The shadow...

Philosophy talks about meaning. Meaning of life, meaning of actions and meaning of its consequences. In a crude form, it talks about going beyond the materialistic aspects of life and attain, for the loss of any other word, “enlightenment”.

Now imagine yourself in love. The world suddenly turns a rosy hue. You smile, conscious of this secret emotion running through you while you try acting normal. There is no better time and place you think you’d rather be. You look forward to those meetings with your lover. The endless discussions and plans you both make for your future. Let’s explore the little streets of Greece, you say. Your lover says; let’s try all the local cuisine. And both revel in these emotions, enjoying its warmth. You believe you posses all the happiness and peace the world has to offer you.

But what if “in a sudden moment of realization” you sense something beyond this reality. You sense, while you and your lover are relaxing at a local café in Greece, that this is not what you are supposed to be doing, this is not what the purpose of your existence is. You sense something calling out to you, something beyond this thin film of reality. In that moment, just for a fraction of a second you sense an alternate life walking parallel to you, a life without your body, without your identity. An anonymous creature expanding and occupying, just for a fraction of a second, all your consciousness.

You blink. You see your partner smiling at you in the warm august sun. You smile back.

Looking back...

Hi,

I am not sure whom I am directing this post to. Maybe to myself. Maybe for the future, when I will come back to read all the posts on this blog after many years. Like I did today.

Its been three years....and a countless changes. I am not quite sure if I am even half the same person I was when I posted my last post here. As I write this, I am not even sure if I will ever come back here to write again. But the memories were a bit too much for me to resist typing this post out.

Its ironic. I return to this blog out of sheer coincidence ( A spam comment mail in my inbox),exactly 4 years from the day I began this blog, 18th December , 2007.

I had considered deleting it in the past. But I let it remain. For old times sake. For memories. Maybe I will return.

Yours truly...

Timeless....

There are times when happiness knows no bounds

and the tears just don't stop...


And some other times, when sadness stretches into the horizon

and yet you can't shed a tear...


Strangely, these are the times that are remembered the most.


One, for the memories permanently etched in your heart..

and the other, for the lessons forever engraved in your mind.







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Fre(e)quent Updates?!?

Initially it was fun, More of a nice way of passing time (What with my boring, mundane life at present) . Then it was overwhelming,but still kinda OK....Then slowly it became ignored....and forgotten....

But now its plain irritating!!!!

I cant imagine how pple can actually have the time or patience to update their status messages and put up pics on Orkut, like every half an hour?? And the captions being more absurd than their orkutting activities...

"MY bedroom"

"My shoes"

"Me cooking (or rather pretending to )"
"My loo"

Err people "How about "Me in my loo!!" Trust me,one sure shot way to your 10 hours of virtual fame!!

I mean i love Orkut,And cant deny i am little addicted to it...But they seem to have stretched it a little too far by giving updates of every comment made by anyone ,on any pic of anyone in Ur friend list!! And pple actually hold conversations in there!!How more sad can their lives get??

Get a life pple!!And give exercise to something other than your fingers!!

P.S: The credit for the pic goes to http://www.cartoonstock.com/ And Google. I claim no credits for the creativity or the inspiration or for the end product.I only take credit for justifying its apt mention here :D !!

:D

Decency is not ignorance...

Decency is faking ignorance!!

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ROCK ON!!

Before u think of the obvious, let me tell u that this is not a review on the movie "ROCK ON!!".No.Not even close to that.

It about one of the greatest legends of Tennis.A legend so brilliant,that there is no stopping him.And after a brief stint with what i want to put it as "a disappointment", Hez back.Yes its none other than Roger Federer!!The unexpected loss to Nadal at the Wimbledon 08 was probably a small,insignificant( I say so as a Fan :) ) speck on his spotless profile.And now he is back to lift the cup of the Us open 08.Here is a look at some of his Achievements.

World number one for 237 consecutive weeks.

13 Grand slam titles.

Holding the record for the only player wining both Wimbledon and Us Open 5 consecutive times.

The Laureus World sportsman of the Year award holder for 4 years(05-08).

A total 56 single titles.

A whooping 43 million Dollars and much more!!


Now that's some statistics most players would kill for.Although he is still ranked 2 after the Us open 08,its just a matter of time before he takes his rightful position as number one.So ROCK ON Federer!!

And before i leave, i have to mention the experiment on particle collision being conducted at CERN.Predictions of Doomsday on a Wednesday is whats doing the rounds.So much that even Google has changed its icon status to that of a collision between what looks like 2 missiles.Maybe the Earth may not exist tomorrow...

So if Ur reading this,do post in Ur thoughts.You may not be able do so tomorrow.Kya pata,kal ho na ho!! :D

A journey to remember...

I have been to quite a few trips till now...but by far this one is the best.Last week i had to make a totally unplanned and hurried visit to Bangalore all alone to see my Grandma(Yes i have never been on a train journey,alone before..)
Now before i go on i must mention that my parents are very overprotective about me.Hence it came as a surprise to me when they decided on this.More than the 4 days i spent there ,the train journey is something i will remember for ever.Probably i will never forget :

1. The sense of freedom travelling alone gives,Not to forget the confidence If u come back home safely ;)
2. The quality time i spent with myself ...analysing everything in my life was never so much fun...
3. The side upper berth is the best thing you can have when travelling alone!!
4. That my parents were probably awake the whole night worrying about me ..
5. That it constantly reminded me of Jab We Met...And that there was no "Aditya Kashyap" in my compartment :D
6. Reading a book or getting lost in the lyrics of the songs i was listening to, can never get better..
7. That I should do it more often :)

That's it for now...Will leave you all to rest in peace now....

And yes ,If u DO have noticed..FINALLY i seem to found the rite template for this blog... :D Yaaahooooo.... Now i too can rest in peace :)

Cya.