magically Practical

"..... He asked them what they missed most from their old life, as he wanted to bring back a present for each.

The first sister asked for rich gowns, since her closet now held only rags. The second sister asked for a coach and four horses, as she was now forced to ride upon a donkey. But Beauty asked only for a rose, since the garden was now taken up with cabbages."



Remember the joy you used to feel when reading a fairytale as a child? I don't remember which one of the numerous ones i read, was my favorite. I remember, i had 4 copies of Cinderella! And in each one of them the dresses were different, the Prince looked different!

Somebody please remind me why we don't read fairytale s anymore?
Because we are 'grown up' now?
Because we are more logical?

Let's lay the road from fairytale to modern reality........




The modern day Rapunzel gets her hair styled at Haakim's Aalim. Today, Cinderella's pumpkin chariot is nothing less than a BMW. Snow White wants to have a dusky complexion. The Princess will now never look at the Frog, for it is far too ugly..........

........ The Princess does not need to marry a Prince anymore to be called the Queen. The Princess MAKES her own kingdom and employs other princes. That's the power of reality Princesses!!



Can Beauty survive with Beast ?




I've always wondered why all the Princes of every fairytale is called Prince Charming. Modern day Princes are nowhere close to 'charming'. How many dates do you know of that have been 'magical' ? My idea of a magical date has the Prince riding a beautiful white horse, wearing a spotless, elegant suit with a bunch of the most exquisite and exotic flowers i have ever seen, and not the boring old roses. (Actually, how many guys make the effort to find out what flowers you like? I hate roses but i always end up getting roses!) Then the dinner! It need not be in the best restaurant or the most expensive one. High on the hill, with sweet smelling candles, having the dishes that i love, on a full moon night. That's all :)

But what do guys think of? The part after dinner!

I have a theory. If you're looking at guys, you should never look at a hot guy. Coz all hot guys are either creeps or they happen to be gay.

".........He had heard, too, from his grandfather, that many kings, sons had already come, and had tried to get through the thorny hedge, but they had remained sticking fast in it, and had died a pitiful death.

Then the youth said, "I am not afraid, I will go and see the beautiful Briar Rose." The good old man might dissuade him as he would, he did not listen to his words."

The Princes today don't know the meaning of true love. Does anybody? The 'Prince Charming' gifts his Princess a divorce on their 20th wedding anniversary after vowing to be together " .....though sickness and health....."

Not such a fairytale afterall ha?



What about the evil characters? What about the step sisters? What about the witch who wanted to eat Hansel & Gretel? Do they exist in our lives? Who could the evil characters be? Probably the friend who's trying to steal your boyfriend. Probably the aunt who's bitching about you. Probably you yourself.





I believe there is a fairytale in each one of us. I believe there is a lot we can learn from fairytale s, if we just believe in them. If we just pay our childhood another visit.........

Each of us fantasizes. We fantasize about having the perfect relationship with our parents. About having the perfect dress to wear for the first date. About the 'Prince Charming' who will whisk you away with just a smile. About the girl who will be your 'Rapunzel' and let her hair down for you to climb. About the Princess who will kiss you and turn you into a Prince.




Do these fairytale s come true?
What is yours?




It's for you to find out.......... Go live your fairytale........ :)


"Don't die! Don't die! I'll marry you . . ." At these words, a miracle took place. The Beast's ugly snout turned magically into the face of a handsome young man.


"How I've been longing for this moment!" he said. "I was suffering in silence, and couldn't tell my frightful secret. An evil witch turned me into a monster and only the love of a maiden willing to accept me as I was, could transform me back into my real self. My dearest! I'll be so happy if you'll marry me."


The wedding took place shortly after and, from that day on, the young Prince would have nothing but roses in his gardens. And that's why, to this day, the castle is known as the Castle of the Rose.


Sunayana Sen

'where two roads diverge.....'

where two roads diverge, or rather where 7 roads diverge.......
its finally time to let go of my friends who were the closest to me, yet i am not ready to. a few months back i was soo excited abt college and scaling the 'unchartered territories'. but today, when all of us part ways, its just heart-breaking to kno dat i might just not see these pple again. its been 2 wonderful years with them and its amazing how i got soo attached to them.

after being able to talk to dem abt everything, rite from the nuke deal to victoria's secret undies, i feel bottled up coz i dont think i can ever hav dat comfort wid anyone else. im sure werever my friends go they'll love it der & make pple fall in love wid dem too.
today my mom got a call from her old bball team mate, after 20 yrs.!! and u shloud've heard the joy in her voice...i cudnt help but imagine us like dat, 20 or 30 yrs down da line.its been da most fun 2 yrs of my life and i thank solely my friends for dat. had they not been der to catch me whenever i fell, i probably wud've turned out like da rest(which is da worst thing that can happen btw)................

the little little joys that we shared, the few tears dat we all shed, the few ups & downs that we all went through brought us closer. and now da realisation dat we have only these 'memories' to accompany us on our seperate journeys, brings emotions dat we never experienced before. sitting in the dark and crying every single day and hoping, & praying dat these days wud last just a lil longer, is all i do now.

this excrutiating phase of us parting ways, makes me realise how important each of dem are to me & even tho i will make friends werever i go, its impossible to imagine life widout them.

this is a thank you for aahana, sneha, kk, mrinmayee, ashwati, varun, kamala & medha for being wid me, and eachother, and making life most memorable wen i thought it was impossible.
i wish all of you guys da very best for your future and hope dat sumday in future, our roads might converge & bring us together again..........

jack of all trades,master at none

ever felt like you're not like others??i do.at all times.i can't think like others do and even though i'm happy about it, it sometimes aggravates me.but that's only because nobody really understands what i mean.as i was growing up, my parents enrolled me for a number of classes and taught me alot things.i was taught skating,swimming,dancing,singing,various sports,etc...so basically i have alot of talents.but i'm not happy.u ask why.well that's because i dont want to be jack-of-all-trades-and-king-at-none.i'd rather be good at 1 thing and make it big in that, than just let all of this be only a part of my chidhood.
just the other day when i was thinking about the last days of my school life, i realised that i was'nt content with my life at all.at the moment, i'm just like everybody else.a drop in the ocean.i want to make it big in life.by that i do'nt mean ambani rich types,i just want everybody to know my name.i dont want to have a life where i go to a good college,then get a good job,get married and have kids and etc...i dont want to have a boring life.20 yrs from now when i have kids,i want them to be immensely proud of me.but for that to happen i've got to be proud of myself..............

keep reading about it in my next blog.......oh and give this topic a thought for yourself.....


sunayana sen

ban on hair!!

ban on hair?howz dat possible?
thats wat u mistve tht wen u read the title..well,thats not xactly how it sounds,bt almost on da same lines.i ad a fringe since april.our skool's VP had seeme a million times like dat bt never said anything.but now wen its june-2 months since april-she rants about chopping it off if i dont do anything about it!
here its important dat i tell u sumthing abt m skool.i joined dis place last year & in dat 1 year da management has banned loads of things.u cnt even count dem on ur fingers.
for example,they banned chocolates...CHOCOLATES!!!they will CONFISCATE it if anybody dares to bring it to skool.they hav also banned da science students from talkin to da commerce students.these r just to begin wid.there r so many more.altho these r moratorium,dey r xtremly pissing off....
now get a load of this.he students of r skool r banned frm using da word-ya,in skool.how lame is dat..oh ya n da PUNISHMENT 4 dat is-a nore will bwritten in r diaries n r parents will hav to sign it!ya like r parents care.they r stealing us of r individuality...wats next-ban on laughing????
all dis loooks like a portent of a rebellious future 4 da skool.byt y do i catre.iv got only another 5 months left in dis hell hole!!!yuppeeeeeeeee