Archive for October, 2007

Posted on October 27, 2007 - by rdilipk1

Teary Questions

There are lots of things in this world which are born and then die for others, as if that was the very purpose of their birth. Tears are one of them. This is a poem I wrote on tears.

Eyes opened wide for a moment,

And then it closed,

Eyelids blinked just for a while,

Perhaps to cry, or was it to smile,

I wonder,

But then that drop of pearl,

Just peeped out of the eye,

And asked me a questions few,

Should I fall and shall I die?

Posted on October 21, 2007 - by rdilipk1

The Last Rays of light

How would the last minutes of life be? What is it that my heart and mind would be going through? At times I wonder what it would be like when you know you are about to leave this beautiful world, or is it an ugly world?’, ‘

As the deep breathes, you hear no more,
And slight gasps take their place,
As my heart beats subsides,
As if they forgot their pace,
There are no more words, mouth can speak,
And all you hear are sighs of despair,
I want you to open my door
And open it wide,
Open it wide,
That I can see the last rays of light

Posted on October 21, 2007 - by rdilipk1

Quotable Quotes

These are some lovely quotes by famous personalities on the system. Some gives an insight into what is happening around and yet others are full of sarcasm.’

“Speak, your lips are free,
Speak, it is your own tongue,
Speak, it is your own body.”
- Faiz Ahmad Faiz

“Having a little inflation is being a little pregnant.”
- Dian Cohen

“Any suffuciently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
- Arthur C Clarke

“Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.”
- Milton Friedman

“Good old days: Beer foamed and drinking water didn”t.”
- Anon

Posted on October 18, 2007 - by rdilipk1

The shelf of mine

There are lots of people who come into our life and then move out and we don”t even realize when they went away.At times when we sit down and think of then we feel nostalgic.A poem on my lost friends.’, ‘

I once arranged that shelf of mine,
That shelf of mine with books I love,
And I read,
And I read through every line,
To the last page from the first,
Books that I had read through,
And would want to touch again,
Books that were chapters in my life,
Chapters of joy and sorrows,
Happiness and pain,

Posted on October 15, 2007 - by rdilipk1

The Solitary Reaper

My alltime favorite poet has always been William Wordsworth. What I liked the best in his poems is the way he describes the surroundings of the subject. One such poem is “The Solitary Reaper”.’, ‘

Behold her, single in the field,
Yon solitary Highland Lass!
Reaping and singing by herself;
Stop here, or gently pass!
Alone she cuts and binds the grain,
And sings a melancholy strain;
O listen! for the Vale profound
Is overflowing with the sound.

Posted on October 13, 2007 - by rdilipk1

The Solitude of Alexander Selkirk

I am monarch of all I survey,
My right there is none to dispute,
From the center all round to the sea,
I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
O Solitude! where are the charms
That sages have seen in thy face?
Better dwell in the midst of alarms
Than reign in this horrible place.

I am out of humanity’s reach,
I must finish my journey alone,
Never hear the sweet music of speech,–
I start at the sound of my own.
The beasts that roam over the plain
My form with indifference see;
They are so unacquainted with man,
Their tameness is shocking to me.

Posted on October 10, 2007 - by rdilipk1

A Red Red Rose

My love is like a red, red rose
That’s newly sprung in June :
My love is like the melody
That’s sweetly played in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in love am I :
And I will love thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.

Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun :
And I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only love,
And fare thee weel a while !
And I will come again, my love,
Thou’ it were ten thousand mile.

Posted on October 9, 2007 - by rdilipk1

Politicians or, Politico-DONS

Are our leaders worthy of being leaders? Can we entrust the responsibility of runniing the affairs of this lovely country in their hands?Why are we following them so blindly?’, ‘

This photograph is of one of our leaders; a politician who is leading one of the most mineral rich states in India. For me a leader is somebody whom I would emulate, I would want to follow, whom I would consider my ideal. Is this person in the photograph worthy of it.

Posted on October 2, 2007 - by rdilipk1

The Mahatma

The land of the mahatma, are we going the mahatma way? We might want to console ourselves by saying so. But the actual story is a big “NO”. Our acts prove it and it requires no proofs….’, ‘

Exactly 60 years ago, a lean man clad in a dhoti took on the mighty english empire, without any arms or, weapons. He won the freedom for our country with his simplicity and his mantra of non-violence. The youth has no given this mantra a new name-”gandhigiri”.We might call it with whatever name we would want to, but the important question is, “Are we still following those simple principles”. My answer to this question would be a big “NO”. We are not following his principles.