About Geetanjali

21. Bangalorean. Foodie. Bookworm. Post-It collector. Rahul Dravid admirer. Writer by day, writer by night!

Out of the island, into the highway

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Geetanjali

Sometimes its so easy to forget that the island that I live on is ,technically, in the middle of This Life. And that This Life includes Other People.

Mr. Ex-President

Posted on October 30, 2007 by Geetanjali

So today I got to attend “Renaissance 2007″, a program hosted by the Rotary International District 3190 to

“to inspire the younger generation to contribute for the development of India”

(as quoted from here). The highlight of the event of course was the address by Dr. Abdul Kalam, our ex (sigh) President. The event was attended by around 5,500 students from a 125 schools from and around Bangalore. We arrived at the KSTLA (Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association) at 8:30 am, and I expected rigourous security procedures, but we weren’t even checked once! They didn’t even ask for ID, even though we were specifically asked to carry our ID cards!

Anyway. once we were settled in, Dr.Kalam arrived promptly at 10 am and was greeted with a thunderous round of applause from all around the stadium. He talked about the key role of the youth ( to excel in studies) and recounted his own past experiences as a youngster. Hesaid that the three key people who affect the youth today are the father, mother and primary school teacher. His talked animatedly, and asked the audience to “repeat after him” several times He also talked about the role of knowledge and courage in the youth and the need to start with keeping our own places clean as it would keep our homes clean and therefore our state clean and therefore our nation clean!

Dr.Kalam asked the audience to raise the hands if people wanted to become engineers, and several people did. He then asked about doctors and administrators, and again a large number of students raised their hands. When he asked about political leaders, however, only a few ( yours truly included) raised their hands which led him to stress on the need for more smart and intelligent young people to get into politics!

All in all was a once in a lifetime experience and I’m glad I got to go

And you cannot find what road to choose

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Geetanjali

When the daylight’s gone and you’re on your own
And you need a friend just to be around
I will comfort you, I will take your hand
And I’ll pull you through, I will understand

And you know that

I’ll be at your side, there’s no need to worry
Together we’ll survive through the haste and hurry
I’ll be at your side
If you feel like you’re alone, and you’ve nowhere to turn
I’ll be at your side

If life’s standing still and your soul’s confused
And you cannot find what road to choose
If you make mistakes (make mistakes)
You can’t let me down (let me down)
I will still believe (still believe)
I will turn around

And you know that

I’ll be at your side, there’s no need to worry
Together we’ll survive through the haste and hurry
I’ll be at your side
If you feel like you’re alone, and you’ve nowhere to turn
I’ll be at your side

I’ll be at your side
I’ll be at your side
You know that

I’ll be at your side, there’s no need to worry
Together we’ll survive through the haste and hurry
I’ll be at your side
If you feel like you’re alone, you’ve got somewhere to go,
‘Cos I’m right there
I’ll be at your side, I’ll be right there for you
(Together we’ll survive) through the haste and hurry
I’ll be at your side
If you feel like you’re alone, you’ve got somewhere to go,
‘Cos I’m at your side

I’ll be right there for you
I’ll be right there for you, yeah
I’m right at your side

– At Your Side by The Corrs

What a week!

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Geetanjali

It’s been one those week’s where everything that could possibly happen did!

Lets see..

Monday : Geetanjali Chitnis gets hit by a bike while crossing the road. Geetanjali Chitnis lies on the road for about 5 mins wondering “why didn’t my life flash before my eyes!?” before realizing that she is in fact alive. Yippee. So Geetanjali Chitnis picks herself up, and walks away. Nobody came to help. Nothing major happened, thankfully. Just some bruises on my ankle, calf and hip. Ouchie.

Tuesday: Nothing much happened, stayed at home because of afore mentioned incident.

Wednesday: Geetanjali Chitnis walks to bus stop wearing lovely white kurta and freshly washed jeans. Geetanjali Chitnis stands at bus stop, thinking “oooh its raining maybe wearing white wasn’t such a smart-” when WHOOSH! A car whizzes past, splashing yucky brown muddy puddle water on lovely white kurta and freshly washed jeans. Great. Geetanjali Chitnis also gets nicknamed “RoadKill” in school. Heh.

Wednesday on the way back from school: Geetanjali Chitnis is on her way home after a long, tiring day in school because of upcoming interschool fest. Geetanjali Chitnis is waiting to get home and change out of muddy clothes when the bus that Geetanjali Chitnis is on decides to break down in the middle of the Hebbal flyover. So Geetanjali Chitnis and three other girls on the bus get off the bus and wait at the side of the flyover for rescue cars to arrive, while the boys push the bus to the side of the flyover. While waiting, of course, Geetanjali Chitnis nearly gets run over by two buses and three bikes ( yes, I counted). This is so not my week.

Thursday and Friday were pretty much uneventful.

Saturday was a busy day because we had our fest. Busy busy day. But fun.

Sigh. What a week.

Look what I found..

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Geetanjali

I know the article is nearly two months old but I just found it!

That picture looks very familiar

And guess what? They even credited the picture to me, which is really nice!

What a nice way to start the day heh.

Duhpression.

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Geetanjali

Does one have to be self-obsessed(ish) to maintain a blog?

Just something I had to ask out loud.

And you know what. My current “lack of depressing events” is affecting my ability to write. Go figure. Maybe I have to artificially depress myself? But then was I really depressed all those times I thought I was depressed? Or did I just subconsciously fool myself into thinking I was depressed so that I could believe I was depressed so I could channel my angsty and heartbreakingly whirlwindy emotions into something remotely understandable?

Some people need alcohol, some drugs and me?

I need to be stuck , bang-in-the-middle of a low.

Hahaha.

And because I’m bored and I have a taste for pink right now:

This graph sums up this entire post

Untitled.

Posted on October 19, 2007 by Geetanjali

Daddy, play that song again!

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Geetanjali

I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
Youre so self satisfied I dont need you
Ive got to break free
God knows God knows I want to break free

Ive fallen in love
Ive fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know its for real
Ive fallen in love yeah
God knows God knows Ive fallen in love

Its strange but its true
I cant get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free baby
Oh how I want to be free
Oh how I want to break free

But life still goes on
I cant get used to living without living without
Living without you by my side
I dont want to live alone hey
God knows got to make it on my own
So baby cant you see
Ive got to break free

Ive got to break free
I want to break free yeah

I want I want I want I want to break free…

- “I Want To Break Free” by Queen

One of my favorite songs since I was a kid. I can listen to it over and over and over again!