In dodo's head

My day started with the rare sight of an upside down rainbow right outside my window.. And it looked exactly like a smile.. a colourful smile.. and it got me into thinking how there are little things in life which makes us happy- how even though there are so many distances and misunderstandings threatening all sorts of relationships, there is still so much love and attachment between people. This is what we must believe in, according to me.. That there is still a little hope in every dark corner, and this is what life should be about-clearing the dark spots up and talking things out.. Sweeping issues under the carpet does no good to anyone, that's common sense.. Try it.Next time instead of vaccuming up the rubbish, sweep it under the carpet, in no time at all, there will be bumps and dents and walking on the carpet won't be so comfortable. The only way out of this 'mess' (pun intended) is to confront it, to get it all out and deal with it one by one.. You might be won...

Some statistics of what the future holds for India in 2030: By 2030,590 million people will be living in urban areas in India, which is nearly twice the population of the United States today. The population of the working-age population will increase by a staggering 270 million. 70% of the new employment will be generated in the cities. The population of the middle class urban households will increase to 91 million from 22 million. $1.2 trillion will be required by 2030 to meet the projected demands for capital investments in the Indian cities 68 cities will have a population of 1 million by that time, Europe has 35 such cities today. (Figures from a report by Vittal et al, Aprik 2010) We do not have to geniuses or researchers to gauge the implications such changes and increases could have on the existing set-up today. We do not have to really take a tour of the country to know what condition the infrastructure is in, how much more needs to be done before we can actua...

Hey there, Exams are slowly creeping closer and closer and I just started revision. I am going to try kill two birds with the same stone here.. Revise and add a new blog post.. This post is not for the weak hearted.. Hard core Material Worlds stuff.. :) Natural resources- These are the products of ecological, biological and geological processes that satisfy human needs. This term is widely used in human geography. and signifies the functional utility that is attached to certain elements of the natural world by various social groups. Eg: Coal, Water They may be important for several reasons: Direct consumption Important for the maintenance of life or economic production (Eg Maintenance of Biodiversity) Ethical, Aesthetic, Ecological Values attached to it These natural resources, you would be 'happy' to know (if you haven't dozed off yet) into sub categories on the basis of several grounds. Biotic and Abiotic resources : By far the easiest one to classify. As yo...

Hello there, My back feels like a hundred Bems somehow managed to hop on and jumped on it the whole day( it hurts!) and my legs feel so worn out that if I had to walk one more mile, I would prefer being run over by a submarine or something.. (The point is, you can't really be run over by a submarine, can you?).. basically I feel great, sweaty, tired and in dire need of some stretching out, but still great. Well, I was not exercising, in case you were wondering. I volunteered in the Nan Nook Woodlands as part of my MLP Module, and what they should have mentioned in the Sign up sheet instead of 'path building and litter picking ' was 'Hard core manual labour, not really meant for women, involves shovelling wood shavings and decomposed material into a wheel barrow using a ten tonne or something spade and then taking it to another spot and dumping it there. And then spreading it out and building paths. The litter picking? Oh, going into deep woods and picking up dog poo,...

(gardening in Bridge, a learning disability college) (the pass.. ) There are moments in life, which make us question our lifestyle and emotions. We get on with our lives everyday, walk to the university lectures or work almost grudgingly, cook our daily meals wishing we could be doing something and sometimes just doodling just because we are bored. We hate to exercise and dread running or playing games sometimes. All this never once stopping to think about how for some, these tasks do not come naturally. The people with 'learning disabilities'. Wondering where this thought thread came to be? Well, I volunteered for a project in a learning disability school today and seeing the students there struggle with mundane tasks such as cooking, walking, eating and even drawing sparked off an internal debate. We take these things for granted, in fact we (at times) complain about how our food tastes bland, how we hate to walk to lectures, how we hate to draw in class, yet and there e...

Easter break is still on, and while I cannot say much about the work I have pending and the exams which are menacingly close for which I have to revise, I have been doing a lot of thinking. There is a point in our lives, when we feel a sense of pride in the person we have become, in the way we have grown from the person we knew back then. We feel satisfaction in knowing that we have managed to iron out some of our flaws and that we have managed to change just a few lives for the better. Well, I do feel it to an extent at this point in time. My essay marks might not be top of the class, I might not be breaking any world records for remarkable feats, but I have grown up so much and have developed an almost strong set of values. I have not led down anyone, or atleast I hope I haven't. I have always strived to cheer up anyone who seemed low. I do not do anything which I know I will regret later on, and which will let down my loved ones. But there also comes a time when we realise jus...