A Stubborn Show

I had been to church after a long time, a very long time to be precise. It was my cousin's wedding Mass and there was nothing i could do to miss it and avoid it at the same time. To top it all it happened to be in konkani, a language that i have roots in but don't understand quite as much. But yea thanks to my frequent childhood visits to Goa,half of which consisted of going to relatives houses and the latter half travelling all the way to St Xaviers Church to attend the Mass in konkani I was able to tune myself to understand more or less of what was going on. Having attended masses in konkani before I found it very easy to relate to the mass in English if one learns to synchronize the timings of the hymns, the readings and the warming and cooling of the seats. So this Priest was giving the sermon and kept on giving analogy after analogy. I understood the central idea over most of them being cliches about some wedding story or the other since it was a wedding mass. ...

It was about 5 o clock in the morning and I decided to go for a walk after a very early breakfast, I thought about going out in the cold once again but then went ahead anyways cause from some unknown area the mosquitoes were creeping into my room and having me for a feast. So there I was sitting in the park which was quite a walkable distance from my house, I used to come here quite often a couple of years back, but in the past years I guess I hardly even come across this road anymore. Its quite dark and the bench I’m sitting on is just under a lamp post and after a minute or so I realize the mosquitoes at my house might have contacted their headquarters and informed them that I was heading for the park, cause I looked upwards and there were about 10-15 of these blood suckers hovering over my head searching for any bare skin where they could attack, I’m just glad I guess that I’m not bald….yet. Most of the people I see around me I realize are well past their retirement ag...

I went to the chai wala near the garden which of late is my hangout place and was having chai when this guy steps up with the best puppy dog face he can muster and says "Bhai thoda petrol milega kya?(Will i get some petrol)" Now I had just switched to reserve before starting the bike that evening, so I told him lets go the petrol pump , but he was like nahi denge and it was night so I was pretty confirmed they wouldn't not at this time at least. We got the a tube from nearby, dipped one end in the tank and and both of us tried our mouths at it by sucking in and trying to fill the bottle,even a drop at the very least. But all we managed to suck in were fumes followed by intense coughing. So we called the mechanic who gave us the tube. I told him to try if he can get it done. He looked at me and gave me that look that said ' haan hum toh idhar bike ka dukaan khol ke vadapav bech rahe hain na(I have opened a bike stall and am selling VadaPav right )". ...

When time just seems to slip away and you want to do so much in one moment. Alas life has a different plan for you, you hear people say .... that's bullshit. It's just that you didn't seize the moment, the opportunity while it danced in front of you. But relax, Its not too late, it's not the end of the world, this world is too young to die in your lifetime. So get your socks together and put on your best shoes....cause shit just got real right now, so you better pick up your pace.

Tell your secret to the wind  but don't blame it for telling it to the trees. - Khalil Gibran  I am in a dream I don't want to awaken, I think I'll sleep forever, I won't ever open my eyes. My eyes are closed, My hands are still, My ears are there, but senseless, My nose is present, but senseless. To stay this way, I would love. But I  know i have to get up sooner or later. My mind will awaken, my senses will sense, and I will feel the same. I will be the same.

There is always something in the antonym. There is gain in loss, There is courage in fear. There is death in life, There is life in Death. Why must ineptitude exist and not have its say.

I was walking along the road, when I seen a bottle and a bag lying strewn across the road, as I moved my gaze to search for a connection I seen a hand with clenched fists. I promised someone a long time back that if anyone was in dire need of help I would indulge my humanistic response, and so without the time lapse of even the blink of an eye I ran towards the hand. As I pulled the hand from under the bush a pang of panic swept right across my face.  I stared at the face, but even my mind couldn’t register the face, and this wasn’t because I didn’t know the person, but because of the multitude of cuts and bruises across the face it was destroyed beyond any human recognition. A face which probably was charming once now housed doorways from which magenta now cruised. I Got up. I left. I left because I am an Indian , I left because I don’t have time , I left because I don’t want to fall into the debacle of the judicial system, I left because I have pr...

There was a quote i read the other day You don't really need a reason to help somebody and I started wondering if I really do need. What exactly is the purpose I ask myself And how do i Go on ? Even if you do become a very successful person some day or if you are someone successful right now, What exactly is the purpose I ask you And how do i Go on ? Is it happiness you come to acquire when you see others happy or Is it the knowledge that you have touched a million lives and made a difference, for the better by doing some act. There is nothing low or bad or high or good. There is however the mindset to never give up, especially when you know where your road would lead you to. Don't let your Consummation with Failure Devour you of yourself, that you plummet to the stage where you probe yourself for shortcomings more than there are. Do take into account what you have relinquished, well if even that doesn't seem to do the trick, then you need to find...