As another year slips by,

26Dec08

Yesterday I waited for Santa. He came, not in a Santa suit but sporting a totally unwhite, utterly black beard and a turban, along with his brother Banta.
Harry Bates‘ Farewell to the Master is an astounding story. It wouldn’t have worked as a movie though. That explains the movie, The Day the Earth Stood Still. [...]

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Tags: Douglas Adams, Farewell to the Master, Fleeting time, Harry Bates, Musings, My Blueberry Nights, Natalie Portman, New Year, Santa, The Day the Earth stood still, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

It might not be a good idea to get a TV.

22Dec08

Getting the television has been a terrible mistake as I see it now. I no longer go out, preferring to stay indoors even when it’s sunny outside. I’ve almost given up on music and reading. Sitting in front of the tele I stare at it most of the time all day. The consequences have been [...]

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Tags: Advice, Consequences, Health, Life, Television, TV, Vision

Posting from home

17Dec08

At the risk of making this a pictorial post, I post some pics from back home.

Couldn’t get pics of the city, due to typical laziness and untypical weather.
The city has changed overwhelmingly, for the better for a change. Thanks to Ms. Sarangi, people no longer piss and spit in public. Places which [...]

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Tags: Aparajita Sarangi, Bhubaneshwar, City, Home, Makeover, Orissa, People, Village

A wasted life

15Dec08

How wasted can a life be?
Posed this question,
I blinked momentarily.
‘Look at me and you’ll know
what a waste, waste can be.’

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Tags: Failures, Life, Questions, Reflections, Waste, Wasted life

Something is missing here

11Dec08

I work with people like him.

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Tags: Colleagues, Compositions, Live performance, Solos