Diarydot – A diary blog

Since the last couple of days, the media is swarmed by the reports and crtical analysis whether the bollywood actor Shiney Ahuja has raped his maid when his wife and one year old daughter were away. Whether this is true or not will be decided after the DNA tests, but one thing is for sure, the actor’s reputation has gone down the drain. Everything as of now is in favor of the hapless maid who has been supposedly raped.

Shiney’s wife Anupam had called a press conference yesterday and vehemently supported her husband. She rubbished all the claims by the maid and said her husband was one thousand percent innocent. Well that only time will tell. But she has raised a very sensitive issue that rape can be done by a woman too and every time the man should not be put to fault.

I don’t know why but somehow I am finding that there is more to the case that meets the eyes. According to the media reports, Shiney was found relaxing in his house watching TV when they reached his Oshiwara house. If he had done such heinous crime would he be so complacently sitting at his residence? I understand that every law of the land is in favor of the maid, but if Shiney is not at fault, all this brouhaha is simply ruining his family’s life.

In the past, there have been many instances in the bollywood and hollywood when a happily married man has fallen for the nanny or the maid. David Beckam’s affair with Rebecca Loos comes to mind. Then closer home, who can forget Madhur Bhandarkar’s affair with Preeti Jain.

However, it would be better for the media to avoid mud slinging at the actor at this point of time. He is innocent till there is sufficient evidence to prove his crime. It is better to just wait and watch till the DNA report comes in. If Shiney is found guilty, then the media and the Internet can very well say what they like. In fact, I intend to post again after the reports come in. Hope truth prevails!

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Memory foam, or Visco elastic foam as it is technically called, is very effective in the medical field as it reduces the pressure points. This quality ensures that people who are bed ridden do not develop bed sores. This kind of mattress is also relatively inexpensive and thus very cost effective. Another positive factor is its durability. A normal spring mattress lasts for 4-5 years. However, memory foam lasts for 15-20 years. Memory foam is also affected by temperature; hence it is a wonderful way to provide rest to your pressure points. Those parts of the body which rest heavily on the foam transfer more heat. Therefore, the mattress becomes softer right where it is required most. Hence one thing is for sure, if you decide to buy memory foam, it will change your life for the better.

Like every Sunday, I had planned to cozy up in my bean bag and spend the Sunday afternoon making some good lunch for myself and watching television. I had just started to enjoy my holiday and finished planning what I could make myself for lunch, when my door bell rang. I wondered who it could be on a Sunday afternoon. My mind ran through a quick list of the possibilities that could probably be at the door. I had to find out anyways, I opened the door. To my surprise, there were two girls and a boy.

I looked at them with a blank expression. I wondered if I knew them. I didn’t. They were not surprised to have me look at them like that. It seemed like they were expecting it. They quickly introduced themselves to me. They needed to earn some money as a part of their “secret” project, I was told. They said they would do anything from cleaning the utensils to sweeping the floor. I was zapped. I dint know what to tell them. They looked like kids from well to do families. I enquired more about their whereabouts and what exactly were they supposed to do. They told me they had to earn about $5 by 4pm. It was 1.15pm at that time. It sounded interesting and I thought of helping them out. The first idea that came to my mind was to ask them to cook my lunch for me, but as I enjoyed cooking, I did not feel like asking them to do that. The expressions on their faces did not allow me to turn them down. I asked them to come after an hour so that I could finish off with my lunch and some other chores. In the mean while, I advised them to look else where for some work.

They left and they left me thinking as to what I could do for them. I got a call on the intercom exactly after an hour. Those guys were back calling to find out if I could still help them. I invited them home and gave them four tasks out of which they could finish only two. They were asked to write a review on any recent English movie and the other one was to write this blog post. This is one of the works done by them.

Wish all of them best of luck for their future endeavors.

The new American president, Barack Obama, seems in a mood to challenge the American kids. He made this quite apparent while interacting with local residents at California’s Costa Mesa town hall on Wednesday.

He said that American schools need to have strong measures of performance if they want the kids to compete with the kids in China or India. He was hinting that the Indian and Chinese kids are much smarter than the American kids of the same age. It seems that he wants his people to invest in their kids if they want to see a better America in future.

He also said that parents should not place all the responsibility on the teachers. They have the onus to take care of the child, to participate in their homework, to read to them often and so on so that the child gets the basic values and goes on to become a better citizen.

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