Conservative City

I drafted this and let it rot for a long time, and since so many people are talking about it now, I thought maybe I too should vomit.

People are under the misapprehension that Chennai is a very conservative city. Actually, it is a highly hypocritical city (the whole state is). Unlike other cities, where everything happens in normal view, in Chennai, everything happens underground. In my vacation to my hometown, I found out a lot of things (due to me venturing out to certain places, where I've never gone before), that are inconsistent with this 'conservative city' tag.

Tamil Nadu has the highest incidence of AIDS in India - patient zero is supposed to be from Namakkal.
Tamil Nadu is the main source for eunuchs all over India.
Tamil Nadu might have low per-capita alcoholic liquor consumption numbers, but the profitability of manufacturers and sellers tell otherwise
Tamil Nadu has the highest number porn movies produced per head
Tamil Nadu is a top state in abortions - not just limited to female foetuses, but by underaged girls also.
If you believe the police statistics and newspaper numbers, TN has the highest number of prostitutes and gigolos.

Some people might think these are nothing, but I get my pants up in a bunch because these are the same people who jump up and down over the same things that they do in secret.

All data collected from some wellplaced sources :-| Maybe they could be misleading me, and I could be wrong, or could be bang on target. Maybe I am generalising based on a few stray incidents. Maybe I am trying to bury my head in the sand and say nothing of this sort happens.

I am what I eat

Don't you hate that saying? They tell that to prevent you from eating anything tasty. If you eat animals, you will become an animal yourself - bollocks!
If I want to be human, should I eat human beings?

Narnia

Succumbed to pressure and watched this movie. Looks a lot like Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, and some other movies. They said it was a movie for kids, but saw only one 3 year old who did not let us watch the movie in peace. The only interesting point was when model Anupama Verma came to watch a movie in the high priced Cinemax. She didn't look that tall in person, but bustier :-)

Republic Day

Once upon a time, in a land far far away, there were thousands of kingdoms between three mighty rivers. Anyone who did not pledge allegience to the king was deemed a traitor and tortured. One fine day, an ogre took up the whole pie for himself and called it her precious. Anyone who did not recognize the King was sent to the blackwaters. Some became terrorists; later on they were called freedom fighters. Later a prince with little clothes came and liberated her. The evil step-mother was thrown out of the country and another prince with a different name married her. Now, anyone who did not respect this prince were said to be traitors and they all lived happily ever after. The people who called them traitors were among the 22000 fools watching 22 fools. Moreover, they did not anything about the princess or the princes.
Moral of the story: Every man for himself

One week of R&R at hometown and with parents. I thought this time my flights/trains would be on time, and I would not get a seat directly over the engine, but there are some things you can just wish for. The only time when they allow you to sleep in till noon, bring you coffee in bed, and make your favourite dishes everyday is when you go home for vacations. Also found out that my crashed computer healed itself miraculously and I took some of my favourite stuff back home. Ten whole days without computer was not that tough, or bad!