If we have chosen the position in life in which we can most of all work for mankind, no burdens can bow us down, because they are sacrifices for the benefit of all; then we shall experience no petty, limited, selfish joy, but our happiness will belong to millions, our deeds will live on quietly but perpetually at work, and over our ashes will be shed the hot tears of noble people.

- Karl Marx
Reflections of a Young Man on The Choice of a Profession

Let's not get started on the books

A Better India, A Better World
Bal Thakeray & The Rise Of The Shiv Sena

Magpie

I suddenly can't get enough of it all. I want these. For my best friends and me.

Red Onyx Maang Tikka

 

 Chandbali Emerald Earrings

 

 

 Turquoise Inlay Silver Ring

Under Pressure

How much outrage this faced. But I can't get over how brilliant it is :)

On another note, there's a movie. Mona Lisa smile. In it, this girl who is full of potential chooses to be a wife and mother over an education and career.

And finally, a happy man eats when he wants, sleeps when he wants... you get the drift

I wonder why, given their nature, they would agree to living in a space half the size of what they were accustomed to.
For the cut. That's why.

Category: The division of family

This one guy, with pride stated that he could cut off any friendship if he wanted to; just like that. What a special guy.

And this other guy similarly seemed to think he was something extraordinary because he seemed just about capable of pulling off basic manners.

Category: Throw a stone, you'll hit an idiot

Losing it

The truth is, I don't exactly remember what I did on my birthday. I just know it was good.


Category: Memory or Mind

I looked at a pair of shoes that this girl had put up on this #100daysofhappiness thing that's floating around Facebook. How can a pair of shoes make someone so happy?

Category: How?

How has it come to pass that I don't have time to read anymore?

So tonight that I might see
- Mazzy Star

32

Already?? :)

Category: The best birthday

Do

If you do something repeatedly, it gets easier.

I didn't think I'd see it in this lifetime. I'll certainly be voting this National  Elections.

Category: Fingers crossed

I'll go without but I won't ask.

I feel like I just hit he jackpot!
:)

I am what I am

An existentialist in the truest sense of the word.

We all agreed. We'd rather be knowledgeable and unhappy than ignorant and blissful.

There was a girl I knew. Of marriageable age. Her different religion boyfriend of 3 years left her. To marry the person his family had picked out for him.

That's just not done. Not after 3 years. Except it was.

"What can I do about it?" She said. Perfectly composed. And carried on with her work.

She reminds me a little of myself.

Category: Yourself or someone like you

"I'll walk with you through hell."

Brown is the perfect colour for today. It matches my mood exactly.