Stray stuff

- with the blast of patriotism on TV on Aug15th and statements like 'you can take an Indian out of India, but you can't take India out of an Indian';
it made me wonder how NRI s feel on such days.Do they feel connected or nostalgic or just have gone past all this?

- Women have to keep listening - to their parents, then their husbands, and then their sons (Im not too sure about daughters ) about how their lives should be run.
Sharadha and I were discussing this - but how true is this truism?
Asking around, it seems to make a difference if the woman is working.
Money is power?

Does everything become male or female?

This sounds like a query on a language lesson-French or Hindi where everything has a gender.
But its just a thought that rises after reading GVK's post 'Is blogger male or female?
We have glass ceilings at work- do we have to discover them in the anonymous world of blogs? I dont think we should be so competitive in every sphere.

Bloggin is fun and cathartic and lets you blow off a little steam and a little on your trumpet. Lets keep it that way.

Maslow's Hierarchy and Wants

What women want.

At level 1 are women who just want to be married - and for various reasons its just not happening
At level 2 are women who want a stable husband, who doesn't drink or beat her too much.
At level 3 are the women who long for a little house, money to run the household and educate the children and buy a simple chain or earring.
At the top, we have the women who long for companionship and understanding and shared interests and loving care.

In between are women who ask for children, great career, health, loving relationships, more material things .....

Whatever we have, our wants are in a rung above. Isnt this just part of being human?