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This wonderful piece was written by my pal Harshini...... Thanks a ton dudette! :) W ho said BF stands only for Best Friend? It can also mean  BROKEN FRIENDSHIP… Friendship never cheats nor hurts... It is either true or dead… You didn’t stab me, you didn’t hurt me… You are dead, our friendship is dead… I will let go off your death and remember your life… I can’t see you in my future… I can only feel you in my heart, Coz you are nothing more than a memory… That keeps me strong… Till I am gone… I extend my gratitude towards you, for… Abandoning me in solitude… I bid good-bye forever… Don’t forget to forget me… Love you my friend…                    -Always dr 4 u                      V.P.Harshini

College- a place synonymous with friends, fun, frolic, endless gossiping, love affairs, boring lectures, bunking classes and flunking tests (sigh!) So it’s indeed incredible to see that social service has been added lately to this list. At an age when everyone is trying to “up” their coolness quotient, it’s refreshing to see youngsters develop a selfless spirit to help the disabled and the underprivileged.  Every event or program being held for a social cause has several college students volunteering themselves for it, be it a drive to plant a million saplings or a walkathon to create awareness on sexual abuse. I’m amazed at how well my peers handle the preparation that goes with the social work. Their agility and maturity, when it comes to collecting funds and organizing shows for charity, is something to marvel at.  At my college, a day is all it takes to collect money if a fellow student meets with an accident or when a student needs money to fund her...

I’m writing the last post of 2011 in its last hour. And I’m clueless on what to write..let me see… 2011 was a year of sorts- the only year where I spent the first few months at school and the rest at college.  Now that it’s gonna be over soon, let’s think about 2012- the year the Mayans thought would spell doom for humanity. Well, I don’t think so! No offence Mr.Nostradamus but I think the ultimate end would take us by surprise and not after we have watched destruction films like ‘2012’ and ‘Independence day’ You would have probably finished making your “resolutions 2012” list. Mine goes like this- Learn to drive, Be more active, Read one book a month- alternating between fiction and non-fiction,  …(I’m watching ‘Inception’ right now..Darn good…It’s distracting me).., Spend more time for prayer, Concentrate on studies the coming semester atleast, write meaningful stuff on this blog (lol.. and my mom wants to ‘add drink milk every night’ to this list!)   ...

I got to watch this movie, Vijay’s 52 nd release, only yesterday- a good 11 days after it hit the theatres. After some 2 and half odd hours, I tried to recall something of the film’s story or the characters. But all I could remember was Vijay, Vijay and Vijay . The movie makes a God out of him! The film made at a cost of a whopping 40 crores is loosely based on the Telugu flick "Azad". The  story…. Bharathi (Genelia) a freelance journalist tries making a difference in the society by laying bare its villainous side. In the process, she gets hounded by goons who kill her aides. Minutes later, a grievously wounded Bharathi finds her attackers killed in an accident. Seizing the opportunity, she holds a fictitious hero named Velayudham responsible for the goons’ death and leaves a warning that Velayudham would continue his actions against such criminals. Around the same time, a villager called Velayudham (Vijay)  happens to be in town to collect the chit fu...

It was an incredible week for the people of Coimbatore.  The city witnessed such an assortment of events – some good, some bad; but quite hard to miss.   Evenings were marked by heavy downpours and thundershowers, resulting in felled trees and traffic-disrupting water logs. They laid bare the flaws left undetected by the Corporation.  My college bus was one among the listless vehicles stranded 2 days back and I had to sit tired and famished for nearly 4 hours!! With the local body elections around the corner, campaigning by several political parties is on full-swing.  My house alone was visited by 7 ‘hopeful’ female candidates (our ward is reserved for female presidency and it’s no surprise wives of former presidents are normally fielded in…) CM was here yesterday and traffic had to be diverted to clear her route (no wonder). Another important and much loved person arrived with less pomp and for a nobler cause.  Former Prez-Abdul Kalam made his ...

The mobile rang once again. She hit the silence button. ‘Why doesn’t he ever stop?' No answer again. He puts his phone down, frustrated and hopeless. ‘If at all she answers my call, I’m going to tell her I hate her.’ “ Ths isn’t d right time 2 talk ”, she texts him. “I hate u”, came the reply. She frowned.  ‘He’s mad..But what option do I have?’                 Pallavi looks at the mobile Srikanth got her the last time they met. It wasn’t a gift; rather a necessity. That black  `  899 phone was their only means of communication. She slid it under the table and looked up. The Chemistry lecturer was giving the class, notes which least interested her. Good thing she was sitting in a place seldom noticed.   *****                 But  Sahana did. She noticed the way the girl beside her kep...

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