Tuesday, April 13, 2010
An article
Arundhati Roy in Outlook. Walking with the comrades.http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264738
Monday, April 5, 2010
Long Post
Finally, a long post. Not quite my nature, but here it is. Mostly random stuff.
First, a bit of untitled poetry.
Yesterday in my dream
I saw you, but dared
not kiss you;
Social convention, propriety
And my image stood in
The way.
Me, the perfect, polite,
law-abiding person,
Who does not break laws
Even in dreams.
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A picture:
I call this Shringaram. What does it translate to in English?
The picture has nothing to do with the poem. It is not intended as an illustration of the poem. It is just a depiction of the rasa Shringara as seen in Kathakali. Why am i saying this?
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After many years i had a rain bath yesterday. It was mostly enjoyable, except for the occasional lightning. Pure, primal pleasure.
Here in Trivandrum the Painkuni festival at Padmanabhaswamy temple concluded recently. Below, a photograph from the festival area.
Sahadeva looks down, rather frightened, as a group of youngsters prepare to peer beneath his clothes.
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Do you believe in foresight? I had two experiences recently.
One night i dreamt of the company Religare. Why Religare? No idea. The word just popped into my dream. The next day there was a fire in some Bangalore building, and guess what? The casualties included employees of Religare. Hmm... Maybe it was pure coincidence.
The other one is not so easy to dismiss. One night i dreamt that my dog was dead, and I was crying. The next morning we discovered him in a well. Not our well, not our neighbour's well, not my neighbour's neighbour's well, but in a house about half a kilometre away. Jumped over the gate, apparently. Luckily he was still alive when we pulled him out. I think he spent some five hours in the water. Extrasensory perception? Who can tell?
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Quotes
1. 'He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice'- A. Einstein.
Sourced from 'Fascism of division of labour' in The Hindu Sunday Magazine.
2. ' Most morality is absence of opportunity'-(Mark Twain?)
3.'The first sign of privilege is always asking, rather than being asked, the questions- never having to self reflect, and possessing, in a sense the luxury of ignorance. For many, privilege is often this unconscious, and it is this lack of consciousness and reflection on which any resistance to change is built.'
from A little book on Men by Rahul Roy, a beautiful book that examines masculinity and its associated cliches.
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Yesterday in the Hindu Literary Review i came across this interesting concept called 'Detective Criticism'. This is the criticism of a detective book on the premise that the killer uncovered by the author is not the true killer, and that the true killer has eluded justice. Elementary, my dear Watson?
From 'Schlock Holmes,ha,ha!' in The Hindu Literary Review.
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I was telling a friend how, right now, I'm at ground zero. Have you heard the expression 'start from scratch'? Well, I think I am pretty much scratch. Or is 'broke' the better expression? For the second time in life i've reached a null point of sorts. The first time was some three years back, but then i had just discovered the null point of all belief, having lost faith not just in god but in man as well. This time around, however, i'm broke in a different, practical sense. It isn't always a nice place to be in. But the good part is, once you reach the lowest point, you can never go any lower. Whichever way you go, it is always up.
First, a bit of untitled poetry.
Yesterday in my dream
I saw you, but dared
not kiss you;
Social convention, propriety
And my image stood in
The way.
Me, the perfect, polite,
law-abiding person,
Who does not break laws
Even in dreams.
**********************************************************************************
A picture:
I call this Shringaram. What does it translate to in English?
The picture has nothing to do with the poem. It is not intended as an illustration of the poem. It is just a depiction of the rasa Shringara as seen in Kathakali. Why am i saying this?
**********************************************************************************
After many years i had a rain bath yesterday. It was mostly enjoyable, except for the occasional lightning. Pure, primal pleasure.
Here in Trivandrum the Painkuni festival at Padmanabhaswamy temple concluded recently. Below, a photograph from the festival area.
Sahadeva looks down, rather frightened, as a group of youngsters prepare to peer beneath his clothes.
**********************************************************************************
Do you believe in foresight? I had two experiences recently.
One night i dreamt of the company Religare. Why Religare? No idea. The word just popped into my dream. The next day there was a fire in some Bangalore building, and guess what? The casualties included employees of Religare. Hmm... Maybe it was pure coincidence.
The other one is not so easy to dismiss. One night i dreamt that my dog was dead, and I was crying. The next morning we discovered him in a well. Not our well, not our neighbour's well, not my neighbour's neighbour's well, but in a house about half a kilometre away. Jumped over the gate, apparently. Luckily he was still alive when we pulled him out. I think he spent some five hours in the water. Extrasensory perception? Who can tell?
**********************************************************************************
Quotes
1. 'He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice'- A. Einstein.
Sourced from 'Fascism of division of labour' in The Hindu Sunday Magazine.
2. ' Most morality is absence of opportunity'-(Mark Twain?)
3.'The first sign of privilege is always asking, rather than being asked, the questions- never having to self reflect, and possessing, in a sense the luxury of ignorance. For many, privilege is often this unconscious, and it is this lack of consciousness and reflection on which any resistance to change is built.'
from A little book on Men by Rahul Roy, a beautiful book that examines masculinity and its associated cliches.
**********************************************************************************
Yesterday in the Hindu Literary Review i came across this interesting concept called 'Detective Criticism'. This is the criticism of a detective book on the premise that the killer uncovered by the author is not the true killer, and that the true killer has eluded justice. Elementary, my dear Watson?
From 'Schlock Holmes,ha,ha!' in The Hindu Literary Review.
**********************************************************************************
I was telling a friend how, right now, I'm at ground zero. Have you heard the expression 'start from scratch'? Well, I think I am pretty much scratch. Or is 'broke' the better expression? For the second time in life i've reached a null point of sorts. The first time was some three years back, but then i had just discovered the null point of all belief, having lost faith not just in god but in man as well. This time around, however, i'm broke in a different, practical sense. It isn't always a nice place to be in. But the good part is, once you reach the lowest point, you can never go any lower. Whichever way you go, it is always up.
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