Fear of Living

People fear not just of dying But they fear more of living As living entails – facing failures Dealing with uncertainties Coming to terms with the past Accepting one’s mediocrity and shortcomings Not knowing if one should yield to or fight The assured vicissitudes of life Above all – the certainty of eventual death It’s […]

Fear of the Real or the Abstract?

Which is more scary? Losing Freedom or Dying? Death is a given for every one, unlike Freedom which is precious, hence People die fighting for freedom However, if one were given a choice To choose between no freedom and death Most people would choose the former They give up on the precious abstract Because of […]

Death of a tree

It was a strange feeling To witness the death of a tree There it was a standing giant An Abode for birds and A companion for lonely souls Reminding one of his insignificance By its mere existence Out of the blue came Men with power axe Chopping the tree down Making the birds refugees Taking […]

Writing – II

Why do people write? To flush out their thoughts To put in words their observations To make a statement To feel superior, or To reaffirm their inconsequence Now with all these “AI”s Vomiting sentences at rapid pace, and People quenching their thirst by drinking it Why should one write? Maybe, it is an act of […]

Photos & Memories

Do Photos give meaning to our memories Or do memories give meaning to photos? If it is the latter, then aren’t we missing out On creating memories when taking photos? Or does taking photos aid us in forming memories? When memories are so fickle and mind forms its own memories by interpreting reality On its […]

Visibility

Some fighting to become visible While some fighting to become invisible Some shine light on the invisibles While some turn off the light of the visible Some shout their lungs out to become visible While others curl within themselves to be invisible People tend to believe in the eternal invisible being But not the ones […]

Movie Theater

The last remaining public square The only place for those souls Who wish to silently share a experience Not bound by any real bonds, but connected Just by the defiance to the solitary confinement Of watching movie alone at home Inside the dark space There exists a subterranean solidarity Pregnant with umpteen possibilities When everything […]

Shame

When does one feel ashamed? Or rather why does one feel ashamed? If one lives outside of social norms Can one be ashamed of anything? Who defines what’s shameful? When one feels ashamed of one’s actions Does this feeling come from within? If yes, is it a basic feeling in us? How would a society […]

Randomness

Randomness disturbs order And people hate disorder Yet they welcome some randomness That comforts them, positively surprises them But they detest other randomness That makes them feel odd, feel excluded The same phenomenon yielding different responses Just like every other thing in this thing called “existence” How should one deal with randomness then? Should one […]

Anticipation

When one is traumatized by anticipation? When something that’s never happened Happens out of nowhere or When something that happens often Stops happening for no reason? Which of the two kinds is the worst? What gives rise to this weird feeling? The unwavering hopefulness about the future, or The unstoppable hopelessness of the present If […]