Fight against Terrorism

It was another dark night in Mumbai on 13th July 2011, Wednesday, when thousands of people got injured and many people were reported dead by terrorist attacks. It is a shame that we are seeing many people dying but are not doing anything. Once again there was a dangerous attack and once again we Indians had to bow infront of fear. Once again there shall be concerned voices raised by those in authority. Once again Mumbai will show its resilience and get back to work as rapidly as possible. Once again TV channels shall give exclusive reports from the site of the action, claiming how they were the first to bring this tragedy to your doorstep. At the end of the day, even when you are fighting an adversary, the desire, by certain forces to capitalize on the situation does not change. But for all the Indians there is a big question that for how long will we live in fear of such attacks? Once again the city shall limp back to normalcy and in a few months the incident will be forgotten and fresh topics will take place of this. I can’t understand why do we forget such dangerous things? We should remember about all this and take necessary actions. Why are they not killing Kasab? Killing Kasab is a small punishment for Pakistan, in fact he should be given to the public and the decision made by the public for him is will be appropriate and well served for a terrorist like Kasab.


We have to be with each other and fight against the terrorist attacks that are taking place in our nation. It’s our nation how can we let anyone destroy it? Today I, Shivani Singh, a 15-year-old girl, am taking pledge to fight against terrorism and appeal for your support. If I can do it, then you too can. It is my humble request to all the readers of this blog to kindly support me and fight against terrorism. I may be from Uttar Pradesh, but when there is any blast in any state of my country; my heart fills with great fear because I’m a true Indian. So, from now onwards I’m fighting against terrorism in my way and if you are with me please leave a comment.
I pay my tributes to the killed people and extend my sympathy for their family members.
Stay at home and be safe
Love
Shivani Singh

Mysore- 'The Antonym of Eyesore' & Beyond

A long journey by train seems boring but when it comes to a journey with the whole family along with another family it automatically becomes exciting. With this thought I began my journey on 17th May 2011. We reached Kanpur Central by taxi then and Shramshakti Express was the train which took us to New Delhi, where we arrived bang on time at 6am. Then, we took some rest in a hotel and again reached the Hazrat Nizamuddin station at 11:00PM in the night for Duronto Express to reach Yashvantpur. The other Family which was with us was upgraded to HA1 bogie and we were not too happy about that because the prospect of enjoying time together was now ruled out.


On that night I just put on the blanket and slept off. The next morning I woke up at two in the afternoon with the intention of passing time as fast as possible. In these two days we felt like the train is our home as everything was starting to become familiar. I had enjoyed watching various states it was a great but a long experience for me. We reached Yashvantpur on the 20th of May. After that I felt relaxed because from Yashvantpur, Mysore is just 3 hours away, and we boarded the Mysore express to cover that distance. We reached Mysore then we took some rest in the hotel. After that came the much awaited moment, as we went to my sister’s hostel.



We took an auto rickshaw to reach Mysore Bus station with an intention of visiting the famous Vrindavan Gardens. At about 7o’clock we reached there and spent an hour. We returned to the hotel at around 10 pm to find the restaurant inside the hotel, closed. We went to another restaurant and had our dinner. Next morning, after breakfast we took a bus to reach Ooty. I spotted a giraffe and a few elephants from the bus and was really delighted after that. We reached Ooty at five in the evening. We took a Lodge and then went out for some entertainment and shopping.


Next morning we went out for the flower show in Botanical Garden. Then we took an auto rickshaw and went to a restaurant called Guajarati Patel for lunch. Then, from there we went to the famous Ooty Lake and then we again took a bus back to Mysore. The next morning we went to visit the Mysore Palace- the Palace of the great emperor, Tipu Sultan.



We were soon back in Bangalore where heavy rain had shown its face and we were forced to stay indoors. My brother booked a car so that we can reach to the station safely. We then took the Rajdhani Express to Jhansi. But the family which was with us missed their train, which was a contrary to their up-gradation in the first leg of our trip. Anyway, we reached to Jhansi station at 1:00AM on 26th of May and caught the Pushpak Express to reach Kanpur at around 2:15AM. At 6 in the morning we reached Kanpur, and snuck into our house, not wanting to wake up our peacefully sleeping neighbors.
This is my great and a long experience which I have shared with all of you. I hope you enjoyed it.
Thanks for reading !

Our Super Cool School Picnic

Picnic! Isn’t it like that amazing word which fills our heart with lots of joy, fun and excitement? I felt something like this when I heard that our whole class IXth would be going on a picnic on the 10th of February, 2011. I heard this great news from my friend on the 8th of February. After that I was waiting eagerly for those two days to pass. When the 10th finally came, I was filled with lots of excitement in my soul. I went to school and attended the morning assembly and then we boarded the bus, specially reserved for IXth-E, i.e. my class. When the bus didn’t move we started shouting Hindi slogans like “bus ko aage to badhao”. After 15-20 minutes, it started to move and the whole gang burst into songs.

We shouted and sang very loudly. My friend started to tease the boys. Then, finally we reached the J.K.Temple, which was a beautiful Temple. We took some pictures and roamed all around the garden from 10:30A.M to 11:33A.M. At around 11:15 A.M the Temple doors opened with an amazing sound of the ‘dhol’ and the ‘naggada’ played by the pandits. This sound signifies that all the devotees are welcome inside for the ‘arti’ of lord Radha-Krishna.

Inside the temple we saw some doors were made by silver while some were simple. We also saw the best pictures of Radha Krishna made by a special type of marble. These pictures were very beautiful. We enjoyed the arti and then joined the class lines. Girls on the right and boys on left. Our class teacher counted us and we were back inside the bus.


We couldn’t even figure out how these precious two hours went by. We were also really hungry so we munched the food that we brought from home. After that we started singing and enjoying a lot with our friends, yet again. Then after 30 odd minutes we reached to the Japanese Garden. It was fascinating too.
Our teachers went to the ticket house and bought tickets for all the children so that we could enjoy fully. As we entered the Garden we saw the strangest scenes ever. We were irritated by seeing them after travelling all the way to see the beauty of the nature and to relax while enjoying some victuals. We just planned to hoot wherever we saw those scenes. Everything went according to the plan and we were hooting all around, thereafter.
In a very silent place we sat and took our lunch, we were also singing but we don’t know how a boy, who doesn’t like that song just passed across us and misinterpreted that we were teasing him. But we were actually singing just for fun. That was a bit of a mood spoiler, but we lifted our spirits, as such incidents are a part and parcel of such fun-filled journeys.


We then sat beside a couple and sang “mummy ko nahi hai pata……” but it was probably a wrong couple as they replied to us that “sorry bachchon we are married couple”. Suddenly, a silence was there and we just confirmed whether the couple was married or not by singing the song “jisne pehle shadi ki…zor ka jhatka…” After the whole masti we went to see the lake from the bridge. And then our class teacher counted us and we were back in the bus and songs, hooting and whistling resumed in full scale. Then we reached our school and took some pictures as a souvenir and we were really tired. When I reached my home, I went to bed and got a sleep of 4 hours without any disturbance. That was really a fun-filled and a good experience for me.
If I have any other such interesting experiences I will certainly share it with you. Thanks for reading my blog. A humble request to my brother Abhimanyu Singh “plz ghar aake daantna mat...”
Bye! See you next time…