Mango Fruit flies
Flit over my head
Warm May morning
No 5- 7- 5 syllable structure.. Pretty much freestyle..Experimenting..
Archive for May, 2009
31 May
Haiku mode
21 May
The many worlds
The other day, I read a rather innocuous article in the Hindu about a mother’s relief over the verdict passed against her son’s killer. 12 years ago, her son had died of bullets wounds when the Mumbai Police, allegedly resorted to indiscriminate firing to control a mob agitating against the desecration of Dr. Ambedkar’s statue. [...]
13 May
Falling in love with critical theory..
Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth
—Simone de Beauvoir; quoted by Smircich, 1985
I have never considered myself a feminist till I read the quote above. It evoked such deep empathy and [...]
8 May
Logos, Thymos, Eros…
… Take me to any road in Bangalore, and I’ll know the the Chill ‘n’ ovens and the Ganesh Juice centers… ..I know the places that are open late and the ones that you can hit for an early morning filter coffee. .. I have my own jeweller, shoe shop, kulfi place.. I have memories [...]
5 May
I can manage because….
Well how about that friend who called up with some really scandalous gossip? And you shared a great laugh ..
How about getting to know that someone whose blogs you read earnestly happens to like your writing too?
Then there’s Yoga.. The red carnations…(they have decided to stay a little longer) .. Some ‘comfort food’ ..
And [...]
5 May
It’s crazy ..But I think I can ..
You know how it can get so insane you don’t know how you can possibly go on?
….I used to think I could never blog, because- well, how can you possibly air what you think and feel to all those people out there .. I used to maintain a diary for about 10 years..So you can [...]
4 May
An excerpt from Walden
There are so many passages I love from Walden..This excerpt is for the Now.
“A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art. It is the work of art nearest to life [...]
4 May
Red carnations…
Red carnations, keep me company this evening..You and me at the window looking out at the Rain form rivulets in the stadium..
Keep me company through this night too, like you did the last one. Your red will break the monotony of black and white text.
Perhaps, if you will, the morning too..
These [...]
