I hate dishonest rickshawallahs!! They make me loathe myself for being gullible to all the tricks up their sleeves.. Everytime I think I’ve learnt a lesson and commit to myself that I’d never be so foolish again , I get tricked in yet another infuriating manner..
It occurs to me that I need to do [...]
Archive for November, 2008
25 Nov
All the world’s a stage
23 Nov
Sense- datum…
So many days have gone by in sheer somnolence…I’ve missed many a morning. No regrets there.. the nights have their own charm..But today, waking up at dawn to have miles and miles of green in front of me, is reinvigorating…… On the far left of the balcony, blue pettunias have clambered up a tree [...]
23 Nov
A flight of pigeons
.. Around the marble balcony of the marble palace …….Down the stone pathway hedged by red hibiscus…. Past the kutir …. The heart shaped leaves of the vine that clings to the tree..The pink blossoms of the Tabebuia.…Perhaps, here’s the place to rest for now..
23 Nov
The muzzein’s call
There’s a certain quality to the muzzein’s call.. its deep melancholic ring has always thrilled me..The mysticism in which it is wrapped merges with the broken silences of the morning..In the daytime, it’s reassuring….Comforting that, somewhere, with the call, several human beings are gathering to say their prayers…A very learned person once said that when [...]
16 Nov
Tabula Rasa
Ever had one of those moments? That fractal where you acknowledge something you had till then consistently banished from your thoughts?? And having acknowledged, you realize that it’s a moment..And you’ve learnt..And you’ll never repeat that mistake again..But that you’d move on, strengthened and wiser by that one arcane truth …
