Thursday 14 June 2012

The Other Aspect of Rain


“Lighting every face, healing every pain;
To felicitate every heart, here comes rain!”
The above lines define the beauty of rains with immeasurable ease. The rainy season, or Monsoon, as it’s called in India, is hardly disliked by anyone. The word ‘rain’ is enough to light any face up with a smile. We associate rains with fun, frolic, love and a lot of other sugar-coated, cream-topped stuff. But is this assumption the same for everyone? Like every coin has two sides, rains too have another face- another, not-so pleasurable face. While rains bring indefinable joy to people like us, there are people for whom, rains are more of Satanic. The people who live in makeshift houses or roadside tents may not have the same opinion towards the rains as us. For them, the rains are only a season of botheration and suffering. Rains destroy their houses (if they can be called so), and leave them unsheltered. They have nowhere to go, nothing to feed on, and their life is turned into more of the hell that it already is. They are left helpless and destitute, and thus, possess hatred for the very same rain, that we are so deeply in love with. There are many other people, for whom rains spell misery. The rag pickers, who earn their daily bread by picking up useful, recyclable trash from the streets, fail in doing so, as this trash has been soiled and has turned useless due to the rains. The potter, who moulds clay into fine specimens of art, does his molding everyday and waits for the sun to shine and dry his creations. But, can the sun shine on a rainy day? Does the rain leave any scope for these people to thrive? People say, “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” But do they realise that It takes both sunshine and rain to form a rainbow?!

The End of Harry Potter


What was born on 30th June, 1997 wasn’t just a book; it was a phenomenon that would later go on to change the world FOREVER! This phenomenon is the HP madness, as fans call it. The day marked the release of ‘Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone’, the first book in the legendary series of seven. These books were penned down by Joanne K. Rowling and revolved around Harry Potter, an 11-year old orphan and his journey from being a boy nobody knew existed, to becoming the greatest wizard who ever walked the face of Earth. These books later triggered off a series of eight typical Hollywood movies, with ghosts, sound effects, brawls, the works. Everyone, be it children or oldies, went berserk over Harry Potter, the conscientious wizard, who was ‘Oh- so-brave’!  But 15th July, 2011 witnessed the so-called end of this series. It was when the last movie of this series, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- part 2’ released. But, it’s hard to tell where the "official" Harry Potter universe will end and the unofficial world of Potter mania fandom will begin. Harry Potter's story has become part of our everyday cultural references, an allegory we use to describe everything from politics to the financial crises that have swept across the world. The HP madness is here to stay! 

Monday 12 September 2011

How the hell am I supposed to put an end to this clumsy feeling in my tummy? It makes me feel giddy, dizzy and what not! Why do I like him, but I still don't like him? Why does he look at me accusingly? Why does he make me feel like I'm wrong? Why does it look like he knows about my feelings for him? Isn't he supposed to act like I exist? Why the hell doesn't he understand how deep I'm falling? Isn't he supposed to give me a cue? I wish he would come and talk to me, I wish these feelings would die out.... :/

Saturday 10 September 2011

The 'on n off' way life is!

While reading a novel 'bout Hollywood today, I figured out that the lives of celebs aren't really hunky-dory all the time. It's not just about being clicked, looking great and rubbing shoulders with the who's who. Sometimes, it's also about living life the 'normal' way. If our lives were to be put under the scanner, they would pretty much turn out to be replicas of celebrity lives. The paparazzi of nagging teachers running behind us, carrying the cameras of taunts and lectures; sometimes we are so hollowed out inside that we live a different life when in the public eye, and our real lives are complete contradictions to that. Sometimes we lie so much that the fibs actually seem to be real. We become alter-egos of ourselves.
For all these years, I had been doing fantastically in academics, little did I know that I was in for a rude shock! Like my mum says, 'You aren't born with some tag stamped on your name that makes teachers give you marks as soon as they see your name". It all ended up with my best friend having to ask me whether there was something wrong with me and I was tongue-tied and could not answer him. What the hell do I do when my life is going so great and suddenly it all stops and ends up in an abusive fight?! What do I do when I can't go a  minute without swearing at someone and then have to swear on my dad that I won't abuse anyone? Moreover, what do I do when my best friend, who admires my crush, suddenly calls him a transgender-ed person??
But, as they say, "That's life, baby!",and what I do is that I cope up with all this, count my blessings, gather my ammunition and get ready to face all the challenges head-on! Beacuse, no matter how much I might dislike my life, I love the people in my life, and I wouldn't have it any other way! =D

Monday 1 August 2011

What You Did To Me

Echoing in my mind,
as I lie on my bed,
are the words I always wished to hear,
the words you never said.

Tears flow uncontrollably,
as I remember moment by moment,
the fun times we shared,
and the fights that would never end.

I ain't got no clue why,
you went away all of a sudden,
turning my days dark,
making my life a burden.

Did you bother to think once,
what it would do to me?
How I would break apart,
how grave I would be?

You've turned me so numb that,
I can't feel myself or anything out here.
Do you know you've just made real,
all my deepest fears?

I try to pull myself together,
but I fail once again.
My efforts, my pleas, my grievance,
all are going in vain.

I don't want you to come back now,
I cannot handle it.
It's not like you even give a damn,
if I'm throwing a fit.

At least you could've told me what,
you thought was wrong with me,
the reason why you ruined my life,
and took away all the glee.

I want to stand up once again,
but all I do is fall.
My hands don't move, my feet ditch me,
even if I try to crawl.

I've learnt my lesson, not to trust anyone,
it's all a cruel joke.
I was flowing away in dreams till now,
but I suddenly woke.

The questions that I wanna ask,
will always remain unanswered.
They remind me of your cowardice,
and the courage you couldn't muster.

Time is a healer, it would heal my wounds,
I would be normal on the outside.
What would be missing though, is my old smile,
and my will that has died.


Friday 29 July 2011

Going Crazy

You were always there, right in front of me,
but still, why could't I see?
I never looked at you that way,
but now that I have,
I know, I'm going crazy!!

I saw you everyday, morning and noon,
little did I know, one day you would make my heart croon.
I never looked at you that way,
but now that I have,
I know, I'm going crazy!!

You got me drooling, over those looks of yours,
I look at you like never before.
You catch me off-guard when you smile,
you make me dream for a while.
Why's this madness, this craziness?!
Was I blind all this time?
I never looked at you that way,
but now that I have,
I know, I'm going crazy!!

I spend every waking moment, thinking of you,
there's no other work I gotta do.
I would give away anything just to be with you,
what I have for you; oh, you got no clue.
Why am I falling so deep?
Was I blind all this time?
I never looked at you that way,
but now that I have,
I know, I'm going crazy!!



Oh boy, I never looked at you that way,
but now that I have,
I know, I'm going crazy!!




Friday 22 July 2011

Friendship has its ups and downs
it's not always hunky-dory.
Sometimes sad, sometimes mad
it's just a wonderful story!

It has the laughter
and even the sobs.
There are even little fights
and times when everything stops!

i know... it sounds incomplete.. but whatta do.. couldn't thnk of nythin elz..