a new NEW year.

With so much of negativity around us at the end of this year,It is important to be positive in order to bring a positive change in our society.Doomsday has come and gone and it is time to start afresh and cleanse our society of evil as in Indian Mythology.So instead of wishing for material things,why not bring in the new year with some good wishes.Here goes my wishlist for 2013.

Love has the power to change.It gives us a strength to carry which we didn't even know we had.It brings us happiness and tears and sometimes tears of happiness.I wish for lots of love this new year.Love to receive and love to give.For my family and friends and for humankind.

I hope we find both inner and outer peace.I wish we feel content in what we do and proud of what we have done.Hatred clouds our mind and muddles up everything.Find a way to get what we want through being proactive rather than fighting with anger.

Hope for a better tommorow. A better month.A better year.Teach our kids and siblings better so that we can be the change we want to see.

 Dream of a better year and follow that dream.Store it in a bottle.Write a note so that we don't forget it in the morning.Dream the impossible.A fleeting thought can change the way we live.If you have always wanted to do something.Do it now.Tomorrow you might not be able to.

Hope 2013 makes all your dreams come true!

The Place We Live

Just came back from my vacation with a smile in my head and a feeling that all is good in this world.I open my facebook and switch on my bbm to be to be sent crashing down into reality.I had been out of touch with the social media for the last week and opened it find it bursting with news of about the Delhi Gangrape Case.It is sickening and scary to find out that the country I know and love can treat their women with such disrespect.I am fiercely independent and strongly believe in the equality of women.I had deluded myself for the past few years thinking about the progress India was making in the upliftment of women's rights.Now,I am thinking twice about even travelling by public transport.Is this the way the women who give birth to the new generation are supposed to be treated?Are we supposed to look around every time we step out of the house?I don't even have words for how upset and angry I feel.It's been running around my mind ever since I came back.I sincerely hope we can do something about our society.

Some forums I have joined.I hope you do too.

Causes.com
Avaaz.org
Candlelight Vigil in Delhi
If you're from Kolkata,please be at the candle march on 22nd December from Esplanade( Infront of KC Das) to Rabindra Sadan Metro at 5pm.

Image Courtesy: Indiatoday.in, dnaindia.com