Thought For The Day – “Virginity”

Few days ago, read Thought For The Day – “Virginity” on Sakshi’s Blog; It stated that:
“Virginity is not dignity…not security…or not a sign of purity…It is simply lack of opportunity…”

First of all let’s see that what does this word “Virginity” means for a common man: according to Wikipedia and Dictionary.com, “Virginity means the state or condition of being pure.”

These days, lots of people have been influenced by the Western Culture and they may think Virginity as a lack of opportunity but I definitely don’t believe in this logic… Some people might even say “Virginity? It’s a big issue over a small tissue...”

I don’t see any benefits in losing one’s virginity because some people think it as a happening thing or because they believe that one hasn’t got an opportunity to do so… For me, it’s one’s own life and one should decide accordingly, what they should do and shouldn’t decide on the basis of what others think…

The coin always has two sides: One group will say it’s good to experience such a thing like losing virginity but the other side will always be firm in saying that one should wait for the right time i.e. till their marriage…

But I would like to mention one thing, especially for the people who aren’t Virgins themselves that kindly don’t expect your partners to be Virgins when you are not one… I simply mean to say that people who have slept or continue sleeping with others shouldn’t expect that their spouses to be pure and also that they shouldn’t slept with others… Generally we find men sleeping with other women but at the same time they can’t tolerate their wives having a relationship with someone else…

At the moment, Virginity is not that big issue, to have a debate or fight over it but then too it’s an issue related to oneself, one’s culture, traditions and belief’s… I’m not saying that Virginity is good or bad; but I’m just trying to make a point that before taking any step, do think on your own and not on the fact that what others have to say about you…

Tryst with Nature: Trip to Lonavala

Mumbai witnessed the heaviest rainfall of the season on 30^th June; everyone compared it with the rainfall which Mumbaikars’ witnessed on 26^th July’05. But don’t worry; I was far away from this trouble.

When the people around the city were being troubled by those rains, we were enjoying them in the Ghats of Lonavala… I know it’s bad to put things like this; but actually I’m happy about the fact that I wasn’t in Mumbai else I wouldn’t have got anything to eat, had to live without electricity for the whole day and would have faced many other such problems… Anyways jokes apart, I felt bad too for the people who faced such difficulties due to the rains…

After six long months of Alibaug Trip, we had another trip… Trip to Lonavala. This time Tammy was our event manager and I really liked the last line of his invitation cum registration mail “NOTE: No end time cancellations will be entertained :D”.

Eight of us (Anshul S, Bhavana, Rakhi, Niraj, Nishant, Smita, Tammy & I) packed our bags and were filled with loads of excitement & enthusiasm to enjoy the trip. This time we managed to leave on time…

I forgot to mentioned, on this trip Ms. Rakhi appointed me as her PA… (For all those who don’t know the meaning of PA, it means Personal Assistant.) My duty was to open the car door, hold her umbrella and take care of her bag… But till date I haven’t received the remuneration for the same… All the readers, kindly request her to pay my wages soon… :)

I was surprised to know that Niraj had made Bread – Omlette for everyone before coming and it was really very delicious… He also brought other readymade snacks but no one seemed interested in them… After coming back from the trip, Tammy and I decided that the title “Husband Material” suits Niraj perfectly…

On the way to our destination, we halted at Food Plaza to have some refreshments and also clicked a few snaps there… As we moved ahead, waterfalls were visible everywhere… After reaching Lonavala, we went up to the gates of the Amby Valley City…

On our way back from there, we stopped at one of the points; it was damn cold there… Heavy rains were accompanied by chilly and gusty winds, so we all were shivering from cold… All of us stood in a circle, with all the five umbrellas in such a position so that they cover each one of us; it was a similar scene, where Greek warriors cover themselves with their Shields so as to protect themselves from the enemies’ arrows… Later after having tea and bhajiya, we (only the guys) even danced in the rain… It was fabulous dancing there and then I understood the meaning of the saying, “Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain...”

From there we moved to another point. Actually we never asked the names of these points since we were busy in enjoying… That place was something sort of a dam or a reservoir (there was a wall, which was around 15 feet high and water was falling from it), you may call it anything but it was amazing… We had a lovely time under the waterfall… We sat on the river side, had some cold drink there…;) Later we climbed to the top of that wall and came down, that too in one piece. Then came the most memorable moment of the trip… We stood in the space between that wall and falling water… Trying to get there was also an exercise; the force of water which I felt on my body wasn’t less than 100 or 200 KgF (Kilogram Force). Once I went inside, I never wanted to come out; when we shouted something there, we were able to hear to our own resonating voice… Actually it’s impossible to describe the feelings which I had then… It was an experience of the lifetime…

After this we moved towards Bushy Dam, but our hard luck due to rains we weren’t able to enjoy much there… Even though our own Fantasy Man & Fantasy Woman went up to the dam and came back. Then we came back to Lonavala and had lunch there… There only we came to know that it’s raining heavily in Mumbai and water had logged in many parts of the city…

Finally we left Lonavala around 6 in the evening, with lot of memories to carry along, for the lifetime…