What do you do?

when the person who motivates you, who is your ideal, who makes you feel that no matter how hard the problem is there is always a solution to it; the person who is the source of your optimism.

What do you do when such a person loses his optimism?

Reflection

Mann kar raha hai ki ek baar India jakar wapas aa jaun. I never thought ki main life mei kabhi itni helpless hongi. My only option is to wait. This is the time when patience kills the most.

My 21st birthday... full of blasts

Year 2012 has been the most memorable year for me so far. No wonder my 21st birthday falls this year full of bangs.

I was not really excited about my birthday. For the first time, I did not really keep tab on any dates. It was only when I realized that my parents are excited for my birthday that I started showing some enthusiasm. Nonetheless, I wanted to spend the birthday alone and in peace.

Faru had some other plans. She had already planned with Sonam to take me out for lunch. But I did not want to go. Anyway, we went for shopping which was a disaster. No matter how much I liked wearing dresses, all those that I liked and wanted to buy wouldn't look good on me. Anyway, ended up buying two pair of shoes instead. Mahi from Mahi Way did mentione, no matter what, shoe size doesnt change.

I had hidden my birthday from facebook, trying to remain a little low on my birthday but my sister's various facebook tags created an uproar on facebook. It was sweet though. I was still waiting to hear from a couple of my friends. And I was waiting desperately.

Next morning I did receive birthday wishes from the friends I was waiting to hear from. One of them even called me and we ended up chatting for an hour. It was a disappointment though to hear that he plans to continue his further study in India itself. Nonetheless, I did tell him that I was disappointed but I guess, it is okay. He is a sweetheart. Will talk about him later.

My friend Sonam came over bringing tons of beautiful presents for me. Some Tibetan goodies alongwith a card and a bottle of wine. I just loved the wine. I ended up breaking my diet rules that day but it was all good. Had awesome dinner - dal makhani, roasted chicken, tortillas along with wine, and different preparations of vodka.

Watched Andaz Apna Apna, halfway through, followed by Tashan. Yes, Tashan. I told you this birthday was full of bangs. Some good, some weird.

It was weird because other than people who should wish me, there were also people who were actually texting or calling me to wish me in addition to using facebook. My brothers in law, especially. And the funniest thing was, almost everyone who called and wished me actually sang the happy birthday song for me.My birthday was celebrated in two different continents. My sister, my cousin and her husband, my dad- actually treated people on my birthday. My dad asked teh servant to make my favorite aloo, puri and suji halwa for guests while my jiju tried his hands on a new recipe for his friends. My mom went to Shirdi to pray for me.
It was all so sweet.

Even Scroogie texted me early in the morning and that was a pleasant surprise because this year I did not wish him properly. I just facebooked him and I am pretty sure my wish got lost somewhere in his timeline.

Sounds like a good day, so what went wrong? I rather not mention it here.
I just wish everything turns out to be fine, I wish my dad gets well soon and all his wishes are fulfilled. This is my birthday wish for this up coming year.

Rakhi Surprise for me

You won't believe what Siddharth did?
God, I do not believe it myself.
Check it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpoi5Zi7XzM&feature=youtu.be

In the recording of history it is impossible to be objective.

Explain what you think the above statement means. Describe a specific situation in which it might be possible to be objective in the recording of history. Discuss what you think determines when objectivity in the recording of history is possible and when it is not.

Objectivity is the way of presenting things in their actual states, without any personal feelings being involved. It is usually maintained when reporting facts or events that happened for sure, without any doubt. However, if proper facts are not collected, personal opinions mingle with the reality of the situation, giving it a subjective approach.

In the recording of history, it is impossible to be objective. This is true when the facts related to the event are not very concrete. If the individual knows only one side of the situation, he or she tends to be biased and opinionated when recording the event. For instance,in the history books of India, Britishers are condemned for bringing in the divide and rule policy, thereby causing teh Hindu and Muslim conflicts in an otehrwise peaceful nation. While according to the Britishers, they were ruling an otherwise disgruntled group of people, to avoid them from killing each other.

It might still be possible to be objective in the recording of history. For instance, when we talk about the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers, it is known for sure that the attack was made via the planes hijacked by the terrorists from the militant group of al-Qaeda. These are concrete facts with strong evidences and millions of people as witnesses. No one can deny this truth. There are no feelings involved in the facts stated above and hence, it is a completely objective approach to report the situation.

So what determines when objectivity is possible or not while recording history? It completely depends on the goal of reporting the event. If the goal of the event is to state merely the facts, then it is possible to be objective. But if the facts are cloudy then the goal also involves reporting the causes and the after-effects of an event which results in mingling of personal feelings and biases resulting in a subjective report.