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

Hope – A disorder

To be hopeful is a disorder Hope prolongs one’s suffering Hope traps one into a vicious circle To be hopeless is liberating One knows one’s action will not bring any results Why act in the first place? To accept the futility is better than having A false sense of comfort(hope) One can even act but […]

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 […]

Kindness

A stranger helping an asshole Should one be angry at the unfair world, or Should one wonder if he deserve it Why should he deserve such kindness? Is it written or is he getting something back for Something he did before he became an asshole? If he passes on the help to a stranger Is […]

Do you prefer?

A life that’s smooth sailing or A life that navigates rough seas How can one even have a smooth sailing life? Only when the person shuts off completely From the surroundings and the inner voices Living a life no different from that of an automaton’s But, what if a day comes when that smooth sail […]

Abstain

You can abstain only when you’ve freedom You know your abstinence has no untoward consequences To abstain is a privilege that not all have To equate abstinence with lack of freedom is disingenuous What about abstaining from speaking out or taking actions Is it also freedom, one might ask It is the fear of losing […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]