Rant

Do boys get jealous?

I am stereotyping here. They are human beings too and they have the same emotion. I know. I know.

I am not referring to the "boyfriend jealous" type here. Let me tell an incident here. Four of us girls met for lunch this Sunday. We were college buddies. Even though staying in the same city, we have not met each other for many years. We were in pub, ordering drinks, food, and conversation kept flowing. We had a gala time. But that is not the point. We uploaded our picture in a WhatsApp group which we are members so are our classmates. We got thumbs up and all the praise. It was next day my friend R messaged me saying two to three classmates of ours (mind you they are boys) called and asked all the details of the date. Fair enough. They are curious. I get it. But they made my friend a little uncomfortable by boasting we booze potent drink, our capacity is more (we ordered beer and vodka), and things like that. I just consoled her saying they are jealous and let them make more jealous. But it made me to think a little. It was not a competition in the first place. Why did they take it offensive? Is this because they are sexists who think woman should not drink? Were they jealous seeing us enjoying? And they have wives who will not allow them to drink. So they do it secretly without letting their spouse know about it. I forgot to mention the fact 
that all three of my friends are mothers. Either it is jealousy or case of sour grapes. Could be both.

Why I Read

"Why do you read so much?" My then boyfriend now hubby asked me one day over a call when I told him I was reading a novel.  Well I love to read was my answer then. But seriously why? Reading takes me to a different world where I get to know about different people, their lifestyle, struggle, emotion, love. I get to know about different culture, place, food, ethnicity. There is a saying in Kannada "Desha nodu kosha odu".  "Travel world read books". I feel it makes me compassionate and sensitive. I do not feel lonely when books are with me. It is like having your best friend sans being judgmental. It does great on one's vocabulary and command over language. I do not mind reading the same books again and again. I have quite an impressive collection of books and am so proud of them. It is one of my dreams to own a cafe shop where people can relax having a cuppa and reading their favourite book.

How this reading habit started? There are three people who nurtured and encouraged this habit of mine. First, my father. He himself has a good collection. He used to buy comics like Chandamama, Bombe mane, Balamitra every month. Though my siblings never took into reading, I latched on to it. I used to devour them immediately. As I grow up, I moved to Ramayana, Mahabharata, Shiva Purana, Vikrama-Betala, Tenali Rama, Akbar-Birbal, Zen, etc. I must brag here I am an expert on Ramayana and Mahabharata. My father was happy with my reading hobby as long as it does not interfere with my studies. Yeah typical father.

Second is my maternal grandmother. She was an avid reader who read Shivaram Karanth, Kuvempu, Triveni, M.K.Indira, and many Kannada writers. I stayed with her during my school days and moved on to reading novels. I read Purnachandra Tejaswi's Chidambara rahasya when was 12 and I must say I did not understand much. Again, 
even my ammamma has the same view as my father that studies should not be disturbed by novels. Well I am an evil who kept novels inside the textbook and went on to read many classics.

Then started my journey with Mills and Boon in college days and I loved them, though feel a little sheepish now. A friend of mine gave me her library member card. Since I was staying away from home for college, there was no one to restrict me from reading. I did not have to sneak and read. Oh the joy. I read, I read, and read.

Third is hubby who always encouraged me to read, buy, and read. He knows how much I love reading. In fact, he is the one who motivated me to write. I was little hesitant to do so. He is nothing but a biggest supporter in my life. Yeah. I cannot stop gushing about him. I digress.

My favourite Kannada authors are S.L. Bhyrappa, Shivaram Karantha, Kuvempu, Triveni, 


M.K. Inidra, Usha Navaratna Rao, Saisute, Ravi Belagere.

Few of my favourite English authors are J.K.Rowling, Sidney Sheldon, Robin Cook, Jeffrey Archer, Dan Brown, Danielle Steel, Barbara Cartland, Nora Roberts, Khaleed Hosseini, Nicholas Sparks.

I mostly read fictions, not a great fan of non-fiction. I wouldn't pick a non-fiction by myself. I have mind block and it is an effort to finish them. Maybe they are not my type.

"I AM A BIG BIG POTTER FAN". Yeah he is my extended family.

Reading is fun. Reading is therapeutic. Reading is fantastic.

Go ahead, grab a book, and be lost in the journey.

I Start

I wanted to start a blog for a very long time.  Why?  I used to write dairy many moons back, but keeping it private became very difficult as I was staying in a hostel those days and talk about nosy, annoying roommates.  I kind of drifted away from writing.  I got very busy in my life with work, falling in love, fighting with parents and family for my love, convincing, getting married, taking care of the house, etc. etc.  I started reading blogs in office free time as all other social network sites are blocked. I started with 
Shobha De and I loved it.  I explored more and came across many wonderful blogs and was a secret lurker because I could not comment. Basically this is going to be rants, things I observe in a day-to-day, issues I feel strong about.  I start as an anonymous 
blogger because I am shy, introvert.  Oh! What the heck? I am not bold.  I try to be regular, but I am not going to apologize for not updating.  It is supposed to be fun. So here I am.......