Insolence, despondancy, ridicule
Throwing words at a wall would mean more, with an imbecile laughing on.
I'm amazed at the shamelessness.
Calling out a name, my voice half choked, i couldn't believe what i saw, maybe i could dream on?
This particular someone i know is happy, i love :)
The fixedness juggled with the intangibles beat me.
The skies won't relent, i could die of excessive humidity.
Catch 22- unless you're crazy you wouldnt do what you do, the day you decide not to, you're sane and you must do what you're ought to.
The evil cycle of self-delusion.
PS: Must check out- the diary of a diary, Happily unmarried
Friday, June 19, 2009
Friday, May 29, 2009
Avoid my love
"why is architecture so inescapable?"
"its the only thing that's literally 'in you face', is it not?"
floyd genius
All that is now, all that is gone, all that's to come
And everything under the sun is in tune...
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon
"its the only thing that's literally 'in you face', is it not?"
floyd genius
All that is now, all that is gone, all that's to come
And everything under the sun is in tune...
But the sun is eclipsed by the moon
Saturday, May 16, 2009
UPA!
The UPA has emerged victorious this 15th Lok Sabha election and its official, Singh is King, Manmohan Singh warmly welcomes another 5 years of Prime Ministership.
L.K. Advani appears to be thoroughly dejected and its contemplating retirement from leading the opposition and a probably even a total retirement from active politics. I say, the grapes are sour.
Anyway cleary the Congress did something right considering their sweeping majority of 255 seats over the 169 won by the NDA, emerging again as the second largest majority in these elections.
What does this win signify, well for one, the people of this country sure have a lot of faith in the younger generation of politicians considering that the UPA has the maximum number of younger politicians according to a survey.
well whatever, hopefully this term won't be as dissappointing.
*peace*
L.K. Advani appears to be thoroughly dejected and its contemplating retirement from leading the opposition and a probably even a total retirement from active politics. I say, the grapes are sour.
Anyway cleary the Congress did something right considering their sweeping majority of 255 seats over the 169 won by the NDA, emerging again as the second largest majority in these elections.
What does this win signify, well for one, the people of this country sure have a lot of faith in the younger generation of politicians considering that the UPA has the maximum number of younger politicians according to a survey.
well whatever, hopefully this term won't be as dissappointing.
*peace*
Monday, May 4, 2009
euthanasia? i dont think so
Two days back in the corner of one of their irrelevant pages, TOI carried the news of the execution of Dilara Derabi, an Iranian girl who was charged with the murder of her father’s cousin at the age of 17, she spent five years in jail and admitted her guilt with the hope that the juvenile court would reduce her sentence, instead she was executed at the age of 23 without her lawyer or any of her family members being informed.
Consider the same situation only difference being the country in which it is set, I cannot imagine the repercussions of such a heinous decision in a country like India. I know for a fact that there would have been complete breakdown of the judicial system with human rights activists and even the common people demanding answers, reference: the hullabaloo about Dhananjay Chatterjee’s execution.
Sometimes I think whatever it is; nobody in this country will be executed in accordance with the Islamic shariat or the religious practices of Hinduism or Judaism or Christianity. Living in a secular state is almost comforting because I know that if ever it is the case of an execution by law the decision has to be humane. Come to think of it our country upholds the voice of their citizens to a respectable measure. The people are a part of its legal and governing system, that I cannot deny. I actually am a proud citizen, not overlooking the short-comings or the loopholes.
Meanwhile my respects for Dilara, the only crime I find her guilty of is for being born in the wrong country. Rest in peace.
PS: I wonder if these blink-and-you’ll-miss-it articles are mere page fillers or does anybody really care.
Consider the same situation only difference being the country in which it is set, I cannot imagine the repercussions of such a heinous decision in a country like India. I know for a fact that there would have been complete breakdown of the judicial system with human rights activists and even the common people demanding answers, reference: the hullabaloo about Dhananjay Chatterjee’s execution.
Sometimes I think whatever it is; nobody in this country will be executed in accordance with the Islamic shariat or the religious practices of Hinduism or Judaism or Christianity. Living in a secular state is almost comforting because I know that if ever it is the case of an execution by law the decision has to be humane. Come to think of it our country upholds the voice of their citizens to a respectable measure. The people are a part of its legal and governing system, that I cannot deny. I actually am a proud citizen, not overlooking the short-comings or the loopholes.
Meanwhile my respects for Dilara, the only crime I find her guilty of is for being born in the wrong country. Rest in peace.
PS: I wonder if these blink-and-you’ll-miss-it articles are mere page fillers or does anybody really care.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Photographic memory they say?
Interesting it is when you think about why photographs become larger than the subject itself. Many a times, I’ve seen clicking pictures is all we’ve done at any meet up. So when you look back at what exactly you’ve tried to capture the answer’s obscurely warped and all you’ve actually captured is the event of clicking pictures itself at various different places in different times.
Capturing the present through a photograph for me, is to look back at those pictures and eventually remember something that’s not even in the picture, like what I said right before it was clicked or whose foot was getting crushed despite which they smiled and made a fuss later and so on.
Striking poses that are not remotely similar to what your confluence would otherwise suggest feels like a cheap gimmick only to make the outcome more interesting, that’s it, clicking pictures is like a sport of some kind, the more interesting poses you strike, the more interesting are the captions and most importantly the reactions.
Facebook has made pictures a window into the real lives of people as opposed to their e-self that everybody otherwise has access to. Its funny how one of the first things you look for, in a person’s profile is their pictures, almost like re-assuring yourself that this person actually exists and has a life and there’s proof!
When I look at old family albums with my Dad, he has a story for each picture, like when he took a trip with his friends to Kerala or when he and Ma just moved into our house or when he bought my cousin his first full-length trouser and clicked a picture to remember the day. Our pictures suddenly seem shallow, it’s not like every picture must have an important historical value but some sort of semblance of a memory worth keeping is what I’m asking for.
Despite all this analysis I know I’ll be the person to stick my tongue out and pose the moment the next person says- “Picture time!”
Ohh the irrefutable need to go with the flow
Capturing the present through a photograph for me, is to look back at those pictures and eventually remember something that’s not even in the picture, like what I said right before it was clicked or whose foot was getting crushed despite which they smiled and made a fuss later and so on.
Striking poses that are not remotely similar to what your confluence would otherwise suggest feels like a cheap gimmick only to make the outcome more interesting, that’s it, clicking pictures is like a sport of some kind, the more interesting poses you strike, the more interesting are the captions and most importantly the reactions.
Facebook has made pictures a window into the real lives of people as opposed to their e-self that everybody otherwise has access to. Its funny how one of the first things you look for, in a person’s profile is their pictures, almost like re-assuring yourself that this person actually exists and has a life and there’s proof!
When I look at old family albums with my Dad, he has a story for each picture, like when he took a trip with his friends to Kerala or when he and Ma just moved into our house or when he bought my cousin his first full-length trouser and clicked a picture to remember the day. Our pictures suddenly seem shallow, it’s not like every picture must have an important historical value but some sort of semblance of a memory worth keeping is what I’m asking for.
Despite all this analysis I know I’ll be the person to stick my tongue out and pose the moment the next person says- “Picture time!”
Ohh the irrefutable need to go with the flow
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
the big bang
Well here I am again, long time away eh?
Well it wasn’t therapeutic if that’s how hiatuses are meant to be. I’m out of the closet now so I might as well change my blog title and name and delete certain highly personal posts etc. etc.
Now onwards I will write about general stuff, how it affects me and how I in general affect the world.
Let’s catch up before that, while I was gone loads of things happened. Home underwent renovation which means I have a new room now, a “space” of my own for all kinds of shit that I want to do, a few people have actually read this blog and I can’t believe how embarrassing it was for me to give them the link, it’s some sort of step nevertheless.
The elections are coming up and I don’t have a voter’s id yet which means im not allowed to vote, it’s highly pissing off considering im 18 and very interested in politics.
This time it’s hard to say who will make it, I’m sure the congress is out for good with the steep increase in terror attacks during their run. Maybe the BJP considering its vote bank is very strong and somehow they are the most popular party in the opposition today.
Other smaller parties and independent candidates can keep dreaming, until and unless these biggies are fragmented and studied closely and the loopholes in their agenda are articulated nothing can stop them from coming to power.
Other than that, 1st year is nearly over; we just have theory papers and our study trip left, sad part being that my birthday is on the study trip I won’t be able to meet or see any of my friends or family which is a decided thing every birthday.
Ohh U2 released their new album last month and I’m so in love with it it’s so nice to hear them again will all new tracks and agenda. This album seems to portray the philosophy with which they’ve made music all their lives. Anyway it’s so good to hear bono again
All I’m looking forward to is the May vacation, away from college. Sometimes, you get overly exposed to college which might get annoying so yayie, sabbatical coming up!
Birthday is coming up too, yippee! It’s the best time of the year and I’m going berserk with my whole “I love my birthday” thing.
Whatever, I love my birthday
Other seemingly (to me) intellectual stuff will follow so hang around if you care enough
Greetings!
Well it wasn’t therapeutic if that’s how hiatuses are meant to be. I’m out of the closet now so I might as well change my blog title and name and delete certain highly personal posts etc. etc.
Now onwards I will write about general stuff, how it affects me and how I in general affect the world.
Let’s catch up before that, while I was gone loads of things happened. Home underwent renovation which means I have a new room now, a “space” of my own for all kinds of shit that I want to do, a few people have actually read this blog and I can’t believe how embarrassing it was for me to give them the link, it’s some sort of step nevertheless.
The elections are coming up and I don’t have a voter’s id yet which means im not allowed to vote, it’s highly pissing off considering im 18 and very interested in politics.
This time it’s hard to say who will make it, I’m sure the congress is out for good with the steep increase in terror attacks during their run. Maybe the BJP considering its vote bank is very strong and somehow they are the most popular party in the opposition today.
Other smaller parties and independent candidates can keep dreaming, until and unless these biggies are fragmented and studied closely and the loopholes in their agenda are articulated nothing can stop them from coming to power.
Other than that, 1st year is nearly over; we just have theory papers and our study trip left, sad part being that my birthday is on the study trip I won’t be able to meet or see any of my friends or family which is a decided thing every birthday.
Ohh U2 released their new album last month and I’m so in love with it it’s so nice to hear them again will all new tracks and agenda. This album seems to portray the philosophy with which they’ve made music all their lives. Anyway it’s so good to hear bono again
All I’m looking forward to is the May vacation, away from college. Sometimes, you get overly exposed to college which might get annoying so yayie, sabbatical coming up!
Birthday is coming up too, yippee! It’s the best time of the year and I’m going berserk with my whole “I love my birthday” thing.
Whatever, I love my birthday
Other seemingly (to me) intellectual stuff will follow so hang around if you care enough
Greetings!
Sunday, December 28, 2008
enthralled by the promises
so tomorrow i leave,
its slightly sad, but hope lies in the fact that the new year brings change, happy change, all around =)
i've finished three books in the past 2 weeks and i feel ecstatic, i love reading, its an experience that cannot be defined, it transports you elsewhere, where the only existence you're conscious of is that of your mind and you eyes, its like the rest of you isn't even there. i love feeling that way, conscious only of my mind.
i want to remain sane, not go mad with this vortex of emotions i somehow find myself experiencing all the time. its so wonderful to be human, to be blessed with the power to think and create. i dont know where im heading with this post, but whatever it is, the journey makes me happy, everything needn't be a state function, that's what architecture has taught me so far.
when im happy, i dont seem to need anybody, i should be happy all the time!
well anyway, ill just leave you with some sort of poetry i assume i'll be able to string together if i try.
the delirious flow of inspiration
left her breathless, suffocated with possibility
the tide within could evoke eternal flight
such was the pleasure
words always disappointed her
the need to define overwhelmed
the desire to manifest, invigourated
whoopsie-daisy
stone face loves her
its slightly sad, but hope lies in the fact that the new year brings change, happy change, all around =)
i've finished three books in the past 2 weeks and i feel ecstatic, i love reading, its an experience that cannot be defined, it transports you elsewhere, where the only existence you're conscious of is that of your mind and you eyes, its like the rest of you isn't even there. i love feeling that way, conscious only of my mind.
i want to remain sane, not go mad with this vortex of emotions i somehow find myself experiencing all the time. its so wonderful to be human, to be blessed with the power to think and create. i dont know where im heading with this post, but whatever it is, the journey makes me happy, everything needn't be a state function, that's what architecture has taught me so far.
when im happy, i dont seem to need anybody, i should be happy all the time!
well anyway, ill just leave you with some sort of poetry i assume i'll be able to string together if i try.
the delirious flow of inspiration
left her breathless, suffocated with possibility
the tide within could evoke eternal flight
such was the pleasure
words always disappointed her
the need to define overwhelmed
the desire to manifest, invigourated
whoopsie-daisy
stone face loves her
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