The LGBT affair

They've been instances in our evolution where we've attempted to address issues that've turned out to be way beyond discussion.Similarly there've been issues that've been widely debated and questioned only to discover that they were'nt even worth consideration in the first case.The latest issue to have carved its way into the latter category has been the Delhi High Court verdict decriminalizing homosexuality,commonly known as the LGBT affair.

The LGBT affair,used to connote Lesbians,gays,Bisexuals,transsexuals has since time immemorial been a contention widely in discussion.But owing to the stigma surrounding it,did'nt find the support contemporary thinkers.The rallies,strikes in the West must have caused an article or two being penned down by its protagonist,but was quickly drowned out in the plethora of other social issues before it even had a chance to cause any repercussions.

But the recent High Court ruling seemed to have awakened all the LGBT's who've pitched this to be their do-or-die endeavor.The weeks surrounding the rulings have witnessed a lot of debates and discussions,mostly ending up hostile,between the open minded aficionado's and religious fanatics with the latter claiming " Nature's way to be the only way of life ".

I start my analysis with the antagonists who claim " Nature's way to be the only way of life ". Their flagrant claim that it increases the chances of people contracting HIV/AIDS and instances of child abuse is rubbished by doctors and medical experts who believe that HIV would come down as now people would take more precautions than they did earlier because of reduced social burden.And regarding the child abuse claim,i'd like to remind them of their so called success rate before the law was decriminalized and ask them how far had they been successful in mitigating it.Moreover the child protection laws we have are more than legislatively enabled to deal with such cases.

Now coming down to the LGBT's ,i believe that they have the right to display their affection, emotions and feelings irrespective of creed and sex.Just like other people they have the right to personal freedom and deserve to live their lives instead of the discrimination and harrassment they are constantly subjected to.I'm perfectly cool with the fact of having to live with an LGBT as my neighbour and see no reason why someone would not feel so.Furthermore,the affection they recieve from their partners makes them confident individuals and their children emotionally secure and responsible future citizens(am sayin this confidently because i've interacted with a few LGBT's and their families).

Coming down to the end,inspite of all discussions and country wide debates there will still be two sides of a coin.Their are some issues one side claims support of to reject the verdict while their are a lot other issues which help favour the supporting side.Inspite of all issues,there is one thing that has to be accepted:-LGBT's will continue to live inspite of whether the society accepts or rejects them.So its best if we end worthless discussions and instead focus on accomodating them in our social sphere coz they will be here,ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

Fantastic Federer

There are some things which look great only to die down in time.

But there are some things which go straight down into history books.

Andy Roddick's miss-hit at the baseline is the quintessence of what would

go down in history as the biggest miss-hit of all times and possibly the

most celebrated one too (at least by fedex fan's).The epic final, possibly the greatest Wimbledon one ever, stretched on for 4 hrs and 16 mins before the great man broke Roddick's serve , the only one in the match ,to capture Wimbledon 2009 ,the 15th Grand Slam and reclaim the

World's no. 1 rank

It all began in the afternoon with Roddick winning the toss and serving, both men quickly establishing that they meant business. Fusillades of Cross-court forehands and backhands, dive returns and tiring long rallies were some of the characteristics seen from the start of the match. Breaking Federer's serve, Roddick took the first set 7-5 .Quickly down 2-6 in the tie breaker of the 2nd set ,Destiny's child showing nerves of steel by holding on to Roddick's serve with the adept backhand slices ,took home the set. Taking advantage of the shell-shocked Roddick, Federer took the 3rd set in the tie break, 7-6(5).

Fuelled by loss in the last 2 sets, Roddick jumped up his play and with extraordinary serving and hitting ,snatched the 4th set 6-3 , blocking Federer's attempts to try stop him. Now came the apotheosis to the final. Inspired by the presence of the pantheon's of Wimbledon, (Pete Sampras, Bjorn Borg, John McEnroe, Rod Laver) the champions raised their game intriguing the entire arena. Both men held on to their serves for the first 16 games firing a fusillade of aces. There were some anxious moments as Andy got 2 match points in the 17th game on Federer's Serve, but Federer prevailed with some hard serving. Who would have thought that this would turn out to be the turning point of the game.

It was finally in the 30th game that came the break, the crack, when the Swiss maestro got an advantage on the American's serve, eventually breaking it to seal the set and the match. Federer's instantaneous reaction said it all .The exhilaration ,the euphoria of success which seemed to burst out of the calm and serene champion ,indicated just how much the Swiss went through ,both mentally and physically , before reaching this juncture

One can not help but feel sorry for the American, Andy Roddick, who in spite of giving his best ,lost at the critical moment. As he sat there probably thinking about the second set and the 2 match points he lost , one could not help but salute the man who nearly derailed the Swiss

giant. Federer might have outlasted him ,but he certainly did not defeat Andy Roddick.

But the Swiss, 6 years and 68 titles later, managed to keep his date with Destiny. He certainly silenced his critics by showing us today why he still is the champion. Pete Sampras declared “Today an icon is born ".

Now, probably staring at the title, Fedex would realize that the only man standing between his way to achieving further greatness is staring

back at him-HE HIMSELF.