On Freedom and Life on Earth
There was something so profound I read a few days back.. “Freedom… is nothing but the distance between the hunter and its prey” This is a line from Chinese American poet Bei Dao’s poem Accomplices. I read the line in Ocean Vuong’s debut novel from 2019 “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous” I heard Ocean Vuong speak at NPR’s Fresh Air a few months back where … Continue reading On Freedom and Life on Earth
Fixing it | 365 Flash Fiction | 65
He came early that day. Unlike a normal day he decided to cook. He scanned the fridge and found there were spring onions and nothing else. He asked himself if he needed to go and buy something. He decided not. He took one spring onion and looked at it and smiled.“I wonder what you are thinking now. Are you happy to get out of the … Continue reading Fixing it | 365 Flash Fiction | 65
15/365 The clock ticks | Poetry
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
13/365 I wanted to Write – 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
Our Limitedness
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
Living a Life
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
Happy 18th Rahi
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
Happy Valentine‘s Day
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
So Outraged !!
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 !!
Even if all ends tomorrow
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
Vinod Narayan 