Psychedelic Slippers

Everyone of us must have heard/read about the three wise monkeys, cliched in India as "Gandhiji ke teen bandar". To break the popular notion, they aren't Gandhiji ke bandar. If the monkeys had to chose a patron, they'd probably pick Confucius over Gandhi. Unlike the lions in our emblem, these three wise monkeys have their own names (credited to some etymological misinterpretation of course), Mizaru (who sees no evil), Kikazaru (who hears no evil) and Iwazaru (who speaks no evil).They embody a philosophy of living. A philosophy that most strive to live by.  Mizaru is a personal favourite, not simply because the name is much simpler to say, but i find him more intriguing. "See no evil". Three simple words, yet so profound. What do they mean? Does it mean, we blind ourselves to all evil? Or does it mean Bear no evil? The monkey misguides us, we are tempted to ape him. Will evil reduce if we blind ourselves to it? Well our perception of it may change, bu...

Its like 3 years right... she said, 2 years 8 months he said It feels such a long time.. she said as he slid her fingers in hers effortlessly. They stopped walking. She looked up at him, then at the hands that looked so obvious entwined. "you have grown up" she said, in an almost motherly tone. He looked at her with confused eyes "This", she said bringing their hands up. "Its no more awkward."

A i m: To fall in love A pparatu s : Conducive environment, a bunch of friends, pen, paper, self-owned vehicle if available, sufficient pocket money (better if self-sustained), target Theory and Motivation: This is the age of co m petition. Times today are much more trying than before. In view of the skewed sex ratios, and limited available opportunities, it is imperative than one be prepared in advance for to fall in love is no child's play. It requires pre-meditated effort, lots of patience and planning. not to forget backing of generous parents and friends. And while there may be those who'd choose to wait for things to take their own course remember,  God help s those who help themselves. One realises sooner or later that there is no alternative to plunging into the rat race. Procedure: 1)    Identify: Though it may sound intuitively simple it is a tough choice. While making this decision please take the following factors into account Long term or short...

"Anything" is not a simile, neither a metaphor... When we use a sentence of the form  'A verb like B' then B is often used to site an example to support the verb, or to indicate the degree of a verb more like an adverb e.g. ate like a pig, grew like a giant. Anything is not an example of anything. So phrases like 'Drove like anything', 'Ate like anything', 'Grew like anything' do not make sense. When people use such phrases anything is used in place of something voracious, fast or rapid. According to dictionary.com Anything means 1) something no matter what, 2) any how or in any degree... [1] Lets take the last phrase, 'grew like anything'. If we replace anything by any how, it will read 'grew like something no matter what', or 'grew like any how', which would mean grew in any manner (if we ignore the like), or rather would imply in a disorderly manner (if we talk about speed, we would expect the growth to altern...

Beginnings are difficult. They are slow, and they require you to be patient. You need a push to start with. And then you need to gather yourself up. At times you need to create a ruckus and at others you can just slide in quietly and take place. And then hold your stand. Change is difficult too, cause it doesn’t happen over-night.  You can’t build a conscience in a day, you can’t erase one either. Change is slow, and it requires patience. Habits are too difficult, too difficult to let go, coz letting them go would mean change, a change towards a new beginning and beginnings are difficult. Habits give a sense of stability. You are charting on a known territory... Sudden change is unfamiliar, gradual change gives you an opportunity to condition yourself.  You cannot overthrow a regime overnight... it will only cause chaos. Like transplants, you need ready replacements. Replacements that can gel in , and fit well. But also you need to condition the system to accept...

Scattered, you see, One less , one more Pieces?  neigh moon dust a wishlist of me Frozen, you see Pawns un-still Drawn by will Some bound, Some free Dazzling, you see A pinch of silver A dash of gold All green, a tree? Hither, you see, Flitter and skitter Scramble and clamber All things that matter All things, meant to be!

There’s always hope, till you don’t word it. You can always escape a good bye with a see you. You can rush the hug over the blaring horn of a bus. You tell yourself to look ahead when you are racing through a flashback. You dont hold hands cos they will be that difficult to let go. You laugh cos you know the tears wont stop once they start. You embrace a crowd and drown them all. Time stops... you leave a piece of you, and from then all the way through... hoping some day to trace back the pieces, and pick up from where you left....set the clock in motion!