Opinion

We all have dreams. Sometimes they are fantastic and wild and have huge octopus monsters using stars as portals and travelling to new worlds, sometimes they are mundane- driving your car through traffic.it can be anything and its different for everyone. the real dreams are the ones that keep you awake at night drive you and steer you towards some roads, forests, mountains and rivers. The ambitions you have- to climb mount Kilimanjaro for instance, or even to make really tasty cakes (if you have the later dream please note i will be a food taster for free). these dreams are the important ones, they carry the potential of shaping your life, your destiny (if you want to be melodramatic). For me the dreams i have while sleeping are pretty crazy. at times its ninja warrior aliens have come to save earth from illegal alien invasion, sometimes its being on-board a rescue ship and its way in the future so its a space ship and Gandaulf is the gatekeeper to some planet. so yes the standard...

This is so much fun. Every year for raksha bandhan me and my sister write letters to all our brothers. Do we know them? Do they want it? Can they read? Irrelevant questions.  The letter is basically 5% information about what’s going on in our lives 2% inquiry on what’s going on in theirs and 93% essay on a random topic nobody else will talk to us about. We have written about teddy bears, cold medicine, meera bai, diwali lights just anything really. I think I wrote a poem about Alsatians once, wonder which poor guy got that.  Letter writing is fun its personal, if you have something awesome to tell someone no one is there to interrupt and make you forget it, you can rant on and on and be completely annoying but no one is there to yell at you to shut up. You can talk about awkward stuff which you wouldn't be able to tell in person (chachi that super expensive vase that broke for which you scolded my younger cousin bro yea that was me),  you can finally tell off t...

So much technology- the laptop,the palm top, the iphones, the smartphone, the television, the remote, the heater the air conditioner oh my god the list is so long. From the light switches and door latches to the satellites and airplanes. We are surrounded by machines. Don’t get me wrong they make life way easier. Can you imagine going from India to I don’t know Egypt if there were no airplanes? Hi Mr. Pterodactyl mind if I hitch a ride just drop me off at the sphinx. Nope cant do it. So while machines are great for any normal person for people like me (read clueless) they are just few more things out to get us. The first and most basic one the door latch simple mechanism one would think, no for us its like performing a major heist of some superbly protected safe one wrong move and boom booboo on the thumb. The times my fingers have been slammed by car doors (shaking lips).  Next the light switch, what could possibly go wrong you ask? Well you may think all you are...

 I have never seen or experienced anything as soul suckingly hectic. First the build up to it. For 2 months the children and parents bite their nails and pray to god (oh god results! Oh god the cut of lists! Oh dear heavenly lord and father my saviour! the admissions!!!) this is when god probably gets a migraine. Oh and if anyone is reading this and you are a relative of someone giving boards here is a tip please do not call to ask about marks if they are great we will call you, they are marks not information on how to get to hogwarts, prioritize and calm the heck down. Worst foreplay ever Then comes the time of the admissions *ominous music- dun dun duuunnnn It starts with the battle cry of THE CUT OFF LISTS ARE OUT!! Gates are pushed open and a sea of screaming parents and kids charge the battlefields. There are parents shouting at the volunteers about the extra conditions, they push aside the other kids (healthy competition)and anyone who made the mistake...

lessons of a rainy day 1) When 'dancing in the rain' wear a black thick t shirt with an iron on of a skull and crossed bones, or a random car will honk at you and call you madonaaaaaa. 2) If in a splash war with cousins make sure your slippers are sturdy and well yours, otherwise it will fly to the middle of the road or worse you will. 3) Make sure the stage of 'the funs and the frolicks' is away from trees which grow dangerous fruits (u know the kind that fall on you and give you a minor skull injury), for instance mango, papaya or coconut. 4) Do not include in 'the funs and the frolicks' any one who will go- "mummmmaaeeee didi mujh par pani daliiiiii :''''( ". 5) If instead of 'doing the dances' in the rain if you have decided (like an irritating bobo) to curl up with a good book and coffee make sure the window you sit next to is closed. Innocent bystanders should not be blamed if some creepy crawly organism jumps ...

WALLS I am trapped in between words no feeling penetrates these shackled biased walls all we do is hear and talk A listening errant plant breaks through the rigid cracks fascinating all around we uproot the young green shoot Study it from every nook no cranny unexplored poke it with needles sharp till it bleeds then study blood explanations from every shore priests, scientists and thinkers more a need to explain whats right whats good and what to do what i speak is true you lie do as i say or u die burnt, poisoned, crucified then on your grave i will fight Oh god make me mud plant seeds of gentle faith some love and kindness too dont let my roots decay a little for everyone no greed or malice in place if that's too much to ask then in an orchard let me stay where alike we guard and laugh at the desert all around the choice of every grain to keep life on the fringe No woodcutter, storm or gale  ...