So Jean Paul Sartre fell in love with Simone de Beauvoir while they were at Sorbonne…( he was pursuing philosophy and went on to pursue phenomenology- which makes me happy ,because i have three research papers to read on this, and somehow i feel a deep connection with this man ..)
Anyway , the talk [...]
Archive for April, 2008
25 Apr
Trivia : Jean Paul Sartre
17 Apr
So u think I dont like you anymore???..
So China called and he was pretty drunk.. after rambling for 5 minutes in china style,he passes the phone onto VinM who professed with sincerity that he would not re imburse me for the courier i had sent for him and which cost me a fortune,..Pdo then proceeded to sing a mal song for [...]
16 Apr
My rich existence……
So I have been leading an opulent life over the past few days ornate with friends,books, movies, music and nature..all in healthy doses …Here’s taking stock of everything that has happened and everone who has been a part of making it so plush ….
V : My splendid old friend whom I can meet after [...]
13 Apr
Eternity, in verse.
Eternity
He who bends to himself a joy
Does the winged life destroy;
But he who kisses the joy as it flies
Lives in eternity’s sunrise..
-Blake
13 Apr
Dreams..Soulfully Dolores
So this is no attempt to extol the music of any band…Just a mention of the song here cause humming it always always makes me happy …..mirthful ?? ..And dolores’s voice is oh- so soulful……..So here are the lyrics…
Oh my life is changing everyday
In every possible way
And oh my [...]
11 Apr
Quoted
” It is the fate and perhaps the greatness of that work that it offers everything and confirms nothing” Albert Camus
11 Apr
About change…and resisting it..
Mud matkas come with taps these days…It s heartening that the matkas are still around though…You could get pro-biotic Amul Icecreams ..I’m glad they’ve hung on to the amul butter girl..Jukebox, which once served steaks and sizzlers alone, now dishes out paneer butter masala and schezwan fried rice too from the same kitchens..They play [...]
11 Apr
Non-kafkaesque
A day soaked in the humdrum can be quite redeeeming…Especially when the past 10 months of your life has been choked with frenzied activity and ever changing body cycles… So a mundane task finally brought to completion followed by lunch with a good old friend , a rickshaw ride back to campus accompanied [...]
9 Apr
Of writing ….or reading
When the ones you love are not with you..And the ones around do not particularly strike the right chord, it is to words that you turn to, to seek companionship , for they shape a world that you create…
9 Apr
Separate lives….
Do you remember the time I told you how odd it would be to live a life, knowing that somewhere else in this world, someone knows you very well ..And then again you don’t really know that person anymore..At least not as much as you used to..Well, it’s happening now ..And it sure is odd…
