Studded with plateaus anddistant craggy peaks,Tataouine sat at the mouthof semiarid Tunisian Sahara.As the sun bid adieu for the day,the sand cooled off its heelsin the heart of a dry barren land. A small flock of Barbarin sheepmade a beeline, nudging each otherkicking dust, treading back abode.Miled’s vocal cues echoed in the air,steering them through…
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Fear
When doubt castsa shadow in the mind,and anxiety stiffensits grip on instincts,our emotion manifestsinto one of fear. When we are not at easewith a certain known risk,we pave way for fearto engulf and mould us.Ideally, we want tomanage our innatesand eliminate the learneds. There’s a bias to fearthat comes with demographics.While the child and the…
Book
A book engages us in aninteresting word-playall in an assonant world. We hook into itas we stir-fry in a pan,trying our best to cook.We look into itas we retire to a nook,on a rainy afternoon. We binge on itto unhook our sorrows.We lose ourselves in itand might overcook the soup. When we don’t read people…
Paine & Whine to Pain & Win
I’ll talk all day Mate… Wait until you get to the Gabba, pal. Tim Paine (Captain, Australia Cricket Team) “…I don’t wanna talkAbout things we’ve gone throughThough it’s hurting meNow it’s history…The winner takes it allThe loser has to fallIt’s simple and it’s plainWhy should I complain?…” – ABBA (1980) Doesn’t a piece of ABBA…
the I.
I’m “the I” and I’m hereto tell you a story.It aint’ one of fiction,so there’s candor in some sense. I know you and I have been with youever since you let out that first cry.Your mom and pop each held me witha certain subtlety while raising you.When you added a new life dimension,and called it…
36 – A new nadir!
You don’t win or lose the games because of 11 you select. You win or lose with what those 11 do on the field Rahul Dravid Dravid’s words of wisdom could not have held more merit before than on Dec 19, 2020. A bright Australian summer day at the Adelaide Oval. Third day of play…
Liberate
How do we liberate ourselves,from the realms of negativity?maybe we transcend our mind,to see the rainbow in its colorful glory,and not as a mundane monochrome arc;maybe we forgive someone,from the bottom of our heart,and not from the surface as an afterthought; It really doesn’t matter…if it is the Sun that rises torelieve the darkness of…
Illusion
As balmy waves, andlofty tidescrash ashore…We draw feelingsoften alike in their depth,yet disparate in form… Pleasure is one suchcalming the eyes and earsInspiration is anotherclaiming the mind and soul…Lost in the script of nature,we assume the elementsand their core and purpose,just nourishing our desires… Like a veil separatinga comic’s rigorsand their patron’s joy…A latent façade…
Journey
We move into new placesWe touch new experiencesBe there a rhyme or reason,to fix a crunch or just rise…It is the factual physical journey. We often meet others,some alike, some contraryWe could be decisiveyet feel unsettledWe could feel committedyet feel desperate…Emotional journey is complex. We let the mind drive and buildconstructs of infinite forms,A dream,…
Vagaries of Chaos
Within the realms of art,there’s crisscross of lines,a mishmash of colors. Beholder partakes a journeyof absolute normal.Normal is an illusion.What is normal for one,is mayhem for the other.Imagination dawns with no order,grows with limitless liberty,transcends and lives with chaos Butterfly…a symbol of nature,an epitome of beauty,is chiseled with symmetry.Yet Butterfly Effect…a result of small causes,an…
T(ouch!)
It was six months ago, at the dawn of new year,I wrote – this year might be rather uniqueWhile that was an intuition within numerical optics,Boy…in hindight it did turn out quirky Waves of adversity swept ashore,drowning every city, every cultureLikes of which the modern society,may have never dared to fathom before May the cause…
2020
Quoting an enlightened soul – “In human experience, the time that planet Earth takes to revolve around the sun is a way to guage what we are doing in this world.” Every one hundred and one spins around sun, mother Earth propels us into a new year, of unique number scheme… The onset of last…