A Kaleidoscope
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
The broken promise
Clear blue sky,
Soft sand,
Orange sun
Can feel the salt in the air.
Yes you'd better go now
Time's running out
The cars whizz past the waiting cab
The cab driver looking on nonchalently-
He doesn't mind the meter running
But wait.... Did you not promise?...
Sigh!!
Anyway don't bother.Just leave
The wine glass tumbles and breaks into pieces..
Wait-leave the pieces here.
Just leave..will you?
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Absolutely ridiculous it is when you actually miss them,when there is no need to,when you are sure you don't really "like" them and its all time pass in any case.
what is with this hope and expectation?shucks man time to re-engineer myself ASAP
Thursday, September 16, 2010
passion
He didn’t know how she was feeling. As usual, she was being secretive.
He was blabbering like a fool, talking about things which did not matter.
He saw her peering into a shop, which made really exquisite knick-knacks, some where the usual machine produced Gaudi impersonated touristy souvenirs. Some were genuine creations. And she liked something. He liked the way her eyes suddenly brightened up , and then she smiled. A beautiful smile. It was as though She forgot everything at that moment, only the thing that she likes is on her mind, making her happy, making her want it.He is amazed to see the quick change in her face.The varied emotions in a flick of a minute.
She knows she can’t take it back. A slight disappointment, but she enjoyed having it in her hands for three seconds. To have felt it, she would carry the feeling with her all her life. He saw her slowly moving back her hair, behind her ears and looking at a small scale wireframe version of a motorcycle. He saw her eyes searching through the knick-knacks. Taking each of them slowly, as if registering all these things in her memories.
Sometimes He wonders why does he like her so much?He has no answers.
As they stroll on, she comes and holds his hand. She grasps it rather and they start to aimlessly walk again. He sees a small alleyway and leads her into it. She is still trying to make sure he is all right. He throws down the bag and grabs her by the shoulders and pushes her against a wall. She has no resistance. She looks into his eyes, what does he see? He doesn’t know. He get confused. He can’t understand her eyes. He can’t understand what she wants him to tell. He looks at her, she looks afraid, she looks sad. Her eyes are pleading, but for what? Pleading for what?He looks at her. He wants to hold her, smell her, he wants to make her his, he wants her to belong to him, he wants her to lovehim with abandon.
The same selfish old him and the things that he wanted.
And there she was standing, trying to comfort him, trying to be his support, again and again, trying to do everything herself. Trying to be strong.
It’s all in the mind she says. True, everything is in the mind. Make it like the sea, unwavering and unending. He looks at her; he can only look at her. He realizes so many things at the same time.
She hugs him, and they are two people stuck in time forever. Barcelona flows around them, colours and music, moving in an unhurried pace, just like waves lapping the seashore. Reality is a bit further away from them. Just like the hustle and bustle of the city. They break their embrace and start walking towards the main road. Suddenly she pushes and hugs him again. He hugs her back; she is so close to him. It feels like nothing can come between them, nothing, not even the heaven themselves, it feels nothing can take her away from him, not even the illusion themselves.
But isn’t that an illusion in itself. But at that moment time had stopped. Barcelona came to a standstill. He could hear, her heart beat, the small breathe escaping her lips, her eyelids flutter, her hair brushed slightly by the slow moving breeze, her hand tightening the grip on his finger, and her body weight slowly falling on him. He could feel her, slowly mixing into his consciousness, slowly breaking the mould and then.... and then it goes in an instant. She looks up, He meets her gaze.
They break their embrace and start walking towards the hustle and bustle, the colours and contours, the sangria and tapas, the Gaudi and Guello of Barcelona.
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Exorcising the ghost
I'm patient like never before.I tolerate.I analyze.I analyze again...and again...and again.I speculate,I imagine,I ruminate,I discuss,i go over the same things yet again.
I have been possessed by the devil it seems..
Then came a ripple..a slight,fragile one..nothing out of the ordinary.But this time it rakes up a storm-a huge gigantic storm,in the mind.
The glass shatters and breaks and opens my eyes..all the inconsistencies,the fakeness-its right there..logic returns back like the prodigal son..the devil flees..
The storm subsides quite suddenly..but not before the picture is clear and I have become resolute.Its done its job with precision.Everything is over.It has destroyed the link to my dazed world.
Something has snapped and its never going to be the same again.I revel at my new found joy.The freedom is what I find charming.I'm bacK to the world I love,with my feet firmly on the ground and worry far far away
:)
Friday, March 19, 2010
Monday, February 15, 2010
Promise
Today as I officially hit the wrong side of twenty all the philosophy suddenly begins to make sense.All this time,I have practically lived with a perpetual guilt of always procrastinating and never having given my all in the things I care about,in the things I want to do.
And likewise after every outcome irrespective of good and bad,I have been left wondering if things would have been different had I given my best.
People think I'm lucky.Perhaps I'm,because despite my insincerity things have not really gone terribly wrong so far.
But I think enough is enough.Today as I turn 26,I'm making a promise to myself that I shall be sincere in everything I undertake-leave no stone unturned in my efforts to achieve excellence in whatever I pursue.
Would I be disappointed if I don't achieve the outcome I'm looking for? sure I will
but its going to be a lot better than bearing the guilt of not having given enough.
Its my job to do my best.And I shall do my job.
Amen
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Rainbow
A clear blue sky,a crimson moment
A purple patch in yellow memories
A dark brown stain in the white satin sheets
And green ink spilled on a a notebook that is neat
Scarlet romances wrapped in pink bedsheets
Grey hangovers post winy liquids
Orange mornings in a maroon mood
Growls of Azure hunger met with peach bland food
Turquoise dreams breaking before lilac dawn,
The violet orchid in a chrome vase
Magenta hopes against jaded reality
And finally a wait for coral days at the end of bistre evenings
Monday, October 26, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Coming soon
anyway ...will post something soon,if not some incoherent poem,maybe some ramblings that is so typical me..
coming soon;-)
Friday, October 2, 2009
Arise and Awake
And I would want to splash every color on the palette.
And for a change I will keep black, white and grey off it.
One day I would want to write an intense love song,
I would want rose petals and heart shapes,
And also lots and lots of pink and red.
One day I would want to just hold hands and walk into the sunset,
And I would want eye gazing and compliments,
And I just wouldn't want any time frames.
One day I only would want to love,
Simply love, sing of love, breathe of it,
I wouldn't care about wine and small talk.
Knock Knock anybody home?
I woke up in a jolt,
What a slumber! What sloth!
Friday, September 18, 2009
Fresh start
I heard through words that were scribbled
I tasted from empty glass
I lost and then found specks of me
In little pockets of my being
Put them together and stared at myself,
What was being reflected in the transparent glass
That is when I knew,I had arrived again
That is when I knew I had reached again
That is when I knew I was back to the starting point again.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Split wide open
I saw a dream,I said it was not real
I tried to evade the truth
Said to myself the glass was still half full
I told time to wait,Though I know the clock always moves.
I tried to shut up,I knew my mind still rambled
I prayed every waking hour,
I would still sleep restless and tormented
I waited for the waves to surge
I saw them break before reaching the shore
I started to run,I was still struggling for a direction
I have closed the door shut
But I believe a window is still open
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Another brick in the wall
The spell has broken
The cord has snapped
I'm suddenly awake
And I'm all alert
The light is blinding,
And the noise is deafening.
And then I smile,It becomes a laugh,gradually
I laugh so hard that I cry,I wipe my tears
And I look at the world outside
The clarity is astounding
I don't know if I've seen like this before
I just know I can see beyond the wall.
Thursday, September 10, 2009
A noiseless thud
I still choose to be unaffected
And numb,Justify I will not,
I will not tell my story,I need no pity
No sympathy,In the strange ways of life,
I don't mind walking alone,Maybe this
is what it means to break without a sound.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
me
I wink back at the twinkling stars.
I smile at the serene moon
I fight with time
I battle with fate
I still look for signs on which way to go
I breathe out my angst
I cry out my kohl
When I wipe off my face,I want the stains to go
I bleed my years
I gray my youth
When the fine lines come,I will love them too
I defy myself,
Surprise my being
Toiling with the pen,has never been a sin
I walk like roads wont meet
I hope being aware of defeat
I'm trying to see beyond the obvious,is it all a myth?
I have scribbled these incoherent lines,
Tried to paint a picture of what I cannot fathom
Maybe when I wake up tomorrow,I will know what I mean
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Want
Let me breathe.
Set my mind flying,
Let my heart beat.
Set my soul running,
Let me dream.
Give me flight,
Give me belief,
Give me reason,
Give me motion.
Give me myself.
Find me a home,
Find me a moment,
Find me a smile,
Find me a door,
Find me my world.
Saturday, September 5, 2009
the color
The haze has cleared
Was it purple or blue?
green or any other hue?
I don't remember,
However,now the sight is clear
Walking down the congested streets,
amidst all the jostling,
my mind loses itself in some random thoughts
It goes spiraling into something profound and deep
And suddenly I feel my heart beating,again
Its healing,its peeling,its holding on
As i go deep down into my skin,I'm not scared
to see the blood,the veins,under the sheen,
I stare into blank space,and I look at the shadows on the ceiling,
I wonder through the night, and I talk to my being.
Time
And every time I take a deep breath and try hard to think past it,it works,but only momentarily.
O goddess of time,please stitch my wound tight,its only a matter of time..
Friday, September 4, 2009
the importance of "un"
Uncanny connections with Unfamiliar faces
Unsaid words and Uncried tears
Unhealed wounds and Unanswered prayers
Undue hurts accepted through Unquestioned reasons,
Unmatched optimism in Unfavourable circumstances.
Unheard promises transmitted through Unclosed eyes,
Untainted want met with unloved price.
Uneasy silence between Uncomfortable souls,
Unbearable distance between Unmet goals.
Unwritten chapters of Unexpressed laments,
Undone portrait of Unforgettable moments
Unflinching belief to complete Unfinished stories,
Unclasped hands struggling to create Unrealised glories.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Profound
flying high
It's amazing how,what you thought would be the hardest thing to bear,the most troubling predicament to endure,the most difficult road to travel is not such a great impediment.
Its a marvel as to how what you thought would be the toughest pricking,is in effect just a slight prick and then what I had was the liberation from my greatest fear.This is the feeling of a caged soul being winged-soaring high in the clear blue skies,with the wind being the new friend,the sun being my new fling and my heart filled up with an emptiness,and me singing out with all my guts.
Its Indeed a heavenly feeling to be free from the chains you have created for yourself.
Uncanny
Feels more when high,or left in the lurch
Dreams more when wide awake,
Travels more when lost
And,is more surprised when things happen ,
just the way they should be.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Rambling
Destiny has strange ways of shaking you up,grounding you to the reality.
There's a whole new perspective to things.
It is indeed very refreshing to be in focus,not to lose sight of the picture and not procrastinate.
Sometimes its cathartic to not let things be out of mind when they are literally out of sight.To hold on to the sight,and endeavor towards it is the key.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
COre
then came epiphany
Am surprisingly upbeat despite the things around me looking bleak and somber
just two words for revamping
focus and sincerity.
:-)
(reader never mind,move on to the next post)
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Bolt from the blue
Till there was an uncharacteristic jolt,
That shook the quietude and the serenity of the soul
I Got caught in its mesh and was engulfed in its fury
It submerged every shred of reason and sanity I had,
And then it stopped,as abruptly it had come,just like that
and all that was left behind was smoke arising out of a dusty road,
and me standing alone,forlorn.
Finally it brought a realization that rocked me to the core.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Darkness and light
Meaning:
Lead me from untruth to truth; Lead me from darkness to light; Lead me from death to immortality.
A skeleton tumbles out of my closet,Stares at me eye to eye
I stare back at it with disbelief,My eyes wide open
A feeling of queasiness and dejection overpower me,
I find myself plummeting down a pitch dark pit
My throat is dry and parched and a fear,a dread envelopes me
I'm cold,I'm shivering and I'm immobile.
I have lost all sense of time,the noises around me have dimmed,
I hear nothing,I see nothing,i feel only fear.
Suddenly I'm stirred,
I take a deep breath,Count to ten,try to focus,
A train of thoughts whiz past me,I try to hold on to them,
Try to make some sense of the indecipherable,incoherent mess
I try to keep my emotions at bay,It takes a lot of effort.
All I feel is an emptiness deep down,a sinking feeling.
But I know life has to go on,denial is no solution,
The burden has to be borne
I hope Time will ease the pain,will heal the wound,
I hope to see the light soon,I start to gather myself up.
Even if I limp,If I struggle,I have to trudge along,My goal has to be reached.
All is not yet lost,But I want to see ,when I look back to this time now,
That this has been a turning point,a rise of the phoenix from the ashes,
A new beginning from a decay,
I want to see amidst the distress,bruise and anguish ,
a lesson has been learnt,and learnt well
Monday, August 17, 2009
Today
Today I don't want poignant silences,I want to pour my heart out
Today I don't want to hear the crickets chirping,I want to sing out loud
Today I don't want to contemplate,I want to throw my head back and laugh
Today I don't want to hold onto any grudges,I want to let go
Today I don't want to daydream looking at white fluffy clouds,I want to fly,
higher and higher,With my wings spread out.
Today I don't want to choke,I want to be silly and unperturbed and carefree.
Me
Saturday, August 15, 2009
one of the things
This is why a 120 minutes film gets over in 5 hrs,and a book which ought to be finished in 3 days take 5 days.
Sometimes I wish I could read and watch movies in an unconcerned,in an unaffected way.
But that would make me so placid and dead.
No I'd much rather be "involved".My life vibrates with the throbbing..
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Music
Which articulate the palette of emotions,
Moments of joy,splendor and speechlessness.
Moments of longing,agony and despair.
A drive down the lonesome highway,
With just the blue skies and lush green trees,
On either sides,
And the i Pod playing a track.
The long heavy sigh in my heart,
And the moisture in my closed eyes,
Force upon me the realization,
of what I lack.
The dream to love,the dream of holding hands,
The dream of a passionate embrace,
Kissing in the rain with a song in my mind,
With my heart thumping hard.
Many a times when words have failed,
Songs have been my only friend.
There have been times when I couldn't express,
Even with gestures I do best,
That's when I have hoped for the lyrics to do the rest.
Music brings in the moment,when nothing else matters,
Neither the pain of losing,nor the passion of want.
I know that music will be my life long friend,In my journey along.
'Tis What I hum even in the bustling crowd.
it is one of the very few things that can never go wrong
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Vain..
familiar reversion of the mind,
the cries of anguish and despair
A feeling of disappointment and disbelieve
stares at me.
My attempts of dismemberment,
goes in vain.
Nothing fits,none can reassure,
The tears won't stream down
as obstinate as they are,
The heart aches at the
Futility of it all.
Hope
a ray of hope that just refuses to die,defying all sense of logic?
I hope I'm not living in a fool's paradise..being drawn into the mirage,against my sense of reasoning..
the hope just refuses to die..
These are a few of my favorite things..always bring a smile to my face and a spring in my step..
Wish I could stall these moments..just like a photograph captures the good moments..wish I could grasp these moments in my fist..to make it mine..
But it eludes me..
Maybe that's why I treasure it so much..long for it with an aching heart..
Maybe that's why its so special
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Complicated
I'm watching this flick "he's just Not that into you"..
It's a nice movie..funny and a little bit insightful too.
I still haven't quite finished it..but I had to write what came into my mind ..
which is.... it suddenly struck me its been a while I was in the dating scene although its been ages I have been single..really ages..But I really haven't been in the dating world so to speak.
Its scary..by the looks of it..guy meets you,you seem to have a nice time,he drops hints..then calls /doesn't call what could it mean...really mind boggling stuff.
I'm scared I don't wanna date..But I will have to eventually date when I wanna settle down or I do meet someone interesting enough to spur me to come out of my reluctance.
It sure is a risky proposition..but I'm guessing it will be a good experience too.
Sometimes I wish I was a lesbian..life would be a lot simpler..
Understanding men is very very complicated..and I think it's the stupid heart that gets in the way and not to mention the ego that escalates the problem manifold..
So either my pride or my heart has to stop feeling things or I rather be a lesbian..
sounds complicated?
hah!! tell me about it..
Friday, August 7, 2009
I have a very low haemoglobin count.
My blood pressure is abysmally low.
I feel lethargic and mentally exhausted even though I'm doing nothing.
The sky is perpetually overcast and its incessantly raining..there is dampness ,gloom and melancholy all over.
I had gone for a haircut to liven up my mood and the hairdresser chopped quite a lot of my tresses cos I was having split ends..
My hair is all fizzy and soggy due to the monsoons.
Added to that I have ONE central thought in my head which keeps droning like a overworked engine,even worse cos it has no tendency to stop anytime soon.It just keeps nagging at the back of my mind,like a child unattended to by the mom,except in this case giving attention to it is yielding opposite results.
To get rid of the thought there lies just one solution..to stop thinking but the thought just wont budge.No matter how much I try to think other things,divert my mind to other stuff,a voice keeps popping up and repeating.
The thought is one of a kind..its not a worry,it has no clear ball path..its just a nagging voice that tells just one thing and it starts with "but".
So in effect I have soggy chopped hair,I'm lethargic and I'm mentally exhausted trying to turn a deaf ear to the nagging..the sky is overcast and there is a damp melancholy oozing all over.And I look my worst cos I have lost 6 kgs.
Can it get any worse?
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Speechless
When words are hard to find..its my expressions that do the talking..
like the misty eyes,the lump in my throat..the coy smile,the mischievous glint..the red face..
Sometimes the sonorous silence is cathartic.. :)
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Phew!!
It is really very difficult to enjoy something and Not want it to last forever..
That's when it hits you that future is not in your hands..that's when you realize you are NOT in control..
Sometimes I wish I was in control..sometimes I wish its good in a way that I can't be in control-it takes away a Big responsibility off my shoulder..
I wish I could make up my mind..
I'm afraid to WANT something too badly lest I have a change of mind..
I'm also afraid to want something coz I'm not too sure if it's really good for me..
I"m also afraid to want things cos I'm afraid that I won't get them and I will be dejected!!
phew!!
I wish I had the blue print of the BIG PICTURE..
but would life be good if it were not a game? I wonder..
All i can ever do is wonder and hope that I don't make mistakes and even if I do I hope they don't become too BIG ..
I wish my thinking stopped...It sometimes is a big headache..coz all I do is go round and round the mulberry bush and in the process I don't get to enjoy what is happening..
phew!!
P.S It's a gloomy day..but I don't feel too gloomy...maybe it's cos I had a good sleep..dammit I will not think why...I don't feel gloomy..that's it..
I have to really start enjoying the journey rather than keep harping on the destination...phew!! heavy stuff there :D
Saturday, August 1, 2009
sigh!!
It hurts..the mind is numb.. confidence is ebbing..
It will take a while to pick up the pieces...
sigh
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Fear
The inertia has been stirred.I'm restless and impatient but I know not what is it that I seek...
I know not what I want,I know not what I like is indeed the best thing,whether it will last..
I'm afraid to hope.I'm afraid to think.I'm afraid of the future.I cannot close my eyes and jump off the cliff.I'm afraid of hurting myself.I'm afraid to take a chance..
A thick pallid sky, Just like the blanket over my brain, Both slowly settling down. I dare not invoke my senses, They are too receptive for my own good...
I'm afraid to hope..what if my expectations are not met?what if my dreams don't come true?what if my worst nightmares become real?
I wonder which is worse :to be an option to somebody or not even figure in the options list..
I wonder why is life so damn uncertain that the even when I'm smiling,it's not reaching my eyes..
when did this happen?
am i getting old?
Monday, July 20, 2009
Trifle
I'm miffed with somebody.I know this will pass..
I'm missing something/somebody..
I wonder how can I miss something which is not mine..
I hope "this"passes too...
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Sometimes I want to write but can't do a half baked job..Sometimes I don't want to write..Sometimes I don't want to anything and I wonder how do I bide away my time..
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Comfortably Numb
I have all the freedom in the world now.I have all the time in my hands,like I have always wanted.No constraints seem to bind me.Yet I want to take a sabbatical from it all.All of a sudden I want to be left alone.I don't feel like talking,I don't feel like meeting people.I don't like the bonhomie.I want to be all alone,by myself surrounded with big fat books,music and paintings that I love.I want to be transported to a sun kissed beach,with the waves caressing my feet,and the orange hues of sun spreading across to welcome an idyllic dawn...I want to be under a orange blue sky,amidst lush green trees
I don't think I have all the freedom..I'm still stuck in my room...
But I really do want to take some time off from everybody and everything..do things at my pace.I wish the incessant noise in my mind,in my brain just stopped. I want to be away from the din,the cacophony,the clamor.
I want to "become comfortably numb.."
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Today I was going to the South City mall,to watch a film(Madly Bangalee) at the multiplex.At this place Taratala,I had to switch autos.As I went near the auto stand and asked which auto was south city bound, I was pointed at a direction by a person,presumably an auto driver ,and he told someone there to tell me exactly which one to get up on.While I was walking in that direction,this tall bespectacled guy in three quarter pants,and a T shirt with a stubble flipped his fingers to beckon me.I thought cool..
Two minutes later I realized he was the auto driver.More than being disappointed I was startled.In kolkata,and I presume in India,it is very easy to "classify" drivers.I don't know but somehow you just know one,when you see one..just like when you know someone is a student or a lecturer.
This bespectacled cool guy,well dressed with a stubble did not fit in at all.It was like fish out of water.I don't know why,but it startled me.
I wish everybody took a cue from this guy and dressed in a way that it would be difficult to tell who is what,what kind of a financial status they belonged to,what they do for a living.I so wish a day comes when we just can't "classify" and judge others on the basis of appearance,of any kind.
Shalalala
I think it's going to rain..
I'm going to see a movie with my best friend..
All nice and good things happening after what seems to be like an eternity.
psst. ..psst I hope this ecstatic mood lasts longer and doesn't disintegrate like a delusion.
touch wood!
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Head and heart;;Heart and head
Get out of my life
You bring me pain, but you give me pleasure
Don't know what I like
-Judas Priest
I loathe it when my head and my heart are divergent in it's views and opinion.I strongly believe in the fact that the head is above the heart.But I have tough time-a really hard time when I have to listen to my head and my heart is totally uninterested.I know I should follow my head,but the pain that my heart generates in having to align itself with my head is overwhelming.It leaves me dejected and discombobulated.
Presently I'm going through this phase when my heart refuses to listen to any kind of logic my head is providing with.I'm thus an emotionally high strung bitch who is all jittery and vexed-snapping at people who want to help me and who care for me.
I hate my heart at the moment.It's making me give importance to unwanted things and unimportant people.I seem to find no energy and spirit in doing any thing.I'm all sullen.
I'm seeing blue all around me.I don't like it.
I wish I could trust Dire Straits when they sing this:
Baby I see this world has made you sad
Some people can be bad
The things they do, the things they say
But baby Ill wipe away those bitter tears
Ill chase away those restless fears
That turn your blue skies into grey
Why worry, there should be laughter after the pain
There should be sunshine after rain
These things have always been the same
So why worry now
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
sombre
My mind is in a turmoil.I know not what to do.Nothing seems right.I have so much to do and there is so little time.I'm feeling down,I'm feeling lonely..Nothing feels good..My health is suffering,I feel lethargic,yet I cannot rest,nor do I feel "upto it"
There is something seriously wrong.My spirits are low.I feel my confidence is down in the dumps.I don't even feel like doing anything-not even the things I like,yet I want to do them so much.
Is it my health or is it my mind?"the spin down the road" seems like a Herculean task right now,even metaphorically..
I wish I could shed tears to let the obscure burden be off,but they seem to have dried up..
I feel like I'm in a abyss- a pitch dark gloomy mess
Monday, June 22, 2009
Morning Raga
She was out in the veranda at 5 Am in the morning.Up on the tenth floor,she had a beautiful view of the city's skyline against the backdrop of the early morning sky,ushering in the first rays of the sun.The sun was a orange ball peeping out slowly,inch by inch,just as a dolphin peeps out from the sea waters.Down below the traffic was very thin,yet the people on the streets seemed to be in a perpetual hurry-with the newspaper boy cycling vigorously and knowing which paper to drop where, without looking at his various bundles stacked,with mom's hurrying with the toddlers who have a morning session of play school,to scribble the alphabets and play with the plasticine.The milk man and the vegetable vendors and the person selling fish and the delivering the chicken,all hurrying to get to their workplace faster to sell more.
The garbage pick up truck comes and spoils the tranquility of the locality.Down the street the fresh flowers were being put on display,brightening and livening up the atmosphere both with their beauty and their scent.
She saw the morning walkers also moving at a brisk pace-old men wearing shorts ,with shoes laced up et al trying to remain fit and also spending time at the park,making buddies..health conscious youngsters jogging.She noticed the neighborhood tea shack opening,to make the first kettle of tea,to serve it along with the kachuri and the aloo ka dum,street style,steaming hot to the morning passer by's..
she saw the birds crying in various decibels and busy with their chores.
A sense of urgency seems to have taken over everybody despite an idyllic dawn.She took a long breath,sighed and turned around to get busy herself,to get into the "hurry" mode.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
A ride in the scorching heat
Today I was out on the street under the blazing sun at 2 in the afternoon.The weather here can be best described as harrowing and agonizing.and around 2 when the sun is at it's peak form the pain is excruciating.The heat seemed through rip my skin-the burning sensation was like needles being pricked on my skin.Added to that was the humidity that was making it even worse.
I took a cab for transport to have some respite.Buses seemed like overcrowded boxes of tin and the idea of getting up on one was unfathomable...
Sitting next to the window and having hot air blown at my face ,I passed an old man waiting at the bus stop,lots of middle aged women wearing synthetic saris and perpetually wet ,holed up inside the bus,some sitting,some standing-they seemed to be in a group going somewhere together;a cycle rickshaw puller with a fat couple,some people sleeping on the pavements wearing torn clothes and kids playing wearing nothing..
Lots of people in different sizes,shapes gender and age bracket,united in one thing-all of us are facing the same blistering heat,and trying to be comfortable within our means..
I shudder to think about exchanging places with that old man who has to take a bus in this harsh weather.I wonder what it must be for the numerous daily wagers who have to be out to earn their bread.
I feel very guilty that I can afford to take the most comfortable public transport,when there are millions who cannot afford it and have to suffer.Yet I cannot bring myself to forgo the privilege and join them.
I feel bad but I'm too selfish to sacrifice.All I do is thank God everyday for the good fortune I have and I pray that it remains forever ..meanwhile I also hope that someday ,someday all the sufferers get to share my privilege..
I wish I knew what to do to make the latter happen..
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Few Bizarre things I noticed
1. I still have the ink mark on my finger, the one that was put on my finger the day I had gone to vote. It’s been over a month now. And it’s not showing any signs of going away any time soon.
2. I don’t like to cut my nails, not because I want them long. I don’t like long nails or putting nail polish, but I don’t like cutting them either. The worst part is my nails seem to grow in like every 3 days. They like tormenting me and making me do things I don’t want to do.
3. I like long hair. But my hair doesn’t seem to grow beyond one point. Yet when I go to my hair dresser, she’s always scolding me that I’m long over due for a trim, and that I’m neglecting and spoiling my good hair.
4. Before every exam, some eventful thing of extreme importance happens in the world.
In my masters exam the serial blasts on the trains in Mumbai happened, before my CFA level 1 exam 26/11 happened. Before my level 2, Aila happened..
5. For the first time, I realized mountains are actually really huge. From the ground they look huge, that’s pretty okay, but this time when I was going to Kathmandu,we were above the clouds, and so were the
Nainital
I was all of 5 years when i had gone to Nainital.It's a beautiful lake resort which nestles amidst seven hills in a lush valley at an altitude of 1938 mts. In 1841, the British first discovered Nainital as a holiday resort.It is popularly known as the "lake district" of India.
I don't remember in intricate details much about that trip but I found that the weather was fantastic and the place was beautiful and exotic.It was cold but pleasant. Air was fresh and crisp and the sight of trees of the mountains filled my eyes and my heart.IT is covered with Sal ,Pine ,Oak, Buruns, Kaphal and other trees growing unto 6000 ft. along with Deodar , Surai etc. at higher altitudes.
We were staying at a sprawling bungalow-it had a large garden with lush green grass,beautiful bright colored flowers and a quaint little shack where you could sit and read and sip tea.The dining room was oak paneled.The living room was designed in Victorian style and the decor was very classy.In all I felt back then that I was transported to those enchanting places I saw in English movies.
We spent around a week or maybe 10 days there..and I loved every moment of it.My mother used to hurl me out of my sleep at 6 AM(that's the only bad thing) and get me ready(taking a bath in that chilly morning for a 5 year old is a pain)..I used to be all excited to a have a very English breakfast of porridge and omelet in that oak paneled room,with napkins and all...as a kid it felt regal...Then I used to play in the garden,read my fairy tales for an hour and then we used to go out..
Once we had gone to the lakes for a boat ride..I saw many dragon shaped pedaling boats. We were seated in a wooden row-boat. The boat-man explained the lake had natural groundwater which was supplied to entire Nainital.There were so many ducks,all dazzling white with bright yellow beaks,wading in the water..I remember touching one of them and remember splashing water on one and seeing it vigorously brush it off..
Once we had taken the rope way..it was my first aerial view of sorts....I remember looking at the mountains in the distance and wondering if the snow was vanilla ice cream..I wanted to touch the snow..
I rode a horse for the first time...The horse owner's daughter took a liking for me and made me sit with her and took me for a ride..I loved the wind rushing by and sweeping my hair back..I remember wanting some more of it...I had made a mental note to learn horse riding one day..(it still remains a wish).
Once we had gone shopping and I realized that's the most boring thing one can possibly do..I remember not liking the bustling crowd-it reminded me of streets in esplanade where there's jostling and pushing and a lot of haggling..and I remember thinking aren't we on a holiday to be away from all of that!!..and then I saw queer wooden pieces on sale,and I got very interested in the idea of helping mom in selecting the pieces..It was difficult to choose -everything was so cute and pretty and dainty..
And then we returned,but those 10 days or so were one of the best moments of my life..
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Three amazing things
1. It just occurred to me my Mom has not yelled,scorned,smirked,frowned or ignored me for almost a week now.I wonder what's wrong?-Is it me or her...whatever it is ,it's a very unsettling pleasant change.I'm not sure I like the queasy feeling..but neither am I sure whether I want to end the peaceful tranquility.
2.It rained here after a very bad patch of grueling heat.My dad just now informed me,we are going to have some awesome biryani for dinner.I'm already salivating....can't wait to gorge on it.
3. Classic Beatles still occupies a special corner in my heart-especially Abbey road and Sarge' peppers....
The sea
When I was a kid ,my parents took me for a vacation in Puri. It is one of the oldest cities in the eastern part of the country. It is situated on the coast of the Bay Of Bengal and is a popular beach resort.It's also considered a holy place of pilgrimage in India-the site of the one of the four cardinal institutions established by Adi shankaracharya .Most importantly it houses the world famous Jagannath temple.
So a vacation in puri serves the purpose of leisure,pilgrimage and good Oriya food in a package,plus it's very close to kolkata.
Anyway so that trip was my first tryst with the sea.Never had I seen such a huge expanse of water ever before.The gushing waves terrified me-I was only three years old..yet I remember the fear vividly.My parents went ahead to wet their feet in the water,and I howled out.I thought the sea would engulf them.For a moment I thought I would lose my parents because the sea would literally gobble them up in one shot.But the waves came,glided across their feet,and receded.It again came and did the same thing.I stopped howling,I was looking at it with skepticism now-and then my parents cajoled me to join them ...They held my hands and told me to trust them.I did but ,nevertheless was anxious as the waves were coming towards me...And then they came..and I felt the smoothness of the frothy water as it embraced my feet upto the ankles and went further behind me..I turned to look at how it wet the sands,and then began to retrace it's journey back..and then I felt a queer thing as the water receded..it seemed to pull me ,but yet not forcefully..it was like a small tug and the sand beneath my feet moved a tad..and it felt ticklish...it brought a smile on my face..and finally when the water had gone back I saw the imprint of my feet on the sand,where I was standing when the waves had come ...that brought a gleam into my eyes.... and a grin to my face
And that was it..ever since that day I fell in love with the sea..I love it's salty taste,I love the low growling of the vast expanse of water,i like the salty smell of the sea shores,I love the sand and making the sand dunes and breaking them and remaking them,I like to pick up sea shells,I love the glistening waves....I love the sun rising and setting on the brink of the ocean looking like the yolk of an egg...I simply love the sea..I feel at home
WIShes
I so wish sometimes I was very ,very dumb..I so wish I could never get what the other person is telling is not true,that the person doesn't mean a word..I so wish I could not see through the facade..I so wish I could fall in love with the most imperfect mean guy who just looks dashing and is intelligent and sweeps me off with a gregarious sense of humor and amazing poetry,who would dump me ..cause me emotional anguish and leave me with a broken heart and wounded pride..I so wish I could then make sense of all the soppy love songs..I so wish I could wail out loud,scream in despair,loathe myself ...I so wish I could then finally pick myself up,dust off the dirt,wipe off the tears and make a whole new beginning..
I so want to wipe my slate clean and begin afresh..not because I loathe my life-I don't,on the contrary I quite like it..but I'm aching to make that new beginning after the decay..to start something after everything is ruined..
But alas that's not to be..I don't know why I have to get the truth behind everything people say with sugar coating,Don't know why i have to see through the facade..and I don't know why most importantly I have to guard so fervently my precious heart...I so wish i could set it free,leave it unprotected and not stand guard like a bird so ferociously guards her little ones..I so want to know how it feels to be heartbroken in love,to make sense of all the sad songs in the world ,to touch a chord somewhere and I'm so disappointed about the fact that I can't let go..
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Epiphany
"Beware the Ides of March,"was the soothsayers warning-and ever since those times indeed ,march middle has been associated with something big,and not in a nice way. Friday the thirteenth is a scary day.My father was born on the thirteenth march,and it was a Friday and he is a living genius-definitely not a ghost.So all the superstitions could be misplaced.But that's not what I want to talk about.I digress.
This year the ides of march came in ,and my life changed a great deal.Ever since the middle of march I'm feeling things I so don't want to feel,Seen things I only wished were in the movies and books,and it happened to others.I have faced things I have dreaded all my life or probably convinced myself will always steer clear of,and surprisingly taken it in my stride pretty well,with dignity intact.
Let's talk about the tangible things.Ever since March I'm a confirmed insomniac.I just cant sleep at night-suits me fine,I stay at home all day,so in effect I sleep all day.The only thing I regret is not seeing the sunrise for like 4 months now and the breakfast now consists of the things people have for lunch.:-)
But also these few months have opened new doors for me.I have learnt to appreciate literature ,art,politics ,finance in a whole new way.All the things that were stacked up before in my to so list,is actually slowly turning into my done list.I find myself more confident,more versatile,more in sync with the world and more importantly I'm closer to understanding what the intellectuals talk about and also I can participate in a "intelligent" discussion without feeling like an out cast.
Previously,I just understood what they were saying to an extent and tell myself damn I still have'nt got around to know about it-daammit!!...now it's like I can contribute to the discussion.
All the blogs I read before and was over awed..when I re read them I still appreciate them but it's no more gigantically overwhelming.Yes I'm evolving :-D
Gosh I love my life.I'm glad the " ides"of march came and that my life's not been the same ever since.I like ,I like it very much
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Sunshine and rains
I like it when it rains.Makes me feel good and nice especially when it rains post a bad summer spell.The smell of the wet earth is very intoxicating.So is the nip in the air,gusty winds et al.BUt I do not like a prolonged rains.Overcast skies tend to get me depressed and gloomy and make me feel lethargic,in the rainy season-not to mention the messy roads,and the problems to get transport.
so i like rains but not the monsoon season.similarly I like the sun-makes me feel cheerful.Clear,crisp blue skies are so beautiful it hurts.yet i don't like it when the sun is overwhelming bearing down on me.so I like it sunny,but I don't quite enjoy the summers.Summers in India are very torturous.
I'm quite fine with the winters here in kolkata.They are just about perfect,and so are the springs and the autumns.
So i Don't like it from may to august,except for the days it's sunny after a long spell of rains and its raining after a hot spell.
Rest of the year is fine weather wise.
:P
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
I was bewildered.I didn't know whether she was accusing me or complimenting me.I frankly have never quite propounded such an idea,at least not consciously.
I have always maintained that the guy in my life has to be intellectually stimulating,well read with a quick wit,presentable&smart with some creative pursuits-preferably writing and music.Cosmopolitan and with basic values.
This description comes very close to the likes of my father and Farhan Akhtar,both of whom are out of my reach-so I'm basically screwed,unless I wait for an eternity or revise the aforesaid list(that's even more difficult).
now this could be fiiting in the gucci variety or louis vuitton variety or chanel variety or even the local ones that are sold in the bustling streets of esplanade.I'm not going to categorise it-cos finally if I have the above criteria met,it will be the classic case of
"frankly my dear,i don't give a damn(how it is classified and named)".
:)
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
spectacular splendour
I suddenly have this creative urge in me that's getting impatient for it's release.Much like the insect caught in the spider's web,which incessantly tries its best to free itself ,like full sprinter making a last ditch attempt to come first and bag the gold medal at the Olympic.[maybe the similes a bit too far stretched in terms of the actual urge,I'm feeling but you get the drift,right?:)]
Kolkata is currently going through sporadic bursts of heavenly weather when the skies are turning deeper hues of grey and ash,and there is a considerable nip in the temperatures,with cool gusty winds blowing and then the downpour completing the chain.I dont know if its really this that makes my heart flutter and connect with some inane level of creativity,but I do know is in these times when I come so close to nature at it's best and the vivid imageries asociated with the nature at it's pristine self,it really feels like I'm on top of this world.And yet I feel like I'm such a tiny speck amidst this grandeour and eloquence.I'm bewildered at this conflicting feeling-a feeling of lightness coupled with the realization that I'm virtually a nobody in this vast wonderful creation.and yet it is the same GOD who created me.I"m reminded of a line from one of the songs by the band queen-it's a kind of magic!!
and i truly think that it's a kind of magic that the same god has created the magnificient nature and me and given me the astuteness and acute vision to observe and enjoy the bliss of the nature,and also realize that I'm but a tiny speck in this enormous creation.gosh what a humbling feeling it is.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Blues
I am feeling a bit down and the worst part of it all is I do not know the reason.It's bad enough that I'm feeling down,I usually am always necessarily high spirited,and then to add insult to injury I don't know why the damning reason has to evade me.
I feel like those sickly teenagers having violent mood swings due to some hormonal change shit.
I detest the fact that i gotta study now that my exams are a less than a month away.I detest the fact that i have been incapable of sticking to my schedule all this while.I abhor the fact that i cannot enjoy recreational activities without feeling guilty.and all of this sacrifice is amounting to virtually nothing coz it seems I'm whiling away my time wondering why im in a down mood and all such inane frivolous trivialities seem to occupy my mind leaving me no time to study,read,watch movies,talk or sleep.
I hate this .
and every time I make a promise to myself okk enough is enough ,let me stop the rubbish right now,i end up procrastinating.
i really dunno whats come over me.I hate myself now-hormones or otherwise I feel like a complete loser nd needless to say I'm hating and abhorring every minute of this.
P.S last week i was feeling good.i don't know now whether its the antithesis effect.it better be that.nd more importantly i better be out of this perpetual PMS mess.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
rocky exhilaration
Few days back,someone offended me "thoroughly",right to my core.,so much so that it hurt.My self esteem took a very strong beating,and this was the first time,somebody not so important could achieve this.I'm not saying that the person has become very important to me now,he hasn't. However the appalling bit of it all is,he offended me without resorting to words.My normal reaction to offense is anger and nastiness but this time i was startled and then it wounded my vanity.
I was thoroughly shaken up.But instead of being angry and being defensive I actually am thankful to him,for making me realize that I was being rather complacent and was losing my objective.Come to think of it,I was in fact losing my momentum,losing my track,and was being disoriented,getting all lost in the momentary frivolities.
Now I'm back with a bang,all set to pursue my interests to the maximum possible level,and now i realize there is so much left to do.But I'm enjoying it,and the fact that I"m not wasting my time in frivolities,rather I'm utilizing it constructively is making me feel good about myself,and is doing wonders to heal my wounded vanity and self esteem. :)
I will never forgive the person.I will always be offended by him,be it in person or his memory.but simultaneously I will always be grateful to him for making me realize my folly of wasting my time and not using it constructively to pursue my intersts in an avid manner.
what an irony,i shall detest the man and yet be grateful to him.
alas!!
Nostalgia
I just finished with "pride and prejudice" for perhaps the umpteenth time,and I'm convinced more than ever that I could watch it for like a zillion more times,and still feel this exhilaration.The dialogues,the arrogance,the misunderstanding,the humor,the language,the settings...
I'm reading Oscar wilde's plays too.and I"m in love with his wit,his self depreciating humour,the sarcasm and his funny one liners.
I'm lost in the world of classic literature and I'm lost in it's intricacies and enjoying and loing and appreciating the beauty of it.
I've sort of rediscovered the facinating charms in the world of literature.and for now i want to immerse myself.
:)
Friday, March 27, 2009
god is there any way out of this.this gloom is shutting out the light of happiness that i so badly hold around me.i have got to do something soon,before i lose my sanity.
i have to find a reason to laugh,an excitement to giggle,with my friends.i am in search of the next new thing thats piques my curiosity and has the tenacity to last a few months till the rains comes in,till the elections is over..all the puppet show ends and we smirk at the new government and the documentaries talk bout better,happier days,and the movies i c are light hearted but touch a chord nevertheless.
and i need the reason fast..real fast.
i have had enough of this darkness,partial or otherwise
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Maternal instincts
then she left.i was all alone in the city.a strange city all by myself.i was afraid and apprehensive but as days passed,life moved on,i made a new circle of friends and forgot the apprehension and fear i had felt when she left.
during my exam time i had to change hostels .i went and settled in a different room.had too much in my mind to bother about how homely the room looked.and life went on.
till my mom came in the middle of second semester.she stayed for just a day,and spent eaxcatly 3 hours in my room.and suddenly the room felt like the real home.all things organised,clean,it smelt of the familaiar scent.
and that's when it struck me that all these days i was actually away from home.that i was living not in a place that was quintessentially home.
and even now when im staying with my mom,it still takes her effort to clean up my room every weekend to make me feel the feeling of vintage home.
mom's actually have that touch of the magic wand to create the magic.
now this scares me.im a woman and will hopefully eventually become a mom.and then i will be the one who would be supposed to weave this magic.
and it scares the living daylights outta me.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
it is often told that a good read offers one with a lot of insights and provides one with a lot of food for thought and therfore is very enlightning and productive.the more ,they say the more you read good stuff the more you connect to that elusive higher plane[whatever taht is!!]
i read good stuff coz i like reading.and i like watever connects with me,higher plane or otherwise.
but i do have a feeling no maater what kind of good stuff i read,and no matter how much i love it and no matter how much i relate to it,and appreciate it,somewhere i cannot excatly recreate the magic in my writings or come anywhere close to the "good" writing i so enjoy in the reads that i like.
the typical metaphorical descriptions,the exact pain,suffering or heartbreak articulated,the exact vulnerable feelings described,the most obvious train of thoughts at passage of some event..
when i read them it seems so easy.it seems im just there and it's so normal.and yet when it comes to writing them it eludes me so badly.
i wish i could ascribe this to "writer's block" only that this seems to persist unendingly.
Friday, March 20, 2009
however i feel exhausted.too much thinking? perhaps..
nyways i have come to this conclusion..i love reading be it any genre.i enjoy it ,i can relate to it.i also consider that if i really want i can write in a descriptive manner so that the reader exactly gets d feel of the circumstances described.however to bring myself to write like that is an exhaustng thought.
how wierd!!!but who cares at least i enjoy nd looove[lowe] reading..hurray to that!!!
nd now i will see episodes of F.R.I.E.N.D.S to rejuvenate myself...
oh badi oh bada..tringa linga ling!!!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
just a passing thought
i do know im being stupid but somehow cant beat the urge.so now i will gear up for transformation and pray hard till i get my results.and then i can go back to my lazy lamhe days.
wicked,wicked me!!!
random
i have eventually realised d editing is very time consuming and dat is wat takes my desire to post a blog away.so i have decide all im gonna do is just type,with d basic thing being readable,and not care about d proper editing.
at least that way i will blog,which is far more important than not blogging.afterall something is better than nothing,as they say
Monday, March 16, 2009
tennis
federer versus nadal!!!
gosh roger federer was my ideal man wen he first came to d court. he swept the tennis ball nd swept me off my feet too.here was a good player ,a promising talent nd quite a looker.
and then came nadal.sheer force..d quintessential underdog.i only noticed him wen he was challenging federor's top position.And then tat fantastic match happened.nd he earned that victory.
and i was left with mixed feelings.here was a 22 yr old dynamite player sweeping off all glories nd there was federor my favorite.
I'm still so confused.every time nadal wins d match after both of them playing equally hard,I don't know whether i should be happy for nadal's win or sad for roger's loss.albeit i enjoy the match but the result always confuses me.
:(
sigh
Friday, March 13, 2009
but im feeling dwn now and cannot fathom why.maybe it's the premonition that a thing i had a positive feeling about wont conclude that way.i really dunno y im getting dat feeling.no logical explanation to it.just a gut feeling,and a bad or negative one at that. :(
btw i was reading someone's blog and honestly the content was so so very good that instead of enjoying the read i started feeling so very incapacitated.so very insignificant in comparison to the in depth knowledge and talent the person has.
im not being jeolous,no im not jeolous.i did enjoy the read but i have to admit..gosh im such a mundane ,zero talented person.shucks !!it hurts
Saturday, September 27, 2008
And a desire to look pretty is there in everybody I suppose. It’s the amount of desire that matters that. We all want to look our best, or enhance our looks by wearing a certain kind of clothes or certain colors etc,that bring out the best in us.
I think as a person I’m very expressive, in whatever I think n stuff. So if I’m thinking after a bite of food that gosh is my lip gloss off or do I have any crumbs left sticking to my mouth, instead of thinking and wondering about it I would ask it aloud, and just get done with it. And since I’m expressive I think people misconstrue it as being look conscious, when in reality I think I’m just being normal, only more expressive, which is me
However I do admit that when I was younger I attached a lot more importance to it than I do now, as to whether my hair is in place, my lip gloss the right shade and all that. Now it’s become a lot more flexible I think and that’s because as we grow older, our priorities shift to more meaningful things in life
Thursday, September 25, 2008
MEMORY
the whole school knew that he had thing for me when we were in class 8.I used to at that age enjoy being the sought after,but naturally.However when he finally proposed in claa 9,I refused coz i thot he was a dunce.[:P]
so he in class 12 started telling me CREDIT CARD which is a code word for a slut.!!!!
and wats more important to note here was that he used to tell that to me,not directly but INDIREctly with his spineless followers who used to shout this wrd out while i was passing,or was in thier vicinity.
SHUCKS!!can u believe wat COWARDS they were???
GANGING up to tell a girl shes a slut,INDIRECTLY,nd NOT having the BALLS to face the reality.
n I"m a slut coz i refuse a dunce..........well i'd rather be aslut than to accept a dunce in my life!!
jeez wat a COWARD seriously..
u know wat everytime i felt i shud go nd tell d mother fucker something,or actually take up d matter with the teachers,something stopped me.
the same something which stops me from reacting when d level of dirt is too much to get my hands dirty.