At what stage are we?

Are we rotten to the core yet? Are we at edge of the cliff yet? Are we staring abyss into its eyes? Are we knocking the doors of “hell”? Are we way down the path of isolation/annihilation? Or Are we comprehending the poison we’re being fed? Are we taking a step back to look inwards? […]

You’re privileged :

If : You had 3 square meals every day You had decent unhindered education Your manual labor means exercising Your some dreams came true Others are in the pipeline You provide your kids with smartphones To go to their online classes You get to take time offs To visit places or to chill at resorts […]

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 […]

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 […]

zombies

Zombies : Un-dead creatures walking around with no consciousness We are zombies, when we: Stay silent upon seeing school girls stripped of their dignity & education Choose to turn away when people’s homes are razed to ground on mere suspicion Smirk at the rampant hate speech discourses against the “Others” Rejoice at the plight of […]

“!!!Planet is fine, people are fucked!!!”

Celine : Hey Hildy, how have you been? Hildy : I am fine. Indeed it’s been quite a while now. What kept you so busy all these months? C: Pondering over existence, what about you? H: You pretentious narcissist. I have been happily binge watching movies and series on Netflix C: So you are actively […]

Guard yourself

If your insecurity bothers othersIt is cruelty not insecurityIf your sentiments get hurt by mere ads (1, 2, 3, 4)It is your sentiments that need to be corrected not adsIf your silence aids the oppressorIt is you who are the real oppressorIf your willingness to turn blind eye to others’ sufferingsIt is you who are […]

It was good, while it lasted

C: Hey it’s been a while since we conversedH : Yes, I have been quite appalled by the news I keep reading and wanted to be aloneC: What news could have such an impact on a nihilist/absurdist such as you?H: Have you read about the alleged rape & murder of a 9 years old Dalit […]

What’s your choice : Eternal Vigilance or Eternal Indifference??

Democracy is a living organismIt grows faster when people careIt deteriorates when they don’tIt thrives when citizens are informedIt struggles when they’re ill-informedWe don’t expect a child to growIf we feed it once every 5 yearsBut we expect democracy to growJust ‘coz we vote on election dayEconomic system drove us away from politicsConsumerism made us […]