Thursday, December 29, 2011

You and Me

1
You: I am a tree
Me: You are not a tree
You: Because I rhyme with the wind
Me: Because the wind destroys you
You: But I provide shade to everyone
Me: You provide shade only to the insects
You: I am a tree, because I am innocent
Me: You are not, you're merely a Bonsai !!!




2
You: The mist is gone, the road is clear now.
Me: Look at the patch of cloud!
You: Where exactly?
Me: Towards the horizon...
You: What do you plan to do now?
Me: I will sell this painting for one million!

Monday, December 12, 2011

THE THREAD


The thread missed its target at last!

There was only little hope
That the sun will ever defeat
The might of the western city
And it found the Dim Candle

“The thread has started burning at last!”
Declares the old man from the cave,
“Let us follow the path of its light
And we’ll find the thunderstorms at last!”

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Death

Death's an art!

Carved on the plutonic bands of the gneiss,
Weathered by the prehistoric waters of the creek,
Metamorphosed through hominoid touches through the ages,

Death's the sculpture of life!

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Two days after the blast

15 July, two days after the Mumbai blasts, and one month for the Independence day celebration - What are our thoughts? What's playing in our minds?

PM Manmohan Singh must be thinking his hope of making a stable, superpower South Asia is going to crash. Who did he rely upon, the military establishment of Pakistan? Even if you don't want, you have to believe it. Yes, Dr Singh has been optimistic, and that's fine with the administrative head of the strongest nation of South Asia; it's understandable if he thinks he can control and dictate terms of a region. But somewhere down the line, we are made to believe that the diplomats of India have been naive, and naivety of the heads of a wannabe superpower cannot be accepted.

What is Advani and the opposition thinking? Well, I see no reason why they should not hope for regaining power next time; although that is also not going to help the cause of India any better. We have experienced that, we will experience the same. Rather we can predict a worse situation if that were to happen.

What are the industrialists thinking. The big industrialist set-up is not disturbed at all. The only thing they are bothered is the fluctuating graph of the stock market. Small things (!) like price hike, growing economic disparity, etc. are beyond their imagination. They will at best talk about a much romanticized goodwill and world-changing, friendship-making event like the IPL, and so on. After all, it's the Western world that they have to look out for, not our immediate neighbours.

What is the common people of India thinking? There can be many thoughts: A will be thinking "Damn, why was I to lose one leg? It could have happened to any Tom, Dick and Harry!"; B will be thinking, "Thank God, I was not there." C will be thinking, "Shit! It is going to be a difficult coming six months." D will be thinking, "Anyways, I am going out of this forbidden country, and I will not come back." E will be thinking, "I don't have money to buy rice for tonight, who can I go and ask?" F will be thinking, "If it was possible, I would fuck my boss and move to the other job." G will be thinking, "This many persons I will have to contact, let's see if i get a bakra for this rubbish insurance policy today." H will be dreaming and thinking nothing, while "I" will have nothing to dream and nothing to think, yet a lot to calculate. - Yes, the common man will forget it over a period of time, and will adapt to various ways of coping up with a crisis situation, like they do in Hollywood movies. They will think, everything will be nice one day. And some common men will remain unaware of that there was even a crisis.

Is it better to be insensitive about everything? I have a 50-50 stand on this. As a responsible citizen of this country, I always hope for all-round betterment and peace of this land, and wish to contribute in every possible way. But as a selfish individual, I simply hope to survive and try not to be sensitive, and be calculative and remain safe.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Honesty


“This” is what I like

“That” is what I am told I should like

“This” is what I feel

“That” is what I am asked to feel


And I roam about in a constant space

Between the “this” and the “that”


“This” says: “you are dishonest.”

“That” says: “you will be dishonest.”

I say: “Who are you to decide?

My honesty lies in the space I live.”

Thursday, March 10, 2011

The Listener

For years i have listened to!
For years i have obeyed
and have obeyed that i would listened to!

When you said: listening is the way to knowledge
And knowledge is the ladder to success,
i felt...
holy shit!
Years have gone by
And I am still not the leader!