After several years of struggle against the British rule, Gandhi led India to freedom by means of non violent protests and ahimsa. He often fasted as a form of political protest, and there are many in the country who try to achieve political reform by following in his footsteps - fasting (until death or) till their demands are met.
Is it surprising that there is at least one Gandhian within each family, people who have been influenced by the Gandhis and the Hazares of our nation, and shun food to show their protest against wives, parents, siblings, and friends? They aim not to put an end to corruption and inequality, but
It has been raining not cats and dogs, but tigers and ware wolves in my part of the world. I was staring at my laptop, trying to figure out exactly what I needed to and didn't need to put in a technical document I was supposed to be preparing. Confused that I was, and having missed my evening tea, I felt a little cranky (as I always do by evening) and it took me some time to realize that the bangs I was hearing were those of thunder, and not of some AR Rahman fan playing "Jai Ho!" outside. (I didn't like that song very much, by the way, did you?) Rain! This was a sure indication from god that a break was in order; so I decided to brave the mini storm and ventured out hoping to catch hold of the lady who serves hot chili bajjis outside my office.
Exams, how I hated them! Student life was so much fun with exams being the only blot on an otherwise beautiful picture. In the four years spent in CEC, the college where many of us "studied" engineering, we spent approximately 370 hours writing exams! And that does not include our practical tests! It sounds scary to me now, scarier that it had seemed then, when it was just another part of life.
