Indian beauties- where are they?

So this time the Miss Universe title goes to Miss Mexico.

I just couldn't help wondering why is India no more figuring in the Miss Universe or Miss World winners. There was a time when I was in school, there were Indian beauties winning these contests every year. And now I can't remember when was the last time a girl from India won these. It was really sad to hear that Miss India Ushoshi Sengupta did not even figure in the top 15 in this year's contest. Not expected from the Bong beauty.

What is the reason behind this? Surely not exposure or financial problems I believe. With so many Miss Indias already having won these contests, I don't think that there is any dearth of people looking to make money out of this business. The problem cannot be that of mentoring as well because Ash and Sush gave birth to whole new industry here. The problem could be that Indian beauties are still doing the same things what their predecessors did and hoping to make the cut.

If this is the case, then I could not help but draw an analogy to Indian hockey. Stop evolving and you stop winning, it is as simple as that. If something is not done fast, then we might have to see the day when young girls stop aspiring to become the next Miss India.

A new life: Back to blogging

So, I am not a student anymore. I am a working professional. This change took place on June 14th, 2010.

Leaving college was a painful experience. Leaving college also arouses in one the sense of excitement and a sense of the unknown. Joining the mainstream of life- where you stand on your own legs, where you work, do something more meaningful which you know affects other people, where you earn your own money for the first time and where you spend your own money- not knowing when you exhausted your first salary and are now on what you brought from home :)

This new life doesn't seem as rosy as it one thinks it would be when passing out of college. But once we start realizing that this is the life everybody leads and this is what you would be the rest of your life, you start to look beyond the campus and start trying to find out what's in store and the road that is to be taken.

For me personally, this life looks good. The fact that I am now contributing to the Indian economy and society brings a sense of responsibility. When I wake up in the morning, like most people, the thought that comes to mind is "Oh no... office!" After the intital endurance of the hardship of leaving the bed, the thought that comes is this is what one is supposed to do. Men work. Their is no other way of living. We work. We contribute. We do our part- however small. Every small contribution adds up in the final result. We work. I work.

Cheers to the life ahead. Cheers to life and cheers to production.