As the clock slowly tickseach second passes to another a second is lost before we realizea minute we wait forsome minutes are longer than yearsthey take an eternity to pass. life stops and waitsa flower somewhere decides to diea tree falls… and no one noticesan animal cries for humanityIt is hot like hell.. An old snake laments‘it is time to refill the poison‘ Humans gather … Continue reading 15/365 The clock ticks | Poetry
It is almost 1:30 AM in the morningYesterday was my BirthdayI turned an year older yesterday. Well that is is not right, I just turned a day older yesterdayBut a whole year came piling on me one single dayYou know the feeling, I don’t need to tell you. What does that mean to me.Getting olderHaving less time to liveKnowing you are closer to leaving your … Continue reading 14/365 Another day to remind me | Poetry
Today I wanted to writeNothing stops me… I knowIt was just a day like any other dayBut today I wanted to write. So many days go byand we never write about itWill writing about somethingmake you remember it better ? Why should we remember ?What is the point in remembering ?remembering something that you cannot get againlost is lost is lost is lost…. is lost…. We … Continue reading 13/365 I wanted to Write – Poetry
How long do we have? How many weeks more? I read Oliver Burkeman’s 4000 weeks when it came out in 2021, during the pandemic. Yes, from the time we are born and if we were to live till 80 we will have lived a little over 4000 weeks. I turned fifty that year and found that I only had 1500 weeks left. 4000 felt less … Continue reading Our Limitedness
In 15 years lot has changed. I have grown much older. I did not have a single grey hair then and now I can easily count the black ones. 2010 was a year of total uncertainty, a time when I felt so stuck, unable to move forward. More professionally than personally, but the toll was personal. Our personal and professional lives are so intertwined and … Continue reading Living a Life
Rahi turns 18 today. He only looks 14 though. At the age of 53 I have been told that I look around 60. He has got his mom’s gene. Lucky him. When he was very young he once asked me “what should I be when I grow’… I thought for a while and answered ‘you should be happy when you grow’ Yes be happy. It … Continue reading Happy 18th Rahi
Today is Valentine’s day and I am travelling to India. There is a peer pressure when you are not travelling with your partner on Valentine’s day. There is an element of aloneness that is felt online and offline. How can he/she ? Was that intentional? What is happening between you two? Is he/she that insensitive.. or is it inconsideration..? Why why why… On top of … Continue reading Happy Valentine‘s Day
Kurt Gray’s Outraged is a must read for everyone today. It explores the important question “Why We Fight About Morality and Politics”. Whether you fight or not, I am sure this question would have come to your mind about the world we live in. Is there a common ground. A common ground where we can converse and understand. There is always, but we need to … Continue reading So Outraged !!
And then one day everything will come to an end. It could be good, it could be bad. It could be insignificant. But will come to an end. We don’t know of everything that ends. We just know they will. Same goes with people. Everyone will return to dust. No one will remember. Does that mean we should not do anything? Why do anything if … Continue reading Even if all ends tomorrow
I did not know about Dry January till about the 10th of Jan. That was not the intention. One 4th evening I decided that I should take a 30 day break from alcohol. A few days later someone asked if it was the dry January and that is when I started reading about it. Yesterday I completed the 30 days and I wanted to share … Continue reading My Dry January
Vinod Narayan 