Wake up call.

Every single day i open the newspaper i find a new thing to disgust me. Dirty politics, un-healthy legislation , oppression , farmer suicides , corruption and most lately, rape. Every single day , in some paper or the other this ugly word comes up, often in the headlines. And every single day all of us when we read about all this utter Bull Sh*t happening around us, in our country or even in our neighborhood itself, we shake our heads, take another sip of our morning tea and say ' This country is going to the dogs".

What are we going to do about it? The laws in our country are often made by politicians , some of them with barely any qualifications and they make our laws, they form the government. They govern us. This is the fact of life, they determine what is right, wrong, legal , illegal. They say you can be only as good as your representative is. Look at your representative. Is that really the person you want representing you? A number of legislations today that have caused an uproar are still going strong, take for example the reservation of 50% seats for 5% of the countries population. What ever happened to the concept of merit? Or has it disappeared? Give scholarships. But reservations?

Rape is a fundamental social evil. And yet it is happening around us. Let's be frank about this. If seven years minimum term in jail is not enough to deter anyone from forcibly indulging in a forced intercourse, what is? Capital punishment? What will that cure? The offender will die in an instant, but the girl, specially being Indian will suffer for the rest of her life.

The story of her humiliation will be printed in all the papers, her family members will be interviewed and a hundred questions will be asked. A few questions will be shot on her character and a few more on her carelessness. The trial will be painfully long and at the end of it, she will be no where. Today in our days of 'open mindedness'' we really do not mind a partner for life who has engaged in sexual intercourse prior to marriage. But what about a rape victim? Will she be accepted in any family? And whats her fault in this? But do people realize this? Not really. What about her future? Are they all gone? just like that in a flash? Fifteen minutes back she was a girl with a life, a proper future and now is that all gone? Will she even complain? Can she expect compassion from the local Constable she goes to lodge and FIR with? How will she look at others in the eye after being scarred? Both physically and emotionally?


And what are we to do about it? Sit around and shake our heads? Do nothing? For once i know i wont. I want to educate people, i want to tell them the consequences of their actions. I want the victims to know that they will get all the support they want. It's upto us, we the youth today to do all this. Our inaction today can be our undoing tomorrow. It could be our sisters or daughters next in the future. The future is ours they say. It's time we did something about it. I know i will.

Touched by an Angel

They say that Angels sit in heaven,
and lend the stars their light,
but here on earth, there is a girl,
who looked like an Angel that night!

The sun had gone down in the west,
the moon was not yet its brilliant white,
and through the darkness you walked to me,
Like an Angel that night!

The silver light around you swirled,
and lit up your brilliant smile,
the moonbeams they enrobed you,
Like an Angel, that night!

As you came close, the world stood still,
my heart didn't feel quite fine,
and in the darkness your voice echoed,
Like an Angel that night!

You sat down right next to me,
I lost all track of time,
and even the moon came down to see you look,
Like an Angel that night!

I never saw this part of you,
we usually just tend to fight,
but for the first time you struck a chord,
Like an angel that night!

But all good things do come to an end,
you stayed but just a while,
and through the darkness you melted away,
like an angel that night...

You touched my heart as you walked away,
I still miss that shining light,
All I want is one chance with you,
Oh Angel in the night!

The Invasion

He smiled as an icy touch clenched his heart. Standing still, a probe punctured him, immersing itself in his thoughts, and reaching out though his blood till his entire body felt as cold ice. They were going through his thoughts now. He felt them flinch as they encountered his defenses.

"No, I shall not let you! " He screamed in defiance as waves upon waves crashed against his defenses, threatening to tear them down like a castle of playing cards. He clutched his head in disbelief. "No, this cannot be happening now. Not like this, please Oh God!" He held his head slightly as a spasm appeared briefly on his face. Then smothered it in an instant, smattered with a quick fake smile and seasoned with a few words to make conversation. The cold tentacles threatened to engulf him and make him wither. He could feel them rallying their forces now, ready to launch a quick offensive. "Action Stations" shouted his head as he prepared for the impending siege. He braced himself as he cleared the Cheque and walked out to the car, taking the key from the valet. Putting the key in the slot, the car roared to life. Just as the blow fell.

He felt the entire might of his preparations give way as the cold assaulted with all the force it could muster. Waves upon waves just seemed to rush in and his defenses gave way like matchsticks in a storm. His car scrapped the front , he gunned the accelerator as he hit the open street. "Whats wrong with you?" she screamed.

He dropped her to the destination. Got of the car, Ravaged. Tiered as he inspected first hand the damage done. To his car and to his very mind. The cold had poured in and settled. They had ravaged his very memory , feeding and growing upon him, effecting his very soul. He settled down on the seat and prepared for the drive home.

They had won again, His guilty thoughts.