Hell

Sartre said “Hell is other people” Hell is not other people Hell is our “self” A reflective self is the hell An indifferent self is no self The self fights relentless battles Against the herd of sheep in the world Only to end up in hell But a reflective self cherishes this “hell” At all […]

New Year

All those resolutions Would amount to nothing All those wishes Would most certainly not come true All those promises Would invariably be broken All those positive thoughts Would definitely be forgotten What would be left at the year end? Yet another meaningless year That amounted to nothing but sheer absurdity Imgsrc : Edvard Munch museum

Gifted lives

You live a privileged life, if You’re not chronically sick You have functioning body You have people to turn to in times of need You have enough food on your table by end of every month You have some money at your disposal even after facing an emergency You have your comfort life not affected […]

Shut Down

You shut yourself down From the deafening cries of help From the terrible plight of others From the humiliation of the voiceless From the insanity that’s out there Only to feel comfortable In your own little bubble You think maybe you’re lucky To live your life in an unbreakable bubble But always remember, Bubbles do […]

Relative

One’s worst day could be better than your best day One’s failure could be what you aspire yourself for One’s anxious state could be your tranquil state One’s reason for disappointment could be the reason for your elation One’s fear of the inevitable could be your source of comfort One’s supposed injustice could be your […]

Never Think

Thinking is dangerous Said Arendt, but is that it? Thinking makes you weak Thinking makes you scared Thinking makes you anxious Thinking makes you weird Thinking makes you paralyzed Thinking belittles you Thinking aggrandizes you Thinking breaks you to pieces Thinking is not just dangerous Thinking is utterly useless

Easy (or) not

It’s easy to be a hopeful person It’s not so easy to be a cynic It’s easy to be a believer It’s not so easy to be a non-believer It’s easy to be an eternal optimist It’s not so easy to be an eternal realist(pragmatist) It’s easy to be an ignorant person It’s not so […]

Freedom

Freedom is not the ability to go wherever you want But it is the idea that you could go wherever you want Freedom is not the ability to choose one thing among many But it is the availability of things to choose from Freedom is not the privilege to be who you’re But it is […]

Neither Good Nor Bad

Growth is neither good nor bad Laziness is neither good nor bad Intelligence is neither good nor bad Self conceit is neither good nor bad Trusting others is neither good nor bad Believing a higher power is neither good nor bad Speaking your mind is neither good nor bad Sleep walking into disaster is neither […]

Problematic!!

One should find it problematic when there are crimes committed against women, some of the commentators address the victims as sisters/mothers/daughters first before asking for justice. Why should you feel the need to do so? Won’t your heart bleed if they are not your sister/mother/daughter?. By doing so, ain’t you saying, though inadvertently, that you […]