Rose day celebrations

We had the annual tie day,sari day and rose day celebrations in college on 28th January 2006.I must say that almost everyone came dressed in the best possible way.The girls had these beautiful sarees with psychedelic colours, and they were all looking at their radiant best.The 9 yard cloth does have its own charm.The guys were all looking like managers.Everyone was dressed in a full sleeved shirt,formal pants,tie and all that.It was definitely a great sight to see people who always move around in round collared t's in a formal attire.

Next up was probly the main event of the day.The roses were distributed and dedications were read out in the respective classes.Some of the best dedications were read out in the auditorium where all the proffesors and principle had gathered to watch the ceremony.There were some really great messages from the guys to the gals and vice versa.I'm sure most of the dedications were proxy.Ha ha.That's the fun in having all these days, right? There were some really nasty messages though.I thought they were all in really bad taste.But, I do hope that the genuine messages are taken in the spirit of the rose day celebrations and strike the right chord in the hearts of the recepients.After all words speak much more than actions.While I could see ecstacy,blithe and excitement on many faces I also saw some heart broken faces.I guess that's life.What is one man's food is another man's poison.What can I say about the poignant mood one of my closest friends was in?He still managed to put up a great act I must say.Smiles and all that show.Anyways,enough of all the gloomy incidents and happenings.

Personally, it sure was a rare day for me.Getting 7 roses was a first one for me.Two of them were anonymous dedications.Well,I guess someone's keeping a close watch on me.It feels great to be noticed by someone unknown.There were some really great dedications from some of my close friends.Thanks a lot people.I guess its all about the thoughts and good wishes.Yesterday, was a day of many firsts for me.First time I got a rose from a gal(s). A count of 7 is not bad for a beginner. For the first time I saw this really cute girl in F.E. I didn't know that such a cute and pretty face existed in the college.Impromptu,I just went over to her and gave her a rose.We also got a few snaps with her.It was really nice of her to come and agree to a few snaps inspite of all my friends screaming and hooting.Gr8 spirit gal.I just feel that I missed out on some gr8 rose day celebrations in the last 3 years.But, what the heck.It's better late than never.

Remembering the modern day Chanakya

It's been almost more than 6 months since former PM Narasimha Rao passed away.He was one of the chief architects of the bubbling economy that we have right now.The transition from Nehruvian socialism to centre-right capitalist economy took place in his term as the PM.
However, as we all revel in the emerging economic status of India, greater job prospects, an ever growing IT sector, it seems like no one now has the time to spare a few pages, some ink and a moment or two for the man who made all of this possible.The steps taken by him from 1991-1996 as the PM were severely criticized by almost all the political parties including people from within the Congress.Inspite of the scathing attacks on his blueprint of the economic policies he went ahead and implemented these policies. This was done at a time when the country was in an economic crises which almost had gone out of control.It was a period of downswing for the economy.People were fed up of government monopoly in almost all the sectors.Inspite of living in a democratic country we had almost no choice when it came to buying goods,commodities,cars or just about anything.All these things came with the "Made in India" tag which were always overpriced since they had no competition and people had no choice but to buy the goods from these companies. Only 2-3 cars could be seen on the Indian roads.The Fiat,Ambassador an the classy Maruti 800(in comparison to the former).
Cameras,phones,tape recorders, TV's every electronic item was either manufactured by the now defunct Crown,Orion or the still running Videocon.Did we have a leftist government in power all these years? No dahling.We had centrist Congress ruling us all these years which was busy protecting these local industries without giving a second thought to the common man. But then again it was a Congress government which got us out of this mess.I guess it all evens out in the end.
Now that we have started enjoying the benefits of a free market with tie ups between big global brands and the local "pehelwans" everyone is clamouring to have a piece of the pie.The Congress which had till 2003 disassociated itself from Rao's policies has started taking credit for the liberalisation process.The NDA government led by "statesman" A B Vajpayee prided itself in pushing forward the reforms process.It is another issue that the privatisation of most of the cos from 1998-2004 was done in the profit making units and not the loss making ones.Also, most of the "auctioning" was done not on the basis of highest bidder or a particular roadmap but....! Tch tch we are not supposed to speak about these things baby.
The reason for remembering P V Narasimha Rao is that he was one of the few courageous leaders in India who had a vision for the future. He went ahead with his policies knowing very well that the repercussions of these would be a setback to his political career.No other politician in his place would have dared to open up the markets to the world the way he did.Initially it was expected that the small scale industries would be badly hit by this step.It also led to the closing down of thousands of small scale factories and industries.But,in the end it is the consumer who has emerged as the winner. Things now look brighter with every passing day. All this has been made possible due to the foresight of one man-P V Narasimha Rao. I guess it is high time all of us Indians give this man his right place in history instead of wasting our time on good for nothing Bardhan's,Advani's,Natwar's,Mahajan's,Bharti's....The list is endless.