Upon Life-Partner

I appreciate the people who believe in "maid for each other".
After thoughtless deliberation, I have come to believe, it has to be totally give-and-take types for Life-Partnerships to succeed, and not become failed startups.
Hence, Maid for each Other, I tell you, is the secret formula of success.
Ok. it was a joke.

My Cravings

Include this. (That is a "Hakuna Matata" face. I can tell you that for sure)

Of all things, Udeshikaka is an infrequent meditator and urges us to go within. "Meditation happens best when it's at 4AM. Everything is quiet. You can go deep within," Udeshi-kaka says while looking around to see if anyone else is listening. Then he whispers, "And when you go within, you see this incredible white light everywhere. You have to merge yourself with that. But you know, we can't talk about this kind of stuff around here. Only those who understand, understand.

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Mysticism, I tell you, is very enchanting.

Content

It has been a while since I sat near the boulder creek.
A long while.
Yesterday, I laid beside the creek.
Hearing. Watching. Listening.
Then I talked to myself.
I reminisced of the day, when I sang for the trees and the ducks. and myself.
They watched me intently first, disinterested later. Yes, how silly. But it felt great tuning the song with flowing waters.
I was reminded of the day I sat near a bursting fall. My visa application had been rejected, sad at the thought of leaving That stream, Those stones. Those trees. That path. That fall. How selfish, an afterthought, a smile.
Such days, and some more.
Memories merged with waters. Flowing.
Giant trees overlooked upon me, reflecting a certain contention.
Yes. Contention it is, I thought.
I am content when I sit near these waters.

Reverse Effect

How do you make yourself tall ?
Pull your own leg
But before that
you need to exist

Crimson Sky

Wake up
Hearkens the Crimson Sky
Look, I bring to you
warm sunlight
the sailing clouds
the birds flight

Wake up
Dances the Crimson Sky
Look, I bring to you
chipmunks play
the mountains aglow
the gulls sway

Wake up
Sings the Crimson Sky
Wake up
Fades the Crimson Sky
Wake up
To the Crimson Sky
Wake up
To the color of crimson sky
To the song of crimson sky
To the dance of crimson sky
To the moment that is the crimson sky

Play with Philo

(Is like Bicycling to nowhere, just cycling)

They say, fool is the happiest person
because the fool doesn't know
what happiness is

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They say, such is the wonder of the mind
Each desires to have a good time
be it twisted, be it sublime

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Religion and Science both
Are the children of the mind
The reflex twins
When one goes wrong, the other feels the pain

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The moment I know something
I become a bank of the river,
a petal of the flower,
a sin of the sinner,
and then there is always the other side,
the other petal
the other eye
then there is good and evil,
god and devil

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Let compassion be my religion
and reason my science
Together they shall charter
The course of my life

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Say, It's all in the mind
What's beyond the mind
Say, Is all the mind ?

Nay, do not rush, do not jump,
Say, where goes the river,
where goes the cloud
when there is no mind,
when I am blind ?

Nay, do not rush, do not jump
Say, who am I
If all is the mind
Why sings the bird
Why plays the child
If I am the mind ?

Say, It's good
to be kind
I don't know
Why it matters if there is nothing
beyond the mind

Say, the irony is
that I reason to live,
when I cannot
reason my existence

Out of the Way

Question. How do you go "out of the way", to help someone ?
Answer. Simple, step atleast five steps aside, away from the person.

Lame Paheli

Hara-Bhara Vrit-Vriqsha, Latakti Huyi Jatayen
Dali Par baithi Chidiya, Doud lagati gilhari,
Kal-kal bahti naadiya, Bhor ki bela, choti si kutiya
aur kutiya mein main
Kahan hoon main, aisa prashna mera, boojho ek shabda ka uttar ?

Answer: Camping. Hee.

Rhetoric

Beeteen Baaton Ki Yaad nahin Dilaya Karte
Beeteen Baaton Ka Kya Hai
Ve Toh Yaad Aa Ke Chali Jaayengi
Gam ki Kalikh se toh Hame Ladna Hoga
Aansoon Ka Saagar Toh Hame Paar Karna Hoga
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Manzil Ki Talaash Nahin hai
SHohrat Ki Pyaas Nahin hai
Paise Se Dil Rooth Chuka hai
Ghar-Baar Ka Sapna toot chuka hai
Aankhon Ko Thora Raham mile
Aur Dil Ko Thora Sookon
Bhatakte Musafir Ki Baas Yahi Aakhri Aas Hai
Yahi Aankhri Saans Hai
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Kal tak maan-baba se kahta tha
"tumse pyaar karta hoon"
Phir Doston se kahta tha
"tumse pyaar karta hoon"
Phir Sochta tha
"us-se pyaar karta hoon"
Moorkh tha, samajh nahin paya
Aaj jaana hai
Main sirf apne-aap se pyaar karta hoon
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Logon ne pyaar ko jaane kya kya naam diye
Kisi ne Bhagvan kaha toh kisi ne Jeevan
Lekin naam main kya rakhha hai
Paani ko ushi ne jaana hai
Jisne uska swaad chakhha hai
Aur swaad kaisa, ki jibhaan ko samajh nahin aaya
Shareer ko Rahat mili, aur man ne thandak ko paaya
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Main nahin Jaanta, Ki Bhagvan Kaisa Hota hai
Shayad Dopahar Ki Tapti Garmi main
Peepal Ki Chaanv jaisa hota hai
Main nahin Jaanta, Ki Pyaar Kaisa Hota hai
Shayad Gangotri se nikalti Ganga
Ya Shayad Vindhya Se Bahti Narmada Jaisa Hota hai
Main Nahin Jaanta, Ki Nishchal, Nishpaap, Nishkaam Jeevan kaisa hota hai
Shayad Baache ke kilkari
Ya Shayad Baagiche ke podhon jaisa hota hai
Main Kuch nahin Jaanta,
Lekin itna Jaanta hoon, Ki main nahin Jaanta
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Kavi Man Karta Hai Ki Baas likhta chala Jaoon
Saare Jag Ke Aandhiyare Ko Apni Kalam Se Mitaoon
Par Meri Syahi Ab Khatm ho rahi hai
Andhiyaare ki lou ab gahri ho rai hai
Lekin Mujhe Gam nahin hai
Itna mujhe maloom hai
Ek kalam rukegi, toh Hazaron Uthengi
Andhiyare ki lou chahe kitni hi gahri ho
Roshni ki chingaariyaan saare jag ko roshan kar dengi

Mangal-Pandey

Also Blogs.

Update: Some other desi celebs who blog: Shekhar Kapur, Deepak Chopra, Nandita Das, Rahul Bose, Suchitra Krishnamurty, Rahul Khanna. All At IntentBlog.
Discovered the link at IndiaUncut.

On God, Life and Everything

Q: If Ram and Allah are divided, what will the result be ?
A: Very Simple. One. Ram is the One. Allah is the One. 1/1 = 1.

Q: Why is everyone not one ?
A; Because then who will be tu (2), 3, 4, 5, you get the drift.

Q: Then how come there is one in everyone ?
A; Because 2 = 1 + 1, 3 = 1 + 1 + 1.. you can let go of the drift now.

Q: Why are C programs very selfish ?
A: Because they always begin execution with *main*

Q: How do C programs demonstrate UnionBazi, and Ekta main Taakat ?
A: You have to pile them together, yaani ki (meaning), compile them to make them work.

Q: Comp user, why there is no salvation for you ?
A: Because you "Execute" so many programs a day. On Top of that, you multi-task the execution !

Q: Ok. I understand all that. But how does computer mean everything ?
A: Yeh geek, you wait. Let me take out computer from your life, and you tell what is left ?

Do what you are Good At

You know how the saying goes, You should do what you are Good at.
Well, guess what, people usually don't like to do what they are Good at.
And they mostly want to do something they are not good at.
Because what you are Good at, is not always very interesting.
And then it's a choice. To do something you are Good at, and make a good living but dream of that something interesting which you would rather do.
Or, pursue the interest, and dream of a life where you would have a nice house at the beach, overlooking the mountains, with a green forest nearby.

ButtLine. It's difficult to find something you are Good at. But it's even more difficult to find something that you are Good at and is Interesting.

Makes sense ? No. Ok, I am not good at it.

Paint-Time

By A young friend, who paints, currently doing undergrad in Pune, India.

(Yes. It's Dimple, from Rudali I think)

Check out SeonnaHong's paintings. I discovered the link at BoingBoing.

Nothing New Under The Sun

This is such an age, when if you think you have a new idea, better do a reality check.
Even something silly like Caterpillar Conciousness. (If reality doesn't make your new old, see a therapist. You could still be saved.)
Infact, as the saying goes, If you are a startup company, and you are doing something that no-body is or has, pack your bags. Your failure is guaranteed.
(Ok. It is not that absurd. Startups need to make money.
To make money they need to have a service or a product which is either a new approach, or an improved one.
Now, given the limited possible solutions to most user-world problems with available supporting technologies for devising a solution, and so many people trying to make money, if all possible solutions haven't been tried, then you are in a field which either has no money, or doesn't exist.
And if you are in a field that doesn't exist, chances of your becoming next Ebay or Amazon, are .00000some ridiculously small Floating Point Number. So mostly, you will fail to make money. Makes sense. No. Try working in a startup. You'll know what I mean. But then Basic_Hope = 1/pi. Why ? Constant, you see. So we try to get real. I mean get the floating point. Now on that note, we have a pj. You can never get hold of a floating point, because if you did, it will no longer be floating. Mwhahahahaha.)

Song of the Moment

is first song from this movie

funny

Zen Questions, Funny Answers

Wish-Wish. Shwish.

Today's Wish. To watch this movie
Why ? Well. The word appeared in the mind from remote recesses.

Yeh Le !

Walking. Towards the tennis courts. There is a stray thunderstorm warning, but we want to play. There is lightening, and blue-black over the mountains. But it's ok. Courts are far from there. We need to cross the road. Cars speeding past by. Walk signal. A half broken CD lying on the road. Looking at the greenness of the trees. Friends says. "CD". Thoughts Interrupted. Hmm. I say "Chadh Ja". Back to the greenness again. Yes ofcourse, friend starts pulling out his hair :)