I am

in complete panic mode that the dissertation is not coming along like it should. I am SO super idiot for whiling away time.

P.S: Mumbai bloggers and others who can help check this out (via Annie Zaidi's blog)

Black Love

Wish I was in the deep dark place

And stayed there forever

Black roses entwined

In a garden where death grows

Because I am crashing like never before

Melted Wings

You gave me wings

And now you are taking them away

I am falling down

Waiting for a hand to catch me

Looking at the stars

Hoping for the moon

I feel the cold air on my face

As I see the earth

Ready to swallow me

As darkness readies

To envelope me

Being single

is not a crime.

Feeling gay and happy about 377

It's never too late. Finally the Delhi High Court has decided to decriminalize homosexuality. It's not a crime, not a disease, not unnatural. Way to go Delhi (and hopefully the rest of India)!

Official document here

International media response here and here

Twitter updates here

Sarkozy un'veils' his agenda

French President today told the French parliament that burka "undermines the dignity " of women depriving them of their identity. This statement is probably going to create furore as Muslim groups in France have reacted angrily. He may not have been politically correct in saying what he said and should expect a backlash from the Middle East.

For once I agree with Sarko because I do think that an identity of a woman is reduced to the tent she is wearing. However much it may be said that it is her choice, it's the social conditioning or pressure which allows these women to make a 'choice' if it is a choice. While critics argue that women wearing lesser clothing doesn't make them 'liberated', I think a woman needs to have a choice to wear or not wear whatever she wants without her action, intentions and thoughts questioned. And when we reach this utopian situation, then we can say we are free.