(In)Significance

Significance of life Lies in its insignificance  Not all lives are insignificant  Nor do all lives are significant  There’s nothing significant about  A journey towards eventual insignificance All the little significant milestones  Along the journey are mere respites  From the thought of eventual insignificance Cherish those milestones if you will  But don’t ever take those […]

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Time – All in One, One in All

There is no past If there’s no present Present realizes the past  Sows the seeds for the future  Life is series of present moments  Where both past resides  And future’s always there, but Does the future drives the present  Or the past makes present, Does it really matter  For an absurd existence PS: Inspired by […]

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Clarity

Clarity about power  Emasculates you Clarity about injustice Numbs you Clarity about freedom Enslaves you Clarity about human stupidity Isolates you Clarity about death Kills you Clarity about absurd Unshackles you Img src: Water Exhibition

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Becoming an adult

When one really becomes an adult? When one gets the privilege to vote? What about those who don’t live in a “Democracy”? When one starts to earn? What about those who don’t need to earn? When one gets stuck in an endless daily routine? What about those who don’t have a daily routine? When one […]

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Privilege

To give up is privilege  To be hopeless is privilege  To not to worry is privilege  To let evil crush you is privilege  To be nihilistic is privilege  To await death every day is privilege  To let go off is privilege  To genuflect before power is privilege  To forget is the greatest privilege  Inspiration

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Lying

Lying is an uniquely human trait That saves(d) people from suffering From the time immemorial The lies about a better future The lies about an after life The lies about a forgiving almighty The lies about the life’s purpose And countless more From families to societies From corporations to nation states All are held in […]

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Authentic Living

Are you an authentic being? How to live an authentic life? Can you ever be always authentic? All these and many more questions On authenticity have no answers Or sometimes have many answers Living faithfully on one’s own terms Is termed as authentic living, as some argue But where do these terms come from? If […]

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Hiding

People hide behind ideas To not face the real world People hide behind customs To not face their doubts People hide behind dogmas To not face the changes People hide behind niceties To not face others’ ugly minds People hide behind work To not face the prevailing bleakness People hide behind lives To not face […]

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Mystery

Disclaimer:  could be troubling, Readers’ discretion warranted People endure miseries In the hope of a better tomorrow  A tomorrow that never comes What sustains their lives? The unending miseries  Or the never diminishing hope Wouldn’t it be useful, if they Simply give up  What stops them? The all powerful will to live Or the mere […]

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Chaos and Order

You live in a chaotic world Yet you look for order in it You would rather prefer a boring order To an exciting chaos Chaos terrifies but liberates Order comforts but subjugates Chaos forces you to act Order holds you back Order is chaos’ eventuality Chaos is order’s eventuality Both these eventualities Drive you to […]

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