The Rebelle blog

I just got some news about something I was eagerly awaiting for since the past few months. I am supposed to be happy but I am not. Clearly the focus and attention from the said news has lost its value for me. Isn't is quite common to find that something we long for loses its prospects after sometime? Especially if these prospects are regarding employment. Career shift. I can't quite fully fathom in what terms this move will reward my future. Will it tie me to a stagnant post or will it truly let some practical issues be sorted out and declutter the existing chaos? I wish I had an idea about everything that happens the way it does. Right now, my brain is in a frenzy. There are times when I wish I had a more diplomatic bone in my body so that I could not let everything get by so easily around me. Once we get comfortable about a position, chances are we rarely lead ourselves to experiment and step up further. It's like the classic life move for women; study, graduate with go...

Here I am! After a long year and an equally long hiatus from the blog world. And I hope to be more regular and consistent henceforth. What prompted me to start writing again is some food and good talk with a friend. I'll start with movies. Ever since Atul and Nidhi (my friends) taught me how to download movies, I am addicted and have started building up quite a collection. Last week, I saw Adam(2009) starring Hugh Dancy, who I thought was brilliant as a young man with Asperger's Syndrome. The movie follows the life of this individual who has a social interaction problem and how after his father dies, he is left alone to figure out how to live. It was heart-wrenching to see what happens with people with autism who are left without any support to kneel on after the death of their parents. Unfortunately, society treats them in a very insensitive manner. The Squid and the Whale(2005) is another delicate movie on a very sensitive topic. It showcases the lives of two yo...