Letting down happens... in unopened-unanswered letters. under a stormy sky when the roof’s broken. inside "just one" chocolate for recess. Letting down happens... in the mistrust in a lover’s touch. when life turns out to be what they said. stalking you like that past that’s dead. Letting down happens... in the coldness of a friend’s... Continue Reading →
Oh yeah!
On November 14, 2011 when Sameen Borker announced that it was her blog anniversary- Blogoversary, I was really excited. Coman, I know what a blog means to a person! So, the Bermuda chaiangle team (Raka-Sameen-Calvin) quickly hurried to the chai tapri where some of the most crutial world changing discussions take place. And this time... Continue Reading →
The Songstress
To drift each night with loneliness Embark on a journey of solitude and walk into live dreams of times I rued. Oh! What a delicate life and such distress! Yet I wake each morn; a petit songstress to flutter and sing songs in multitude. Each day a varied perch and altitude, and a will to put myself... Continue Reading →
Faith
Prologue: Please read the footnotes, they are an integral part of the article. It wouldn’t be an understatement if I were to say that faith is perhaps the most abused human attribute. A cousin of trust1, faith is often used by men controlled by greed for their own benefit. But what exactly is faith? Why... Continue Reading →
Celebrating Goodbyes?
And here I sit in the middle of November with just 15 days to go and nothing planned for my 3rd blogoversary. 3rd? Oh my God! Is it really the third year of blogging? I feel like it was just yesterday we went cruising from A to Z on this very blog with so many wonderful people aboard! To be... Continue Reading →
Letting Go…
Self expression has become such a task these days. Writing, a form of self-expression, has not been my greatest friend in the last couple of months; and that is not a very well kept secret. This blog, that now lies barren, I am scared will turn into nothing more than an epitaph of the person... Continue Reading →
Of Feeling and Thinking
Work is relaxed right now. We still haven't jumped into deep waters, and everyone is adrift with just enough to do and almost nothing to do. It's a scarily delicate balance. One prod here and we'll have our hands full. One nudge there and we can while away time just as we please! So, basically... Continue Reading →
If
Some poems are immortal. Some are eye-opening. Some touch your heart. And some...teach you how to live. The poem If by Rudyard Kipling does all of this. It is immortal, it's an eye-opener, it touches your heart, and yes, it teaches you how to live! If If you can keep your head when all about... Continue Reading →