Miles to go before i sleep....an there are certainly some things to do too.....

There are things that we take for granted so much so that we don't realize it's value till we either lose it...or get away from it...or it gets away from you...or simply time just runs out....I just saw the movie "dasvidaniya"....long story short our hero...a hardworking, sofspoken, your average joe suddenly gets to know he has just a few months to live...one day...he is confronted by his own conscience...he makes a list of things...things he had always wanted to do but never did...ten things that defined his life...this made me think....are there things that i wanna do before i well you what am trying to say....here is a not so exaustive list of things(in no particular order though!!!)

A euro tour(something like DDLJ)...how about a trip to the Moon(wowww am way over my head now but after chandrayaan u never know it can happen)...my longtime passion has been to play for the indian cricket team(just one one day score a double century an then retire in style now there's smthing for the record books)....Swim with the dolphins....Have my own Cartoon Charecter.... Take mom n pop on a world tour(every single place from andaman to zimbabwe)....Meet my school friends,College Friends,MBA Friends once (yea all of em jus once)....Meet Dr.Abdul Kalam and Nelson Mandela...
Become the President of India(i know i know konjam jaasti aasa padaren but i am ok if i become the chief minister of tamil nadu or finance minister also, i wanna do something back to the community man!!!)an last but no means the least....Sky Dive(actually a bungee jump from himalayas would also work fine)....

I Don know how many i can fulfill...but am sure I will do most of em...atleast things which are possible....

How equal is equality....

Some latest developments around the globe made me think about equality....Now everyone cries for equality at every walk of life...right from a place to sit on the bus...to a seat at a premiere educational institution...hell even at work place you have people getting reservations all in the name of equality...people wanna be treated equally...but look for reservations....this is like saying...2 guys are running a 100 meter race...one fellow (the faster of the two)is at the starting line while the other (the slower of the two duhhh!!!)is starting from 50 meters down....fair game!!!!...i started pondering about this...after cracking my head for a bit i came up with something which is my perception of equality...

the way i see it(an am not saying this is right an others should also advocate this)...you can truly say you are in an equal opportunity society...the day when there are no reservations....there is a single line at the ticketing counter...an "Indian" competes for one of the 100(could be more) seats up for grab at star engineering college (Could be any college or university)rather than 1 or 2 (after the reservations...10% s for SCST...20% is for minority...30% is for other minorities...20% is for Muslims...20% is management quota....you end up with one or two seats only)...vallavan (could be any public transportation system) does not have indications like "ladies"(not being an MCP here...i for one believe women are not just equal to men but are a step ahead).....the list is endless....

think otherwise....that means your just not equal with me(you are either ahead or behind....)