Count your blessings

Few sayings are more prevalent than This “Count your blessings” axiom, It reeks of self-centered high handedness, It demeans other people whom you compare To make yourself feel better for a while. You never care to understand the “others”, Still you in a heartbeat feel superior to them. But, hey, you never understood yourself, For […]

Chain Reaction

They say it takes a village to raise a child But the same village could ruin a child You bring a child into the world So you could dictate another person’s life The same way your parents did to you It is a chain reaction One generation ruining the life of other Yet, both the […]

Sisyphus

“Sisyphus : He was punished for cheating death twice by being forced to roll an immense boulder up a hill only for it to roll down every time it neared the top, repeating this action for eternity” If we think about it, are we any different from Sisyphus? At least he had only one boulder […]

Always Remember

Our : Truths might get shatteredReality might get twistedBeliefs might get debunkedWay of life might get ossifiedChoices might get derailed Knowledge might become rustedDespair might become permanentHope might become elusivePain might become permanentWonders might become banal Despite all, we continue livingDiscovering new truths everydayOnly to be falsified soonIsn’t our existence absurd?

Etrange Existence

L’existence est bizarre : Nous allons de l’avant pour regarder en arrièreNous nous souvenons donc de regretterNous doutons de le croire Nous sourions pour être inauthentiqueNous pleurons pour être authentiquesNous pensons que oui pour être coincé Nous grandissons ainsi à la décompositionNous respirons pour arrêter de respirerNous vivons pour mourir.

Weird Existence

Existence is weird: We go forward to look backwardWe remember so to regretWe doubt so to believe We smile so to be inauthenticWe cry so to be authenticWe think so to be stuck We grow so to decayWe breathe to stop breatheWe live so to die.

Reading Books – Absurd or Invaluable habit?

I have been wondering why reading is so prominent in human society. I am not talking about academic or work related reading, I am talking about people indulging in reading for the mere joy of it. Agreed, we need to find ways to make ourselves happy. If reading makes us happy, then fine. I have […]

Absurdist Rambling

Stream of consciousness at the middle of night Writing: If writing is an art, why not reading is? If there is no one to read, then what’s the point in writing? If writers claim that they write for their own sake, then what’s the point in publishing? Reading: What’s the point in reading non-academic books, […]