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A Birthday Away
1Friday, May 1, 2015 by RuthSeq
This blog has long suffered neglect just as my fuzzy eyebrows have and that’s about to change. I've been waiting for a good story, but having spent the last year in Hyderabad, I mostly have dull ones to tell, so no more waiting. Here are my notes on one of the nicest birthdays I've ever had.
I turned 25 this year on an island far away from home with the only
friend I’ve held onto since my 13th birthday. There was no cake and
better still, no mobile network but there was a lot of giggling, unexpected late
night adventure and the vast healing Andaman sea.
This is not a travelogue, because I would not want to promote these (now
not so) secluded islands even slightly for fear that the lot of you may find
your way there with your hideous tourist t-shirts and frustratingly popular selfie
sticks.
Rather, I wish to encourage more of you to travel, to places in India
and beyond. Travel, because that’s what you need more than the latest season of
Game of Thrones or the urge to swipe right for the next Tinder boy.
Don’t make excuses that you need to earn more or don’t have paid leave or your beard is so long your visa gets rejected; unless you’re a certain sibling of mine.
I worked a full time job last year and bless my soul, did I work my ass
off but I did manage a trip to Hampi, Udaipur, Vizag, Pondicherry, the Andamans and a whole
lot of other smaller getaways. People who travel find a way and an excuse.
Travel is
and always has been my favourite birthday gift to myself.
All pictures by @RuthSeq
Category Andaman, best beaches, birthday, blue seas, blue skies, gifts, India, Islands, Nicobar, Travel
We
3Tuesday, October 23, 2012 by RuthSeq
Photo Credit Google Images
We still believe that
a girl who gets raped must be a slut.
but we’re modern
enough to appreciate Pippa’s butt.
Hundreds of farmers
are killing themselves because of debt
yet we still see
Naxalism as the country’s “biggest internal threat”.
We’ll keep shut when
millions are starving & have nothing to eat
Yet we’ll bring the
house down over Shashi Tharoor’s tweet.
We won’t ensure that
our fire fighters are equipped and skilled
but we’re confident
that all will be fixed as long as Kasab is killed.
Our leaders believe
that if America is doing it, it must be right,
And we agree with
them because we’re so brainy and bright.
Every week Kejriwal
shouts out a new name and a new scam,
We cry foul, we call
them names, but honestly we don’t give a damn.
We convince ourselves
that we’re just pawns in this corrupt game,
That’s bullshit,
because we feed the corrupt; we’re all the same.
Category America, corruption, debt, Farmers, India, Kejriwal, pippa middleton, rape, Shashi Tharoor, twitter, youth
