the things i did and those i did not the way things went and the way they did not the things i can and those i cannot it's just the way it is and just the way it was
Gujarat
I don't get the Indian Media. Till the recent election all I read was Narendra Modi was an arch villian. A man responsible for using caste politics for his own power, turning a blind eye to the loss of Muslim lives, perhaps even abetting it. Now he is being potrayed as a Hero. Someone that [...]
The Art of Nautanki and Hindi films
Yes, the ART of Nautanki. This much abused word is actually a folk art form that has been prevalent in our culture for over a thousand years. And in most other cultures in Asia. A folk art form of the theatre. Usually performed by traveling troupes of actors, it comprised the telling of stories using [...]
talent
The gift of talent, I believe, is a huge responsibility. It does not really belong to you. It never did. If used for merely acquiring wealth fame and power, talent turns into the devil that eats into your soul. Like a gambling debt, like an addiction. Not to a supreme creative endeavour but to the [...]
Loss
I thought I lost you because you were you but now I know I lost you because I was I
consciousness
is there a slipstream of consciousness that i can tap into ? buffeted by currents so strong that i completely lose a sense of myself in a rush towards such infinite speeds that finally there is nothing but stillness shekhar
joy
The joy of life also lies in forgetting what was, and then rediscovering it... I heard the birds sing again this morning, every morning....
to be lost
to be lost is to be free and to be lost in being lost freedom lies in what I lose not what I gain shekhar
Open Forum: Is India being sold ?
... to the highest bidder ? Is the high rate of economic growth being achieved by a larger and larger concentration of wealth in fewer hands ? or is there indeed a an internal growth in productivity and wealth that is spreading through our nation...... .. certainly a huge boom in real estate and the [...]
j krishnamurti
my cousin sent me this birthday greeting that I want to share : "as j.krishnamurti says 'the roots of heaven are in living and dying' so birthdays are important as a reference point of the great illusion of time.