All that remains is ichor

22Sep09

Hearts parched as dry desert land,
visions blurred by ichor,
thoughts half real unreal half,
like images swirling within,
theirs is the path taken by who
are bitten by death in the air.
Nor of morality, neither sanity,
are they governed.
Sinews giving away under the harsh glare,
dreams dried up already,
tears flow no longer,
all that remains is ichor.
Of karma and shanti,
meanings half understood,
and [...]

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Tags: Crazy, Crazy writing, Poems, Senseless

Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan at the Round Table Conference on Parliamentary Affairs

18Sep09

JP, as he’s popularly known not unlike his namesake, is an MLA from Kukatpally, Hyderabad. His party didn’t do very well in the last elections, though it attracted a lot of attention. We remember seeing volunteers of the Loksatta party distributing leaflets at railways stations during the run up to the polls.
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Tags: Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan, Hyderabad, Indian, Indian Parliament, Indian Politics, JP, Kukatpally, Parliamentary Affairs, Round Table Conference

Advantages and disadvantages of AI

15Sep09

As biology-studying school-going kids, we were made to learn the advantages and disadvantages of artificial insemination. As with most of the things back then, our friends were more resourceful in enlightening us on the subject than our poorly-paid perenially-frustrated teachers.
Though there was no mention of it in the next session’s classes, we knew that we’d [...]

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Tags: AI, Artificial Insemination, Biology, Exams, My early life, Schooldays

Mr. Sibal on Ms. Dutt’s show

11Sep09

Barkha Dutt was conversing with Kapil Sibal y’day. The man is good with words. We knew that. What we didn’t know was his love for text messaging. He read aloud a poem of his which he said was composed in 15 minutes. He was very humble on the show though, repeatedly asking Barkha not to [...]

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Tags: TV, Conversations, Politics, Kapil Sibal, Barkha Dutt, NDTV

Gulabi Aankhen

07Sep09

This video has to be watched for on screen antics of Rajesh Khanna and Nanda.

No wonder choreographers are in great demand these days!

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Tags: Dancing, Funny, Gulabi aakhen, Hindi Cinema, Mohammad Rafi, Nanda, Rajesh Khanna, The Train

Trouble in Paradise (not the chicken centre)

03Sep09

Reports are pouring in that there’s trouble in the city. People are protesting over the death of the CM. Nobody knows though what/who they are protesting against. It’s a general resentment… the kind that a lover feels when his beloved leaves him. I’m not too sure if the parallel drawn is an apt one, but [...]

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Tags: Hyderabad, Hyderabadis, YSR, Rioting, Resentment, Craziness

The reference

01Sep09

It’s done. Almost.

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Tags: Fabric Painting, Indulgences, Pandit Gopabandhu Das, Shirts