Brew to Rue

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 5/12/2013 10:29:00 AM

'A certain coffee brand has taken it in its head that a coffee-making machine, together with milk and sugar, is not quite enough to relish its brew. So, it has enlisted the help of Deepika Padukone—and her skinned hips—along with a shaker. Perhaps, she has great mixing skills, you say? Well, you may be right. She does mix around rather well. She mixed around with Ranbir Kapoor, then with that Kingfisher guy and thereafter, she left them both with a whole lot of trouble: Ranbir had tr(...)'

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Of Boredom, Views, and a Couple of Cruises

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 4/23/2013 4:57:00 PM

'April 23rd, 2013I have this massive boulder in my head. It's made of boredom and disinterest in things to do, things to be done, and things I have done.Take the movie reviews, for example. I have two movie reviews nearly completed: One is of Regarding Henry and the other of Skyfall. All I have to do is sit for a while at my desk, rearrange the clutter in the reviews, edit some of it out, rephrase a little here and there, and then post!However, the moment I open one of these reviews,(...)'

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About Things, Positions, and Talk

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 2/10/2013 3:44:00 PM

'"Who does she think she is?""Who now?""That - that woman!""Which woman?""You know whom I am talking about.""Oh that woman!""Yes that!"That wasn't very difficult to  decipher. Whenever X has a problem with a woman, even chances know that it's that woman. That woman and X have never been able to agree, forget sit down or stand for a cup of tea. In fact, rumour has it that even cups of tea are making it very known they don't want to be passed on to them!"What happened now?"I had t(...)'

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A Citizen Calls

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 1/25/2013 1:36:00 AM

'I am not quite sure how many know I am in Pune these days. The ones who read this blog do, but in general, I doubt anyone has missed my absence from Mumbai. It's not as if I want them to miss me; I am just wondering.You see I left Mumbai rather quietly. I didn't call Dick, Tom, and Harrelina and tell them. Nor did I stand on the threshold of my door and wax eloquent about how I am leaving the city for good.I just packed, took the Shivneri bus, and landed here. Parent followed me thr(...)'

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Tuesday Thoughts

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 1/22/2013 5:44:00 AM

'Today is Tuesday. It's not any ordinary Tuesday. It's a Tuesday that deigns to fall on the 22nd of January 2013. And 2013 is the year after 2012.Some of you may or may not remember that a certain civilization had got most of us to think the world will have had shed tears, lie on a hospital bed, be strapped to a ventilating unit, and huff and puff and breathe its last on December 21st 2012.Well, that did not happen. The Sun rose on the 22nd of December 2012 as innocently as it had on(...)'

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The Inventory

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 1/14/2013 12:37:00 PM

'The InventoryI have left a lot behind:->Some lives, a few papers - tumbling in a ravine...-> A few books, with souls bookmarked within...-> A few souls in those books, bookmarking pages within...Pages that I tore from livesAnd then never opened to...Lines I swallowed and slept overNever to return to...Paragraphs of days,That had a lot to tell,And then bid me goodnights, baddays, and goodbyes...I forgot them all on purpose.I made no place for them.They were my books of cours(...)'

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Onmov Ingon

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 1/14/2013 11:59:00 AM

'Somewhere far from town and country, in a place I don't quite know, there lives someone of nine lives.Far from here, far from feeling, and close to being disturbing,This someone lives and thrives and decides to know none of my lives.Various lives I lived each dayWith lies for company.Several deaths they plied each nightWith clockwork sympathy.Blackened by the riverThat ran from the apple of my eye,And terrified by the fearof losing a horizon and rudder,I had let the ship pass throug(...)'

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A Friend of Old

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 12/15/2012 3:46:00 PM

'I have a feelingWrapped around me.It has no meaningFor it misunderstands me.A feeling with no meaningIs like a sky with no evening,No twilight, no morning-No starlight in its dreaming.I pity this feeling of mine.It seems to love the night.So I tried to show it some lightAnd Lord! It gave me a fright.For in the light that came out to play,Feeling of mine had on eyes of clay.Eyes that knew a ravine deep,In the night that stayed in my heart to weep.'

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Ennui

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 11/28/2012 6:37:00 AM

'We walked over lawns green and blue,And sat on benches with things to rue.We had not everything.Yet everything we abhorred.We had not nothing.Yet nothing we adored.We sat with no thought to talk to-No feeling, no incident to relate to.Life passed by, said hello, and began to slow down.We saw her, said nothing, and so she left town.We then got up to walk about.But the road moved aside.We moved to the side,But the side sank into a river wide.What is to be done?I don't know.What c(...)'

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The Weekly Guest

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 11/26/2012 6:50:00 AM

'Monday has come to visit me. Quite a peculiar guest this day is - doesn't take tea or coffee and doesn't quite have an appetite for chocolates either. I remember some weeks ago, I tried to offer it some beer, but even that did not go down well with it. Apparently, I was told that it had a long week ahead, and it cannot indulge in beverages that fancy a tropical temperature.Well, so I just let it lounge around. It took up all the space and time I had made for a few books and movies, (...)'

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Water Woes

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 9/4/2012 12:46:00 PM

'Pune and the monsoon seem to have fallen in each other's arms. Just when I thought their tryst was over, they decide to splash us all with some unexpected rains. Of course, we welcome it. No one wants to live with water problems, least of all we Puneiites. The last time I dealt with that problem was in July I think - I am not quite sure. What I am sure about is the tension I put myself through at that time.Water - those days - was on ration or so the society I rent an apartment had (...)'

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Farewell

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 9/4/2012 11:33:00 AM

'It stood at the entrance,And would not move.Its palms, though, swayed,to the windy groove.Its trousers seemed browner than usual.And its fringes, greener than before.Its gait, too, was very casualThan it was the year before.But alas, I am to leave home,And it won't come along.So I have to pack my bags,With colours that flood a lonesome song.'

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Part 4: A Canopy of a Trouble

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 8/28/2012 5:50:00 PM

'Before you read this, read Part 3: A Canopy of a TroubleOf the five buckets crammed with them, three were overcrowded with the short 'ladies' umbrellas and two were bursting with the long 'grandpapa' ones. The manly black ones had obviously packed up and left. The ladies umbrellas seemed to have gotten drunk and run amuck in the colour department. Three shades of yellow had exploded very near to seven variations of thundering red. The resulting mess had splattered itself on a b(...)'

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Part 3: A Canopy of a Trouble

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 8/23/2012 4:43:00 PM

'Before you read this, read Part 2: A Canopy of a TroubleStar Bazaar happens to be a ten-minute walk away from the place I have rented. And it also happens to be the only place where you get just about everything. But of course, not everything is easily spotted. It's just like the children's bedroom: Things are all about the place. You don't see the method to its order, but the children will. So it's best to ask them. Which is why, instead of rummaging through the floors, I aske(...)'

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Part 2: A Canopy of a Trouble

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 8/21/2012 6:27:00 PM

'Before you read this, read Part 1: A Canopy of a TroubleOf course, all I could do was laugh. After all, what could I do? Run after the rickshaw? Well, my nose was already running me down. And I was in no position to holler either. So, I did what was best done: I laughed. Only to realize the society guard was not quite sure why I was, in his opinion, giggling like a giddyheaded idiot. I immediately dropped all my giggles and put on my sombre looks. I morphed so quickly that that(...)'

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Part 1: A Canopy of a Trouble

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 8/20/2012 6:38:00 AM

'I blame the cold. And the cough as well. Of course, they in turn will blame me for allowing them to visit me. But that - I think - will be silly of them. Just because I decide to have a butterscotch cornetto at 10:00 pm in the cold cold rainy night of a Saturday doesn't mean they have to come knocking at my door.But knocked they did. Now I am a very courteous host who cannot quite say no. And so, they walked right in and decided to make themselves at home. Needless to say, that spel(...)'

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The Emigrant's Monsoon

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 8/16/2012 5:25:00 PM

'The rain began at 4:40.I was in the bus to New Jersey.Out of the black and grey poured the days in Old Haven.A Woman teaching her child;Her manner, a soothing mild.A Man violent than the wild;His manner fit for the Cheapside Tavern.The rain lashed them all through the windows.And the bus and I fled through the meadows.The fear of what would of them becomeIf the Angry Man were at home;The anxiety of seeing the caneAnd its stroke across the mane;The goodbyes, the helloes;The lone chai(...)'

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The Forgotten Lessons

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 8/8/2012 9:18:00 AM

'Date: August 07th, 2012Time: 10:32 pm ISTPlace: Akurdi, PuneThese days, my childhood seems to be the focus of my thoughts for no apparent reason. I don't know why. A few minutes ago, I was in the bathroom - about to brush my teeth. I had the toothbrush in one hand and I was squeezing out the toothpaste with the other. And all of a sudden, I remembered an incident that took place years ago - when I was in the second - sorry, fourth standard.Back then, I was in Umerkhadi - Amir Buildi(...)'

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On Saturdays, Time, and The Parents

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 8/4/2012 9:12:00 AM

'Place: MumbaiSaturdays are always lazy. Even the plans I make know they have to accommodate my sleep, my loafing around on the chair by the dining table, and my aimless wanderings on the Internet. So, let's say if I were a symphony, Saturdays tend to play me in the slowest movement possible.This Saturday is no different either. I awoke at 9! That's high crime - nay scandal! - were I to be in Pune. For by 9:15, I am in office cafe. And by 9:20, I might have already ordered bread butt(...)'

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Quite an Explosion

Author : Apollo      Blog : Soap Trash      Date : 8/2/2012 2:07:00 AM

'Someone decided to plant and detonate bombs here in Pune. I am sure the Puneiites are scandalized. After all, theirs is a peaceful city. All this 'rubbish' only happens in Mumbai. How dare they bring it here!...As per the last update I read last night on some news channel website (IBN I think - I am not sure), no one died and at least one was injured. The photographs weren't gruesome either: A bicycle was in one of them and it seemed to have withstood the hammering of the blast. Thi(...)'

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