Complexities Vs Simplicities ... of the mind!

I just wanted to post what I did to celebrate today. Well thanks to Bonnie I found out ki aaj Ganesh Chaturthi hai and I was really happy so besides eating modak which we got yesterday, this is what I made... I got the tiny Ganeshji atop my "cellphone pillow" from school as a farewell memento. He usually sits on my table, but today I made him a lil comfortable :) And the rangoli is my early morning handiwork. :) PS: One of my cousins said that I'm becoming marathi day by day. I just smiled in response.

Well when I first heard "Window" being the Le-Titre theme this month at Cuckoo's , I thought of the window sill in my room, then I thought of a nice french window overlooking a beautiful garden, and then I thought about a bigger window, something that can capture everything in its frame. Books! Books I believe really are the window to the world . You can see the whole world in em, places you haven't even been to. :) *smiles*

Deb asked me to write a guest post for him. You can check it here . And it also happens to be his birthday today... *yayie* So I decided to make a lil something for him. Here goes, hope you like it Deb. Happy Birthday again !!! :)

One lil orange gum and so many things to mull over... Ever looked at a cow when its chewin on grass, it looks like an endless process, something that's been in continuum for longer than you'd care to measure. Thats how I feel right now... I'm chewin gum and somehow my brain seems relaxed, flattened if u may. Every tongue stroke attempting to blow a bubble, every satisfied phrooph or a disappointing phuuss has associated with it a different thought, a different reason, a different word. Image Credits : Deviantart

Dunno if you guys have figured it out yet but here's the history again to refresh your memory. Happy Yellow Flower Anniversary everyone!! Its funny that it all started with a simple lil oleander that someone else picked for me. Makes me different from all the sane people around there coz I celebrate something silly like this but then I've never harbored any doubts about my insanity. :P Keepin with the tradition, I'm gonna wear yellow today, wish him (atleast try) and I just wished all of you :) Besides that this post has to have something yellow and something eight. So here we go: I forgot what this fish is called but she's beautiful right? I clicked this in SeaWorld, San Antonio And this is my newest friend Zooly the octopus. He's got eight legs :P Btw I must tell u that its hilarious to watch Zooly tryin to dance :D Love Always...

And I mean that quite literally. Confused? Well I wrote this on board flight QR 78 headed to Doha from Houston after I'd just finished watching DDLJ for the umpteenth time :) In the aftermath of DDLJ, I'd like to say that Love is indeed a beautiful feeling. Though you might not always get the one you love to be with you, and you may not have people who understand your pain and emotions but love is never something you'd wanna turn back. Regardless of its outcome it is always a cherished experience. With just a lil over an hour left before we land in Doha, I'm gonna repeat myself: "I love being in love!" Leaving you with one of the many clicks from my trip, the cute pink flowers in the apartment complex. The sky was really a clear white, I haven't photoshopped it except for the signature. Kabhi hua yeh bhi khaali raahon pe bhi tu tha mere saath Kabhi tujhe milke lauta mera dil yeh khaali khaali haath yeh bhi hua kabhi jaise hua abhi tujhko sabhi mein paa liy...

I just feel so effin useless. Like a worthless piece of scrap lying unnoticed in some dusty corner of the house. Unproductivity leads to the worst kinda depression, I tell you. I don't know what to do, especially since I don't want to do the things that the entire world sees as logical progression. I hate this time and I hate feeling helpless like being stuck at the airport in some small country that you couldn't even locate on the map, with your flight to familiarity being indefinitely delayed. Honestly, I can't think of anyone would be happy in sucha scenario! i'm useless like antenna in a soup

Le-Titre time again and this time I've got a pic thats bound to make you smile... hai na? In news, I am finally back in India, landed this morning. I really have to say that it felt great to be back home if I discount the scorching heat and electricity problems buggin me :P Detailed files of my holiday in Houston comin up next. Love always...

I missed last month's Le Titre and this month too I didn't have anything exciting to post but here's something that marginally classifies for the theme: Silhouette That is Benny (my pink Barbie pyjama bear who has travelled with me to my most memorable trips) sittin on my table watchin TV :P He's comin with me to Houston as well :) Chk the pics with flash...

This is the post I mentioned I was gonna write. Where do I begin? I’ve had loads of bad days with a few good ones thrown in. I have never been this confused and frustrated and more so confused about the cause of my frustration. That’s prolly why it’s taken me weeks to resurface after my exams. May has been fairly eventful for loads of reasons, right after my last post I had our farewell contributory party, finally got a reason to get dressed and party :P. ‘Twas loads of fun and dance but we all knew that it’ll be a long time before we can have a reunion. Then on 8th we had the university final year CSE project competition. Redoin the presentation, preparing and all of that took time but it all paid off in the end and we secured the second position. I swear it felt really good especially since we weren’t expecting it. I just wanna say that C-14 comprising of Doli, Kartik, Rajat and Me has been the best team ever. I’ve loved working with you guys. 9th again all of us met up for Lov and ...

11:40am Okay the title just basically means that I was actually writing 'Resurfacing' as a part series about things that I missed out on writing here... stuff that happened in May, but instead right now I just wanna say that I'm sad. I haven't spoken with my sister since the 22nd, she's not talkin to me... and just a few minutes ago when she called and I happened to pick up, all she said was "Mummy ko phone dena" like I wasn't even worth acknowledging. There was this show called 'Between the Sheets' on Meow 104.8 FM, one show coz of which I got hooked on to the station, before I moved coz now I don't get clear radio signals at my place so i'm less of an air junkie. And one man Anil Srivatsa who was the host of BTS and also the creator of Meow. Well I just read this email from him sayin that he has decided to move on from Meow and that the show will no longer exist on the station. I found out this upsetting piece of news last night about...

This post is dated Sunday, 3rd May 2009 10:55am Goodbyes are always sad What can be happy about realizing that what you thought was your whole life was just a slice of the pie that, which was gobbled up by the cat last night and now all you're left with is its place on the plate. I hate when things disperse like pieces of paper pinned in different corners never to form a whole page again, of stories, moments and memories. As I turn the date wheel on my calendar I realise that the days gone by, though never forgotten will never come back A scary thought, it is kinda like beginning my life anew the difference being that this time, it won't comprise of YOU ! 11:07am Yesterday was the last day of life as I knew it and today is the first day of the rest of my life. I had my last practical exam yesterday, my last day in college and besides the odd hour before my viva in the morning the entire day was heavy like dust suspended in air. I know I'm prolly still gonna see my friends a...

Nowadays it seems like I only make my appearance here for Le-Titre... :P But then as the newsflash from my desk reflects, my sister is here in India for her 3 week long vacation after eons... 5 and a half years. I can't believe I hadn't seen her in that long. :) So that's whats keepin my busy... I have no intention of extending this hiatus any more than absolutely necessary. I'll come around to all ur places really soon. Ok without much ado here's my entry for this month's le-titre at Cuckoo's My favorite contents (coffee :D) in a tall glass. The other two close contenders follow... Tall order. Tall lights. Aren't they beautiful?

Its that time of the month again... Le- Titre time :) This time the theme was 'SELF' and honestly I've never clicked myself this much :P The result of my month long experiment with the cam, my official entry is : I'm in love with this pic, the light sepia tone and the lovely background plus the fact that I wasn't even plannin on clickin at the time makes it somewhat different . The ring in the pic is something that you'll find me wearing all the time... :) Some of the shots that lost out: My left earring (one of my favs :) )--> Haath mein kismat.--> Oh btw our class tshirts got printed... college is gonna end soon. I get all nostalgic just thinking about it. Time just flew... I'm so gonna miss all my friends and hanging out with em in college. Back View reads--> C ommitted to S crew E volution since '05 CSE for Computer Science Engineering Nalka genda phool :D I found this unusual and cute. PS: haath = hand kismat = fate nalka = tap g...

I know pretty paradoxical, but have you ever been so loaded with things to do that 'on paper' you barely have time to relax but yet you have so much time on your hand that you're bored to death? I can't find better words to explain whats goin on. I went through my entire blog list, caught up with pending posts and since it was a mammoth task to begin with, I took a break when I had just two blogs to finish (80 posts though). Now the break stretched long enough for my list to get populated again :( The problem here is that I can't really 'write' before I read so even though I want to write and be active here, its not happening. And I know I'm not makin much sense here but that's how it is. Anyways we had a belated housewarming get together kinda thing on 22nd Feb. Mum had organized a Sai Baba Keertan and dinner. 'Twas nice to have everyone over, and I quite enjoyed myself. Floating flowers at the entrance.--> Besides that I've been swingin...

Okay for this month's Le-Titre @ Cuckoo's I was very confused, infact I still am... I really like both these pictures and it was hard to choose one for my entry. This was when my brother and my sister in law were leaving for their honeymoon, I clicked a bye bye pic but bhaiya moved at the last moment. The result looks really cool. And this one is from the night of yummy mcveggie :P I think it looks like someone lit fire in it. After a lot of thought, I've decided that this is gonna be my entry for this month's Le titre . In other stuff, I get completely lost sometimes. Well this is what happened, one of my friends sent me a really nice wallpaper for Valentine's so after I downloaded it, clicked on "Set as Desktop Wallpaper" to see how it looks. Then I wanted to revert back to the one I previously had and I just couldn't remember what it was. I had to go through my entire picture folder to finally figure out which one of em was my wallpaper mere minute...

30th January 2009 4:35 am मेरी हँसी मुझे लौटा दो वापस कर दो मेरी खुशी आख़िर कब तक मैं यूँही ज़िन्दगी से रूठी रहूंगी ? अब खामोशी का क्या है मकसद? मैं जवाब माँगती हूँ... कुछ तोह कहो, कड़वा ही सही दिल मेरा सह लेगा फिर से... The first hindi post on my blog, funny i didn't know how to use transliteration before :P PS: More published - Read my science arti here and Durjoy 's interview here .

What do you do when you've invested your money somewhere and that stock is giving you a bad return? You either hang in there hopin that things might get better and you will recover your losses in the future or you withdraw and invest elsewhere where you're sure u'll get better returns, at least short term. Now relate this basic financial logic to life and you get what I call the 'emotional finance' theory. Ideas brainchild of my conversation with Raghav, my cousin. When we make friends, form relationships we mostly expect to be able to bank on it. We actually make an emotional investment in all of our relationships subconsciously hopin that it'll pay back someday. Nah don't shake your head, u know you expect your friends to be there whenever you need them, don't you? Investing emotionally could be closely analogous to trusting someone. My ' thought allocation ' theory states that majority of our relationships are imbalanced. But sometimes this im...

Appended to Penwork 21st Jan 2009, 12:13am Picture a well, once full of water, the source of life... many gathered around to share their hopes and joys, their fears and sorrows; now all dried up drained, empty and hollow with nothing to offer only memories for nostalgic fools nothing to celebrate nothing to experience nothing to cherish Resigned to fate the well ponders... Someone must end this numb existence someone must fill it up with water, with love. 12:23am PS: Something about the well analogy really intrigues me.

Just some random clicks that preserve moments. Enroute to the place that makes me smile. Something I like to call 'Violent brushstrokes'. Kinda mirroring Life! First day of the Last Sem... made pretty :) Today's Pics: Monday Morning without the blues ! :) The sun in the evening, made me feel a lil less alone. Solitary bloom... invitingly beautiful. Safe and happy in togetherness. Oh and I had almost forgot, this is my entry to Cuckoo's Le Titre this time. Outside the auditorium in BITS Pilani, my most memorable trip. PS: Two more of my articles got published. Read my travelogue here and the other one here .

31st Dec 08 3:25am "The thread" Small but important lean but powerful the thread difficult and intangible when all knotted up an incredible support when circled all around You are the thread in my life You tie and keep me together And I fall apart like wreckage when you're not around Tie around me a permanent knot so you can't escape and I'm always secure. 3:30am 15th Jan 09 1:36am "Bring it on" I dare you to make me cry I dare you to break me down I dare you to crush my pieces I dare you to ruin my peace I dare you to make me bleed I dare you to test my patience I dare you to forget me I dare you to kill me everyday Go ahead, bring it on! 1:40am PS : Happy New Year everyone... :) Oh and btw I got published !! :D No No not a book, just an article, please read here .