You Are Lucky!!!

You are luckyYes, I believe in luck We all must believeThe fact that you’re reading thisProves you’re luckyLuck doesn’t favour the braveNor does it favour intelligenceIt happens just like thatNothing more nothing lessYou never could’ve been bornYou never could have survived childhoodYou never could have gotten an educationYou never could’ve been “free”You could have hit […]

What is freedom?

FREEDOM IS CHOICE !!! FREEDOM IS ABILITY TO EXERCISE ONE’S AGENCY!!!

Powerful Decrepit humans

We say things we don’t really meanWe do things we don’t really wantWe forget things which we ought to rememberWe remember things which we ought to forgetWe argue over irrelevant topicsWe agree silently with the prevailing prejudicesWe put others on pedestal to hide our deficienciesWe put ourselves on pedestal to point out others’ deficienciesWe are […]

Traffic lights

One more system to make humans automatons Makes us tow the lines unconditionally Takes the humanness out of the humans Snatches the thinking capacity away from us Gives a false sense of security Removes the surprise elements out of our lives Increases one’s anxiety unnecessarily Reinforces the absurdity of human existence PS: Largely inspired by […]

Life of an unbearably tender being

Imagine a Pigeon’s life It is always on alert, for Its life is constantly under threat Before quenching its thirst It surveils the surroundings It then takes a quick sip or two Before looking out for predators again If it finds a morsel of food on ground, It cannot simply peck it with no second […]

Outsourcing thinking

You’re bestowed with capacity to thinkYet you genuflect in front of a higher power (Queens/Kings/parents/leaders/Gods)May be you’re scared of thinking (‘coz)“Thinking itself is dangerous”, as Arendt saidIt is easy to outsource your thinkingTo social media forwards and to like minded herdsNot knowing what it entailsMay be you will be the victim of it one dayOr […]

Closed Room & drawers

You store your memories in drawersIn one of the many rooms of your mindSome opened, some unopenedSome holding your darkest secretsSome holding your deepest fearsYou leave the room untouched for yearsOut of nowhere happens somethingforcing you into a dilemma whether to open the room and the drawersWill those fears haunt you or those secrets humiliate […]

Movie – entertainment or enlightenment??

A good movie is one which: Enlightens you, Inspires you Questions your limited thinking Questions your archaic societal practices Helps you identify your prejudices Helps you spot the absurdities in life Rattles your way of life Shines a light on human virtues and vice Provokes you intellectually Liberates you from your boredom Removes you from […]

Aren’t humans weird???

You know y’all will die any day, yet You bring new lives to this world with no second thoughts As if they will have it any better than what you had You go on a rampage and destroy the planet You despise one another passionately As if that saves you from the inevitable You chase […]

Streaming Emotions..

Surprise – finding a favorite movie out of nowhere Disappointment – Good series not getting renewed Happiness – Realizing there are few more episodes in the series Sadness – Realizing that what one watched was the last episode of the season Anger – Good series/movie not with needed subtitles Excitement – News of favorite series […]