The year is slowly coming to an end, it's last few hours, bringing with them, not the dignity that the dying deserve, but rather is full of her dying agonies, of unfulfilled wishes, unlived dreams, and regrets about " what could have been..." and death should never be this way, it should be the end of all turmoil, the last leg of one's journey into eternity, into yesterday. 2007 in its infancy, had all the hopes and dreams that small eyes dare to see, full of positive colours and grand plans,of how all the wrongs of the year gone-by would be corected, would be replaced by good things, fulfillment of dreams on a grand scale,,,but slowly as the year unravelled, we forgot our new-year resolutions and proceeded to repeat all the mistakes that we swore never ever to, again,, but do we learn? no!!!
The dying moments of this year, leave behind a tableau so gross, so horrifying, so full of shame and indignity,,, this is not the way things should end, ever!
2007 saw a deviation from human values in its most vile and a shocking disregard for human life and property. People everywhere are returning to the Renegade justice we were supposed to have left behind, with progression towards so-called MODERNITY, we killed, maimed, tortured people, somewhere in the name of Religion, sometimes Caste or Justice, but regardless of what-ever the cause, human lives were lost,,and the worst thing was, people donot realise that, they the perpetrators could become the victims, with just a mere shifting of the winds,, and untill we do, this is just going to get worse, with each passing year,,with each fresh death!
I only wish, we shed the apathy we have and learn to protest, to defy things we know are wrong, are worth condemning, for untill we do so, this cycle isn't going to stop, ths bad dream isn't going to stop! We are geting so used to this voyeuristic lifestyle, so thrilled with sights of gore and misery, that very soon, we are going to physically resemble the creatures we already have turned into, inwardly,,,,VULTURES!! Feeding on carcasses, on misfortune, on sadness, on Human lives.
2008 is upon us and unless we want to see it too die the same painfull death 2007 has been cursed with,,we better do something to prevent it,, for good things do not just happen, they are made to happen,,,.
In sha Allah!!!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Memories,,
Day III, Boxing day test,
Us v/s Australia
India- 85/3, Ganguly and Tendulkar at the crease!
Me,,,-Under my Blanket, watching,,with my Coffee in my hands!
Ganguly has just survived a 3rd Umpire referral, and in the process saving himself an embarrasing dismissal in his 100th test,,neways, as they say, once a survivor, always a survivor!!
In the past one year, this will be fifth change for me, with regards to my job, my house and a city, and everytime, I heaved a sigh, gritted my teeth, and pushed on, hoping for the best,,taken out the various artefacts, wall-hangings and pictures,from the walls, packed them up and hit the road, accompanied by my memories, the ever-faithful, travel-companion I've had, for quite some time.
The only difference between the rest of the stuff that I pack, and my memories is that, the latter are seldom reflections of my taste, my mood or what kind of a spender I've been, in the preceeding days,,and are neither bothered by my wish to have or not to have them along, they are sometimes pleasant, mostly unpleasant reminders of the days/nights I spent in the place I'm about to leave, perhaps forever. Regardless of their nature and content, they stay on, the stinging unpleasantness lasting far longer than I care them to,,.
The pain from these unpleasant, unwanted memories last far more than the soothing pleasantness of the good-time-memories. Ultimately, the only things that bind us to a place, any place, atime or an event,, are the belongings we gather, willingly, while at that particular phase of our life, and the memories that grow,, all these coming together, in our minds, to create a collage of sorts,a tableau, that links us, inexorably, forever, to all things past.
After all's said and done, I have no other alternative but to carry on, regardless of what's in store,regardless of what's happened, just try to roll with the blows life deals, so as to minimise the pain, the hurt, and just go with the flow, for as long as it takes, till the tide shifts,,waiting for such a time, when most of the memories, that stay on, will be pleasant, good-time ones, and for such a time, when looking back at memories of days gone by, won't be the terrifying job that it is NOW,, and till then, I just have to carry-on, hoping, wishing that good days DO come around, and SOON, "coz this time around, the wheels are taking a long time turning!!!!!!!!!
Us v/s Australia
India- 85/3, Ganguly and Tendulkar at the crease!
Me,,,-Under my Blanket, watching,,with my Coffee in my hands!
Ganguly has just survived a 3rd Umpire referral, and in the process saving himself an embarrasing dismissal in his 100th test,,neways, as they say, once a survivor, always a survivor!!
In the past one year, this will be fifth change for me, with regards to my job, my house and a city, and everytime, I heaved a sigh, gritted my teeth, and pushed on, hoping for the best,,taken out the various artefacts, wall-hangings and pictures,from the walls, packed them up and hit the road, accompanied by my memories, the ever-faithful, travel-companion I've had, for quite some time.
The only difference between the rest of the stuff that I pack, and my memories is that, the latter are seldom reflections of my taste, my mood or what kind of a spender I've been, in the preceeding days,,and are neither bothered by my wish to have or not to have them along, they are sometimes pleasant, mostly unpleasant reminders of the days/nights I spent in the place I'm about to leave, perhaps forever. Regardless of their nature and content, they stay on, the stinging unpleasantness lasting far longer than I care them to,,.
The pain from these unpleasant, unwanted memories last far more than the soothing pleasantness of the good-time-memories. Ultimately, the only things that bind us to a place, any place, atime or an event,, are the belongings we gather, willingly, while at that particular phase of our life, and the memories that grow,, all these coming together, in our minds, to create a collage of sorts,a tableau, that links us, inexorably, forever, to all things past.
After all's said and done, I have no other alternative but to carry on, regardless of what's in store,regardless of what's happened, just try to roll with the blows life deals, so as to minimise the pain, the hurt, and just go with the flow, for as long as it takes, till the tide shifts,,waiting for such a time, when most of the memories, that stay on, will be pleasant, good-time ones, and for such a time, when looking back at memories of days gone by, won't be the terrifying job that it is NOW,, and till then, I just have to carry-on, hoping, wishing that good days DO come around, and SOON, "coz this time around, the wheels are taking a long time turning!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Flavors of Heaven
I really am in love with this place which is home to me, and i have tried to capture a few random glimpses of its charm, here and there,, even though a person would have to be HUGELY talented with his/her camera lenses to be able to do full, or at least, the deserved justice to its beauty,,, here goes,,,,,,
The name says it all, right?
It's been almost a month since my last post, and I'm not sure who i'm trying to explain things to, as it's not the busiest place around here, neways,,
Its almost Christmas, and the Magic is starting to make itself more clearly felt, Cliche? you ask? Trust me, it's not! I live in Haflong, and people who are familiar with the place will know, exactly how it gets around here, this time of the year, the mercury dips, and keeps on maintaining its downward trend, with an eerie regularity, shrouded in misty, nippy mornings and late, lazy sun-rises followed by, wind-blown, chilly days, where you are constantly on the look-out for a sunny spot, and bask, like a proverbial cat,, Yummmmmmm!!!!!!
There's another thing that's special to this place, and that is the ACUTE water shortage, we go through, the water supply people deciding to literally, fill our buckets, every TEN (!!!!!!!!) days,,
Today was 1 such day, and I was in a corner of my Father's garden,(pics of which shall b put up,in due course) when i heard the wind, rustling through the bamboo leaves overhead, and i was back in the Christmases of my childhood, in a flash!
There are countless other similar things that do this,,,
the smell of Pine, needles, cones and leaves, making a simply divine mix!
the Stars that people put up, on their roof-tops, and come dusk, they star to light up, like countless, multi-hued, Happy stars!!
the smell of fresh baking, wafting up, from every street-corner bakery!!
the colours of Christmas, EVERYWHERE you look, RED!! GREEN!!! in almost every place your eyes happen to fall, as if nature is on a new Theme-Trip!!
POINSETTIAS, glowing, red!!!
Cards, Shoppers, bundled up,
children,, in new Seasonal woolens!!
There are so many other, different, equally significant, though seemingly silly associations one hs with this tme of the year, and almost all the memories I have, are happy ones,
God, I hope i never forget even a single one of them!!
Happy Holidays, guys!
Merry Christmas!!!
Its almost Christmas, and the Magic is starting to make itself more clearly felt, Cliche? you ask? Trust me, it's not! I live in Haflong, and people who are familiar with the place will know, exactly how it gets around here, this time of the year, the mercury dips, and keeps on maintaining its downward trend, with an eerie regularity, shrouded in misty, nippy mornings and late, lazy sun-rises followed by, wind-blown, chilly days, where you are constantly on the look-out for a sunny spot, and bask, like a proverbial cat,, Yummmmmmm!!!!!!
There's another thing that's special to this place, and that is the ACUTE water shortage, we go through, the water supply people deciding to literally, fill our buckets, every TEN (!!!!!!!!) days,,
Today was 1 such day, and I was in a corner of my Father's garden,(pics of which shall b put up,in due course) when i heard the wind, rustling through the bamboo leaves overhead, and i was back in the Christmases of my childhood, in a flash!
There are countless other similar things that do this,,,
the smell of Pine, needles, cones and leaves, making a simply divine mix!
the Stars that people put up, on their roof-tops, and come dusk, they star to light up, like countless, multi-hued, Happy stars!!
the smell of fresh baking, wafting up, from every street-corner bakery!!
the colours of Christmas, EVERYWHERE you look, RED!! GREEN!!! in almost every place your eyes happen to fall, as if nature is on a new Theme-Trip!!
POINSETTIAS, glowing, red!!!
Cards, Shoppers, bundled up,
children,, in new Seasonal woolens!!
There are so many other, different, equally significant, though seemingly silly associations one hs with this tme of the year, and almost all the memories I have, are happy ones,
God, I hope i never forget even a single one of them!!
Happy Holidays, guys!
Merry Christmas!!!
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