Why I can't get enough of India.....

BJP says India should support Pakistan in combating terrorism. I could not laugh louder. One has to be shameless, senseless and blind to even suggest that or insane, while the ‘successful’ age is closing in more than ever,30s is now the new 20s with the young brooding money and living it up; from a street vendor to a domestic helper to a 5th grader to an 85 year old man, all have cell phones and Indian women have finally unlocked their tresses to male hair dressers. I mean it’s the coolest thing ever...


India has probably never had as much adrenaline as now...

The insanity our politicians display is almost plausibly funny. You don't know if you should laugh at them or kill them. Probably do both. While we are still squabbling over inappropriate remarks on Islam, Varun Gandhi and Shiney Ahuja and what not, the fairer sex is letting their hair down and into the hands of skilled men who swiftly chop off the Indian locks to give them bollywood cuts. While accepting homosexuality is in the process of germination, thanks to the film makers who are responsible to open up the pressing nerve about being gay, jaws don’t drop and eyes don’t pop when the cat gets out of the bag for some celebrities on their sexuality. Its like we have wide-open pores and we are absorbing everything we can. Penetrating into Indian skin is so easy, we change, we adapt and we adopt almost anything that has a potential of trend setting. I doubt if any country can boast of absorbing the aftereffects of a corporation going belly up like India did, there is always someone to rescue the dying and throw them back in the rut, Can't be said the same about lets say America. When GM went belly up, people like us ended up paying their bail out and it still died.


I had gone to a friend's house and while exiting, I saw a maid talking on the cell phone. In my head, maids can't afford cell phones. But seeing her holding a cell to one ear dressed in rags was the most contradictory sight ever nonetheless very amusing at the same time...


Every time I come here, which is lets say quite often, I can't get enough, my hate list is larger than my like list since my abode was transferred a decade ago, almost giving me a right to display my affection for America without feeling guilty of being less patriotic; but I think India is like an extra large can of red bull, at the end of it, you have wings.


Its like the place has a bag full of secret ingredients that it churns out every once in a while, adding to already complex flavors, making it even more impossible to pinch it out while it always retains its splendor.


Hail!! Javed Habib,middle class man and empty headed aging politicians; what would we do without you?

Boston

I love big cities.
When you walk on the streets you can smell the city,literally.The amalgamation of hundreds of kinds of foods,the faces of the strangers walking by, the chaos around and one giant movement that is constant. Big cities have their own charm.
New York blew me away a decade ago.I still love walking aimlessly on its streets .

I knew of Boston,had heard of it. I had imagined it to be just like any other big city. Concrete jungle with lots of people.

It is in a way.But there is more. A lot more.The modern does not overpower the traditional,very imposing glass structures stand in perfect harmony with incredible architecture of 16th century without hurting your eyes. Very significant events happened in Boston and these events have an important role in American history. Many 'firsts' have happened here.
At one point you are admiring just the right dress in a superbly dressed window of a swanky store and when you turn about 45 degrees you spot a 300 year old church.It is a city of contradictions.

5 of 56 men were native of Massachusetts state and city of Boston who signed the declaration of independence which was publicly read from the balcony of the old state house.

American Revolutionary Wars happened in Boston,one of the bloodiest battles in civil war history and founding ground of liberty in America from the European colonies.

The Boston Tea Party, a direct action against the British East India Company happened in 1773 when massive crates of tea were destroyed by the locals to protest against the British tax.

USS Constitution, an imposing battle ship is anchored in Boston harbor and it has fought bloody wars that have altered the course of history.

The first medical school for women opened in Boston in 1848.

The first theatre in America opened in Boston.

4 former presidents were native of Boston city.

7 of country's and at least half of these 7 ranked as the best universities in the world are in and around Boston city including Harvard, MIT,Boston College,Tufts,Northeastern,Clark and more..

First organ transplant in America was done at John Hopkins in Boston.

When John Kennedy went to vote,the address on his ID was that of Boston,Mass.

Boston also boasts of the first ever public garden in America now called Boston Commons and first botanical garden in the country back in 1800s.

Cross over to the other side of Charles and you find yourself in a charming city of Cambridge.Throbbing place filled with university goers and some awesome eateries.Sidewalk cafes line the streets,quaint antique shops are hidden in nooks and corners and many sell old books and treasured prints..Of course the most imposing buildings are of the Harvard University.

When the sun sets,grab three layer mousse cake from Quincy Market's many desert carts and walk over to the harbor to hear gentle splashing of the atlantic back bay and see the twinkling lights of the glittering skyline,chances are you will spot that amongst many of those buildings, most have some part in making of America.