Incoherent

Look back and It appalls youLook forward and It terrifies youStay in the moment & It paralyses you Thinking is a curse and a blessingGood Health is a curse and a blessingIn total, life is a curse & a blessing We were never taught how to liveWe were never taught how to dieWe were never […]

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SOAD

SOAD – System of a Down music band I first heard Toxicity in early 2000s. Never understood why the group was screaming and shouting with heavy metal bang accompanying. (didn’t know the genre of Heavy Metal then ). Over the years I stuck to Toxicity, whenever I wanted to let my fury out. They were vicariously […]

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Qui êtes vous?

Vous êtes L’enfant de quelqu’unLe frère ou la sœur de quelqu’unLe parent de quelqu’unLe partenaire de quelqu’unL’employé de quelqu’unL’élève de quelqu’unCertains adeptes de la religionCertains adeptes de la philosophieMembre d’une sociétéCitoyen d’un pays Pouvez-vous définir votre identité sans référence à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose? Vous ferez toujours partie d’un toutMais ne jamais faire partie […]

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Who are you?

You’re Someone’s child Someone’s sibling Someone’s parent Someone’s partner Someone’s employee Someone’s student Some religion’s follower Some philosophy’s adherent Some society’s member Some country’s citizen Can you define your identity without a reference to someone or something? You will always be part of a whole But never become part of a mass

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Fallen Apple

Dear Apple, It is sad to see you fall from your high horse into the pit of surveillance hell. You took a stand on Privacy and stuck to it all these years. I, among many, used your products for one reason only : Privacy. I tried to salvage/protect whatever is left of my privacy from […]

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Is Work worth doing?

An internal monologue : If monologue is one person talking, would it matter if its internal or external? -That’s a discussion for another day. We all value work so much in our society. When asked, people might say Work gives respect, money, value and sense of self-worth. But I would say the greatest gift of […]

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It was good, while it lasted

C: Hey it’s been a while since we conversedH : Yes, I have been quite appalled by the news I keep reading and wanted to be aloneC: What news could have such an impact on a nihilist/absurdist such as you?H: Have you read about the alleged rape & murder of a 9 years old Dalit […]

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Are we becoming more Individualistic??

Are we becoming/being turned into single entity, i.e individual from being a community. This is not some rigorous research article or some philosophical pondering or some nostalgia for bygone era. This is some random stream of consciousness specific to this question of us becoming more individualistic. Public transports will soon become a thing of the […]

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What’s your choice : Eternal Vigilance or Eternal Indifference??

Democracy is a living organismIt grows faster when people careIt deteriorates when they don’tIt thrives when citizens are informedIt struggles when they’re ill-informedWe don’t expect a child to growIf we feed it once every 5 yearsBut we expect democracy to growJust ‘coz we vote on election dayEconomic system drove us away from politicsConsumerism made us […]

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