Beep beep

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 6/14/2013 6:32:00 AM

'Is there anything more annoying than traffic jams.. Well there are a lot of things more annoying, but surely, traffic jams on highways would rank as one of the more high BP inducing incidents among all.. That too on a hot sunny day. forty degrees or so heat..So here I am back in one of favourite cities of the world, figuring out life.. Well more like "figuring out life" which is my code for this exam no one likes to admit they are giving.. (UPSC exam, if you must know)..It has somet(...)'

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Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 5/12/2013 1:43:00 PM

'It was a VIP event, so as to speak. A decadent event where the drinks and tandoori chicken flowed.. bearers dressed in white whisking in and out of the carpeted hall carrying platters of food. Guests sat on sofas, partaking in polite conversations with their neighbours, while listening to the singers who graced the stage. Right, the music, which was the reason for this particular gathering, and which my father thinks deserves a review from my side.The music. Two years ago, I happene(...)'

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Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 4/26/2013 2:36:00 PM

'Give me not your ungenuine glance,Hide away your unhelping hand,I have no place at all in my existence,For anymore of those..Why must you pretend, Why go through with such a chore,Why be a disgrace to all that remains of humanity..'

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Friedman and India

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 3/22/2013 2:28:00 PM

'There's great positivity in the academic circle over the potential of India when it comes to growth, with the most respected ones harping on and on about the potential that lies in the country.Maybe it's the fact that I hail from a godforsaken state where all the fruits of economic growth disappear into the pockets of the wealthiest; or that I studied development studies in a leftist oriented college.. I have great scepticism about the translation of this much talked about potential(...)'

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Shut them out...

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 3/21/2013 5:57:00 PM

'Screaming voices resonating in my head,Shut them out shut them out..Neurons and brain cells speeding around, The world outside so hostile.Faces get on my nerves..Shut them out. Shut them out.Blink, and I pray they disappear,Open, and disappointed.'

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Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 3/20/2013 5:41:00 PM

'It takes no wise saint to sit under a banyan tree to figure out life's biggest truth.. selfish motives.. that's what the world runs on. We constantly find ourselves at crossroads having to choose.. between what's right now, and what's right for later. Maneuvering life's many twists requires such tact, with forces pulling us in unimaginable directions. What then is our guiding light to help our lost souls through.. Life's a befuddled mess,That's for sure..'

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days like this

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 2/15/2013 5:13:00 PM

'forget what we are told,before we get too old.show me a garden,that's bursting into life.... chasing cars ( snow patrol)days like this,when familiar faces seem hostile,words of the known,feel like thorns,pricking one's skin.days like this,when the heart desires,a warm cocoon to cuddle in,up till the end of time itself.'

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befuddled

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 1/17/2013 3:36:00 PM

'slow sad songs on shuffle,their melancholy a gentle addiction.reminiscing, about bygones,can we really let bygones be bygones.kindness and empathy,come with a overwhelmed heart.a gentle tap on the shoulder, a tight hug,solace to the ever so lonely heart.questions, of irrelevance,whirlpool in the head, creating a storm.what is it you seek, oh unsteady heart,what puzzles are you yet to unpuzzle,what mazes do you seek an escape from.'

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Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 1/17/2013 2:59:00 PM

'overwhelming rush of emotions,a melancholy,an overflow of tenderness,flooding of tears.wherein lies the reason,one knows not. '

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Parting words to 2012

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 12/31/2012 6:13:00 PM

'And so the countdown starts.. twenty minutes to the first hour of 2013. And I sit. With my new found friends of the latest chapter in my life, watching a Hindi movie I do not really want to watch. And so I type away.2012 has been one of continuity. Of adaptation. Of new friends. Several new sets at that.  2012 has been about learning to love London in its entirety. Of realising my fault in judging things too quickly and ending up being surprised.Looking back, has it been a good(...)'

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So relevant now...

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 12/29/2012 8:32:00 AM

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A life in fear

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 12/28/2012 5:34:00 PM

'We live in a world today, where atrocities committed against women are a daily feature in newspapers.. a society where now every girl has to be warned about the big bad world who spares none..Reading these hair raising accounts of the turmoils faced by women in different parts of the country arises in me a fear.. a fear of what lies in store for a nation which has lost its respect for its women, whose institutions have failed to deliver much needed justice against those who infringe(...)'

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System failure

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 12/23/2012 6:43:00 AM

'There's a sense of frustration, an anguish,A sense of justice undelivered,Several wrongs not made right,And mostly of voices unheard. Pages of the newspaper reveal the angered masses, asking for a retaliation, for a show of solidarity from the side of the government. Let down. Let down is what they are. Votes. Votes is what they answer to,Not the screams of anger,Not the cries of the victims.Not the alarms that ring,Signalling the pre-eminent end of humanity.'

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What's wrong with the world...

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 12/20/2012 12:27:00 PM

'..and once again the country is awoken from its slow slumber, to utter helpless cries over the atrocious crimes committed on a girl of only twenty three. While newspaper pages are filled with individuals and organisations crying foul and demanding justice and the restoration of safety, I cannot help but believe the solution surely lies in a structural change in society. Surely the spike in advice from loved ones to be careful about our safety, to not step out after sunset, etc are h(...)'

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the blahblahs

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 11/8/2012 1:43:00 PM

'That sense of unfamiliarity,Distant, like a stranger,You brushed past on a bustling footpath.And yet there's the tinge of sorrow,Of a 'what could have been'For, memories you have memorized,The face imprinted in your soul.And yet the whirlwinds inside the head,You know no more.Conversations become an endless calorie gaining exercise,Pointless and dehydrating,Both left gasping for fresh air,A respite from the staleness.So hurriedly goodbyes are uttered,Promises of a catch-up later,Bot(...)'

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Breaking point

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 9/23/2012 2:23:00 PM

'At breaking point we stay,Smashes you hit,Shots I defend.What a precarious position,We find ourselves in.What's to say,What the winner takes,For will there ever emerge,A winner out of this damn mess.A fine entanglement it is,Twisting me in knots,I want to be free,I scream, or I think I do,Yet no one hears me.Or do they,And are they just drowning,Drowning out my cries,In the mundaneness of their silly lives.Commentors there are aplenty,They wail or jump in jubiliation,With every shot(...)'

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Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 8/19/2012 2:43:00 PM

'Oh Imphal, how you hold me captive to your green hills and enveloping skies..'

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Intricacies

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 8/17/2012 11:54:00 AM

'Flowery intricate garlands of words, they hide,All that is not revealed.For could we really have found,Intricate enough words to wrap emotions in.Isn't it strange to find,How many emotions that brew,In the depths of our brains.And yet almost, in our finger tips we can  count,The identified expressions and feels.What about the cocktails of emotions,Those which belong not,In the rigid compartments we have created.What of those we feel,Which we cannot express to,A soul in the world.'

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things could be worse..

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 8/13/2012 8:17:00 AM

'sometimes i rise my head from above all the cotton candy world i seem to have pictured the world to be,and i shudder to see all that i seem to have brushed aside,won't people think me a fool, that i am all rainbows and cloudy fluffs while outside,the world is a savage place, all run by selfish ulterior motives,won't people laugh at me and my hopeless hopeless hopeful notions of life and people,little do they know, while i convince them life's all chocolates and all things beautiful,(...)'

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Just a little something..

Author : Bem      Blog : In Dodo's Head..      Date : 8/5/2012 12:28:00 PM

'Faithless and without any hope,You amble along life's path.You have lost faith in it all you say,How I wish I could show you,There is still beauty in it all.In the ashes that remain,After all has been burned to the ground.Like a phoenix you may rise,From when life chokes you down.Too often we trick ourselves,We see romance in tragedy.And court it, nurturing it.We refuse to let go of all that's bad.We turn our backs to the good.Rise up from the cobwebs and the drudgery,Peep from the (...)'

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