air france crash , university , bangalore

hi, 

I would like to reflect on some interesting things I noted during the week . 

Firstly my profound condolences to all those people who died in the Air France plane crash . It's really bizarre how none of them who had boarded that flight imagined that they would never see their friends again . When i first heard heard of the shocking news of the plane going off the radar , I thought of some terrorist who could have diverted the flight to their operation center , crazy how the human mind works !!!, but later the truth of sinking into the Atlantic was unraveled . As the experts say , the prospect of how  a always safe 'airbus' met  this fateful situation is still  a mystery .. 

discipline , strictness , castigation are terms that we hardly associate with college ... but there is one institution that reminds you that that these terms don't end with school ..... my cousin ,interestingly, went to Satya Sai Baba Institute at Anantpur to pursue B.com( hons) and was baffled to see heightened levels of discipline over there ... so much so that these 16 years or so girls are to wear sari's ( their formal and only dress code ) through the day . Now i am not saying that is all wrong , after all it is the official dress of India , but what's so weird is that they are not even allowed to wear salwars .  The highly outlandish and surreal part's this  .... these college girls are NOT ALLOWED to carry any kind of mobile phones ( even the one's who stay at the hostels) .. they are allowed to talk to their parents only  once a month , on a day decided by the college .  I was so befuddled when I heard about the no  communication part of their strictness plans .... she's probably getting used to it but it's still taken me by shock ..... 

The BBMP has got to wake up ... I guess they've forgotten that the hibernation time is long past over .. The open drains , The worsening conditions of roads , the never ending metro work and the felling of innumerable trees for it  are some of the really  shameful sides of Bangalore . If any member from the organisation ever reads this then here's a message for you --" There's more to Bangalore than just Raj Bhavan road" . No doubt they're making this city progressive but what's still got to done is probably unthinkable ... PLEASE DO SOMETHING !!!!!!

thanks for reading

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