Musings, facts and fun

She glanced at the lush green grass outside and reminisced the last time she had walked barefoot on it. The rustle of the grass, yielding of sand and the touch of soft wet soil. This was an unusual moment for she could see all her life flash before her eyes, in spite of her frenzied attempts to fight the memories back. Countless thoughts swarmed as she recounted her childhood, her teens, the days with her friends and family, the incessant laughter, the long talks, the career highs. Not that her life only had sunny days, she indeed had seen many ups and downs, and many dark nights, but none of them were comparable to the darkness she now felt around her. She was lying down curled up on a hospital bed in a cramped room. The emptiness of the room managed to match the emptiness she was feeling inside. She lifted her head and glanced at the pallid roof and whispered, her voice breaking, ”Why me? Why it had to be me?”, trying invain to elicit an answer from the one sitting above, one who...

The realization dawned upon me today that it is now ages since I have penned something down. Decided to settle down and post something for the sake of it. :P So finally the convoluted story has come to an end(thankfully!), and I have landed in the pearl city. And it feels great, but missing many people and things..:( A lot of people have posed questions on me like how do I find Hyderabad, how is the weather etc. etc.. But breathing in conditioned air most of the time has robbed the sense of weather from me.My take for the weather now is constrained to reading the ac controls, and concluding that today the mercury stands at 22.5 degree centigrade and tomorrow also it is deemed to stand there.. :P Talking of weather, the Shiva nagari Varanasi doesnt seem to be appealing to Lord Indra yet. Nature can be sometimes so erratic, its whims hard to fathom and nuances difficult to predict. But I ask, is there something really predictable in this world, when even sometimes the small piece of co...

Finally ventured in making face portraits.. :) ended up making a little asymmetrical face but I believe its satisfactory enough considering d fact that its my maiden attempt at painting faces.. :D I have till now normally wielded my brush on landscapes, animals etc. so drawing human faces was a good change for my style :) Comments invited :)

I have finally decided to rekindle a lot of hobbies of mine that were deeply in slumber for the past 4-5 years. When one’s pastime becomes watching movies all day long, it is really heartening to be able to reclaim some of the old knacks after a long time. I recently stumbled upon my stamp stock book while skimming through some of my old possessions at home. I realized that the book hasn’t seen any addition in the last few years. The book had become all dusty but it still housed the 600 odd stamps that I and my cousin brother had collected. There were some more stamps that did not fit into the book and were kept seperate, but I wasn’t able to locate them in the house. I decided to scan some of them so that I could have the pictures saved with me always, lest I forget my hobby again :P . Well of course any reference to this hobby of mine shall be rendered incomplete without paying due gratitude to those warriors who endured my pestering for getting overseas stamps, and to those who...

They said once, ”All Roads lead to Rome ”, and now they would say, “All rails lead to Bengal!”! I guess this is one conclusion that I could make out of the long list of announcements delivered by the Railways Minister. I tried listening to a small excerpt from her budget speech, but it went invain because of her accent, as I had to spend most of my time replacing all ‘bhat’s and ‘bhy’s with whats and ‘why’s :P. Well February, the shortest month, bustled with a lot of activity, mnik and the budget did muster a lot of heated discussions for themselves. But amongst all the budget and movie talks, February 2010 at the end, would be remembered for the Big magic weaved by the Little Master. His miraculous double ton was serenaded with joy by cricket fans and non-fans, Indians and non-Indians alike. Hail Sachin! Infact, even the parliament members unanimously applauded the feat achieved by the master by thumping their desks. A scene where all parties decide something in complete unison, i...

 Hey guys.. I am Stripey. I believe you all now know the sad reality that just 1411 of us are there in India now.The numbers of my community keeps on dwindling. Please dont let this routine go on. Otherwise one day I along with my friends would be wiped off the face of the earth.. something that u ppl refer to as extinction. I have a right to live just like you do. I have a family and good friends just like you and a right to lead my life with them. Please do not encroach upon this right. Yours Stripey I think Stripey has said it all. Its something really grave not only because tiger is our national animal but also because tigers constitute a rich part of our natural heritage and ecology. This fact is a strident show of man's brutality.. Stripey and his handful of friends are in danger.. We dont want to lose them forever. Really Stripey needs our help! We have to ensure not only his protection but also of the natural habitat he lives in. Most people are unsure of what ca...

Check out this video in my friends blog: http://1-2secofthinking.blogspot.com/2010/02/c-for-culrav.html http://1-2secofthinking.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-culrav-you.html .