tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-321205632024-03-14T00:05:41.191-05:00.... Of Images & WordsThis space is my scribbling block. Look Around.Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-90802629077839273382010-03-20T23:36:00.009-05:002010-03-21T15:52:50.184-05:00AmourHere is a novice's attempt. Mine. An extension to the post below.<br /><br />Like red earth and pouring rain<br />our hearts had mingled.<br />With dark skies of starless nights<br />as blankets, too thin.<br /> <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >But then, she rose</span><br />Like a bride in gold<br />For whom you left me. Askew; in woe.Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-748815056214245622010-03-20T13:34:00.008-05:002010-03-21T15:53:57.146-05:00குறுந்தொகை<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;">தமிழ் is my mother tongue. My mother, grandmother and my aunts were more than mere patrons of this beautiful language. Some of them wrote poetry and prose; others were serious dramatists. Even today, I can listen to my aunt recite பாரதியார் பாடல்கள் for endless hours with a kind of passion that is infectious... and I am so glad that another aunt took to writing after retirement.<br /><br />Back in school, I wish I had done better than just memorize these verses for marks and medals.<br /><br />After an inspiring conversation with 2 friends on Facebook over 2 weeks ago, I finally borrowed this book by A.K.Ramanujan <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Poems-Love-War-Anthologies-Representative/dp/0231051077">"Poems of Love and War"</a> from the library yesterday. I have not kept it down since. (People who know me well know exactly how rare such occurrences are! )<br /><br />Reading the originals on <a href="http://www.projectmadurai.org/pm_etexts/pdf/pm0110.pdf">'Project மதுரை'</a> and the translations by Sir Ramanujan - I feel terrible about how little attention I paid to my தமிழ் ஆசிரியர் in school. While I feel very sad about being able to appreciate my mother tongue better with an English translation, I am sure this is better than not appreciating it at all. I'd recommend you give it a shot.<br /></div><br />Find below a sampler:<br /></div><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/S6UUdGCFOtI/AAAAAAAAL1o/b9O2hwQPlDo/s1600-h/Kuruntokai+40.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/S6UUdGCFOtI/AAAAAAAAL1o/b9O2hwQPlDo/s400/Kuruntokai+40.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450785414069959378" border="0" /></a>What could my mother be<br />to yours? What kin is my father<br />to yours anyway? And how<br />did you and I meet ever?<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">But in love</span><br />Our hearts have mingled<br />Like red earth and pouring rain.<br /><br /><br />Please grab the book if you enjoy poetry - am sure you won't regret it! :)Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-60432572314211663002010-01-21T00:56:00.005-06:002010-03-21T15:54:45.692-05:00A Quiet Little Melody<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/S1f66Ip96sI/AAAAAAAALQM/iRowJAK58-E/s1600-h/aruba_holding_hands.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 231px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/S1f66Ip96sI/AAAAAAAALQM/iRowJAK58-E/s200/aruba_holding_hands.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429083752481286850" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">You held my hand and let me in;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">Drove me home and waited still -</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">I looked at you to see if you’d smile.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">I never wanted to be alone</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">Just wanted to be with you at home</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">So please, won’t you come along – tonight?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">So when am scared to sleep at night,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">You can tell me it’s alright;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">So please, can you come along – tonight?</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">I‘ll hold you close and let you see,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">All the lies that I have been;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">Promise you that we will always be….</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">Together now and growing old,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">Forever and for always more;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">I will hold your hands and sing to you…</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">This quiet little melody</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-style: italic;"><o:p> </o:p></p> Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-70232745931777893202009-10-08T10:21:00.003-05:002009-10-08T10:32:16.127-05:00FootnoteAs of yesterday, I had set foot on the Western borders of India - Wagah border.<br />Thanks to a lovely wing, we danced to bhangra tunes as millions watched the guards shake hands across the gate with Pakistani soldiers.<br /><br />As of today, I've also seen the South-East borders of India - at Dhanushkoti.<br />Thanks to a lovely family that decided not to disturb my photog adventure inbetween lengths of puja - I also have a picture for proof.<br /> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/Ss4FAGKlzYI/AAAAAAAAKY8/ocFfZ9SEmok/s1600-h/DSC_0301.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/Ss4FAGKlzYI/AAAAAAAAKY8/ocFfZ9SEmok/s200/DSC_0301.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390251303222234498" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This blog - is to remind me that I have made an oath to myself that I shall visit the Eastern and Northern boundaries before am too old with responsibilities and stuff like that (read 30)Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-57045616023119454192009-07-27T03:36:00.002-05:002009-07-27T03:46:07.761-05:00Binary World"There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.'"<br /><br />--Frederick L Collins<br /><br />Am not sure who is better or which one I am.... But its an interesting thought nevertheless!Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-28351723796565365882009-07-09T13:24:00.005-05:002009-07-09T14:01:09.294-05:00and I ask again...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SlY-OlueyeI/AAAAAAAAJiA/ZGEGtzw7XXg/s1600-h/qalone.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SlY-OlueyeI/AAAAAAAAJiA/ZGEGtzw7XXg/s320/qalone.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356537227169941986" border="0" /></a><br />Where did you go?<br />I miss you so.<br />Seems like its been forever...<br />Since you were gone.<br /><br />Come back home.Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-85354048384389622952009-06-04T13:32:00.003-05:002009-06-04T13:48:07.043-05:00.... of white shadows and black hopesI burn<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SigTTAPuDqI/AAAAAAAAJPc/DJGNlsc-NOw/s1600-h/Of+white+shadows+and+black+hopes.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SigTTAPuDqI/AAAAAAAAJPc/DJGNlsc-NOw/s320/Of+white+shadows+and+black+hopes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343542175079468706" border="0" /></a><br />for you to seeNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-78278380424286133122009-05-15T22:44:00.008-05:002010-03-21T15:56:07.295-05:00…of people and places<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CNIVEDH%7E1.MU-%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--><o:p> </o:p><blockquote><o:p></o:p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;">Things and places always reminded me of times and people. This was always the way it happened. Objects brought more meaning to life. Strange? May be not!</p>
<br /></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">She sat there, watching passerby's.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The wind was subtle. The place – crowded. There was little space left to maneuver; even for the wind. Probably why it remained subtle.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">It could have been an hour, or may be even 2. The rains delayed the bus by a few hours. The not-so-dirty bench at the rear end of the platform was convenient. To watch, to smile, to smirk and to remain inert; immune to the chaos around.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Being the mute participant in multiple conversations, she continued to write... a story of borrowed characters and stolen dialogues. Little truth that captured the smell of sweat and wet iron of rusty buses made it real.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><s>It kept her busy</s>. Occupied.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">And then he called…. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/Sg43SrGq8_I/AAAAAAAAJA0/Shvg7lWYj7w/s1600-h/book.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 208px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/Sg43SrGq8_I/AAAAAAAAJA0/Shvg7lWYj7w/s320/book.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336263402428494834" border="0" /></a>
<br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Hence, another incomplete story.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-75299660146443043332009-05-12T12:49:00.007-05:002010-03-21T15:57:27.932-05:00Schizophrenia<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CNIVEDH%7E1.MU-%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Sometimes life is like that, there is always an invisible truth… a hidden reality… open secrets and surreal situations. It works on a simple truth – “Your life is REAL. But so is mine”. They say, emotions have that in them - the ability to bring to life memories. Love; most of all.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I’ve read books. I see there is so much to describe when it comes to mundane routines or even a crime scene. And I can’t help but wonder how Love seems to be the only thing that’s understood without words. Without words.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><o:p>**********</o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p>
<br /></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">But we did speak. A little, every now and then. No one asked me as many questions as he did. I had company. No one listened without judging me inside. And I have to agree, its tough finding people like that these days. Many judge by cover, I judge too – ‘<i style="">instincts’; </i>they say.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">May be not.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;">I stumble upon more questions as I even try to answer the very first. What made me take that extra step?</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">He listened with patience. I preferred to think, he was observing closely. Sometimes, I even felt his gaze wash my skin.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Reluctant Panic. Both were mine. A sinful combination.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/Sgm5ZuzLYxI/AAAAAAAAJAs/x_-ddF5-GUQ/s1600-h/migraine.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/Sgm5ZuzLYxI/AAAAAAAAJAs/x_-ddF5-GUQ/s320/migraine.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334999085307618066" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Such things can’t be ignored. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">And some people can’t be forgotten. They can’t be remembered either. They just exist in your life. May be as tucked away memories of hurt… Or whispers of something you imagined…</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">***********</span>
<br /></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Welcome to my world. Here, nothing is new. Nothing is old. Its got me, myself and I.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-56148647924289159712009-04-09T14:24:00.011-05:002009-05-27T14:37:00.203-05:00With or Without You<a style="font-family: georgia;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/Sd5OGddJhLI/AAAAAAAAIBw/5hZJ6bPsB84/s1600-h/girl+in+doubt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 261px; height: 247px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/Sd5OGddJhLI/AAAAAAAAIBw/5hZJ6bPsB84/s320/girl+in+doubt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322777682491573426" border="0" /></a>
<br /><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link style="font-family: georgia;" rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CNIVEDH%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"></p><p style="font-family: georgia;" class="MsoNormal"></p><span style="font-family:georgia;">To adolescent nights</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Of infant love.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">To sweet nothings…</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Too many to count.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">To silent words</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">‘n’ several sins…</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">To aquiline figures</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Stagnant in time…</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">She left behind a story;</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">A wrinkled one.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Known to none; but</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Two shadows in doubt.</span>
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<br /></p><span style="font-family:georgia;">PS: Totally inspired by an awesome line up of songs on my playlist! Someday when I can play the guitar - I will sing this song! ;)</span><p style="font-family: georgia;"></p>Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-32004713482259624602009-02-23T19:46:00.005-06:002009-05-27T14:37:25.071-05:00Lost<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /> <br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SaNRkkbgy1I/AAAAAAAAGww/zPpgsNq_c8g/s1600-h/Lonely.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 292px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SaNRkkbgy1I/AAAAAAAAGww/zPpgsNq_c8g/s320/Lonely.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306174474668788562" border="0" /></a><br />There is no light outside my window<br />Sit there wondering why?<br />Open the door to black walls,<br />where shadows failed to fall.<br /><br />I got no reasons! None this time..<br />'n' I keep askin' me why...?<br />.. Then I fall asleep..<br />Wishin' you were here, right by my side.<br /><br />I dreamt too much, I can't remember..<br />if you were even there.<br />I hear those knocks from someone somewhere<br />but I can't find them there..<br /><br />Even if you didn't find me then<br />I would have found myself!<br />For it has been so long<br />In a world so lost, all by myself...Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-41265926930363817952009-01-17T18:53:00.005-06:002009-01-17T18:59:09.737-06:00...of bandanas & bangles !<div style="text-align: justify;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CNIVEDH%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C10%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">
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<br /></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Am not a <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Delhi</st1:place></st1:city> vaasi, nor have I stayed there for a considerable length of time to call myself a Delhi-ite. Same with <st1:city st="on">Bombay</st1:city> or <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Bangalore</st1:place></st1:city>! But there is something about these 3 cities! The spirit – its energy and the maddening crowd with all its colors! Place with no definition, people with no fear.
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<br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SXJ9_sdT4vI/AAAAAAAAGSg/y7Zzg8-5dBM/s1600-h/My+Pictures-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SXJ9_sdT4vI/AAAAAAAAGSg/y7Zzg8-5dBM/s320/My+Pictures-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292431045333082866" border="0" /></a></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">This day was spent remembering Delhi-Haat, Samchat, <st1:place st="on">Connaught</st1:place> market, bandanas and bangles!!</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">IT WAS GOOD FUN!</p> Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-16220606482165687522009-01-03T17:14:00.006-06:002010-03-21T15:58:39.638-05:00Perfect Christmas<meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CNIVEDH%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceName"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PlaceType"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Have you been in one of those moments? One that is hard to believe while you are amidst it? I was. Recently while on a much awaited trip.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">So this happened last year <i>(yeah! Christmas ’08)</i>. I had planned a trip to <st1:state st="on"><st1:place st="on">New Jersey</st1:place></st1:state> to meet up with some good ol’ friends. My idea of a vacation or a Christmas Eve or a New Year’s night out is usually nothing fancy. <i>(Yeah, nothing at all)</i> It would be the same old dinner, some new music, a lot of talk and good sleep with friends to share it all with. And that pretty much was the plan for which I had booked a one stop flight to Jersey from <st1:city st="on">Minneapolis</st1:city> via <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:city>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">As luck would have it, my flight was delayed. Christmas eve, so I expect nothing less. I never cribbed, I did not even sulk. I was in the Santa mode, trying to spread cheer and joy. So yeah… I was at the airport – with a bunch of strangers tied together by the fact that we were all stranded at the airport. Chicago, ORD it was. Crowded yet with no one to talk to. <i>(Strange isn’t it?)
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<br /></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I manage to seat myself at one of those overly packed gates, hoping to get out on a standby flight. But Murphy’s Law worked right a second time too. The flight went into servicing. By then, I had spent enough time at the gate. I went from staring between faces on the opposite seating area to smiling at visibly irritated faces.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I sat there reading ‘Fooled by randomness’ only to be interrupted by this Indian sitting next to me. ‘Hey.. This is interesting’ he says. I turn to see he was reading the prequel to the one I was reading; both talking largely about the theories of uncertainty. This person, a professor at the <st1:place st="on"><st1:placetype st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename st="on">Michigan</st1:placename></st1:place> handles a course on Uncertainty Principles. Ironically, the man could deal with it only in theory. Whilst at the airport dealing with ‘uncertainty of heading to <st1:place st="on">Jersey</st1:place>’ – he failed miserably.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]-->Keeping her quiet for more than 10 mins at a stretch was tougher than listening to the professor fella! </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;">Another couple of hours passed by, and suddenly the whole wait seemed worth it. It wasn’t the case that the flight was good to go. It was one Mr.Dave at the airport. A retired veteran from the Navy who also was hanging around at the airport waiting for the same flight to <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Newark</st1:city>, <st1:state st="on">NJ</st1:state></st1:place>.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;">“What’s with all you guys? It’s Christmas eve for god’s sake! Brighten up. It’s not so bad is it? We still got each other! Now come on, smile for me” says he. Trust me, the crowd did. As if instantly realizing what they failed to see for themselves. A couple of college kids sprang up from their seats walked up to Dave – gave him a ‘hi 5’ <span style="font-style: italic;">(is that how one spells it?)</span>, walked around the hip hop style – throwing a couple of ‘Yo man! Wassup?’ to every third person they saw.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;">
<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;">Even the girl in pink who was sad that Santa would not find her tonight at the airport seemed to feel better. What more? Thoroughly in the rush of the moment and the energy that was so infectious, I called out to the crowd – ‘Does anyone feel like having some cake?’ <i>(Still hate to think of how I might have reacted if the crowd remained passive to my callout)</i> Surprisingly for me, there was response. A loud one. at that. So the college kids, Dave and I head out to the food court to grab some cheese cake for the whole crowd. Back at gate B16, we had the cake, exchanged stories, seats and everything except our names.
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<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;">Within an hour from then, the flight was good to go. We were all on it, like around a 100 of us who knew each other and what the Christmas gifts for their families were! And that’s the story of 24<sup>th</sup> December 2008.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;">
<br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SV_z5fJB__I/AAAAAAAAGQ8/eJwdJ5lmloY/s1600-h/Christmas+at+airport+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SV_z5fJB__I/AAAAAAAAGQ8/eJwdJ5lmloY/s320/Christmas+at+airport+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287212656493723634" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: justify;">A perfect Christmas, huh? We also got a $100 off e-coupon on our next purchase. Perfect indeed! </p> <p></p> <p></p> Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-53230654316336123172009-01-03T13:52:00.002-06:002009-01-03T13:54:47.239-06:00I knew you would leave if I slept a little longer.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"> <br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SV_CBUXue2I/AAAAAAAAGQU/dp2-vl7EF1g/s1600-h/Let+Go.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SV_CBUXue2I/AAAAAAAAGQU/dp2-vl7EF1g/s320/Let+Go.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287157815460133730" border="0" /></a><br />So I did.Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-63457930150503996242008-11-09T23:05:00.002-06:002009-01-03T14:03:11.683-06:00Only a matter of time.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SRfBFfMLpXI/AAAAAAAAERI/u-LSmiMQ8Pw/s1600-h/DSC_0545.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SRfBFfMLpXI/AAAAAAAAERI/u-LSmiMQ8Pw/s320/DSC_0545.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266890589249185138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Until I fall too.Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-20648097976493977472008-11-09T22:58:00.004-06:002009-01-03T14:03:29.424-06:00<span style="font-style: italic;">Listen.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SRe_ji9P15I/AAAAAAAAERA/DSyjEW9q1Ws/s1600-h/DSC_0730+copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SRe_ji9P15I/AAAAAAAAERA/DSyjEW9q1Ws/s320/DSC_0730+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266888906633107346" border="0" /></a><br />I have traveled a long way. But I'm still where I began.Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-33381133650661461212008-11-04T22:35:00.007-06:002009-05-27T14:38:24.369-05:00To 7 hours n a moonlit sky...<div style="text-align: justify;"><br />She had a seven hour journey up ahead. Not the routine ones. Not those with laptop & iPods for company. They were there too; uncared for this time.. She preferred her new found acquaintances - apprehension, excitement & love.<br /><br />She sat there on the seat longing for an arm that could support more than just her weight. She stared on at the immatures up ahead working on a kiss in the moonlit sky. She looked away briefly at the window. Blushed at her own reflection. Stretched a bit and shrunk back in her seat. Coiled. Curved. Expectant & dreamy.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SREmGzXRxnI/AAAAAAAADuM/MmXLePRViMY/s1600-h/travel+2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SREmGzXRxnI/AAAAAAAADuM/MmXLePRViMY/s320/travel+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265031337681733234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Even her watch felt overworked today for the number of times he had been looked at. He could help very little for 'day light savings' kept her waiting an extra hour.<br /><br />The wait was probably worth it. For afterall she was heading back home.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;">To home</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Where her heart belongs</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">To dad</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">With arms wide open</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">To Him</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Who never was</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">To herself</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Who always will be!<br /><br /><br /></span>Well yes!<br />She did fall in love.<br />Again.<br />Too soon.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SREmpJKjbFI/AAAAAAAADuU/EIOhuU3YLkY/s1600-h/love.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SREmpJKjbFI/AAAAAAAADuU/EIOhuU3YLkY/s320/love.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265031927649496146" border="0" /></a><br /><br />With herself for a change.<br /></div>Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-7857490501891101932008-10-30T23:36:00.007-05:002009-05-27T14:38:55.168-05:00Cold Gray Mornings<span style="font-style: italic;">They say that there is light up ahead....</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">May be there is too little to be seen. Or may be... Am just blind.<br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SQqLhwmlFfI/AAAAAAAACrM/dfXa1DHJqPw/s1600-h/tunnel.bmp"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SQqLhwmlFfI/AAAAAAAACrM/dfXa1DHJqPw/s320/tunnel.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263172526634505714" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span>Yes. I woke up to yet another cold and gray morning. I am left with empty visions of a world where silent whisperers scream into thin air. I suffer from memories of a time, so long ago. I miss simplicity. I fear those eyes... scornful eyes - dripping with contempt and disdain. I long for warmth. I run and hide behind invisible walls. I faint and fall off to wake up briefly before I hit the ground. Again.. my eyes open to a cold and gray morning.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></div>Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-75776779596680930452008-10-11T01:47:00.006-05:002008-10-11T02:01:23.643-05:00Letting Go...<span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Its hard enough to remember things that you miss a lot.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SPBOndRB5dI/AAAAAAAAB28/B9sRUFRdB64/s1600-h/let+go.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SPBOndRB5dI/AAAAAAAAB28/B9sRUFRdB64/s320/let+go.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5255787204919289298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I just realized its harder when you miss things you don't remember anymore.</span>Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-31516391062702612532008-09-25T20:35:00.007-05:002008-09-25T21:47:09.739-05:00... of neon lights and lonely streets---------------------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SNxMJe2ZMxI/AAAAAAAAAfE/x4puR6sWRxY/s1600-h/100_3845.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SNxMJe2ZMxI/AAAAAAAAAfE/x4puR6sWRxY/s320/100_3845.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250154991390896914" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-style: italic;"><br />I know I want to write more than this title.<br /><br />I know it every morning, when I wake up before the sun does. I say it to myself as I win over my alarm clock. I know it while I walk to work. I know it while I wait for my cup of cappuccino. I know it while I reply to one mail after another. I recall it while the coin trickles down the vending machine.<br /><br />I see it in so many eyes. I feel it within.<br />This is the story... of neon lights and lonely streets.<br /><br /><br /></div>Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-9261247649213052092008-08-17T12:57:00.006-05:002009-05-27T14:41:32.747-05:00Let Go<span style="font-size:100%;">
<br />Another sad song. Another<span style="font-weight: bold;"> fiction.</span> Inspired by 3 doors down. </span>
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<br />And that day I would never know
<br />Seems like, these are mere stories
<br />Oh, let it be, for I don wanna know.
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<br />Night and day, for all these years…now
<br />I spent my life for you.
<br />In this world there is real and make believe
<br />Where do you want to be?
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<br />I love you but I don know who I am
<br />I have lost my face - space; and all I ever had
<br />I love you, but I don know who I am
<br />So let me go. Let me go.
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<br />No one knows what I go through
<br />No, no please don’t claim you do.
<br />Fearless smiles with no questioning
<br />Are all I ever asked you for…
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<br />Night and day, for all these years…now
<br />I spent my life for you.
<br />In this world there is real and make believe
<br />Where do you want to be?
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<br />I love you but I don know who I am
<br />I have lost my face - space; and all I ever had
<br />I love you, but I don know who I am
<br />So let me go. Just Let me go.
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<br />Let me go.
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<br />And no matter how hard I try
<br />There’s lil to do, and lot to hide
<br />I know - you know
<br />When all the pieces fall apart
<br />And you look at me standing out
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<br />You know… you know you jus ought to let me go.
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<br />Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-88191689216152055562008-06-19T14:57:00.006-05:002008-06-19T15:40:57.149-05:00Shadows in doubt<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br />The entire lane was laid with fallen flowers. Crushed, desolate and crowded together.<br /><br /> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">I loved those flowers, in petals of white and pink. Or may be I loved it so much because I can still remember the crisp sound of our shy footsteps on them. While the white of the petals shone bright on his face, and the pink - on my cheeks we walked that very path, every evening of every spring.</p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SFq6rJLNcKI/AAAAAAAAAVk/Tz4YNk9EePQ/s1600-h/flowers+pavement.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SFq6rJLNcKI/AAAAAAAAAVk/Tz4YNk9EePQ/s320/flowers+pavement.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213684768994848930" border="0" /></a> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">I also remember that ‘certain’ period, when I was far from young and innocent. But I loved the game of pretext. I lived like a kid. Screamed into the sky… walked backwards… whispered in his ears – half lies and full truth.</p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><p style="text-align: justify;" class="MsoNormal">Not to forget, the stories we made pointing to our lean shadows on the long winding road. How I blushed at the shadows inching closer… How I grew out of the girl I no longer was into a woman I so longed to be. So many secrets, so many more images…!</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SFq6rki-5fI/AAAAAAAAAVs/g9uuYq_VVNw/s1600-h/white%2Bflowers.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 363px; height: 240px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SFq6rki-5fI/AAAAAAAAAVs/g9uuYq_VVNw/s320/white%2Bflowers.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213684776342316530" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;">.......of mere flowers, shadows and a love that never was.</p><div style="text-align: left;">The lane is still laid with fallen flowers, I hear......Crushed, desolate and wet with tears.</div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-2431565889295275062008-06-17T13:32:00.003-05:002008-06-17T13:40:03.192-05:00To Aditya<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">They say, you can tell from the person’s eye if he/she is lying or not. What do I tell from this one? Read on.<br /></p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SFgDjPEW8_I/AAAAAAAAAVc/tIPRTPZ389A/s1600-h/aditya.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SFgDjPEW8_I/AAAAAAAAAVc/tIPRTPZ389A/s320/aditya.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212920472556467186" border="0" /></a><br /> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Promises have always been on the list of all things with faint belief. More often than not, they just serve as some fancy seasoning on top of a not so good dish. When life remains simple, and thoughts stagnate atop more thoughts, there is little to do and the brain enjoys the inertness around – you can surely bet there is a rude awakening that lies ahead. This is one such episode, a very recent one at that.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p><br />I was at the local school, doing some routine blind reading classes. I usually handle science for class 3 but this time it was spoken English for Aditya and Dharini. I went through their lessons to brief myself about what has been covered in the past and I realized that Aditya had an incomplete homework. When asked ‘why?’ all he said was that he was sorry.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p></o:p>Pissed as I was, I was bent upon getting the reason out. Having asked him around 10 times already, I gave up. I took a moment’s deep breath. Let out all the heat and told Aditya (gripping him firmly by his wrist) “Promise, that you will finish it by next week!”</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Aditya kept silent. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">I asked him again, much louder. <span style="font-weight: bold;">“DO YOU HEAR ME? PROMISE THAT YOU WILL FINISH THE HOMEWORK BY NEXT WEEK!”</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">He kept silent again. I had given up a second time by then. </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Just as I began to loosen my grip around his arm, and was going to let him go – he held mine. Looked faintly in my direction…. Blinked a couple of times with uneasiness and then with a sort of conviction I haven’t seen in even physically able people – he said to me</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">“Why do you want a promise when I am telling you the truth? Does honesty require re-enforcement? I will finish it. Please trust me. “</p> <div style="border-style: none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color windowtext; border-width: medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="border: medium none ; padding: 0in; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Small truth.<br />Big lessons.<br />A Rude AWAKENING.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p>Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-41656223346870968472008-06-04T12:48:00.003-05:002008-06-04T12:58:33.203-05:00A lil too short<p class="MsoNormal">There are so many things I wish to write about.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SEbVyVexPII/AAAAAAAAAVU/al6Eo86FIuk/s1600-h/i+want+to+write.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_S9O79axjNOo/SEbVyVexPII/AAAAAAAAAVU/al6Eo86FIuk/s320/i+want+to+write.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208085079836933250" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>I could write about the silly stories one makes up in the wee hours of the morning, to break the monotony of silence.<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Or may be about the tiny moment you want to steal between elevator levels to give an incomplete hug. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p>About sitting on the plane and looking into the infinite sky..</p> <p class="MsoNormal">About driving real fast on your new car with the perfect gang of friends and let the loud music communicate.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">About jamming sessions, about self tried recipes, about night outs, about unfinished books, power cuts and what not.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">BUT no. I won’t.<br />I’ll let this empty space do the talking. For in my mind, it is in its most beautiful form,</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32120563.post-6044193361573690852008-02-24T00:02:00.005-06:002009-05-27T14:42:01.049-05:00Familiar Strangers<span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />‘My Life is just a slow train Crawling up a hill’<br /><br /></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_S9O79axjNOo/R8EJWX3IfKI/AAAAAAAAAK8/xw0NImMpCOg/s1600-h/bus+stop+waits.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 304px;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_S9O79axjNOo/R8EJWX3IfKI/AAAAAAAAAK8/xw0NImMpCOg/s320/bus+stop+waits.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170424127165070498" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: georgia;font-size:100%;" >Its just a short and simple equation, this thing that we call life. Isn’t it? Endless nights after countless mornings, all I do is walk around and observe. I tend to believe am the only one observing. But am being watched too. By who? or Why? Doesn’t really matter anymore. In a land of strangers, we are all alone together. The people I see, the eyes I meet, the voice I hear, the smiles that console; are not necessarily from people I’ve known for long. It just comes from the ones I see everyday. Most times I don’t even know their names. But we wait together for a common cause. At the bus stop. At the hotel counter. At ATMs. At a million other places.</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify; font-family: georgia;">It’s a comforting experience. The familiar face, and the expected smile.<br />Familiar Strangers.</div>Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18395059380519242218noreply@blogger.com4