Kinship

Is kinship essential in this day & age? When people are hyper automated There by getting atomized beyond belief When one’s survival takes utmost precedence There by relinquishing others to the dust When one’s virtual relations help fill the void There by making real life relations redundant When one’s solitude trumps others’ company There by […]

Differences

Differences make us who we are Uniformity makes us boring Differences enhance the lived experience Unending routine takes the life out of us Differences make existence surprising Unchanging events suck out the curiosity Differences help make progress possible Unwavering agreements lead to stagnation Differences celebrate the indifferent universe Uniformity fears the indifferent universe.

Goals

Why are goals important? What’s so pleasing about Setting some and achieving those Do all goals have the same value? What about those who coast through Lives without ever settling or realizing goals Are those ones’ lives any less valuable? Are goals one more futile attempt At making life worth living, or It is another […]

Belonging

People long for belonging Why does one belong somewhere? Is it the people there, or Is it the place in itself, or Is it simply the fact that one Is not somewhere else, or Is it the environment/nature? What makes one want to belong? Is it the inherent insecurity of life, or Is it the […]

Impermanence

Impermanence is the opponent That we all fight everyday Knowing very well that One can never defeat it Yet most of us play without Any second thoughts whatsoever What is the rationale behind this Sisiphyian action of ours? One might ask what’s the alternative? Perhaps Acceptance and Observance??

Familiarity

Everything and everyone that’s familiar Was once an unknown One encountered unknown by chance Or sometimes by choice But why do people stuck with the familiar? Even at the risk of being ossified Was it because of the fear or Was it because of the comfort Or is it because people realized That neither familiarity […]

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 […]

False Positives

When you take a covid self-test What is the False positive? When you take the pregnancy test What is the False Positive? When you’re tested for a terminal illness What is the False Positive? So, are there any universal false positives, or All false positives relative?

Unacceptable

What’s unacceptable in a society? Thinking “abnormalities”, or Acting on those “abnormalities” What if no one witnesses or knows that Someone acted on those abnormalities? Even if someone knows, what if Those abnormalities affect only the One who indulges in, is it still unacceptable? Even if it affects others, what if Those very abnormalities are […]

Selfish or Good Will

Ones who are against death penalty Are they being selfish Knowing their lives could turn upside down In no time and they might be the ones facing Death Penalty, or Are they acting truly on Good Will? People protesting for greater good of all Are they merely more self-aware individuals or Are they truely compassionate […]