Tute kanch si , bikharoon har raat
Dhimey se sulgay, koi ehsaas
Ret si phisaloon , simtey mein aag
Subha samet sub, phir nikaloon mein app
Tutey kaach si bikharoon har raat ....
-Yours Truly
PS: I like it :D
Friday, September 24, 2010
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Tremors , Tigers and Tommy
1. Latur was my first and Friday night was my second experience with night earth quake tremors.First time, i felt it was a dream and a big rat is moving my bed vigorously (you know a kid i was then).We ran downstairs .
This time it wasn't thaaat shaky and i wondered - is it those newly married couple moved in below flat or is it heavy duty trucks passing by the main road , triggering.
We didn't ran ( do not invest in skimpy night wear , never know when you gotta run for your life) and sat with my handbag ready and eventually crashed into sleep.
2. Save tigers and spread awareness .Fine, how ? by liking pages on FB , wearing "Aircel" sponsored t-shirts ,interviewing celebrities who talk page 3 crap "Ya we should all join hands against it ", talk big words , post fancy posters , show senti videos... etc etc and spread cognizance. Bullshit !
Yeah, i did the same without actually being aware,went with the flow.
Where are stats? where is actual information ? Is it reaching the people who can do something about it? Forest officials , law makers and traders .They don't use the same channels through which we usually campaign.Sigh
The Indian add campaigns though highly creative and touchy are not demographic(just look at Nat Geo videos).Here the irony is ,to appeal and to reach the masses they are tailored to be more emotional than informative .Vicious!
The intention is genuine and right and may be working to certain extent -to reach out in numbers , but with all this noise in the media and networks i still felt ignorant until i saw this AWESOME National Geography documentary on TV where an undercover agency EIA busted the whole trade .Now this is what i call awareness to the point.The idea is to make the right noise.
Tiger population dropped more than 70 % in a decade because of poaching for below quoted illegal trading reasons , carried out in enlarged scale.
So what exactly are they being killed for beyond food chain cycle norms?
A lot more.Unfortunately i am unable to find the film on net :(
3. So what was i sooo happy to see on my return to Bangalore?
RV apartment fellows have got two sniffer Labradors for security .They nest in front of the gate so i get to see them day and night from my balcony.In two days i have already visited them 6 times and secretly fed them :D
Introducing Tommy and Shibu .
This time it wasn't thaaat shaky and i wondered - is it those newly married couple moved in below flat or is it heavy duty trucks passing by the main road , triggering.
We didn't ran ( do not invest in skimpy night wear , never know when you gotta run for your life) and sat with my handbag ready and eventually crashed into sleep.
2. Save tigers and spread awareness .Fine, how ? by liking pages on FB , wearing "Aircel" sponsored t-shirts ,interviewing celebrities who talk page 3 crap "Ya we should all join hands against it ", talk big words , post fancy posters , show senti videos... etc etc and spread cognizance. Bullshit !
Yeah, i did the same without actually being aware,went with the flow.
Where are stats? where is actual information ? Is it reaching the people who can do something about it? Forest officials , law makers and traders .They don't use the same channels through which we usually campaign.Sigh
The Indian add campaigns though highly creative and touchy are not demographic(just look at Nat Geo videos).Here the irony is ,to appeal and to reach the masses they are tailored to be more emotional than informative .Vicious!
The intention is genuine and right and may be working to certain extent -to reach out in numbers , but with all this noise in the media and networks i still felt ignorant until i saw this AWESOME National Geography documentary on TV where an undercover agency EIA busted the whole trade .Now this is what i call awareness to the point.The idea is to make the right noise.
Tiger population dropped more than 70 % in a decade because of poaching for below quoted illegal trading reasons , carried out in enlarged scale.
So what exactly are they being killed for beyond food chain cycle norms?
- Tiger skin- sought for home decor, taxidermy, bribery and as traditional clothing by Chinese and Tibet communities .Single skin can cost from 12000 to 20,000 $
- Tiger bones - used in ancient Chinese medicine .In spite of ban flows freely in the markets .
- Tiger tooth - For Astrological myths.
- The most shocking - again tiger skin - used as official dress in some regiments of Chinese military .Apparently military officials are their top customers.
A lot more.Unfortunately i am unable to find the film on net :(
3. So what was i sooo happy to see on my return to Bangalore?
RV apartment fellows have got two sniffer Labradors for security .They nest in front of the gate so i get to see them day and night from my balcony.In two days i have already visited them 6 times and secretly fed them :D
Introducing Tommy and Shibu .
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Subcounciou's Dreamy Conversation
I haven't been dreaming since long .
I actually stopped , "i guess" (you know cannot trust the memory that too while sleeping) ,
Conscious decision of reduced FBing has helped. On the contrary it makes all people updating it mindlessly round the clock look completely stupid ,silly .Lonely souls of the crowd.
(yup, readers are free to wonder "look who is talking").
Now the twist is , i had a day dream today. One has recently acquired day napping habit at home.
The dream was about ?
FB
What?
Yes, i was FBing
Can you elaborate?
There were around 10 notifications.I was tagged in a crazy birthday party video from college days.Then i was tagged in some random photos by a person whom i don't know and he is not in my friend list .This left me pretty curious .
And ya, one of my closest friend finally decided to give a human touch to her profile , by uploading her profile picture.
There were some you-tube videos, some links etc etc etc.....
Then?
Well ,i wanted to get up and quickly log-in to find out about that guy tagging me crazily and hmm and ummmm ,then I got up.
(mom ranting in the background)
Oh , so you realized that you were dreaming and wanted to get-up??
Strangely , yes towards the end i realized i was not plugged and got this urge to login and remove tags
Remove tags?So you still thought , all those notifications , tagging you saw in dream actually happened?
Yes and yet i realized i was not connected , though in the dream i was.
I guess you have taken Inception seriously , have you?
Too grown up to take movies seriously .They need to be highly disturbing to churn some emotions.
Honey , you need some FBing
Nah, i rather blog it out.Let the control last atleast till today.
PS0: Apart from becoming little psycho , i have harmed my beloved.
PS1: Stamped on the mobile in such a way that the inside screen layer has cracked and the liquid is trapped below the top layer.In short i have given it a nice blotty blood clot.
PS2:Hibernation period is about to end.
I actually stopped , "i guess" (you know cannot trust the memory that too while sleeping) ,
Conscious decision of reduced FBing has helped. On the contrary it makes all people updating it mindlessly round the clock look completely stupid ,silly .Lonely souls of the crowd.
(yup, readers are free to wonder "look who is talking").
Now the twist is , i had a day dream today. One has recently acquired day napping habit at home.
The dream was about ?
FB
What?
Yes, i was FBing
Can you elaborate?
There were around 10 notifications.I was tagged in a crazy birthday party video from college days.Then i was tagged in some random photos by a person whom i don't know and he is not in my friend list .This left me pretty curious .
And ya, one of my closest friend finally decided to give a human touch to her profile , by uploading her profile picture.
There were some you-tube videos, some links etc etc etc.....
Then?
Well ,i wanted to get up and quickly log-in to find out about that guy tagging me crazily and hmm and ummmm ,then I got up.
(mom ranting in the background)
Oh , so you realized that you were dreaming and wanted to get-up??
Strangely , yes towards the end i realized i was not plugged and got this urge to login and remove tags
Remove tags?So you still thought , all those notifications , tagging you saw in dream actually happened?
Yes and yet i realized i was not connected , though in the dream i was.
I guess you have taken Inception seriously , have you?
Too grown up to take movies seriously .They need to be highly disturbing to churn some emotions.
Honey , you need some FBing
Nah, i rather blog it out.Let the control last atleast till today.
PS0: Apart from becoming little psycho , i have harmed my beloved.
PS1: Stamped on the mobile in such a way that the inside screen layer has cracked and the liquid is trapped below the top layer.In short i have given it a nice blotty blood clot.
PS2:Hibernation period is about to end.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Lost Words
Where author dedicates and narrates death of a writer .
And draws wordy inspiration (or continuation ?) from her own previous write up .
Ab khaan log pochatey hain,
Ki tum likhatey kyun nahi.
Kisi ke poochey likhoon ,
Mein esa bhi to nahi .
"Kuch to log kahenge",
Kabi, kisi shayar ne kaha tha,
Aur kisi ne kaha,
"Naam gum jayega", kabhi.
Kya chodoon , jo rahey mere baad,
Aur kya le jaoon apney saath.
Kya geet banaigey kisi awaaz ki pehchan,
Ya reh jaengey gumnaam , woh alfaaz.
Ab khaan log pochatey hain ,
Ki tum kuch likhatey kyun nahi.
In Devanagari for better transliteration:-
अब कहाँ लोग पूछते हैं,
की तुम लिखते क्यूँ नहीं
किसीके पूछे लिखूं ,
में एसा भी तो नहीं
"कुछ तो लोग खहैनगे",
कभी ,किसी शायर ने कहा था
और किसी ने कहा
"नाम गुम जायेगा " , कभी
क्या छोडूं , जो रहे मेरे बाद ,
और क्या लेजाऊँ अपने साथ
क्या गीत बनेगें किसी आवाज़ की पहचान ,
या रह जाएंगे गुमनाम ,वोह अल्फाज़
अब कहाँ लोग पूछते हैं,
की तुम कुछ लिखते क्यूँ नहीं
And draws wordy inspiration (or continuation ?) from her own previous write up .
Ab khaan log pochatey hain,
Ki tum likhatey kyun nahi.
Kisi ke poochey likhoon ,
Mein esa bhi to nahi .
"Kuch to log kahenge",
Kabi, kisi shayar ne kaha tha,
Aur kisi ne kaha,
"Naam gum jayega", kabhi.
Kya chodoon , jo rahey mere baad,
Aur kya le jaoon apney saath.
Kya geet banaigey kisi awaaz ki pehchan,
Ya reh jaengey gumnaam , woh alfaaz.
Ab khaan log pochatey hain ,
Ki tum kuch likhatey kyun nahi.
In Devanagari for better transliteration:-
अब कहाँ लोग पूछते हैं,
की तुम लिखते क्यूँ नहीं
किसीके पूछे लिखूं ,
में एसा भी तो नहीं
"कुछ तो लोग खहैनगे",
कभी ,किसी शायर ने कहा था
और किसी ने कहा
"नाम गुम जायेगा " , कभी
क्या छोडूं , जो रहे मेरे बाद ,
और क्या लेजाऊँ अपने साथ
क्या गीत बनेगें किसी आवाज़ की पहचान ,
या रह जाएंगे गुमनाम ,वोह अल्फाज़
अब कहाँ लोग पूछते हैं,
की तुम कुछ लिखते क्यूँ नहीं
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