Half @ MindSay

There was an article in TOI, which published an excerpt from the book named AIDSSUTRA, In which all prominent writer including Vikram seth, salman rushdie, Amartya sen whould try to shed some light on how the current india is coping with the AIDS Menance.

 

The article basically focusses on, the essay by salman rushdie in which he choses the most shady part of indian society, the hinjaras, a word in english tranlates to enunch or hermaphrodite.And to put more precisely, person with impotence having an ambiguity with the genitals classification.

 

As the article puts it, the ambiguity in their proper role in society leads to they being treated as representatives from an alien world, a world where things are looked upon with mockery, with shame but added with a flavour of Magic, a wonder on, where these people actlly live and put it more properly survive in society.

 

I had my first encounter with thm, when i was invited to some aunty son's party, with my mom.I saw them and eas enticed by this new species, They were for me...weird, I could make out they were men, but behaving like a women with some disorder and then, slowly as i started wearing pants from my short wearing days I realized they were Hinjaras, whom our society still fears, for it is believed that when they curse you it wld be doom for you and If they bless you, from their heart, you will get what u wanted.....The rumour was they know, from some source when there is a new born in family and they with their group would visit that place, to confirm that  the new born is not one of them, If not , They wld bless the child and If Yes, they wlld take the child away from their parents and would raise them as on of their own....

 

However, as the title says, This no head no tail society have been treated as a thing to pray and they rise much above the biological factors that seclude them from others, They represent the strength of man and courage of a women , they represent shiva and shakti, they represent fire and heat...They have been ardhnareshwar.

 

But to see from a laymans persepective, they are just trying to make their bread and butter in a society which would anyways not allow them to adopt normal means for a livelihood, and with law against begging, they are surely venturing and infact are skin deep into prostitution, leading to the entire essay by salman rushdie, over their miserable plight, coz to survive in a biased society they have created their own, and in that society they are answerable to their bosses and superior, and in ths rat race, they have to do whatever it takes to survive.....

 

We do need to thnk of some other alternatives for them , some feasible appraoch, where they donot live in a parralel world like ghost who pops up now and then, But like normal human beings who were on bad list of god, who just made them like that, with no actual fault of their own....

Driving home today.  On the freeway, I spy this personalized plate - HISHAF.  It was on a Hyundai Tuscon SUV.  The SUV was attached to a extremely large Fleetwood RV.

The plate on the RV was HERHAF.

I can't make this stuff up!

It was Randy's turn to make dinner.  Usually he takes us out to dinner until it gets to icy or snowy out to drive to the city for the hell of it!  Then he makes up various casorales.  I banned him from making Steak and he gets sick of grilling, broiling or baking chicken and pork. 

 

Well we get tired of having the same ol same ol everynight so the kids suggested homemade canadian bacon pizza!  I have had the makings in the cupboard and freezer for a month now!  I gave Randy an option.  A:  Make the pizza or B:  Clean up and lets go over to Welsh's for Pizza.  He decieded he wanted to get back outside to finish trimming some of the trees beside the driveway so he choose A!

 

Who would have thought his mother taught him how to cook regular meals but never taught him to make pizza, hot pockets, runzas or even pot pies!  I had to stay in the kitchen to help him out and if you notice he did have some minor problems!  I figured might as well caputre some pictures of him actually cooking and document the fact he did cook this past week instead of taking us out! 

 

I had to take over putting the dough on to the pan because he couldn't get it spread out with out tearing huge holes in the dough!  So I did that and showed him how to do it for next go around.  And after he put the sauce on I showed him how to even the sauce out a bit more.  Thankfully he picked up on how to evenly put the meat and cheese on!

 

I always made comments to my male and female friends that I would love to have a nakee man in my kitchen cooking or cleaning!  I got my wish on the cooking part!  Now if I can snatch some pictures of Randy first thing in the morning with just his undies on making coffee and loading the dishwasher! 

Sweet God Ogmious are people stupid?  There is a gentleman down in Kansas City, MO who went out of business with his e book shop.  He attempted to donate the books to local liberaries and such and they turned him down.  Yes, this is disappointing because books are full of knowledge and ppl have given up reading as much as they should.

 

But if you are knowledgable about books you don't do what this man did and is going to do till the books are gone!  He is burning them in a "protest" that ppl aren't reading anymore.  What is wrong with this man?  He seems knowledgeable enough and smart enough but in my opinoin he is showing his complete and utter stupidity!  So the KC libraries are full and won't take his books!  You don't burn them because your pissy!  You go out of the area and see what libraries and book stores need fresh books and donate to them.  There are tons of schools and towns across the nation that are in a bad way of needing books.  Put the word out and offer to give the books to them for free for a discounted shipping price or hell even free shipping.  Just because your area has tons of books doesn't mean other areas in the US do.  Or donate them to organizations that give books away to children and adults in the US or over seas! 

 

My Gods!  Ogmious is most likely shaking his head and talking to us with his peirced tongue going stupid humans!  I give you the gift of eloquence and runes aka words and language and you all abuse it! 

 

 

Know I havent slept a week at all
Since you've been gone
And my eyes are kinda tired
From crying all night long
Know I've never been too good at cooking just for one
It's so lonely here without you darling
Come back home

'Cause I'm half crazy
Feelin' sorry for myself
Half crazy
Worried you'd find someone else to love

Know life hasnt been much fun at all
Since you've been gone
And my eyes begin to fill
Each time I hear our song
I spent every minute asking myself
What went wrong
Can't we try to talk it over baby
Come back home

'Cause I'm half crazy
Feelin' sorry for myself
Half crazy
Worried you'd find someone else to love
But baby there is no-one else
Half crazy
For everything you saying
Half crazy
No one else could love you like I do

(break)

'Cause I'm half crazy
Feelin' sorry for myself
Half crazy
Worried you'd find someone else to love
But baby there is no-one else
Half crazy
For everything you saying
Half crazy
No one else could ever love you
No one else could ever be

Half crazy
Feeling sorry for myself
And I'm worried you'll find someone else
Feeling sorry for myself
Half Crazy (faded)

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