi</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">Blackbox</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;">NesQuarX</span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f;"></span>Shadow Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051306937843105891noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994422063928497019.post-36146016170853815552010-01-15T19:56:00.005+05:302010-01-16T01:11:26.497+05:30Unexpected Blessings..<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>She lay on the ground struggling to shield her ears with numb hands, futilely making an attempt to shut out the sounds all around. Ironic, because she had always loved sound in all its manifestations since she was a baby. All kinds of them be it soulful music, the clinking of bracelets, the swish of the skirt on the grass, the rustle of leaves in the breeze, the pitter patter of tiny feet, the sigh of her mother or the booming laughter of her father. Mama, Papa..She thought with a sob, dead, her entire family obliterated instantaneously. Despair crashed onto her like a tidal wave and she fervently prayed that she lost her ability to hear. Maybe then she would not have to listen to this resonance of inhuman pain. At this precise moment she was willing even eager to sell her soul to the devil if that would end the unbearable screams of the mutilated, the heart wrenching cries of toddlers , the animalistic whimpers of infants, the silky moans of the dying and the eerie silence of the dead.</strong></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>It had been snowing unremittingly and though she was clad only in a sheer cotton dress, she felt nothing. The anguish in her heart had somehow cushioned her against callous veracity. Everything was so surreal that for one blissful moment she coerced herself to believe that it was only a nightmare. Oh but the shrieks, the inhuman screeches dragged her back brutally and compelled her to confront the truth. She glanced around her making an effort trying to haul herself up, summoning her strength but could only lift her head. It was virginal white and pristine all around as if mocking the war everywhere. Snow had smothered each peak and valley, every roof top and pathway was painted with it. It was heaven on earth...no it was just a cruel trickery. For when she looked intimately she could see shallow rivers of blood surging towards her. It seemed that the pure virgin had been debauchered viciously. </strong></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>The heaven had been usurped by demons and his disciples and the screams were witness that Satan himself was ripping off the wings of angels. One bloody slash at a time savoring the pain he bequeathed upon them and inhaling the delicious aroma of grief. Oh how she yearned to crawl back into safety but the gates of hell had been unbolted and she couldn’t crawl back to the one place she would have been protected, her mother’s womb . Dead she thought desperately, the mother she had rebelled against, fought with, the mother who had sung her lullabies at night and known her deepest uncertainties and potent aspirations. She squeezed her eyes shut to block the images and miraculously and mercifully fell asleep.</strong></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>He found her curled into herself like fetus and his heart lurched at the thought of another dead child. He started to turn away; he had observed enough death and was unsure if he could see more and not snap and fall across the edge of insanity where he had been teetering for days. As he moved he heard something, thought his mind was playing pranks on him but no, again there was that ….sob? He swiftly crossed the boulder to reach the child and he bent and gently brushed aside the hair masking the face. He realized with a startle that it was a woman, albeit a very young one. But in times like this, innocence and childhood is a luxury no one can afford. As he moved his fingers to feel the pulse her eyes opened. Their gazes locked and the earth stilted, time stilled and his heart stopped.</strong></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>She should be terrified, the thought floated somewhere deep in the caverns of her mind but she was not. Why? There wasn’t any overt evidence of anything soft and kind about him but yet she knew he wouldn’t hurt her. She stared at him drinking his sight as if painting his face on her mind will erase all her agony and heal her broken spirit. His eyes were a midnight black as was his hair, with a face that seemed to be carved in granite. He couldn’t have been labeled handsome even remotely but his harsh features and razor sharp angles made her feel as if he was a Greek God at least to her eyes. For a moment he speculated whether he had finally lost his mind, what was this angel doing in hell. But no she was there. He caressed her cheek to reassure himself of her ethereal presence and she trembled. He snatched his hand thinking he had terrorized her even more but she clutched his hand and their hands were locked as their gazes.</strong></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>If felt as if a hundred lifetimes had raced by but only a few minutes later there was sound of gunfire shattering their fantasy . He pushed her further under the rocks and made his body her armor. Pressed to his back which was as unyielding as the rock, she belatedly wondered who he was and reality burst on her like a cracked dam. She stared at his clothes and only one word reverberated in her mind ….enemy. He was the foe who had wrecked havoc on her world. But why was he jeopardizing his life for her? Was it a maneuver to lull her into a false sense of security, did he some clandestine agenda? He felt her body stiffen and whirled back and noticed the wariness and dread in her eyes. He uttered a simple cluster of words that irrevocably altered her life forever.</strong></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> “Do not fear me angel, I will protect thee with my life”</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Till this day she is uncertain as to why she had trusted him that dawn, but trust him she did, with her life, with her freedom and ultimately but inevitably her heart. He had whisked her into the safety of his arms and had given her refuge in a haven she didn’t even know existed. While he was carrying her to his unit, she had wondered with trepidation and horror that her foot soldier will surely be executed for being her savior. But to her absolute astonishment, he was no mere foot soldier but the Captain of his unit. A battle scarred warrior trapped in a war he didn’t desire, combating with an enemy against whom he had no vengeance and seeking to massacre a conscience he wasn’t aware ,was still breathing. That day when she had lost her conviction in humanity she realized that these soldiers were not the adversary. They were just mere pawns in a colossal game of chess that leaders entrusted with power engaged in to quench their bloodlust. When war becomes a hobby for leaders, the rest are only victims.</strong></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>She reminisces about the days that had come after, how the warrior had soothingly tended her wounds and in restoring her body, had mended her heart. How he hadn’t uttered a single word in his defense when she had hurled venomous accusations at him. Even today she vividly recollects her shock when she had learned how these enemies had tried to save some of her own people and the heart aching revelation that her family had breathed their last by the hands of their own combatants. The demarcation between friends and foes are often smeared by blood.</strong></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> "She reflects on these memoirs as she watches her warrior, no her husband, sleep with a hand stroking her belly where their child is nestled and is secure.Life may not shape into our preconceived moulds but sometimes one is gifted with blessings in a very unexpected package"</strong></span><br />
</div>Shadow Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051306937843105891noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994422063928497019.post-47672203616114971992010-01-11T22:00:00.005+05:302010-01-16T00:49:52.722+05:30Au Revoir, mon ami...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #a64d79;">A year has departed…….Even though everyone eagerly anticipates the arrival of a new year with great delight, shining hopes , honest prayers and crossed fingers , the passing of a year is alike a separation with a dear friend which fills the heart with nostalgia. Memories stalk you and no matter where you run they turn up at unexpected alleys and compel you to take an intimate glimpse at one’s saga so far.</span></strong><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #a64d79;">At times this year sprinted at breakneck speed urging one to buck up; lest you are the one being left behind, at others it meandered unsure of itself and apprehensive of the busy boulevards ahead. Yet there were instances when it sauntered away smelling the wildflowers along the way. But there were many ,many occasions that it came to an abrupt halt jarring one from his comfort zone.</span></strong><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #a64d79;">There were exhilarating new encounters and somber goodbyes. A few friends metamorphosed into strangers making one question the illusion of permanency enveloping our lives. And certain strangers weaved themselves into the fabric of our lives reassuring us that we aren’t deserted in our joys and sorrows, smiles and tears, anguish and solace and more imperatively in life or death.</span></strong><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #a64d79;">It brought with it new beginnings and old ends. New journeys, novel experiences and same old; same old me. Am I? Am I identical to who I was the year before or did I transform with my experiences, hard lessons, fulfilled dreams and shattered hopes? Was I a mere spectator in my own life’s production, unscathed by tragedy, indifferent to sighs and whispers of a lover and unappreciative of my happiness? I would not admit it as the truth for I know that each breath altered me a little and yet the more remained the same. Yet when the dusk settles in, it does not matter as in each beat of my heart, every flutter of my eyelashes and all the pulsing in my blood there was irrefutable evidence that I was alive. And living is the greatest adventure of all.</span></strong><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><span style="color: #a64d79;">So this is my personal ode to the passing year. I say a bittersweet goodbye to you old friend and ask that in spirit of our cherished time together you pardon my sins, revel in my triumphs, shed a few tears for my defeats, and pray that my new friend treats me as warmly as you did. In return I wish that you fade into the night with the same feat with which you were born. Au revoir , mon ami…..</span></strong><br />
</div>Shadow Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051306937843105891noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994422063928497019.post-55892042883269875462009-11-23T22:47:00.004+05:302011-10-16T17:18:23.155+05:30Guilty pleasures…(Just for Women)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><link href="file:///C:%5CDOKUME%7E1%5CPRAKFE%7E1.U-1%5CLOKALE%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C02%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"></link><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Love may very well make the world go round but it’s actually the wicked indulgences that really put a spin to it. We live to seek pleasure and will die for it in an instant. Hedonism is the new religion and the means to attain gratification; the new Bible. People can feel good through innumerable modes but the ones that are finest have a sense of guilt attached to it. An unrestricted date can never match the exhilaration of a clandestine encounter with one’s lover. Pleasure that makes the heart sigh and ache simultaneously. Love that doesn’t make goose bumps race through your skin and steal your breath away at the sight of your man isn’t worth all the tears and despair. So even amongst all the sniffles and desolation, you know that you rather be at that crossroads than swap places with God Himself.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Guilty Pleasures are all about the forbidden. The saga began with Adam & Eve partaking a bite of the glossy apple and the subsequent generations have redefined and recreated the concept of illicit bliss. Let’s take a glance at a few delights that tingle women despite of its “alleged” ramifications. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The sinful melting of dark chocolate that takes the taste buds to the edge of ecstasy, the caress of silky, satiny lingerie that brings remembrances of a lover’s touch. The soft yielding in the arms of a man unheeding all social mores, the impulsive thoughts of hot sensuous lips amidst a tedious conference at work. The sudden crave for luxurious wine when household expenses are falling short. The unsophisticated gossip under the pretense of social obligations, and the gleeful observation of another’s misery through façade of sympathy. The premeditated murder of your feet with high heels in pursuance of sexy legs and the quiet seduction of a stranger in a public place. The abrupt appearance of a different man’s face while cuddling with your boyfriend and the covet desire for another woman’s man.</span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">And finally, the hunger and yearn for a mind boggling, earth shattering romance despite of being one half of a stable & secure relationship. I could probably speak of a thousand more Guilty Pleasures but they wouldn’t be as naughty as these nor would they beckon us with such temptation. I know it probably doesn’t portray the virginal and submissive picture that men generally want to see but hey it does adds a dash of spice in life…what say girls.</span><br />
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</div></div>Shadow Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051306937843105891noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994422063928497019.post-53980202958160415462009-11-22T12:53:00.007+05:302010-01-16T00:53:50.019+05:30Just a thought...<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>It often strikes me how ironical it is to wallow in self pity cursing one's solitude when the problem of over population tries to push and shove its way before our eyes to get attention. The poor mother Earth is bursting at the seams and most of its inhabitants keep complaining about lonliness. Just cements the fact that what self centred species we are.</strong></span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> I am forced to wonder whether the component of humanity in our blood has evolved into callousness and indifference or maybe our brains simply refuse to process the fact that in order to be on the receiving side of affection and companionship, one has to offer it as well.And if this criteria is too much for my fellow homo sapiens to meet then we might as well blow up land to make space and channel all our resources in the creation and manufacturing of a robot which provides emotional warmth on command. So like a well trained canine that jumps and wags its tail according to its master's whim ;the robot may hug, kiss, etc, etc at the snap of the fingertips. I just hope when scientists and the "brain men" are busy on this gargantuan invention, someone ensures that this robot's body exudes warmth otherwise what will be the point of getting a hug from the guy. If that's not possible then one might as well go and hug the living room couch and pretend that its his best buddy. Why spend money on the aforesaid robot, might as well spend it on a chilled pinot noir.</strong></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong> Oh by the way if anyone reading this has a doubt and it would really take a person whose IQ matches that of a turnip, I am being sarcastic If I go on to suggest someone to look at the bigger picture in life and believe in love and affection, I would be wasting my breath. On the top of that most likely face accusations of being pompous , so I am just saving myself some grief, not to mention a headche and the task of pointing out the consequences of being aloof and conviniently forgetting that friendship express is not one way........</strong></span><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>How's that as food for thought??</strong></span><br />
</div>Shadow Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051306937843105891noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994422063928497019.post-18780730262221486632009-06-11T21:24:00.003+05:302010-01-16T00:52:57.415+05:30Challenges of the Challenged..<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" equiv="Content-Type"><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"><link href="file:///C:%5CDOKUME%7E1%5CPRAKFE%7E1.U-1%5CLOKALE%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C02%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"><smarttagtype name="country-region" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></smarttagtype><smarttagtype name="City" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></smarttagtype><smarttagtype name="place" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></smarttagtype><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">Every educated and rational individual will opine that a physically and mentally challenged child should be offered all opportunities that a so termed “normal “one gets. But how far does this concept relate in real life. And of all the chances that we are talking about, perhaps the most important one is that of learning. It is a very unfortunate fact our society does not treat these “Special Children” equally. Even today when we boast of living in an advanced world discrimination and negligence involving education of such kids are rampant. It is time to not only applaud initiatives like “Taare Zameen Par” but actually incorporate its essence of innovative techniques and methods of teaching and attitude of equality at a mass level.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">However, in recent times there is a shift of attitude towards the education of challenged children and it is accepted by experts that each child should be allowed to learn in his own way rather than being forced to follow rigid pre set standards. The concept of Inclusive learning is also making waves. It connotes that all children should be allowed without restriction to participate equally in all education programmes. Such a system of education defines these children as ones with special needs rather than using terms such as “handicapped” or” impaired” which lays down a positive attitude and a sense of acceptance of these children.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">Technology and special teaching methods has come a long way in aiding “Challenged Children”. Various technological aids are being used to help such children teach and communicate. In many cases the special children are so challenged that they cannot even emote or communicate at the basic level. Hence , the need of technical support is vital. These specialized technologies are often called assistive technology because they consist of equipments or software that is used to maintain or enhance functional capabilities of a challenged child. Assistive technology includes hardware such as scanners, adapted keyboards, hearing aids, and software such as speech recognition and thought organization. At the base level, assistive technology generally consists of the following devices facilitating access:</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">• To a standard PC</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">• To and of manipulation of the written word.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">• To and of manipulation of the spoken word.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">• To devices that compensate cognitive deficits.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">Electronic reading aids are also employed which can scan and translate printed text into a computer readable file that can be read with Braille display or magnification software. Even Electronic libraries are set up to further assist the teaching aids.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">Different teaching methods are employed keeping in mind the type of challenge a child is facing. This makes the process of teaching more individual friendly guaranteeing personal attention to the need of each child. The most widely used teaching techniques are Braille and Sign language.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">Braille system is mostly used to teach visually impaired children. It is writing system which enables blind and partially sighted people to read and write through touch. Braille has been adapted to write many different languages and is also used for musical and mathematical notation.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">Sign language is a mode which uses manual communication, body language, and lip patterns to convey meaning instead of sound. It often involves simultaneous combination of hand shapes, orientation, body movements and facial expressions to express the speaker’s thoughts in a smooth and fluid manner. The use of Sign language is developed mostly in Deaf communities. There are hundreds of sign languages that are being used across the world.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">Bal Kalyan Sanstha Pune, founded in 1979, is a Recreational and Cultural Centre for disabled children in the state of <place st="on"><city st="on">Maharashtra</city>, <country-region st="on">India</country-region></place>. It began its journey during a time when educating disabled children was important, but the recreational needs were not being met due to lack of funds and space. Government officials, social workers, and teachers worked together in order to get the Sanstha up and running. Today 1200 to 1500 children attend the center weekly from areas in and around Pune.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">To sum up it will be apt to say that there is ample availability of technology to support the education of Special children. But the major factor is a change in mentality towards their education requirements. The services of Non Government Organizations and Government policies do exist. It is the use and implementation of these policies and services that are of vital importance.</span><br />
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Shadow Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051306937843105891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7994422063928497019.post-13145530849208461532009-06-11T21:18:00.003+05:302010-01-16T00:54:12.843+05:30Corporal Punishment..<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" equiv="Content-Type"><meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Generator"><meta content="Microsoft Word 11" name="Originator"><link href="file:///C:%5CDOKUME%7E1%5CPRAKFE%7E1.U-1%5CLOKALE%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C03%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"><style>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">Corporal Punishment- this term has been a bone of contention among parents, students and educational authorities. Recently, the news channels and newspapers have been flooded with cases of brutality that children face in schools. The public have been shocked and outraged but largely unaware of the many forms in which corporal punishment manifests itself. We need to ask ourselves whether its justified that the young kids are exposed and are victims of such kind of violence. When imparting such forms of punishment do the school authorities take into account the psychological damage that can take place? And perhaps the most shocking fact is that often the punishment children face at home can be equally damaging and can also range into corporal punishment. The combination of such trauma in both school and home can lead to serious damage to the child.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">Awareness is very important about this concept. Technically speaking, Corporal Punishment is the deliberate infliction of pain intended to punish a person or to change his behavior. United Nations has undertaken a campaign called” Global Initiative to end all Corporal Punishment of children”. This campaign has set a target to prohibit all forms of violence against children by the year of 2009 including the types they face in their homes. It is a very unfortunate fact that even well meaning many parents also imparts such punishment that is damaging to the kids. Punishment is given by way of correction. But physical damage often does more harm than good. Use of force is justified to transform unacceptable behavior of a child and to express symbolic disapproval so that it is not repeated. But the force must be used in such a manner that it does not inflict any bodily harm.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">Race and gender are very significant factors which determine corporal punishment. Statistically speaking, the boys are administered more violent forms of punishment than the girls in home. Even in schools punishment of male students are likely to be more aggressive and severe. Even the possibility of the boys being hit for the same infractions is more than that of the girls. In fact, statistics show that the socio economically weaker children face more corporal punishment. Research proves that such action is potentially counter productive for children and even more so for the boys who in all likelihood tend to develop rebellious attitude. Imparting corporal punishment may for some time persuade one to show compliance but in most cases it does not generate positive long term effects.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">Smacking or spanking is the most common form of corporal punishment that takes place at home. In schools this extends to being hit by canes or being slapped. Opponents of Corporal Punishment argue that such form of chastisement is equal to abuse. Psychological research has proved that such sentencing causes deterioration of trust bonds especially between parents and children. It tends to polarize the Parent-Child relationship, reducing the amount of spontaneous cooperation on behalf of the child. The bond between a teacher and a student is more fragile and tentative than the one between parents and off springs. It becomes absolutely vital on the part of the teacher to ensure that the form of chastisement is proper and for the improvement of the child. Disciplining strategies that are used in educational institutions and at homes should not be physically and emotionally hampering to the child.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">The attitude of the three parties involved could not be more contrasting. Children believe that such forms reprimand should not be implemented on them. If they are at fault at any point of time, it should be considered as a part of their learning curve. It has to be altered and not penalized. The teachers and educational boards often say that some strict form of disciplining is very crucial and they are for the betterment of the child and are not destructive in nature. Parents generally belong to a very different class in this argument. The most frequent words are that the schools are unjustified to chastise their kids in such an aggressive manner but their own form of punishment cannot be wrong.</span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Cambria;">History has been witness that children facing severe physical punishment was considered normal curriculum of school. However now it is considered a violation of human rights of children. Therefore the time has come to be actively participate against such social norms that allow young kids to be sufferers of such vicious penalties for their missteps.</span><br />
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</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">I walked straight and narrow,<br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">I walked far and wide;<br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">I meandered solitary and alone,<br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">I paced with strangers aside.<br />
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Never could I grasp joy in my numb fingers,<br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Neither could I ever sigh in contentment;<br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">No romance for me in the arms of a lover,<br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">No mother’s love caressing me in my ailment.<br />
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Worlds were in harmony & the Gods feasting,<br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">& my soul was bleeding, one humble drop at a time;<br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Lightning struck; the lands trembled with wrath of heavens,<br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">That rage soothing wounds of a lifetime.<br />
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The shredded soul stares as enlightenment creeps in,<br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">I am not of this world; I do not belong in this age;<br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Born perhaps a century earlier, a mere mortal instead of mighty power,<br />
</div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;">Maybe a century late, an ignorant spirit in place of a sage.<br />
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