0 Editors' Note

Volume X; MARCH 2011

Why is the moon round? Why does the sun rise in the east and set in the west? There are times when all of us have this question - WHY??

This month N-Zine tries to portray some of the occasions when you wanted to say WHY?? From the painful and distressed to the light hearted and funny, N-Zine brings to you a wide array of emotions related to this WHY??

And for next month, N-Zine is going Green. Not Green as in Green-Eyed Monster of Jealousy but Green as in Eco-Friendly. Enjoy this month's quota of fantabulous posts and hope to see you all for our next issue. And of course if you would like to be a part of this magazine, have helpful suggestions for us or just for your valued feedback, email us at nzinemag@gmail.com.

The Zineouses

Editorial team

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1 LOST!!!

"Mamma!! Can you call Granny with your cellphone," Prerna spoke up for the first time since her mother picked her up from dance class

"Not now beta, there's our bus," Mrs. Joshi tells her daughter, a bit surprised at her daughter - surprised to find her so silent, so totally unlike her bubbly self. "Must have gotten scolded by her dance teacher for blabbering away with friends," Mrs. Joshi thinks and decides to let Prerna mull over it until she is ready to speak about it.

Both of them board bus no. 42. "Mamma!! Window seat!!" Prerna rushes to a vacant window seat while Mrs. Joshi sits a couple of rows in front.

Mrs. Joshi's mind wanders away, thinking of her to-dos and not-to-dos when all of sudden she remembers that their stop is approaching. She turns around but Prerna isn't in her seat.

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0 What say you? Who or Why?

“Hey, do you know what is a ‘Why-Why’ analysis?” Lulu, my parrot asked.

“Nope! Why are you asking me that question?” I replied.

“Good that you don’t know. Now I can talk confidently about it. It is a simple technique to discover the root cause of a problem. You just ask ‘Why’ five times to discover the root cause!”

“Ok, tell me,” I said, “why does the sun shine?”

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2 Winter of 99

‘And the Award for the Best Book of the Year goes to ...any guesses?’ the announcer looked around the auditorium and smiled ‘none other than the brilliant debut book by renowned artist Anusha Choudhury’.

Soumya's heart sank he had seen this coming. The hall was filled with frantic clapping and cheering. Anusha’ was dazed and didn't know how to react. She stood up and looked towards Soumya but couldn't find his eyes. Anusha’ turned and walked towards the dias.

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1 Worship

We worship idols.

We worship frames.

We worship places.

We worship names.

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1 Trip to the city of lost symbol, museums and memorials - Part 2

After a very hectic day we crashed into our beds to relax before we began the evening tour which looked very promising.

We were picked up by the tour bus at 7 PM and it took us to other pickup points and their main office opposite the Old Post office building. There our tour guide for the evening Andrew aka Andy got into the bus and started cracking jokes and showed a few card tricks, magic etc to entertain the tourists. It was fun and exciting when he said that all along the tour he will unravel some of the mysteries and symbols that lay across the entire city.

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2 WHY?

Why does my eyes look away when you are around

but searches for you beyond the horizon in your absence?

Why do I make you believe that I am strong

but deep inside I need you very much?

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1 Forget the WHY... Lets look at the SKY!!!

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1 Why not me, Ma?

Just because its an X and not a Y,

Can't I have a life ma, can't I fly high?

If The She is worshipped and respected,
Then why am I being, unwanted and aborted?

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2 WATZ YOUR WHY?

What should be the most important premise on which a life should be based?

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3 How do I know if my message was read by the person I sent it to?

Sometimes its frustrating to wait for days to know whether your email was read by its recipients when you are sending time-critical information . But If you are using "Outlook Express" version 5.01 and later, you need not to wait it has a feature called "Read Receipt". Let us see how to use it.

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1 Questions Galore!!

A few questions that the kid in me wants to ask!!!

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