Life Unpacked

If you haven't already got your fill of writeups romanticising train journeys, congratulations, you've come to the right place. I have probably stated hundreds of times my love for train rides, but seldom have I ever penned it. How could I? Words never did justice. It is one thing to proclaim that you love railways and allow the other person through it to gauge the intensity condensed in that statement by your being during the journey, and it is an entire ballgame altogether demonstrating that emotion while sounding genuine and not overly pompous in written words. I'd be lying though if I said I never tried writing on the railways before. The truth is, I have attempted numerous times. But also dripping with the truth is the fact that each time, it ended up in complete failure. Tonight, I am giving it a go once more. Winter mornings, sleeper coach, and a piping hot cup of tea: Isn't that all one needs? Years ago, when my mum held my hand in one hand and a suit...

Just like every Sunday morning; it was a battle she had to endure to crawl out of the comforts of her bed, the worn-in cotton sheet rubbing softly across her cheek made her drop back on it after a few seconds every time she attempted waking up. A long struggle and a growling tummy finally did the trick, and there she was grabbing her breakfast, or as she put it, her Sunday "brunch" along with the thick stack of Sunday newspaper. She settled down on the giant flower-printed maroon carpet spread in the center of the living room and quickly fished out the copy of "Brunch", the weekly magazine that came with the newspaper every Sunday. It was the year 2008.... That Sunday's "Brunch" was abnormally thick, hence she decided to check whether it were just more advertisements or there was some real content inside. Instead of the glossy colourful pages, a huge portion of the magazine was plain white with long lengthy paragraphs on it, and that too without an...

So today is V-day; I'm not one of those who believe in it, and that you can conclude if you have read this post , and this post of mine. Nevertheless, I don't prefer spoiling mood of love-birds. Hence, a Happy Valentine's Day to all you folks. Also, after a long spell of lack of creativity, I finally wrote this poem titled:  "Dream turned Reality" On a cheery spring day, he saw her across the stream, laying nearby the bay, she was deep into a dream. Her visage embraced a frown, and that made the beauty look sad, hence, to see that frown up-side down, was the only wish he had. All of sudden an apple fell on her head, and with it she was awaken. Hurriedly she wrapped up her camp-bed, although she looked shaken. When she commenced to leave, he ran across to get near her, she noticed him and stared in a dis-believe, as everything to her seemed a blur. He heard a shout; "Wake up"! with it he was back in his r...

"Life has always been in your favour..." that's what Tanya's childhood friend tells her. But no one knows what awaits her in London, where she been offered a job. Once in London, a strange encounter with an even stranger guy Adrian, who has a phobia of "marriage", adds a new chapter to her life. A string of events occur between them and ultimately, they both fall for each other. But fate has something else planned for them- Recession hits London which leads to people being sacked everywhere, and unfortunately Tanya happens to be  one of them. This is where the sly life starts showing its true colors to Tanya; she is served an ultimatum that she needs to get herself a job within a month or else she'll have to move back to India, where an arranged marriage awaits her. The only way she could think of to stay in London, in a dwindling economy, is to convince Adrian, her marriage-phobic boyfriend to marry her. Thus, Adrian either has to confront his phobi...

"So you guys even started thinking about marrying?", I questioned to a well-acquainted classmate. She replied by saying nothing but smiled and blushed a bit. My curiosity lead me to ask her whether her parents know about her affair, and she said "Not parents but sisters know". I tried to be non-judgement at that point. Again in the train that day, while returning home, I came across myriad tales of "how-we-met" from a group of young women sitting adjacent. After getting home, I switched on the television and was again bombarded young couples in love. Today, love marriage which was a way forbidden some 20years ago is embraced with both the arms stretched wide. On this, some say that India too is surging ahead on the path laid down by our western-counterparts and favoring love marriages as opposed to our 'traditional' system of arrange marriages. But I beg to differ on this theory (Okay, I have a full-fledged 'marriage in India' timeline u...

It's the Valentine's Day today, just another reason for people to celebrate! Okay, I'm not criticizing it, not at all. But I'm criticizing the hype people have made out of it, can this day be left as a day meant for celebrating Love and companionship rather than going over-the-board just to show-off? Isn't the day meant for people to take pride in their 'in a relationship' status? Nobody wants to be left isolated on this day, watching other couples rejoice, but does that means forcing yourselves into a relationship? Yeah, the previous question I asked may sound bizarre but it's a truth. Many people today, just because they don't want to be left out on this day force themselves into a relationship; how kiddish and insane is that! Previously, I have written these two posts which confines itself within the boundaries of love and plays around with this very topic: Shakespeare and Love at first sight and The most exploited word "Love" . In b...

Okay, to begin with; my friend wrote this article  which completely revolves around his life after his ill-fated relationship, he is just going over the whole thing again and again which is in turn making him upset with his own life. Previously, I wrote an article dealing with 'Rejection' I asked him to read the post and understand the main thought behind it, but my friend thinks he is blessed with doomed relationships only because of the way God made him. On this one, I'd like to highlight one important fact "Prosperity of a relationship is not entirely based upon how a person looks but how his character is"; You can't expect a relationship to last if you ill-treat people around you, on the flip-side, if your looks aren't that great but the other person feels special with you, you can certainly hope for the best. And where romantic connections are concerned, people crib and whine that they can't seem to find 'The perfect person', but my frien...

                                    Splitscreen: A Love Story from James W Griffiths on Vimeo . Beautifully edited video, ain't it? I was just doing some mindless browsing and I stumbled upon this one. What struck me most about this video is how the common life of people living across continents, is depicted within a matter of barely 2 minutes! Although, this one is created with a "Love Story" perspective, I really appreciate the imagination which came up with this concept which is simply mind-blowing and fantastic. As they say "There is an extraordinary behind every ordinary", who could have thought that the monotonous life of two people can be portrayed in such a fabulous way? Well, I want to go on bragging about the thoughtful simplicity of this video. But, it's already too late and I should be better off to sleep (I have already done a lot of damage to my sleeping...

Presenting before you, the world's first onstage water act! Thought many of you who aren't having any knowledge of the language 'Hindi' may find it difficult to interpret the lyrics of the song, the performance is worth watching. The dancers are oozing grace and poise in this act which makes this one a sure winner in my book.  I got a glimpse of this act when the Television Channel was advertising about the Award Show (which includes this act) and by sheer luck when I switched on the Television set next day this act was on, it left me in awe! I had been eager to share with you guys this one since, 1st January but didn't had the motivation to. But all I can say is, I'm hooked onto this one (even the song which is from the movie Ra.one). Hope you have a good watch and do give me some feedback regarding this. Also, on 4th January I went back to my School to collect my Passing Certificate. Meeting friends who once meant a lot to you back at a certain time...

Just finished reading William Shakespeare's "As you like it" tonight, if you are a classics freak like me then you probably would have too read this play. Shakespeare's "As you like it" is considered as one of his best works in Romantic-comedies with the hero of the play Orlando being considered as the best male-lead character in Comedy works of Shakespeare. I really enjoyed the book, I got to re-read it after such a long, long, LONG time (approximately 3years). William Shakespeare once asked 'What's in a name?'. Let me get it clear, I had a chance to do some reading on Wednesday while it was flooded at my place. Poor me, there was no electricity due to the water logging in the electric cabin so I had to wait till all the flood-water sinked through the gutter,  It took a whole day! So, naturally I had nothing to do entire day because an any normal day of mine consists of being on internet for about 4 hours and then watching television for 2-...