25 Random things about me ~ frm facebook.

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So Now about me: 25 random things about me.

1. I love to travel .. not the regular tourist circuit .. but just about anywhere .

2. Love to take photos ...... like to blend a bit of art in mine .

3. have suffered slight hearing loss due to exposure to loud rock music in the early years.

4. Is more of a milk product person .. enjoy indian food the best .

5. Is left handed ...and right handed . I left with my right ..sorry write with my left and whats left i do with my write.

6.stayed in a jungle camp for almost a year .. working , not chilling out .

7. i feel fortunate to be connected with my core group of friends from school ... and the best part is nothing has changed even though we all so far apart.

8.learnt driiving ... in the seventh standard ... in a jonga jeep ..on the golf course .. jumping sand banks and chasing sheep .

9 achieved a turning point in 2008 materially that is ,surpringly it really did not make any difference to what i felt. Only made me realize its just another aspect.


10. feel life is about the life in ones years .. love Robin shamas quote " wake up early , you'll have enough time to sleep once you're dead " ;P

11. have an aversion towards people who tend to associate and interact with people filtered thru their status , laurels etc .. as if i care. I tend to regard superficial people as light.

12.was fortunate enough to be part of a delegation to a number of nations .. representing the state .

13. have enjoyed driving to most of the himalayan countries and states ... would love to visit Ladakh soon.

14. have gone across to bangladesh carrying a toothbrush soap and a towel walking .. to do the morning stuff ;P

15. have no specific idol or father figure ..but admire individual qualities in some great leaders and common people ..Gandhji ..or my sweeper .

16. wish i could swim , sing .. maybe do both of them together . :D ..

17. i can take the truth .. besides the crap .And I can respect you for it .

18. belive in simple yet fulfilling living .. with an enquiring mind , a healthy body .. contentment are the keys to happiness. Im working on it.

19 was on vegeterian food for more than a year .. got my people worried as hell .Had to get back to eating creatures in their better interest.

20 . like to read when the mood gets me . .. watch movies on cable regularly .Find comedy the best form of entertainment . Why pay to cry?

21. Have a sense of humour .. good enough for me .. and my friends.

22. Would love to keep a furry , cuddly pet . A loving dog ..or a garfieldish or snowballed cat .. read lazy cats. I can spend a whole day watching two kitties play ...love baby lizards too. ;P

23. have experienced two NDEs .. near death experiences .. a sinking canoe in total darkness of the night ... a close brush with a huge snake of the venomous variety... a queer feeling of the soul wanting to jump out of the body and make a dash for safety.

24. have written and watched whole movie scripts in my dreams ..

25. have a deep rooted desire to go completely bald : )

Fatalistic ~

Strip me of my soul ,

rob my intrinsic self ...


Let me not remain me.



Stifle my hunger,

and let me flow...


As every other soul.


In me

let peace prevail.



Let me try this death....

( circa 1997 )

Last Night ~

The starry skies
and city lights
do not reach out to me .

Gaze as I do
looking for clues ...
comforts of reassurance
missing .

All is cold .

Soul perched on a high ledge
signs of life drift by ...
In the valley below
trucks roll by past midnight .


The pretence disappears
the gaze turns inwards.

How clueless can life get.

Joy and positivity
that in me radiated
and infected .

Was that my natural state or is this it .

Lessening intensities
works for a while .

Just a matter of time
till you're back ...

To your other side ....

Elevation .

A whirling dervish
caught in the swirl of life
this moment is but mine .

The Life within pulsating,
gliding in rhythm
a vibration to an elevation
seeker to state of wholesomeness
Is it me .

Like trees and the streams
in natural states of surrender.

The will of elements ...
Cannot we surrender to thee
And fly ?

Morning musings

thought id find space to park my morning thoughts ....

16.7.2009

Art is my nudity . I hope you like what you see ....

I have my set of principles .... never mind they appear to you of a low standard....

A proverbial Don Quixote with an idea of love ....err an ideal was it ?

Art is freedom .

Isn't it obvious men and women are different ? A lot of women don't quite understand that .

Equality is fine . . . respect even better .

From my Rooftop : An Autumn Sunset . November 2008

Daniel Lewis.

Lou had agreed to drop me at St Johns . The medical center was about an hours drive from our area . Having left for the centre early in the morning , we were there by ten. My appointment was due for eleven am.

An upgrade in my insurance had made it mandatory to undergo these unnecessary and time consuming tests. Thankfully on a saturday I wouldn't be missing out on office.

As I confirmed my appointment with the attendant , I noticed a figure seated in a wheel chair about ten yards directly behind me in the patient area . What was it that made me feel I knew the person on the wheelchair ? Turning around to make my way towards the exit I stared in total disbelief , it was Daniel Lewis !

Daniel Lewis ? Danny Boy!! was it really him ? What was he doing here in Oregon ? Twenty years no maybe more was the last I saw him.The legendary Daniel Lewis ,the king of Soul here right in front of me .

We were neighbours back then. In spite of being older by almost eighteen years we had shared a lot in those years . I used to tinker with his guitar almost every evening after school . On weekends he'd have fellow musicians over and spend the best part of saturday night jamming into the wee hours of sunday morning .

Daniel Lewis was an orphan , a gifted one . Selling newspapers playing at birthday parties and funerals saw him through school and the first year at the university What he made was still never enough.

The turning point in his life happened soon after . An agent of Coldfish records happened to visit our town during that time . Daniel had somehow managed to persuade him and land himself an audition the very next day . I remember the time I met him hurrying along home all so very excited " todays a beautiful day little Tom , destiny it seems has taken notice of me , i may have a chance , is'nt that something ! "
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