Remembering Rafi

31Jul08

The eighth note of music died this day.
-Naushaad

Filed under: Death, Events, General, Music, Nation, Nostalgia, Personalities, Quotes, Rafi, Uncategorized   |  4 Comments
Tags: Anniversaries, Death Anniversary, Mohammad Rafi, Naushaad, Naushad, Obituaries, Playback singers, Playbacks, Rafi, Remembrances, RIP

A long way to go…

29Jul08

She asked me to stay,
I couldn’t,
Oh, I had a long way to go.
The rain is lashing,
the wind swishing,
for just one night take care,
oh, take rest dear,
morning we’ll find you a mare.
Oh, let the rain rush down,
or the skies open,
the earth part,
or souls depart,
I got to go, a long way.
Steaming food and a warm bed,
hot water [...]

Filed under: Boredom, Crap, Fiction, General, Girls, More Crap, Poems, Still more Crap, Uncategorized   |  5 Comments
Tags: Committing sin, Feelings, Heart, Mind, Poetry, Sin, Staying back, Temptation, Thoughts, Traveller

LFD – Living our lives, faking our fates, dying our deaths

27Jul08

It’s hard to find a reason to go on living once you find out the pointlessness of being. Of course, one could still go on enjoying the blue skies, the gentle breeze, the refreshing rain, the colorful flowers but then again, the futility of it all eventually comes around. You just want to scream it [...]

Filed under: Boredom, Crap, Frustration, General, More Crap, Still more Crap, The Dark Side, Uncategorized   |  5 Comments
Tags: Death, Delusion, Existence, Fate, Futility, Ironies, LFD, Life, Living, Pointlessness, State of being

I live like a man who’s already dead

25Jul08

‘I’m a man who believed that I died twenty years ago and I live like a man who’s already dead.’

He believed he had died… a long time ago.
So, do I.

Filed under: Death, General, History, Personalities, Quotes, Racism, Religion, Society, Videos   |  Leave a Comment
Tags: Beliefs, Black Movement, Fear, Haj, Interviews, Malcolm Little, Malcolm X, Mecca, On Muslims, Racism

Live from Lok Sabha

22Jul08

It’s amazing how the Indian Parliament can give Bollywood or even Hollywood a run for their money… brilliant lines, amazing acting, seasoned extras and a splendid script. No doubt it’s already been declared a hit many times over.
I’m watching it live now… the climax just keeps on building.
Watch it live here.
Update: The Prime Minister’s speech [...]

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Tags: Bribes, Corruption, Democracy, From the floor, Government, Indian Parliament, Indian Politics, Politicians, Shameful, The Houses, The Lok Sabha

The Dark Knight disappoints…

21Jul08

This is not a scathing review of The Dark Knight. In fact, I agree when they say that it’s the best Batman movie made till date and I actually doubt if a better movie could be made and a similar star cast be chosen again for the Batman movies.
But I don’t agree when they say [...]

Filed under: Experiences, Frustration, General, Movies, Uncategorized   |  16 Comments
Tags: Aaron Eckhart, Bruce Wayne, Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan, Graphic Novels, Heath Ledger, The Batman, The Dark Knight, the Joker

As I choked…

18Jul08

Looking down the long barrel of the old gun wasn’t a pleasant experience, rather horrifying in fact. The long dark shaft stretched along the rest of my vision like an infinte abyss ready to gulp down my spineless self. But little did I know that it was my fate to mouth the abyss… like in [...]

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Tags: Realizations, Barrels, Guns, Looking down a barrel, Gun in the mouth, Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club, Control, Choke, Choking, Being in control

The paintings in the cave

16Jul08

Kantakhaala was a small village on the sea. It was 15 kms away from Gopalpur, the nearest town. It had never been in news, not many people were even aware of its existence, but the quiet life of the illiterate villagers was turned upside down when some city folks said their village was of archaeological [...]

Filed under: Boredom, Fiction, General, Orissa, Uncategorized   |  5 Comments
Tags: Imagination, Inspired, Short story

Read-Only mode

14Jul08

‘… and he made me see what an asshole I was. He smashed my head on the ground and a moment later I heard the crunching of my bones as they crushed to smithereens on the hard dirty surface. I tasted the blood oozing out from my splintered lips and felt the broken teeth by [...]

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Tags: Being an asshole, Fight, Gratitude, Life, Pain, Realisations, Suffering

Roaming the unnamed streets of the Old Town

11Jul08

Roaming the unnamed streets of the Old Town,
gazing up the mossy walls,
I knew my words were coated
with the moss of falsity.
Roaming the unnamed streets of the Old Town,
looking down the slimy gutters,
I knew my soul stank and was
full of filth.
Roaming the unnamed streets of the Old Town,
breathing in the air heavy,
I knew my sins were [...]

Filed under: Bhubaneshwar, Bhubaneswar, Crap, Experiences, Frustration, General, God, More Crap, Orissa, Poems, Society, Still more Crap, Suffocation, oriya   |  4 Comments
Tags: Heresy, Hope, Old Town, Redemption, Religion, Sins, Temptation, Worldly