The Dream

Dark clouds bring down torrential rain You hear the woman scream in dying pain Her son sits at the doorstep with another paper boat He stifles his weeping and lets it float The boy sees a blue car getting drenched The man in it has his fists clenched He starts his car and lets it roar and speeds it down the wet floor The woman in white barely notices the blue car She has a bag of trinkets and a silver star The car comes speeding, splashing water by The woman falls, the bag snaps, and the contents fly Now the rain has run its course The roads have turned into rivers coarse A floating silver star finds a paper boat A woman is saved in this rain of note 

“Write one word a day”, said the monk and gave her sachet with pages woven inside. She took it ruefully, still mourning. She wrote one word every day. On the first day she wrote “Forlorn” and vowed not to repeat the same word. “Wounded” was on the second day. On the 7 th day she wrote “tears”. Then came the 30 th day, the 60 th and then 90 th day. On the 100 th day she stared at her diary. She stared at the empty sheet for a long time. She closed it and went on to sleep in peace in days. Sadness was finite. “Rahila”, he yelled. A lot of by-standers were now looking. He looked pretty desolate and yet determined. “Rahila”. There was that firm voice again. A lad walked upto him and said “Two is better”. And “Rahila”, they called at a 2 story apartment which seemed firm to absorb their voice. Two became four and soon there was a crowd. “Rahila”, they called. “Give the poor lad, a sighter” said one. “Its about time” said another. One old man walked upto him and asked “By the...

There are people I don’t get along on a fundamental basis. As much as I try to make a go at it, it will fizz out given the discontent that atleast one party is going to hold after a conflict of views. For instance I do not like frivolity. Please don’t misunderstand this to the aspect of me not having fun. Fun and being frivolous are 2 different things. When you are frivolous you are basically putting up an act and your rubbish everything as a part of the act. Fun is engaging in something uplifting leading to laughter. Slapstick humor is fun but a prank on someone is frivolous. Both cause laughter and I detest the latter. I have pretty strong opinions and some unbendable values. There are certain things I want to live my life by and a compromise in that wont be possible. For instance, I will not do anything that is to please someone if I don’t fundamentally feel that way. I wont buy a rose on a day I don’t feel like buying a rose. The thought and action of buying a rose is a dee...

Chelsea have been awful this season and I’ve read quite a few blogs and reports on the problems of Chelsea. But what can be the way out of this hole? Does the manager have to go? It is quite clear that Chelsea aren’t going to retain the title and by the current look of things a top 4 slot seems pretty elusive. It is often said in Cricket that a spectacular catch or a run out can turn things around in a match. What Chelsea need is a personality that can provide a spectacular catch. Mourinho is claimed to be a tactical genius but currently his genius is failing match after match. He has probably pulled out every play from his book and that has fallen short. Hence, this is what I think he can do. I am no tactical genius. My only qualification is being an avid lover of Chelsea football club. But I sense a certain stubbornness to Mourinho’s methods which needs a relook. Let’s see what can be done Diego Costa – A crowd favorite who is woefully short on goals right now. What’s more d...

Chelsea somehow pulled themselves out of an uncharacteristic rut they seem to have dug themselves in yesterday. New Castle away has always been Chelsea’s nemesis. No one needed to stress on the importance of this game given the position both teams were on the table. Chelsea were yearning for a normalcy that we fans are used to and New Castle just wanted to be the better team on the field, a feat they hadn’t managed in 6 games in the PL so far. Chelsea started badly. Defensive errors continued. Closing down players was not of the usual Chelsea standard we expect. Fabregas is a terrible mate to have for Matic. Last season Chelsea had a lot going on , going forward. But this season the backline is vulnerable. One look at my Twitter timeline will tell you have bad Fabregas was. At this time last season he had the leading assists and now he is struggling to pass the ball accurately and seems to slow the game down terribly. Amongst all this, what I don’t understand, is the JM’s per...

Human mind is a strange thing. How does it process information that is morally wrong? How can someone go ahead with an action such as stealing or murder? The mind knows that it is wrong. At what point does the mind tide over the right and wrong question? I am sure that the mind provides a justification behind which every immoral action can hide or it probably provides a confounded logic as a platform on which can lie this act of immorality. The platform shields the mind from the ethical question and all the debate there is. It just provides a blanket go ahead. What a dangerous platform! But another way to see it is – you break the platform you break the person’s confounded logic. There might be hope yet. What is pleasure? How do we experience it? Pleasure is skin deep. It is felt through the cursory senses. The touch, sight, sound. Pleasure is response to stimuli. There are things that provide you pleasure. There is no right or wrong question. You cant deny the things that provi...

Go stand in front of the mirror. What do you see? Describe that person. How accurately can you describe him/her? Is your description right? According to who? You? We live in a world where there are absolutes and relatives. The absolutes make our lives better. For example science and technology. The relatives keep us hungry. For example, the need to be better, the need to be appreciated, the need to be included. The absolutes set you on a quest where you can find gold at your destination. The relatives will set you on a quest where you will find just another quest at the destination. What’s more important? Should we put our trust in the absolutes only or should we put our trust in the ongoing quest of relatives? I don’t really know. I guess, there is no absolute answer to it. What do you see in that mirror? If you see a guy or a girl with hair on the head, a nose in the middle, 2lips, 2 eyes and 2 ears, you see the absolute. If you see a person who is beautiful, a person who h...