Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

My last night at home for what has been a really long sick leave. Visited a friend and her baby today. Its only when she teased that I realised I had a break nearly equivalent to a maternity leave! Though I was dying to get back, now I am not so sure! May be its because the departure is mere hours away. Two months of being pampered by your parents and not doing any chores whatsoever! It would have been heaven if I knew I didn't have any terminal disease! From day after tomorrow I can look forward to a call from my mother thrice a day reminding me to have my medicine. Mothers! In the last 2-3 weeks I have been hanging around with little kids. Such a joy to be with them! Sample snippet of conversation between me and a 5 year cousin. Premise: A temple. Really good one at that. Very peaceful. Lots of space. Best part: Lots of sand! She: Which God is this? We were near the Lord Sastha shrine. Me: Shastha. (It was written Shastha there and she didn't see that.) She: Who is tha...

Back after watching 3 idiots. Not deserving of the rave reviews imho. Too much melodrama. Very far-fetched. Nearly sickening. I loved the central theme though. Live your life the way you want. Be what you want. Stop putting your kids through the stencil you made in your dreams. Fairly accurate for the current setup where the parents decide what their child wants to be based on the existing market forces and media hype. I have seen a very good friend of mine wasted because he had to join an Engineering College thanks to an easy entry owing to reservation. He never had aptitude or attitude to be an engineer. Believe me! There is something like that. Almost all engineers do not realise this fact. He was not interested in Engineering and he had to join because his folks thought he should. He is a good artist, used to be good in poetry, and writing in Malayalam. Excellent PR guy and a good dancer. When it came to engineering, he just couldn't make it. He was neither good in mugging up...

A nice and bloody hectic evening at work. Out of the blue, Gmail window is buzzing. Unexpected, since I don't really chat anymore and invisible most of the time. xxx: Congrats! yt (yours truly): Thanks! :) Didnt expect this! Such an unexpected honour! (To be frank yours truly was beating around the bush, since he didnt get a clue on who this chick was!) xxx: :) yt: :) (Starts recollecting the generic name holder girls from school and finally throws a stone just to be sure) yt: howz the little one doing? xxx: Great! He started walking! yt: Cool! (Finally! This is her afterall!) yt: You have a fairly normal gmail id, then why from this? I had a hard time figuring out! xxx: Chumma! (simply) yt: btw what was the congrats for? :D xxx: :O For the marriage! yt: :O :O :O yt: The only marriage I am remotely associated with in the short-medium term is my roomie's. xxx: Then what about the blog? yt: Blog? xxx: Your post today! You have written that your mom said that y...

Happy Birthday Amma! You are not going to see this post and I hope you never will! This blog contains a snapshot of everything bad about her only sonny. He wants you to live in a world where her son is innocent and uncorrupted. Still I am writing this. Words give me a sense of power and a power of expression. My only outlet. You did everything you could to raise me as a good human being. Took me into your arms when I had no option but to cry helplessly as school work piled up owing to my tardiness. You sat up several nights writing my records and drawing pictures that I should have made while I slept blissfully. You faced the flak and the shame for my bad academics. You defended me with fire in front of those who expressed doubts on my future. You walked the tightest of ropes when we were financially insecure. Never let anything come in the way of my education. You catered to my wildest convictions and let me do whatever I wanted. You let me pour our precious savings down the drain for...

Not been posting anything for a while. I know I know! And didn't intend to do anything today also! Just been reading my posts and sort of felt a little guilty for not writing anything. Not exactly anything...I have been working on my first novel! In the kiln for over 5 (or is it 6?) years now! Finally started writing it after a long speech about what I was about to do and all with a friend...wrote a couple of pages and it sucked! Wanted to do a rewrite, but never bothered...I guess I need to have more control and focus... Anyways, back to business! Whats news? Apparently the new budget has come out, Indian cricket team left (leaving?) for the Caribbean to get that elusive cup, people are dying, people are being born...Life goes on just like that... Seems like I just cannot handle the pace of my life...its just too slow with obviously nothing great happening...then again I am not Indiana Jones to go on perilous adventures and make out with great women! :-P Ideas are there...but they...