Adjectives

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 3/3/2013 6:27:00 PM

'Life doesn't care about adjectives. At best, a handful of adjectives in some permutation manage to closely describe one narrative of life as it has already taken place. But strictly only the past. Because the present is unfathomable - we being too busy trying to live it or survive it to even try understanding it. And the future, well, the future is the tricky mistress. It tempts you to dream, to paint a picture, to sandbox and call it a variety of adjectives - how things will be(...)'

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Change is a good thing

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 2/20/2013 7:21:00 AM

'Change is a good thing.What makes it hard is not the change itself, but our tendency to want to hold on to the unchangedWe resist, often illogically, to move away from how things "used to be" even if the past seemed highly imperfect and dissatisfying at the time when it was the present. It feels comforting, I guess, to hang on with screeching tooth-nails to the familiar, when facing the unknown.I think we would do well to remember that "change is a good thing", because it (...)'

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Forever

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 2/18/2013 6:30:00 PM

'I wrote your name In my palm, Everyday, until it dissolved and wrote itself Permanently In the lines of my fate Until, your name Became my name Until, it became my fate. So now, can I stop? Is the pursuit really over? Will you stay, like your name, in my life Forever?'

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Saans

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 12/22/2012 6:09:00 PM

'Woh jo jalte hain chilman Chiragon mein tumhare Agan unko hamari aahon se mili hai Ye jo barasti hai tumhare aangan mein barkha Boondein use hamari aankhon se mili hai Yoon to hum jal lete, ta-umr, Aashiyan ko tumhare roshan rakhne - par afsos Yeh jo ruk rahi hain, ab tak hamesha Meri saans humein tumhari saanson mein mili hai'

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Words

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 12/18/2012 6:14:00 PM

'Words are such disloyal friends. They have this stupid tendency to desert you just when you need them. They just run and hide somewhere in the folds of chaotic waves inside you, no matter how much you cry for them. They know they're there, they know what they mean and they know they're needed to stop things going astray, but they wouldn't arrive. Worse, they'd often send some foreign cousins of theirs to cover up- other words that have no clue what's going on and(...)'

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Noise

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 11/15/2012 6:24:00 PM

'That sinking feelingAt the pit of the stomachCrowding around the gutClimbing up to the brainSqueezing all in its wayPushing out every breathI gasp, that sinking feelingIs making me drown againI sink, I swim, I fightTill the sinking wins and I quitWhat's the point, I ask myselfLife isn't worth the painNumbness takes over the limbsThe mind refuses to thinkI walk alone, drowningIn cold November rainI sink, till I shrinkDeeper and deeper within my shellThe only place still safeThe only (...)'

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Incomparable loves

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 10/30/2012 10:19:00 PM

'Lots of loving lovable loves Loiter around in the throes of the heart Who is to say which ones are greater Love is always perfect, love is always flawed Pyaar to aakhir pyaar hi haiNaapein parkhein kaise koi Ishq waala love bhi love hai Aur pyaar hi hai khamoshi ka saathLoves, unlike lovers, do not hate each other They're far too self-obsessed to even care The love for the moon doesn't rival that for night They both just ignite, they both are just there Mere pyaar se tera pyaar na k(...)'

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Book Review: The Krishna Key

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 10/9/2012 5:58:00 PM

'Ever since I finished reading The Krishna Key, I have been wondering why is it a work of fiction. The closest I've got is, "Because Da Vinci Code sold x million copies". But The Krishna Key is much more a book of history and mythology, and more precisely the grey zone between the two interpretational art/science forms, than the latter ever was. In terms of sheer quality of writing and narrative though, even Da Vinci Code was better than this.Ashwin Sanghi has a reputation of his own(...)'

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Nights

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 10/3/2012 7:05:00 PM

'Exhausted I fall down on the bed But sleep evades When will the questions die? Unchanged Stays the toughest one Have I changed Over years? Over weeks? Why? Peace Could probably be bought Can faith be restored? Should I quit, or should I try? Tears Appear uninvited anyway And clean the eyes Off hazy dreams that pry Sleep I still pray for As answers don't come In guilt, pain, confusion I cry.'

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Abhi abhi

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 9/10/2012 5:35:00 PM

'Another place I dream to reach And I walk another path Abhi abhi to dil ki suni hai Abhi na karo zamaane ki baat'

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Half-truths

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 8/25/2012 9:10:00 PM

'Are half-truths lies? If so, are they "better" lies? Imagine yourself where you repeatedly tell a half-truth to someone because you think they'd not like or understand the full truth, or because you think they'd have a 'problem' with it but in your head is completely legit, just a point-of-view issue, so they don't really need to know. It is likely the "someone" here is important enough that you care how they think/feel/perceive you. How d(...)'

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Chaand

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 7/9/2012 6:55:00 PM

'Ek chaand mera Ek tha jahaan ka Ek pal churaya Ik wahin gira tha Ek aasmaan ka tukda Us pal ka rehnuma tha Kuch aur hi tha manzar Kuch aur hi sama tha Aankhon mein chaand chamka Ek boond mein tha chhalka Dil ko chubha naya ek Ehsaas halka halka Lafzon ne sath chhoda Chupchaap se gila tha Ek pal maine churaya Ek pal wahin gira tha Ek chaand mera Ek chaand jahaan ka Us chaandni mein mujhko Mera aashiyaan mila tha...'

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Baat-cheet

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 6/12/2012 4:46:00 PM

'Shikayat lekar tumhari gaye the khuda ke paas, kambakht khuda bhi tumhara aashiq nikla...Mizaaz aashiqui ka chhaya hai lagta hai aj kalZara hum bhi to jaanein khaas itna kaun hai...Us ka jo pucha hai to bas itna jaan lo. Bahut khaas, bahut khaas, bahut khaas hai koi.Shabdon ko kisi ke naam kar pate Kash koi khaas itna humare paas bhi hotaIshq karna hai to ubikharne Ka hunar bhi seekhoIshq main hadse aksar badey sangeen hotey haiWo Haadsa Wo Pehli Mulaakat Kyaa Kahoon.(...)'

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Book Review: The Devotion of Suspect X

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 5/21/2012 7:00:00 AM

'When I picked up "The Devotion of Suspect X", I had my expectations low of the crime thriller, despite the 2mn readers' claim on the cover, and despite my general love for International literature from Japan, inspired from Haruki Murakami's stables. Having read it twice over now, I stand corrected, and yet I realize I probably started from the best entry point in this novel which has subtlety and subtext all over itself, my favorite kind of story-telling. The book is a reasonab(...)'

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Barf

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 4/30/2012 7:40:00 PM

'Shararat bhari nazron ne tumhari Aankhon mein meri haya bhar di Ek hi pal mein in bewafa nainon ne Mere dil ki raza bayaan kar di Hothon ko dabeeche daanton tale Main muskaan ko taish se chhupati hoon Rok lo haath pakad mujhe aaj zara Isi umeed mein mud ke door jaati hoon Paakar kareeb tumko, khud ko yoon kho rahi hoon Maala koi toot kar bikharti hai jaise Patton par padi os fisalti hai jaise Sooraj ki oat mein barf pighalti hai jaise'

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Mann

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 4/26/2012 6:16:00 PM

'Tumhe zulfon mein apni uljhane ka mann hai Tumhe aur paas thoda bulane ka mann hai Tadapta hai kitna ye dil tumhare liye Nazron se aaj tumhe batlane ka mann hai'

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Questions

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 4/16/2012 5:31:00 PM

'What do you do when the rational, sane half of you "knows" the truth, knows things as they are and wants to believe it for what it is, but the other half refuses to just believe and wants to see, hear, feel the truth, wants to be reassured and comforted away from fear, doubt and insecurity?What do you do when caught between a logical half that recognises paranoia and insecurity and a sentimentally foolish one that is running out of strength pulling oneself out of a deep ab(...)'

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Answers

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 4/4/2012 6:05:00 PM

'Sawaal dil ka kabhi hothon pe na aa paayaTumse nazar milte hi lafz pighal jo jaate hainDhadkan meri dil tumhara kabhi sun na paaya fir bhiChupchap aankhon mein tumhari jawaab dhoondhe jaate hain'

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Book Review: Urban Shots

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 3/28/2012 7:30:00 PM

'The back cover of my copy of "Urban Shots" quotes "has all the ingredients of a breezy read…". That sentence is incomplete. This ostensibly simple collection of love stories has the ingredients all right, with short tales of love written lucidly making you turn the pages, but still manages to be anything but a breezy read. Because every now and then you find a story tug at something in your heart - invoking emotions, asking questions, rising memories - and you find yourself eng(...)'

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Believe it or not...

Author : Phoenix      Blog : Public Diary...      Date : 3/28/2012 5:30:00 PM

'Rationality makes stupid decisions more often than irrationality does.'

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