Ever stumbled upon a word/ phrase that you thought you knew the meaning of,but continued to find it intriguing every time you chanced upon it again? “Beware the Ides of March” is one such phrase that got me started me on a url hopping, wikpedia scanning, information quest.. While I had come across the [...]
Archive for May, 2007
15 May
Red-letter Days…
I have been trying to extricate myself from non essential absorptions and to just live a simple mirthful existence…So this weekend was spent in vanilla flavored pursuits… My friend is shifting base to Bangalore.The new house is a delightfully agreeable place.. Highlight : a wall in each room is painted a different colour..Quite Exceptional [...]
14 May
Words…
In the common words we use every day, souls of past races, the thoughts and feelings of individual men stand around us, not dead, but frozen into their attitudes like the couriers in the garden of the Sleeping Beauty.
-Owen Barfield, author (1898-1997)
10 May
You need not understand….
There are so many memories I cherish, that I would truly like to write about…For penning them down would make permanent the little events, that when linked together by occurrence, form distinct images of memorable days gone by.. But even on the grounds of fictitious names and extrapolated circumstances, the very act of writing [...]
10 May
Post-Supper Revelry
So Bachha and I have another obsession. After rajma, parathas and choley, Friends, Desperate Housewives and Gray’s Anatomy, followed by a regular supply of movies from the British Council, this one is fairly intellectual.The Guardian Quick Crossword that comes in Hindu’s supplement appeals to our limited attention span. It’s a great package deal. We get [...]
10 May
Songs,Sonnets and Ballads Galore…
On a recent book hunt, I stumbled upon an anthology of poems by some of the greatest poets who have walked this earth. This paperback treasure trove titled “Immortal poems of the English Language” contains about 450 poems chronologically arranged by Oscar Williams….These pages filled with arcane longings, magical lyrics and sublime beauty come as [...]
10 May
Ladies and Gentlemen…May I present…..
…Many consider the propensity of my flat to the airport a definite disadvantage, and a menace of sorts.. ….Yes of course, like most things that are a blessing, I too often take this proximity for granted… I dislike the cargo vehicles driven by juveniles that whiz past the narrow streets of my neighbourhood..I whine about [...]
10 May
Ennui
So my good friend tells me he is acutely bored..And he wants to do something interesting……Pray, dear friend,hear me..If you are bored with your company,how bored will others be in yours?That having been said,I will still try and help you…For you are my good friend after all…
10 May
Wisdomous
Confucius said “To know that we know what we know,and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge”….
10 May
Joie De Vivre
…………..It’s been raining in Bangalore for the last couple of days and I am,en masse, thoroughly upbeat………I’m in a perpetual state of hop, skip, jump, and shout with joy…..
