Showing posts with label Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Life. Show all posts

Thursday, January 29, 2026

Unwoven Dawns

Completion — was just what has always been aimed for.
Though paths went on, dwellings were always onshore.
A desire to perfect things beyond perfection,
Was stitched into every sweater in her collection.

The winter that existed once, is nowhere to be seen,
Every cashmere strand there, still preserved, holds its sheen.
They smell of fresh sea and lavender of the yesteryears,
Treasured in the oak chest of drawers, in neat tiers.

The spring now— jubilant in bursts of blossoms and blooms,
Dances to tunes of velvet and songs of colorful plumes.
But there's still a teal scarf for the yellow-scented autumn breeze,
Left imperfect (knowingly unfinished) for the salt of distant seas.

The unwoven thread has been a solace for the breathing heart,
In aches of unendings, beats promise of a dawning start.

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Saturday, January 18, 2025

C'est la Vie ! : କଳ୍ପନାର ହିମଦେଶ


ତୁଷାରିତ ହିମଗିରି ଶିଖର କୋଳେ,
ସ୍ବର୍ଣ୍ଣାଭ କିରଣ ର କଲ୍ଲୋଳିତ ତାଳେ,
ପ୍ରସ୍ଫୁଟିତ ହୀରାକଣି ପୁଷ୍ପ ହସେ,
ଜୀବନ ସେଠି ଜୀବନର ରହସ୍ଯ ଭାଷେ ।

ହିମଗୌର ଆଲୋକରେ ପ୍ରଜ୍ବଳିତ ଶିଖା,
ଚପଳ ଜୋଛନା ସେଠି ଆଙ୍କେ ଚିତ୍ରଲେଖା,
ମନୋମୟ କାହାଣୀରେ କାଦମ୍ବିନୀ ହଜେ,
ମନ ସେଠି ମନର ଗୀତିକାର ସାଜେ ।

ନଭଶ୍ଚୁମ୍ବୀ ସେ, ଧରିତ୍ରୀର ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ଚୂଡ଼ାମଣି,
ମିଞ୍ଜିମିଞ୍ଜି ତାରାପୁଞ୍ଜ ତହିଁ ସ୍ବପ୍ନ ଯାଏ ବୁଣି,
ମୃଦୁ ହସେ ମନ୍ଦାକିନୀ ଉତଫୁଲ୍ଲିତ ହୋଇ,
କଳ୍ପନା ସେଠି କଳ୍ପନାର ସ୍ମାରକ ଗଢ଼ଇ ।

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A Loose Translation: 
(January 22, 2025, 8:16 PM)

That's Life! : A Snowy Land (Himalayas) of Imagination 

In the lap of the snowy peaks, 
With the astoundingly delightful rhythm of the golden rays, 
The blooming diamond flowers beam with delight, 
And Life... whispers the mystery of Life there. 

The peak (1*) glistens in the auroral frosted snow,
As the fickle moonbeam paints a celestial portrait, 
The ethereal clouds immerse themselves in fantasies,
And Mind... adorns itself with ariose ballads of Mind.

Kissing the skies, it is a treasure sans pareil,
Where the shimmering stars sow and plant dreams.
The exultant "Mandakini" (2*) smiles gently,
And Imagination... builds a monument of Imagination there.

(1*) the mountain peak and the flame : are spelt same in Odia. An ornamentation technique is used called "Jamaka Alankara" has been used here.

(2*) Mandakini is a tributary river of Ganga. Additionally, the cosmic river or the Milky way galaxy is also referred to as Mandakini. Again, "Jamaka Alankara" is used here.
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Thursday, April 25, 2024

Never-Ending Pages: ଅସରନ୍ତି ପୃଷ୍ଠା ସବୁ

ଚିରନ୍ତନ ସେ ପ୍ରେମ ପୁସ୍ତକର
ଅସରନ୍ତି ପୃଷ୍ଠା ସବୁ ଓଲଟାଇବା ବେଳେ
ଦୃଷ୍ଟି ରହିଗଲା ସେହି ପୃଷ୍ଠାଟିରେ
ପୃଷ୍ଠାର ନାମ "ଜୀବନ"...
 
ଅସୀମ ବହିର ସିମୀତ ସେ ଜୀବନ ଫର୍ଦ୍ଦରେ
ଅନେକ ଗାଥା ଅନେକ କାହାଣୀ
କିଛି ଇତି ହୁଏ, କିଛି ରହିଯାଏ ସେମିତି
କିନ୍ତୁ ସରେ ସେ ଯାତ୍ରା,
ଫେରେ ସେ ପଥ, ଦେଇ ଲେଉଟାଣି...
 
କିନ୍ତୁ ପ୍ରେମ...
ଅନନ୍ତ ଅସରନ୍ତି ଅଦ୍ଭୁତ ଚିର ଚଇତି
ନା ଅଛି ତା'ର ଆଦି,
ଅନ୍ତ ବା ତା'ର ହେବ କେମିତି!?

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A little something:

They say... Love is a page in the book of Life. But I believe, Life is a page in the book of Love. Even though the pages of Life is limited, this book called "Love" is never-ending, eternal.

It started with the thought: While skimming through the pages of (a book called) "Love", I stumbled upon a page which spelled "Life".

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Sunday, March 14, 2021

Three and a bit more.

"Life has come a full circle". You and I might have heard this statement at some point in time. Why a circle? Why not a square? Or a triangle? It could have been any other shape, but we choose circle.

A circle represents so much more than one would care to venture. Look around, and observe...it's everywhere. A circle gives a sense of totality, completeness, and universalism. It has no beginning, nor an ending, like eternity. Everything is equal and uniform. It represents true perfection, timelessness, life force, and much more.

How does a clock move? What about yin and yang? How about the Yuga wheels and zodiacs? These are the more commonly observable parameters. There's much more about this magical shape (and extensions of it, like a sphere). We can go on discussing about how it means almost everything in the universe, in divinity, spirituality, and in cosmic references. However, let's hold on to it for now.

The next thing to brood over is how do we define a circle, or a more interesting question, what defines a circle? Of course, we all know the definition of circle from school... but what defines it!? Though it's obvious, and we have studied it, many of us choose not to be bothered by it. Well, that is a "bliss"ful situation. (Congratulations, if you understood the reference.)

The beauty of the answer lies in its elegance. Think about it. We perceive a circle to be a circle by the entity that demarcates it in space. Its circumference. We define a circle as an equidistant set of points (Let us call these equidistant points as the exterior points) from a center point. We call that distance, from the center to the exterior points, as the radius.  If we consider the journey from one exterior point to another exterior point, through the center, that makes twice the radius. I agree, it might seem, I am stating the obvious. But, one should thrive in exploring the obvious. It just gives much more meaning to our beings, our existence.

Our journey of self-exploration, from one aspect of us to another, by understanding our innermost strengths or our center/core (our spiritual existence) seems symbolically equivalent with twice-the-radius. And what demarcates us, or what gives us a sense of physical existence is similar, in some sense, to circumference.

If we divide the circumference by twice-the-radius (no matter what circle we are choosing, big or small), what do we get? Pi. Yes, its that simple, and that simplicity is beautiful and perfect in every sense of the word. Pi defines a circle. What defines us? After having defined the two basic components of our being, our physical existence and our journey to understand the spiritual existence, it is quite perceptible.  That makes pi so much more magical, for me at least.

How do we traverse a circle? Using pi, of course. Once around the circle of unity is a complete rotation (2*pi). So, that justifies the saying "life has come a full circle". If we relate the circle of unity as one aspect of our multidimensional life, and if we could explore it in a complete sense, in a wholesome enriching way, we could say that we achieved a complete rotation. (I would prefer not to dilute it further by explaining something which would be so much more beautiful by experiencing and understanding by perception.) In every true sense then, life indeed has come a full circle.
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P.S. Even the very symbol of pi is interesting. Did you know the idea of the symbol is based on the meandering ratio of rivers? 
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Sunday, February 14, 2021

Interlaced Scents

The tinge of twilight, 
Brushed through the reminiscing breeze, 
Spelled of the rose's transcendence, 
And scents interlaced in yester soirees. 

The dusk spelled of the divine amour, 
Entranced in hues of gold, 
Words so precious..pledged till eternity, 
Laced with ardor, lo and behold!

The evening breathed sweet nothings,
Luxuriously with a silky essence, 
A dreamy heart wished for chocolate,
Magnificent fervor, entwined with redolence. 

The depth of night whispered into the calm,
Magic of music and enchantment of stars,
Holding on to plushies, avowed the tales,
Of perfumed memories and untold memoirs.

The dawn enlivened the horizon, 
Gloried in hope and dressed in joyous attire, 
A golden vow etched till eternity, 
Braided in the aroma of endearing desire. 

The noon blazoned the transpiring moments,
With sanguine aspiration and mirth, 
Proclaimed with love, the kiss of faith, 
Adorned the celestial rays on earth.

The smile of the afternoon sun, 
Spanned the cosmos with joy and elation,
Warmth of the embrace said it all, 
Of desired scents that charm and enthrall. 

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

Food and Love

It was almost twilight. The rains had slowed down a bit by then. I was jostled with apprehensions and was juggling myriads of thoughts and emotions until I reached the cottage hotel. On reaching the hotel, the host and his team welcomed us with the warmest of smiles, some amazing home-baked cookies, and a comforting cup of hot Kashmiri Qahwa.

The warm reception by the team and the steaming cup of Qahwa melted all my apprehensions and worries. That was the first food that welcomed me to Kashmir. And what a beginning it was! Splendid, in every sense! In true way, it set the tone for the rest of my stay in the valley.

After the quick snack, we retreated to our room. After an hour or so, one of the staff members came to ask for our choice for dinner. There was no menu to choose from, just like we do not have in our homes. We could request for anything as long as the requisite grocery is available in the kitchen pantry. On further discussions, we got to know that Kashmiri rajma (kidney beans), unlike other rajmas, need not be soaked before cooking. That sounded interesting to us; ergo we chose it as one of our options for dinner. The dinner was delectable, to say the least. It had the comfort of dinner at home. What started with the cookies and Qahwa was cemented further by the dinner and I was finally at home, completely.

Food truly is an emotion. Good food, cooked with love and served with care, can establish an unfathomably strong bond, and can connect memories and emotions.

The next day I walked into the dining room for breakfast with the same feeling as I would have at my home. I knew whatever will be served will be something that I would definitely connect to- something that would have the solace of some happy, and amiable memories. And it was. Aloo ke paratha was just the way I would have liked. What better way to start your day! Normally, when on a trip, we prefer to visit other restaurants for lunch and/or dinner. However, this time it was different. We lived there for five days and we chose to have food there whenever chance favored.

We never missed any dinner there except once when we went out to a restaurant which I had in my bucket list for that trip. That restaurant was somewhere near Lal chowk area, which apparently was a place for protests and not as safe (as per some news media). Our host offered to drop us to the restaurant. Such warming gesture- who does that now-a-days! We did not want to be of inconvenience to him, but he insisted.

So, that evening, he accompanied us in his car till the restaurant. On our way there, we discussed about a lot of fun things. The songs in his playlist were some of the jewels of 70s and 80s music, which also happened to be one of our topics of discussion. He even sang few of the songs in his soulful voice. It never felt even for a moment that he was not a part of our family or we were there as part of for our trip. It felt as if we are just going out for dinner in our hometown. We halted for a few minutes near Lal Chowk. The place itself spoke about its magnificence and beauty.

On reaching the restaurant, he told us that he will not be joining us for the dinner. We insisted him to join us. He was an amazing company and a warm person. Insisting him to join was never out of question. However, he wanted to have dinner back at home, which we understood and did not force further. Further, he told us to give him a call when we are done with our dinner, so that he can come and pick us back. On listening to this, we were just out of words. I felt gratitude to a level that I never knew before could exist. We went to the restaurant, had Kashmiri Wazwan and some other dishes, which no doubt were scrumptious and brilliant.

During our dinner, we decided that we would not bother him again and we will go back by ourselves. But he, being the chivalrous person that he is, called us to tell that he is reaching to pick us back in 5 minutes. We were just finishing our desserts then. The sweetness of the dessert was nothing compared to the gesture our host showed us. It has been the best family trip we ever have had till date… all thanks to our host, his team, and the people of Kashmir. (You might have noticed that I never mentioned anything about the sightseeing places.) Food, which connects our mortal and immortal forms in some inexplicable way, and the love and warmth of the people made the trip what it was. Soulful!
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Thursday, August 20, 2020

The Desire

The desire....
To fly, soaring across the limitless sky,
To explore, and be lost in the beautiful bay,
To dream, and think across the brae,
Oh! The desire.....
To be and still not be; anyway!
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Sunday, February 5, 2017

On Attainment of 7 Wonderful Years

Dear Life Lovers,

It’s been a great journey of seven wonderful years now. We are now in our eighth year of the blog. I must say, the journey till date has been exhilarating and enlivening and all of you have been a great part of it. Some of you have been there with me since the very inception. I thank you all for staying up all these years. Some of you have recently joined us. I welcome you and thank you for joining. I hope and wish, together we will make the imminent days even more worthy.

On the accomplishment of 7 years, some special things have been planned to come our way in the forthcoming days. Let us all wait together for some surprises to come our way, may be even in the form of giveaways/gifts (ssshhhh…that’s a secret among us).

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Friday, January 27, 2017

One More Journey To Remember

My phone rang. It was my mother calling me to ask if I had left or not. It was 5 minutes past my scheduled time to leave for the airport. I told her that I have been ready for quite a while now, almost half an hour and was waiting for the cab driver to call me. My mother asked me to give a call to the driver and not wait any further for the call, which I was anyways going to do. I called the driver, hoping (or rather sure) to hear that he has reached and was waiting outside. Normally, the cab driver reaches 10 minutes prior and gives a call to inform me of his arrival. However, today was not one of those “normal” days. To my utter shock, the driver told me that he would take another 10 minutes to reach my house.

It takes an hour approximately from my house to the airport in the morning, when there’s no traffic or any other obstructions. My flight was scheduled at 9.50 am. I had already checked-in by web the previous day. I just had to drop my luggage. The airport from which I was supposed to board the flight is a very small airport and it never takes much time to complete the procedure even when it is “crowded” (which is equivalent to a maximum of ten or so people in any queue, check-in, or security). So, taking this into consideration, I must be there before 9 am to maintain a balance between a good in-time boarding and not having to wait too long because “the flight is delayed…”! This also implied that I start from home before 7.45 am, if I account for medium traffic. For keeping a safe window, I had planned to leave my house before 7.30 am.

As per all the calculations, I would still be in time, albeit to the last minute, if the cab reaches in the next 10 minutes.  If that would have gone as per plan, it would not have been another journey to remember. I was waiting outside for the cab to arrive any minute now. As the watch hands inched past 7.45 am, I started getting worried. With each passing second, I was consoling myself that it was the last second of waiting. Finally, the cab reached at 8 am! I have no idea how I was so composed at that moment, I should be panicking! Then again, I strangely always find composure in the tensest of moments. So, I hopped on to the cab. The cab driver asked me about the flight’s departure time. On knowing that it was at 9.50 am, he said that he had assumed it to be 10.30 am and hence the delay. I have no clue why he would assume something like that, even when I had sent a written request of all the details well in-advance. This was not something to be pondered over at that moment. The main concern was to reach airport before 9 am safely. I told the driver not to panic and drive safely. After all, better late than never!

Finally, I was on my way to the airport. I was hoping every minute that there should not be any traffic and thanking my destiny for listening to my prayers. Every passing minute, I was checking if I was on time, verifying my result with the milestones and the map app. I traversed the first half of the entire distance milestone 5 minutes ahead of my calculated time. I began to hope, a notch higher. I was 10 minutes early when I crossed the 80 percent distance milestone. I was very hopeful now but I had no idea what was coming my way.

After a few kilometers, the cab halted. To my horror, it was a traffic jam. I would have reached in another 10 minutes or so, had it been not for that. The driver informed me that the traffic is because of a cycle rally. Who had to do a rally now!! Especially when I was getting late! I know this might sound unreasonable, but any reason was way past me at that time. I was holding myself up with the teeny tiny bit of hope that was there. The traffic cleared from that place and the cab moved forward. But, that was not the end to all the obstructions that were yet to come. It was just the beginning. The last stretch of road never used to have any obstructions, normally. That day, however, there was some work going on for which more than half of the road width was blocked for quite a stretch. That was causing the other vehicles to go in one single line. Everybody was not on a hurry. They were taking their time to drive through. But, that was affecting my plans of reaching the airport in time. I took out my passport and boarding pass. I kept the cab’s rent money on the front seat, apologizing the driver for keeping the money like that (for I had to hurry). I was ready to run as soon as the cab reaches the airport.

It was exactly 9 am when I stepped out of the car. There were just two people in the queue to enter inside but it felt like 200 people. As opposed to “normal” days, there were more number people in the queue waiting for baggage scan. My mother was on call with me. I had dialed her as I was reaching airport. I had requested her to be on call (via hands-free, to avoid any inconvenience because of holding the phone) till the baggage drop. When she heard that I was waiting in the queue for my turn to come for bag scan, she told, “maybe the other people in the queue are travelling by another flight. Just tell them that your flight’s bag drop will close in another five minutes. They will understand.” Somehow, I could not convince myself to skip the queue. It’s a herculean task for me to not go by queue protocols. Nevertheless, my turn for bag scan came. I pushed my bag into the scanner and in the meantime, I hurried towards the check-in counter to inform that I have yet to drop my bag, though I have checked-in via web (so that they do not assume that all check-ins are done and close the counter). When I came near the bag scanner to collect my bag, I saw my bag has been kept on hold. They informed that there was a power bank and I must take it out. “How can I forget a power bank in my bag? I can be so forgetful!”, I thought. I opened my bag and took out the power bank. They scanned it again. It was 9.06 am.

I thought I will never be allowed for baggage drop now. I planned to take it as a cabin luggage. But, then again, I would have to dispose stuff that are not allowed as cabin baggage. I decided to give a last try. There were around 6-7 people in the queue. I was apprehensive if I should cut the queue. I started asking them if they belong to the same flight as mine. They denied. I, then excused myself and went to the check-in desk. They did not disallow me! By the time, I moved out of there, it was 9.10 am. Without looking any further, I moved straight for security. Thankfully, I faced no hassles there. Just as I was completing the security procedures, the boarding announcement for my flight was done. I moved straight from the security counter to the boarding queue. In a few minutes, I was seated in my place in the plane. It was 9.21 am. It is till date my shortest airport stay. A meager 20 minutes or so. What wonderful 20 minutes, though! Also, when I boarded off that flight, I never had to wait for even a second for my checked-in baggage. I walked in to the belt, picked up my bags and moved on (a perk of being the last person to drop baggage, I presume).


It was another of my “simpleton” journeys that I would remember. We take on so many journeys in our lifetime. However, we barely remember a few of them. Generally, we remember journeys that we take to go for holidays or trips, but we tend to forget those which are more of “rudimentary” journeys. However, the rudimentary/ simple journeys have more in store for us, just like life! This is what I feel. We tend to focus on things that seem to be more eventful, but we forget/ neglect to enjoy the sweet nitty-gritty things. These sweet nothings add that extra punch of flavor to life, a flavor so elusive yet inevitable. I believe to think of life as a journey than a destination. So, why not make each journey a special one! After all, it’s just One Life To Live!

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Sunday, June 12, 2016

I celebrate myself!

With sunshine and eclectic colors,
I celebrate myself!
I am a song.
I am a poem.
Like a book sans proem!


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Friday, January 23, 2015

Nutanataa ra Paribhasa







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Monday, December 29, 2014

Mahlaara ra Mayuri


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A Little Something:

I wrote this poem some months back. One fine afternoon, I was standing by the window looking at the tree outside and observing a few birds chirping around. It was as if nothing could bother them, they were just themselves.....as if they were rays of hope! I felt that they are living the most wonderful of lives. Whatever, wherever, whenever. Forever! If we live by hope, we have lived it good. If we can give somebody hope in despair, however insignificant it may be, we have lived it brilliant.

"Mahlaara" can be called as a collective noun. It is mostly associated with the rains and clouds. It is said to inflict rain. In musical context, "Raaga Malhar" is a powerful raga of Indian classical music, which when sung is said to bring upon rain. It signifies positiveness. "Mayuri" means peacock, the bird of the rains.

The little thought, which the birds inducted upon me, took shape into this simple poem.
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Monday, October 20, 2014

Magnum Opus


Nothing could have been more real, still it sounded like an illusion. I knew I was there but I could not feel my existence. Everything seemed so ephemeral yet so enduring; it became difficult to classify which really was and which really was not. It was no less than a sonata. It was eternal bliss.


The place spelled mesmerizing bounty for nature’s quintessence. It had those vivid hues of a rainbow albeit in pastel shades. It was all so different, still so united. The sound of water splashing against the rocks was pristine melody. The breeze’s elegance was spellbinding. Had it not been for the breeze touching my skin, I, perhaps, would have forgotten the mortal truth of my existence. There was a tinge of sun’s orange hue which claimed the grandiose arrival of the dawn. As moments kept passing, the imperialism of sun’s ascent augmented the serenity of the vista. That was just not a scenic sunrise; it was a symphony, a symphony of nature, a symphony of life.

The chirping of birds with the rhythmic unveiling of the horizon was innate. The glistening rays upon the foamy waters were worth a zillion diamonds. The fragrance of the water hauled the warmth of the infant rays along with the mizzle of the earthy trance. That was a trance so ethereal and so plausible. That was a trance too hard to escape. There was a melodious humdrum that the nature was humming on to my ears. I did not quite understand it and I had no intentions of doing that either. I just wanted to be in that moment as much as I can; to feel and experience everything that was transpiring. How beautiful and mystic can nature be? That was ephemeral and eternal and the ether spelled every word of its existence. The duality existing in such a symbiosis is perhaps the most conflicting of marvels.

Anything this mystical can never cease to surprise. I wondered if it is remotely possible to hold time and freeze this moment, forever. But, if that would have been possible, even vaguely, that would have meant the doom of the opus and the bliss. The sun paved paths brighter as it progressed ahead on its journey through the cerulean sky. Fleecy clouds formed and deformed as if indicating the moods of the zenith with each passing moment. There was so much of every activity, it was becoming a bit arduous to encompass every minutiae. With so much going-on, what amused me was the rhythm at which each was ensuing and the melody of the transitions. With the ascent of descend, the sun regained its magical hue. It spelled a promise of the potentials of the next day as it started descending onto the lap of the horizon. The tinkling of the small stones, as the bystanders of this daily phenomenon, seemed to ratify the assertion. All aspects were so in harmony!

It was time to call it a day as everybody tended to return to their respective abodes with some attaining their natural states of tranquility; but how to break the allure of the elixir of the symphony of the vista and the harmony with which it exist and coexist. The bountiful favors of the nature was spreading its wings onto the twilight and merging itself with the purpleness. It was nothingness pronouncing the eternity of nature’s quintessence. It was elation amalgamating with pristinity. It was Life!



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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Symphony


With the rhythm of time
Life’s symphony plays
Conveys the melody within
And prances through joyous days

Together they glide
And move through hills and lakes
Subtle yet prominent
Viable are the paths they make

Somewhere from the shadows
The splendid sun peeks
Of glories and stories
Inspiring as it speaks

The symphony flows
Through the river that grooves
Rhyming with beats
And with all those moves

There’s more than charm
To this lyrical word
The entirety and mirth
That moves the world.
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Monday, August 4, 2014

Hope and Begin!

Niveau! Neu! New! Every beginning demands for a new hope, a new life and a new  energy. Beginnings are not exactly new, it's the transition that is new, every time. It's the transition that makes and decides the journey ahead of the beginning. When one heads for a beginning, and thinks how the transition was like, sometimes the lines may seem blurry.

It might take some of the memories and the life that was going on.That, sometimes, might be a very tough thing to do, sometimes may be not that tough though. If the transition is pretty long, it might just get a bit confusing. Sometimes one may feel that its better as one gets time to mould to situations mentally but sometimes the flashbacks takes over it and makes it difficult by taking the time to make one much apprehensive.

Whatever it takes and however the transition might be, the onset of beginning boost starts a new  life. Hope and everything gets better; expectations might hurt sometimes but hope.....never does! After all what matters is how one steers through it and makes  life worth a life. And when I say life worth a life, I do not mean a life that is a smooth ride, what fun is there  if there are not a few bumps!

Living every moment is what counts and what should count.

Live it, after all it's one life to live!!

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

Not so common!!


I always wondered, as a child, why is common sense so called. I mean, common sense is actually not so "common"! Most people find it absolutely uncommon to use common sense especially in situations where the usage becomes utmost necessary. What I have noticed is that uncommon people tend to have more of common sense. Or to put it differently, when a person, common or uncommon, uses some logic untaught, which some other persons at an equivalent level as his/her find rather difficult to apply, then that logic is later termed as common sense. 

But does that mean that person is more intelligent than others! Well, that's a subjective question, subjected to personal thinking. I personally think common sense has nothing to do with intelligence. Application of common sense is a subjective issue.

Let’s assume 3 persons- A, B and C. These three are subjected to 3 different situations. In situation 1, A and B draw out some logic based on their thought procedure and it proves very helpful for them to come off the situation with success. C later takes the path taken by A and B to his rescue. In situation 2, B can only apply his common sense and in situation 3, only A can. Does that mean C is the dumb person of the three? Not necessarily. May be there is yet another situation, where A and B find it very difficult for the blossoming sense to their rescue but C can. C rather gets it in a jiffy.

As per me, that is how common sense works. It always is there but it blazes only as per the situation or so to say as how we perceive the situation. If we see the common ness of the situation with other situations, that is when the so called common sense becomes the soul of the solution. What I mean to say is, rather than thinking every problem as just one of its kind and making it appear exclusive, if we take it as just some other trivial issue, then the solution will also seem to be just there and come as easily. I am not saying no to go for innovative ways of solving a problem. What I am referring to is the quantitative part. Qualitative portion of a problem and its solution will, of course, differ from person to person- which is based purely on how the common sense is applied in an uncommon way.

Everything in life is just like life itself. We are what we want to be. If we take into account the 'common'ness of problems (the frequency and amplitude part of it mostly) the way to solve it will just be a few moments away- because somewhere in our subconscious we would be knowing that since this is common, we have dealt with such types of situation and we have a way out - and that is the moment common sense plays its part. But think what would have happened if the 'uncommon'ness would have been perceived significantly. Our subconscious would never play its part; we would have concentrated harder and common sense would have been diminutive and ultimately the perception of the quantitative would affect the qualitative part of the issue.

Life has its teachings in every aspect. It has always taught to see at the brighter side, for there is no vision possible in the dark. Hope is the key to the good things. Hope is the key to the beauty of the good. If there is hope, life will be beautiful and good. Good is wonderful, always!

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"Common sense is nothing more than a deposit of prejudices laid down by the mind before you reach eighteen."
-Albert Einstein
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Tuesday, January 1, 2013

A New Beginning!!


New Year is supposed to gesture a new beginning, but sometimes I ponder whether everybody take it as a day of new beginnings or do they just choose it as the day to start their planned moments. I mean, if you have to start something new then any day can be it. In fact, why not the moment you decide to do something be the starting moment of its realization. You decide, you do. Why wait for a particular day? Why not treat today as the first and best day for the rest of your life?!

That doesn't mean that I don't like new years. I do. I love anything that is new. But what I think and believe is don't defer anything, that you have planned before, to get its destiny on the new year. Why do all old planned things on a new year day and veneer old with new? Start afresh. I believe that if you want it to be special, plan it spontaneously. Let nature plan it and make it special for you. Enjoy each moment and feel the zing. Live every now and let the bundle of "now"s make their way to the future that holds bountiful surprises for you.

Have a happy and wonderful New Year!!

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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Abhihna Paristhiti Bhihna Anubhuti





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Friday, November 9, 2012

Achihnaa Swapna



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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Just For The Sake Of.....




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As a blogger, one of the things I am often asked is "How/ When did you get started with all this?" For as long as my memory takes me back, I have always found myself pondering about a plethora of things. I have always loved reflecting on the small but wonderful aspects of life. Ipsita Contemplates has been very special and I love to get the opportunity to share my musings, my thoughts, and my perceptions with you. It is also a way to appreciate the essence of Life!