Water World

It was my mom who first felt the tremors
She was getting her morning coffee and paper in the hall when the picture on top of the TV began to shake
She ran into the bedroom and dragged me and my sis out of the house
We bonded with our neighbours for about half an hour before judging it safe to go back inside
Turns out there was an earthquake measuring 6.6 to 8 8.9 on the richter scale in sumatra
A tidal wave hit sri lanka
and then water breached the coast in several parts of chennai. beach resorts, beach houses, ecr, tiruvanmiyur, besant nagar are all flooded. Sea water has come in by about 3 - 4 kilometres.
Water is neck high in Santhome and parts of Mandaveli.
Telephone networks are still working. And Sun TV (in the absence of any ACTUAL footage or news) is drawing patterns of major earthquakes occuring on the 26th of a month with surprising regularity..
In any given month, there is a 0.033 chance that earthquakes will happen on the 26th :)

(.. later updates ..)

as the news pours in, we've all been glued to the telly from the morning.
And casulaties.. from 500 - 1000 in India. atleast 300 in coastal tamil nadu. It's shocking, unbelievable and hard to digest.
We all deal with tragedies in different ways. Some of us live on the phone sharing information.. trying to come to terms with 15 metre high waves. Other obsessviely change channels trying to learn what happened. The gruesome scenes on news channel are hardly any comfort.

The tamil nadu coast guard has FINALLY swung into action.. where were they for so long.. it may be too little too late.. (hope not)

Most of the people who lost their lives were fisherfolk.. or simply everyday chennaiites who were out for a sunday morning stroll or game of cricket.
May their souls rest in peace

Resurrection

Exams
Coffee
Hanging out
Shopping

Been very very busy as you all can see

Saw Ocean's Twelve last week.
It sucked.
Sucked really really bad.
A meandering confused plot, mindless action and stupid dialogues.

College has now banned camera phones. Due to the whole Delhi Public School scandal.
For those who don't know what i'm talking about.. a couple of school kids video'd themselves making out and the guy (always the guy.. MEN!!) forwarded it to his friends. etc etc. and eventually it was traded on bazee.com and became a huge scandal.

Things have certainly changed from the time i was 16. Imagine letting your boyfriend tape you. Seems rather confused and stupid to me. Whatever happened to love? too old fashioned?

Elsewhere, in Iran.. they are stoning rape victims to death for having extra marital sex. The rapist gets away without any punishment because he is male. The victim who had no say in the matter gets stoned to death. (google it, it is one of the most painful ways to die)

I've said this over and over again.. but it is worth repeating. No society can prosper or flourish or grow unless (drumroll) it gives it's women the right to their bodies and their minds.

This is why abortion should be made legal (and kept legal). Because a woman should have the ability to make that choice.
In the end, an embryo is an embryo, a foetus is a foetus, and a baby is a baby. (quoting michael moore)
Make the distinction.

This is why prostitution should be made legal. We all know it happens. We all see it happening. Making it legal will not encourage it.. It will simply protect the women who are otherwise without any hope for legal redress.

This is why most muslim countries should stop honour killings, adultery trials and stoning. And give us back the right to our bodies and our minds.