“Pyaar Dosti Hai”= Love is Friendship

I don’t know how, but yesterday I rememberred that confident answer Shah Rukh Khan gave his Literature teacher in the film “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai”. And I started wondering… Is love really friendship? Or is love really JUST friendship? (I’m not saying it isn’t, I’m just confused)

I’m not falling for anyone (trust me on that one) but I do listen to love songs a lot. And that old feeling comes back- I wish I could fall truly madly deeply in love and sing a few songs for whoever the lucky man will be. “Khabar Nahi” from Dostana (I also love the other Dostana song “Jaane Kyun”),  ”Yeh Tumhari Meri Baatein” and “Tum  ho Toh” from ROCK ON! and “Khuda Jaane”- the cheesiest I can ever get. Oh, and not to be forgotten is Plain White T’s “1, 2, 3, 4″. Love Love Love. And I’d love to hear a version of “Hey There Delilah” sung exclusively for me. I’m going crazzzeee.

You know, maybe the “Lucky Man” is not that lucky after all- He has to put up with my singing and my voice. Poor thing.

Hate Mail

The interesting thing about blogging (even if it’s anonymously) is that you don’t just make friends, you repel people too.

I recieved an unpleasant surprise yesterday evening, when a person who referred to herself as “Shital” posted a comment, NOT relating to my post, but on me, and my background. (http://maichyang.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/the-not-so-new-army-issue/) Clearly, it was someone who knows who I am, but from a distance (as I know from her interpretation of what my world consists of.)  And perhaps because I’ve recieved solace from a reader some time back  that  readers do not care about my background and understand “exactly” the feelings of being judged on grounds of my background, this was unexpected.

It is a mistake we bloggers make, I was told recently by another blogger, when we overestimate our wit in trying to remain anonymous, but also underestimate our reader’s intelligence in figuring out who we are. The same applies to people who comment on our entries. Bloggers are blessed with a tool called search on their Blogs. They can search not only by the commentor’s names (people can use any number of names, nicknames, and pennames to comment) but also by the IP address they use when they make the comment.

It’s not that I don’t enjoy comments though. I enjoy comments, and especially constructive criticism. (http://maichyang.wordpress.com/2008/12/27/what-patriotism-isnt/) I love discussions (http://maichyang.wordpress.com/2009/01/03/load-shedding/ and interactions. But personal insults…? I think we Nepalis, as a race or an identity, or a people, have a lot of growing up to do. Also another reminder- denying  (or commenting on) a “rich”/ “elite”/ “educated” person’s freedom of opinion and speech is as much discrimination as denying the same rights for the poor and downtrodden is.

:)

I’m crazily happy. For no reason. Yesteday Panda asked “Talai ke bhayo bihan bihanai? Ke khais?” (What happened too you early in the morning? What did you have?)  Haha.

I’ve become a workholic (Don’t really have an option since I’ve already taken charge of so much work.) The good part is that I’m also having fun! Wednesday Ajju and I went to meet JJ, and Thursday the three of us and Panda went out, shopping for my birthday gifts. (The idea of me going along surprises quite a few people.) Monday I went swimming, Tuesday out to lunch with Mr. Rai (hehe). And I’ve been gymming for about a month now. (Don’t get me wrong, I’m not fat. Just trying to tone myself a bit. I’m not a fitness freak or anorexic either.)

I still haven’t had anything that’s made me jump with happiness, or scream,  as I wanted a month back. (http://maichyang.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/what-i-want-here-and-now/) But this is good enough. Zindagi rocks!

The not-so-new Army Issue

NOTE: I haven’t written about Politics for very long now, and I know I’m commenting on an issue that’s already old. It’s just that I’ve been extremely busy in the past few days working, but can’t let this issue go without writing about it. My analysis is nothing close to a professional political analyst, but I’ll do my best.

The political dispute about the Nepal Army is more complex than most of us understand. (for people who don’t know- the Maoists wanted to sack the Chief of Army Staff, the other parties were against it. Coalition partners quit the government after the decision was made, and the President instructed the CoAS that the Maoists sacked to remain in office. This finally resulted in the Maoists resigning from government and the new government has still not been formed.) The complexities of the situation have increased after the video of Maoist Chairperson’s address to PLA third division has been unveiled by the media. (In the video the Maoist supremo Prachanda addresses his cadres and says that he has hoodwinked the political parties and the United Nations Mission in Nepal.)