Life is in living, not in life itself.
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Saturday, 25 December 2010
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Thursday, 23 December 2010
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
The Thinking Cap
I came across an ominously large place of worship on a recent trip to one of the water falls close to the Andhra Pradesh - Tamil Nadu border. The first thing that strikes me when i see it is that,
Its amazing what man creates in his quest for liberation from it all.
Sometimes i wonder if we want heaven after earth or heaven on earth...
It is difficult to understand men that create monsterous monuments, only to move beyond them or in what they 'think' they are doing in that attempt.
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Its amazing what man creates in his quest for liberation from it all.
Sometimes i wonder if we want heaven after earth or heaven on earth...
It is difficult to understand men that create monsterous monuments, only to move beyond them or in what they 'think' they are doing in that attempt.
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The Thinking Cap
After a while friendship moves from its fresh green pastuers to a firm understanding and appreciation of each others' survival instinct. Friendship matures when people move beyond that eutopian dream to accept the other's cunning ways.
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A fortnight ago, I accidentally broke a friend's spectacles. They weren't really broken, but they needed some fixing. Not a tough job really, but if you're not someone with a deft touch, you'd do well to take it to an optician if you don't want to be paying for the frame soon enough...
So, in we walked, and it was fixed by an old man behind the counter in what seemed like a post-retirement amusement-endevour of a shop.
I paid for the fix. I thought i should since i'd been the one to break it... It was a nominal 10 INR. But my friend didn't want me to pay for it.
"It's just 10 Rupees!", I said. We always had this habit, of talking about more serious things, but with a dash of humour... That was our way of acknowledging realities and yet staying sane.
And so he retorted, "Just 10 rupees? are you saying JUST 10 rupees??", "Do you know how big a change you can initiate with this 10 rupees if you do use it well??". He continued, his humourous grin across his face..
"Yes Sir!" i said, grinning back at him... "Because, with my 10 rupees, I just gave you back, your perspective on things."
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So, in we walked, and it was fixed by an old man behind the counter in what seemed like a post-retirement amusement-endevour of a shop.
I paid for the fix. I thought i should since i'd been the one to break it... It was a nominal 10 INR. But my friend didn't want me to pay for it.
"It's just 10 Rupees!", I said. We always had this habit, of talking about more serious things, but with a dash of humour... That was our way of acknowledging realities and yet staying sane.
And so he retorted, "Just 10 rupees? are you saying JUST 10 rupees??", "Do you know how big a change you can initiate with this 10 rupees if you do use it well??". He continued, his humourous grin across his face..
"Yes Sir!" i said, grinning back at him... "Because, with my 10 rupees, I just gave you back, your perspective on things."
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The Thinking Cap
Man uses words where he cant use silence
Man uses fists where he cant use words,
Man uses bombs where he cant use fists,
And where he cannot use anything,
He uses his mind...
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Man uses fists where he cant use words,
Man uses bombs where he cant use fists,
And where he cannot use anything,
He uses his mind...
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Friends
We fly in different directions,
Like kites in the sky;
But cometh the occasion' cometh the sun,
Find us flying by.
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We fly in different directions,
Like kites in the sky;
But cometh the occasion' cometh the sun,
Find us flying by.
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Tuesday, 21 December 2010
Teenage
Only when i was hurt, did i grow;
Only when i was happy did i know.
Only when my image of things was erased,
did i learn to see;
How quickly changes
Volatile reality...
A mirage...
Only when i was stupid, did i think;
Only when i was smarter, did i know.
Only when i got a little for a lot, did i know;
That a little is enough, One should take it slow.
There were few, but important choices,
Only when i could see beyond my illusions, could i see
There were a thousand voices,
But only time showed taught me what i wanted to be.
There is an age called the teenage,
When we grow inspite of ourselves rather than because.
And that age sometimes has significance
That extends beyond understanding,
Becomes the old man's walking stick.
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Only when i was happy did i know.
Only when my image of things was erased,
did i learn to see;
How quickly changes
Volatile reality...
A mirage...
Only when i was stupid, did i think;
Only when i was smarter, did i know.
Only when i got a little for a lot, did i know;
That a little is enough, One should take it slow.
There were few, but important choices,
Only when i could see beyond my illusions, could i see
There were a thousand voices,
But only time showed taught me what i wanted to be.
There is an age called the teenage,
When we grow inspite of ourselves rather than because.
And that age sometimes has significance
That extends beyond understanding,
Becomes the old man's walking stick.
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The Thinking Cap
To make men work for a goal, you have to make them partners... You have to institutionalise them...
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Understanding:
Understanding is like a sheet of ice that forms between the water and the air at the north pole, beginning of the world... it runs thick for miles and miles... but you can never say when the fragile sheet goes thin... Thats why we have forgiveness... And then we function within that thick ice... sometimes understanding is a small ice cap and sometimes it is the whole of the artic.....
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Understanding is like a sheet of ice that forms between the water and the air at the north pole, beginning of the world... it runs thick for miles and miles... but you can never say when the fragile sheet goes thin... Thats why we have forgiveness... And then we function within that thick ice... sometimes understanding is a small ice cap and sometimes it is the whole of the artic.....
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Resolution Of The Year:
"From tomorrow, I'll never say tomorrow, It'll all be today"
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"From tomorrow, I'll never say tomorrow, It'll all be today"
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Monday, 20 December 2010
Thursday, 2 December 2010
The Thinking Cap
Making time for people doest always mean in the minutes of a clock,
Sometimes you have to run with them for ten and sometimes maybe sit for five.. to really reach out to them...
Its more important that you hurry up or slow down a little,to bridge the gap if you want to really meet with people...
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Sometimes you have to run with them for ten and sometimes maybe sit for five.. to really reach out to them...
Its more important that you hurry up or slow down a little,to bridge the gap if you want to really meet with people...
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Sunday, 28 November 2010
Of Destiny and Choices
I thought for years about the debate about whether there is A Destiny or if destiny is made by our choices. Eventually i decided it was both. The fact that I chose my
B-School was my choice and that has influenced my two years. No doubt at all...
On the other hand there was a lil destiny or fate too i think... There was a little something that was beyond my control... That thing was "How many others are going to make that choice and finally land here... My life in the last two years has been hugely influenced, impacted and enriched by the people i have met here. And these two years will leave an impact on my life forever... for me as an individual rather than a professional... That is the part that i think My destiny has played... To bring the things it has in the palm of this passing time.
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B-School was my choice and that has influenced my two years. No doubt at all...
On the other hand there was a lil destiny or fate too i think... There was a little something that was beyond my control... That thing was "How many others are going to make that choice and finally land here... My life in the last two years has been hugely influenced, impacted and enriched by the people i have met here. And these two years will leave an impact on my life forever... for me as an individual rather than a professional... That is the part that i think My destiny has played... To bring the things it has in the palm of this passing time.
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The Thinking Cap
Today I heard about a little love story. A person who didn't know how to swim, dived into the ocean and managed not only to survive but also to rescue the drowning partner. I asked if they were still together. The answer, i thought sadly, was No.
And while i laughed at the irony of it, i also remember feeling that this hadn't turned out right.
I thought, In that moment of fearlessness, when the challenge was thrown to the death that had been provoked; There was a cause that was bigger than any other...
In that very moment death had been defeated, because death doesnt reign, and it cannot prevail where fear doesn't exist. Love had seen its mightiest victory... And that love could not survive their choices...
To decide whether it turned out right or not is not really in my capacity, because i dont know where their lives went from there. But nevertheless, i found the irony very amusing...
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And while i laughed at the irony of it, i also remember feeling that this hadn't turned out right.
I thought, In that moment of fearlessness, when the challenge was thrown to the death that had been provoked; There was a cause that was bigger than any other...
In that very moment death had been defeated, because death doesnt reign, and it cannot prevail where fear doesn't exist. Love had seen its mightiest victory... And that love could not survive their choices...
To decide whether it turned out right or not is not really in my capacity, because i dont know where their lives went from there. But nevertheless, i found the irony very amusing...
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He who understand Irony understands everything.. Life itself is an Irony.. And the greatest irony is that Irony is an irony itself....
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Sanity rests in thinking. In thinking and not understanding. Sanity is probably eroded when you begin to understand ... the more you understand, the more you realise that it's just a game... And in that understandint rests life's true beauty...
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Saturday, 27 November 2010
The Thinking Cap
Sometimes i think that life is full of challenges and trials and make or break decisions ! But the more i think, the more i realise that life only wants to test my sense of humour... And that I have a fairly good one !!!
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Thursday, 25 November 2010
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Friday, 29 October 2010
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Redemption
After an eternity of aimless wander,
Finally on the road to redemption...
And in my heart rests a faith...
In the firm yet calm rests the might of the oceans...
What I truly desire is still a haze in a crystal ball,
But there is, a faith, the path is right...
Willingness to walk to anywhere it leads me,
For there I will find what I seek...
There is a faith that the path's destiny,
Is where I really want to be...
The past has finally passed,
Acceptance is sweet, as is the sound of the waves...
Today is the golden sun and tomorrow is an unbreakable dream...
And there is a faith that feels no need to speak,
Only a need to quietly swim with this stream.
In an infinity of inner strength...
And I can feel myself grow stronger,
As the winds of each passing minute embrace me....
There isn't regret of what has passed,
And no fear of what is to come...
For I now look through different glasses..
And all I see are colours, some bright, and dark are some...
For, found have I my single most reliable source,
Of Motivation, Inspiration, Strength & Peace - ME;
In this journey, where I seek redemption,
There is only, Peace ! Peace ! Peace !
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Saturday, 23 October 2010
Friday, 15 October 2010
Thursday, 14 October 2010
Sunday, 10 October 2010
The City
I have come to understand that, every city is equally great,
Because no matter whether you love it or hate it,
It still embraces you with open arms, It still shows patience and wins you over.
It gives you a home, a place to live in, a shelter under its sky,
Be it on its streets, or in its skyscrapers,
It gives you joy and sometimes sorrow
Elation, pain, celebration, fulfilment
It gives you a space to run your life,
Parallely, to a million others.
A space where you spend your days, make memories,
Fall & fly, grow and learn
An irreversible time that adds a permanent flavour to your life,
Friends, fraternity, foes & fascinating tales to tell,
Some days, you walk alone, some days, the city walks with you...
A city gives you opportunity & wisdom and all its resources,
Its air, food, water and keeps you alive,
But above all, every city has on offer, the best thing in the world,
And thats the people.
Eventually, whether you love it or hate it, respect it....
Because the city Loves You.
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Because no matter whether you love it or hate it,
It still embraces you with open arms, It still shows patience and wins you over.
It gives you a home, a place to live in, a shelter under its sky,
Be it on its streets, or in its skyscrapers,
It gives you joy and sometimes sorrow
Elation, pain, celebration, fulfilment
It gives you a space to run your life,
Parallely, to a million others.
A space where you spend your days, make memories,
Fall & fly, grow and learn
An irreversible time that adds a permanent flavour to your life,
Friends, fraternity, foes & fascinating tales to tell,
Some days, you walk alone, some days, the city walks with you...
A city gives you opportunity & wisdom and all its resources,
Its air, food, water and keeps you alive,
But above all, every city has on offer, the best thing in the world,
And thats the people.
Eventually, whether you love it or hate it, respect it....
Because the city Loves You.
Friday, 8 October 2010
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Monday, 4 October 2010
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Sunday, 22 August 2010
Monday, 16 August 2010
Freedom
I Stand free in a passionate rain,
And a fire that burns inside of me....
In the streets of the free country,
Singing songs of freedom....
And yet, Freedom still beckons,
Freedom .... that elusive dream ...
Trickles away from the greedy hand....
Freedom, that little irony,
Lost in your quest to find it,
Like the desert sand.
And maybe lost again when you find it....
For he who knows no bondage,
knows as little of freedom...
And to him, what does freedom mean,
Beyond an often misused word, misunderstood ?? ....
And maybe, freedom is a colourful butterfly,
She flies bright and beautiful...
But you catch her and she's gone....
And the chase goes on and on ....
Ah this freedom, you have to lose it to find it,
And when you have it you dont understand it...
And yet, cursed to chase the butterfly,
I chase everyday what I already have,
I find it & lose it & find it again
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15/08/2010
Saturday, 26 June 2010
The thinking cap...
As we go along, we think we understand life... maybe we only "think" we have found answers... but ... in reality we haven't... the greatest wisdom lies in accepting that we know nothing... and we dont.... not even about ourselves.... we know absolutely nothing...
the answers are not important.... maybe we dont possess the thought to fathom them... probably, thats the trick... its about the journey ... its about being able to look beyond absolutes, tangibles and attempts to quantify everything in a familiar context ... there are a million perspectives or maybe none at all.... half our lives are spent in attempting to interpret everything we see , think, hear and feel... maybe its just about the experience...
Nothing was mine and nothing will ever be.... and yet i attempt to gather everything in the clench of a fist... Mine is an individual journey... I am nothing.. and yet I am everything....
I think so hard about the profound that i slip into the mundane... and so hard about the mundane that i slip into the profound... Maybe if you stop asking questions, the instinct will take over... i may not find the answers... but maybe i will understand the journey ...
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the answers are not important.... maybe we dont possess the thought to fathom them... probably, thats the trick... its about the journey ... its about being able to look beyond absolutes, tangibles and attempts to quantify everything in a familiar context ... there are a million perspectives or maybe none at all.... half our lives are spent in attempting to interpret everything we see , think, hear and feel... maybe its just about the experience...
Nothing was mine and nothing will ever be.... and yet i attempt to gather everything in the clench of a fist... Mine is an individual journey... I am nothing.. and yet I am everything....
I think so hard about the profound that i slip into the mundane... and so hard about the mundane that i slip into the profound... Maybe if you stop asking questions, the instinct will take over... i may not find the answers... but maybe i will understand the journey ...
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Friday, 18 June 2010
LIFE !
Time, Destiny & God come together with a seemingly wicked sense of humour to form this brilliantly worked out cartel called "LIFE".
And U cant help but smile when u sit back in ur chair at the end of the day, look back in amusement and marvel at the brilliance of the intricately, yet beautifully planned & timed script. The Grand Big Plan. And suspense is a key element. :)
Cheers to Life
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And U cant help but smile when u sit back in ur chair at the end of the day, look back in amusement and marvel at the brilliance of the intricately, yet beautifully planned & timed script. The Grand Big Plan. And suspense is a key element. :)
Cheers to Life
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Saturday, 22 May 2010
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
There is no greater opportune time to change than the time at which you decide to.
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Friday, 7 May 2010
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Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Solitude
Solitude is an ocean and one must be sure to go visit the shores every once in a while...
Sit by the shore... listen to the messages the winds bring....
Listen to the songs the waves sing...
Be reminded of ones own vastness...
Take a dip...
Feel the power of the tide...
And yet guard against getting drowned or washed away...
As time passes,one gets to explore the depths of the sea...
For, Far beneath the light can reach,in the abyss there lie hidden, many little things
For, there is a certain peace that only solitude can bring.
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Sit by the shore... listen to the messages the winds bring....
Listen to the songs the waves sing...
Be reminded of ones own vastness...
Take a dip...
Feel the power of the tide...
And yet guard against getting drowned or washed away...
As time passes,one gets to explore the depths of the sea...
For, Far beneath the light can reach,in the abyss there lie hidden, many little things
For, there is a certain peace that only solitude can bring.
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Friday, 26 February 2010
Whats in the name?
For, we are,
But an inconsequential spec....
& for all that pride,
Deep down inside,
In the magnitude of it all,
I am, In all of my glory,
In the infinity, so small !!
Wisdom lies in subtler understanding,
Really,
What is your's and what is mine?
Nothing is, & it never was,
Belonging and ownership,
Just one of those many things,
A delusional folly.
Live for the day, like the blind man sings,
Life is only what freewill brings,
One of those sweetest things...
Manasthiti
Thursday, 25 February 2010
A little beyond
With my back against the sand,
Eyes wandering in a thoughtful gaze,
Gazing into infinity, where the mind is,
A million thoughts fleeting by the minute....
A strong realization dawns, the light getting brighter,
That far deeper, lies my heart's true desire,
And far greater is my journey,
than to the horizon and back...
Away from the road that I've always seen
There is one that I have always known...
Maybe I'm made for different things,
A road with no milestones,
A road where the seeds are sown,
A road where thoughts have grown....
I fall, only to see deeper,
I rise, to see beyond what seems to be,
But there is the breeze that blows a little stronger
Than it may seem to me.....
Sunday, 14 February 2010
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