Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Sunday, September 14, 2008
and the earth says...
i attempt to read...
the pattern in the necklace beads,
the flow of life from root to seeds.
and while to sleep,
i try to breath...
the smell of love,
so far yet deep.
and while you talk,
i try to hear...
the sound of energy,so faint but near.
and while you laugh,
i wait to cry...
over all the years gone by.
when life and love and energy were known...
when the leaf would sit the water throne...
and the sun would make you smile not groan.
angel

tomorrow or today!
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is'nt everything we're doing...to be..tobe loved a little more..??
-all parts of this movie called 'before sunrise'
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
life begets smile...
Teacher teacher
Pain instructs...
I'm reading a book called 'God is dead' by Ron Currie. And today as I read it in the tube crammed between people, holding the book in one hand and the overhead support in one, I came across this phrase 'Pain instructs'. And like the very many little phrases that make you stop and think, this one did too. And it dawned how true! Pain instructs! The lessons we learn through pain are the lessons best learnt. We go out of the way to not repeat the mistake, we always always remember...
But even as efficiently as it works, its sure not the favourite way of learning. But yes, pain instructs!
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
its been a while...
- Quote from the movie The Village
its been a while....
Friday, September 05, 2008
home...
Its strange when you have to decide what is 'home'.
Somehow the 'home is where the heart is' also does not hold good.
I've not yet changed the clock on my laptop to show me what time it is back home. I read the Indian newspaper to know how it is there. My eyes and ears always are alert to pick up something that reminds me of home.Oh that warmth, that voice , those eyes.
Everyday after work I'm super glad to get back home... I'm always looking for ways to make it complete...that little bin, that little lampshade... I'm always looking forward to get back home and chat up with flatmate, cook and eat with her. To get back home and read and sleep. ah what comfort at home...
Everyday I long to be with parents, want to go home and eat food mom cooked... help at home with the chores... hear the family fight over little things at home....
Its strange that they all make me feel at home! :)
Thursday, August 28, 2008
in pursuit...


Wednesday, August 27, 2008
addictions...
He lightly nodded and then turned to look at his lighter and said its better with a cigarette...
and I wondered....
How and addiction can so reduce the value of an individually perfectly delightful thing!
Sigh!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Saturday, July 19, 2008
two to one and all is me
and the reassuring presence is rare.
i just close my eyes,
try and behave wise.
and then i feel the hold,
the only warmth in the cold,
which brings all back to life,
and spirits begin to rise.
thank you for being me ...
so close even when farther than what i can see.
Saturday, June 28, 2008
rain come again
time is more....
and there is space for sweet and sour...
when its just us and the pretty blue...
and everything seems washed and new.
do come around again....
i want to again enjoy this view.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
well.. not so well afterall
though i'm letting it sound a little that way, i'm not the least bit amused. not only is there NO traffic sense in this city(Bangalore) but the whole system is SO screwed, that all you are left to feel is miserable and helpless. its SAD its really SAD that the systems around here make you repent for being where you are. the general belief in humanity and thinking that human tendency is to be helpful and caring just makes you feel like a fool. you suddenly are made to realise that you probably are among the very very few if not the only one who believes in the human conscience and the fact that people have a sense of guilt if they do something wrong.
it is just so bad that now in the middle of it i don't feel like saying anymore. i just wish that something could be done to keep that moron off the roads of the city to avoid killing and something could be done to the system to HELP instead of make a person feel miserable and helpless.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
what is the PLAN???
what do you want from me
and what do you actually want it to be?
are you testing my patience ?
or is it all nonsense?
waiting to isolate me and then shoot me down?
or is it some other way round?
you better tell me something before its too late...
well what will i do?
don't know, but i sure wont resign to fate!
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
hmmmmmmm
sigh!
i'll either have to be rescued or i'll learn to swim.
we'll talk about the different styles later
Sunday, May 18, 2008
grab a bite...
na they're not qualified chefs...
they don't have swanky fully equipped kitchens...
and no spic and span cutlery...
but yes... the food they serve sure tastes YUM!
just visited one of these road side thele walas...
and man! was it GOOD stuff to eat or what.
yeah i don't vouch for the hygiene but i sure do for the taste,the speed, the service and the price.
slurp!
and trust me... the road side stalls have disappointed me WAY less number of times that the posh restaurants.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
things that trouble!
- jaipur bomb blast
- fudging numbers
- wait
- inefficiency
- dishonesty
- heat
- dependence
- lack of humility
- distance
- time zones
- mosquitoes
- inflexibility
- global warming
am i running out of patience, or have i run out of it already! WHOA!
(its been SUCH a pathetic day)
sad
sad... but true.
and if its someone who you liked/thought nice of and all and all, it just is SUCH a disappointment.
sigh!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
pangea day
if you've not been a part of this, you really have missed something.pangea day was celebrated throughout the world on the 10th of may. it was one large global screening of these really amazing set of films, being watched by people ALL over the world at the same time.
it was one BIG audience.
i must say, it was a brilliant idea, and was really really well done.
amazing is not the word to express enough for the films that were screened. thankfully for all those who were not able to make it, the films are available online on pangeaday.org.
creativity personified.
the idea of getting the world to come together and see and feel what people in the other parts think and believe and feel, was absolutely amazing.
Do see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CMQLwhwySs
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
WoW!!
but today...
this kid came up, and asked for a book!
Thursday, May 01, 2008
silence!!! the court is in session!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
power!
us being residents of kormangla 4th block, blore. a little heavy rain last evening...am guessing caused a tree to fall and cut off the electricity of the entire area!
so no power whole of last evening, whole night and no power during the day either. luckily i was in office during the day.
while walking home from work, i saw my area dark and asked the shop keeper 'power cut today also??' he said there has been no power since yesterday!!! and there was no expecting it to be around till tomorrow morning! luckily its here and now after 24hrs and we're breathing a sigh of relief.
but 24 hrs was MORE than enough to bring life to a stand still...
there was NOTHING anyone was able to do....
we could not even sleep in peace!leave aside the fan, the mosquito repellent also works on electricity!!!!!
Monday, April 28, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
!!!
solitude beckons...Wednesday, April 23, 2008
when you cant sleep
do you blame it on the empty stomach?
or on the fuller heart?
do you blame it on the warm weather?
or on the mosquitoes that dart?
do you blame it on no company?
or on the thoughtless mind?
do you blame the book for not being boring?
or the pillow for not being the softest find?
or do you just let the excuses be?
but what the hell!!!!! the one in office tomorrow has to be ME!!!
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
thank you
Friday, April 18, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
happy feet???????
two feet away from comfort,two feet away from peace,
swell, ache, itch, pain!!!!!!
sigh!
two feet away from ease.
well the above 4 lines and piece of art are a tribute to my super painful feet(probably the most painful two feet in the world!!!!!!! )
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
plays...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008
resurrected

Wednesday, April 02, 2008
SO not done.
trust me, haggling with auto drivers is the last thing you want to do if you are in Bangalore. and its sure going to be a nightmare if you end up in a situation when you have to do it after eight in the night.
these are the times when you SO miss a city like Bombay. where you know for sure, that the system is in place to facilitate your movement and not to take advantage of the fact that the distance you want to cover is not something you can do by yourself or don't have the time to just walk it up.
just landed in Bangalore and cant find a prepaid stand?
car's just broken down and you need to go to a place near by?
getting late to work and your bus stop is alteast 15 mins by walk?
ITS RAINING!!!????
got one extra 2 kg bag with you???
rest assured you are going to be charged 1.5 times the standard rates if not more.
and of course the icing comes if all this happens after 8 in the night. God help you if there is a combination!
Friday, March 28, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
uncomfy!
and in this night of unreliable power...
i suffer with a clogged nose, sore throat, blocked ears and eyes that water.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Din!
its like a dark heavy cloud slowly descending on me...
that big heavy gray ball of cotton just coming down on me...
slowing covering me, so slow that i don't even realise i could panic, i just wait there till it overlaps me, i don't even make an attempt to run.
enveloped, I'm cold, suffocating...all i see is gray. everything's dull and gloomy. cant associate it to anything negative, cant blame anything or anyone.
then just hope its just tiredness, and that cold and sore throat taking a toll and probably its not time to frown, but just get some good sleep.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
fit?
or does the test of fitness hold irrespective of situation...maybe fit's not just physical fitness... should that chick have developed intellectual capability to figure that she's gonna be killed and then planned her escape! maybe ya... more so she'd survive only if she knows how in the world outside... maybe that IS the case... that's the only way species could and would EVOLVE.
thats the theory of EVOLUTION...
fit baby...NO excuses.
yay!
not for no reason at all...
not that alls super cool...
its just grinning time
Sunday, March 09, 2008
Delusion Angel
was just made to see this movie called "before sunrise".i knew before i watched it that it was a regular romantic movie.somehow i was kinda weary to watch it but also curious.
when someone said romantic movie... i was always reminded of "love actually" , "pretty woman" , "notting hill" and "sweet november". though they were all different they all somehow invoked a similar kinda feeling in me.
the strange "not so real", "very very sweet" kinda feeling.it was weird and somehow i don't get too excited about watching such movies.
then today i saw this movie.it was quite unreal. but there was something strange and different about it. it was just about this one day two people spend together. and other than the scenic locales(are always there in the hindi movies... but i think it would be really really close to a sin if i start comparing)...so other than the scenic locales there nothing really in the movie but pure conversations. its stunning how they manage to hold your attention. how you end up thinking, and smiling and frowning just listening to two other people talking. its not even too much action, no singing and dancing and watching some funky play or anything of the sort... its just two people walking in the streets and having a conversation.
i did not think something of this sort would ever appeal to me. but somehow its lingering. some parts which seems so normal when i saw them come back and all i can do is try to fill in some reason into my thoughts but all i do is WOW. strange that something that simple is sticking.i HAVE to mention this piece of poetry that was from it...its beautiful!
its called Delusion Angel -By David Jewell
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Thursday, March 06, 2008
make your wish?
as strange as the whole ritual is, i would see a red mail van and follow it religiously.i would cross all my fingers... two two pairs on each hand and make 4 wishes. :O
somehow was always in desperate need of good marks, some test or the other always being round the corner or just gotten over! or someone presentation or performance or SOMETHING was always there to wish for.
somehow ever since i started working i haven't really seen too many "red mail vans". i really don't remember seeing any in my one and a half years in Mysore and a little over one year in Bangalore.
but in the last two weeks i have seen "red mail vans" every now and then and have somehow been tempted to cross my fingers and make a wish.
maybe these times when all you can do is wait and watch and hope things turn your way, are the times when you are subconsciously on the look out for the "red mail van"...
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
...
audit: why?
calicut: kidding!
cramps: no :(!
wedding: food!
tension: little!
sorry: mom
goa: dream
march: does not seem like
appetite : lost
sweet: Jaw
sleep: needed
idle: cant stay
gotto go: NOW!
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
yooooooohooooooooo!!!!!!!!
Friday, February 22, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
and then there are times when all you want is icecream...
and then there are times when everything is hazey...
and then there are times when the world is beautiful...
and then there are times when everyone seems pretty...
and then there are times when everything seems like one big mess...
and then there are time when you feel its just the begining...
and then there are times when you feel its all coming to an end...
and then there are times when you when u want the noise...
and then there are times when you want to keep saying...
and then there are times when you want to just shut up.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Friday, February 08, 2008
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
why?
to understand
talk...
to educate
ask...
to learn
draw...
to express
watch...
to be entertained
read...
to not have to say 'i dont know'
well thats just one for each.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
passing time?
-Dus Khaniyan
-Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar
-Halla Bol
-Laga Chunari Mein Daag
-Wild Hogs
-Evan Almighty
-Thank You For Smoking
:):)
one for each day of the week. he he almost.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Monday, December 17, 2007
Friday, November 23, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Tuesday, October 09, 2007
while you were sleeping...
there was information overload
ideas hoard...
there was brainstorming,
corporate mourning...
there was customer feedback,
and motivation lack.
utilization negative...
do you really want to give?
while you were sleeping...
the day's past, its night...
armour up soldier...
its time to fight
Monday, October 08, 2007
-Benjamin Franklin
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
little more...

so much to do so little time.
if just a few more hours in this day of mine...
Might be enough.
fitting it all might not seem so tough.
maybe then i'll be a little more at ease...
or maybe then more will come,
maybe the desire for more will never really cease
Friday, September 14, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
Identities...
"In Trinidad, Thambi Ramaswamy's grandson-in-law Ramish is a non-practising Chirstian. Ramish's sister Shakila is a practising Muslim, while his hindu daughter is married to a Muslim. However for them these distinctions do not matter; because they are all Indians."
:)
Monday, September 03, 2007
in disguise...
sat in the bus and scanned the scene outside.
the overcast made it look like you were looking at everything through tinted glass.
the crowd in the street, the people the vehicles all moved through the damp surroundings trying not to let it affect their daily chores.then looked towards the sky... plain gray empty.. a complete contrast to the scene below...scanned it to check for something different from the thick gray layer of clouds...saw the sun...behind the clouds, almost looked like the moon.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
missed again! :(

forgetful?
generally not...
happened for the third time!
feel more miserable than ever.
reason?
cant pick out one.
not that it was not important.
not that it meant nothing.
feeling worse than ever...
will they forgive?
i think never.
Thursday, August 09, 2007
unconference

i know i'm a little late in posting this but wth, better late than never
barcamp bangalore:
i attend my first barcamp this july.
was quite taken by surprise, SO many people, so many diverse topics.
quite amazed by how good people are at what they are and how little i know even about the things i thought i knew.
was really cool how people came forward and spoke on and how much knowledge can be exchanged in so little time. though primarily it was to do with technology,collectives about photography and startups were also really really interesting(spent most of my time there)
the place to be for networking.wish i were feeling better than what i was on the second day to be able to stay there longer.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
why?
worst is when the reason is something related to self that prevents you from carrying on...
have friends...
- a runner... has run many half marathons and a couple full ones. running gives him joy...unparalleled by any activity i can remember. injures back... advised by doctors not to run a couple of months.
was almost like asking him not to breath!
- a football player... not seen someone as passionate about a game as this guy. the game can take him in and out of depression.seems like anything or anyone he loves with his heart and soul even could not be anything more than a second love. knee injury... doctors say dont play... like taking a life away..
- a dancer... better than any other. dont need to elaborate the magic in dance and music do i? accident... no dancing anymore!
wonder what really goes into the making of God's master plan.
how strong really is the man?
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
greens...
have always noticed the different shades of green on the trees and plants.
Had once attended a talk in school when we were in the 10th std. it being our board exam year, the talk was about how we should keep a schedule and study regularly.dont rememeber most of the tips and tricks that were told to us, but for this one which is still fresh.
the lady giving the talk said, in the morning when you wake up to study, and are struggling to keep your eyes open, go out into your balcony and stare into the trees/plants:The green color has a quality that makes you feel fresh and energetic.
dont know how true it was and how much it actually works.
but i know that its the greens,the foliage, the views from hill tops showing vast forests that give me this strange feeling which definately fits into the 'fresh/energetic/positive' category. :)
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
ray...

brighter than sunshine...
come light up my day,
warm as home,
just that single ray...
do i just lay in your path?
or was i your destination right from the start?
with the darkness away all seems clear...
it all being a dream, an illusion is what i fear.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
how helpless??
the city makes me feel like i'm handicapped without it!
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
entangled..
nothing seemed right.
to win one,
lost every other fight.
all for one!
from what are we to run?
can take what happened last?
can really keep the fast?
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
back to board games :)
cool coffee shop that lets you play!
that is "blokus" there !
me wins with the read and blue....
i did loose the game before this,
but wth, end in a win!
sure was a struggle with mouleesha boy,he keeps thinking you're distracting him if you start to talk!
phew!
good fun none the less.
what say "Mr. Dileep 'i play defensive' Mouleesha"
;)
:p
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
2 day weekend????
-after ages at mac donald's! COKE FLOAT it is!
-home made food... roommate's folks over.
-paint ball...pheW! Ouch!
-Zorbing... whoa!
-bungee jumping... whoooaaaaaaaa!!!!!
-sun burnt!...tough as it maybe to believe i CAN get redder! :p
-seeing off closest friend at work... :( :(
-11 hours sleep... after ages!!!!!!!!
-planetariam! THE place to be!
-five hours with a five year old...did not even realise how they went.
-dinner buffet at chancery...more than 10 choices for dessert!! what else can one ask for?
-miles of driving! WAH!
monday morning now..
sigh!
back to work....
Friday, June 15, 2007
all the time
Lights up a purple sky
And as I wonder where you are
I'm so lonesome I could cry...
(unoriginal)
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Monday, June 04, 2007
Thursday, May 24, 2007
sigh!

last evening got first dose of mango this season...
a fruit like non other.
courtesy, beautiful charming lady with two adorable kids in a warm house.
quietened by the enthusiam.
starved after the dessert.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
nightmares to be

i'm going to start getting nightmares about these now.
i JUST CANT get past that big red hold. ya ya its cool that i've atleast managed to reach that hold.but i just freeze there!!! tried both the approaches to get past but i just cant move once i'm there. Grrrr!!!!
so much for the wall climbing.
i'm to heavy to pull myself up!!!
someday... (hopefully soon)
the requirements gathering has gone on for ever now. all the delay when we try think of the reason, seems ok the way things are for all the stakeholders but damn does it not fizzle out all the enthu??(was there enough enthu in the first place :|)
not been to the cinema for a movie in the past month and a half! love the movies....damn wht am i doing?????
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
random thoughts
-jungle calling.
-cant you control.
-cant you let go?
-sleep?
-new shoes :)
-absolute vodka
-inhale the exhaust
-airbus
-leech bites
-how far is diwali!
-company:so much for eating.
-prettiest people are most lonely
-you want me to prove it to you again?
-transfered revenue
-half hour talk to dissolve 2 months of clogged thoughts.
-impossible is nothing


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