With Byom babu, in a stroll through time.

A fateful day, a mistyped search word and I find myself with about 10 episodes of vintage ‘Byomkesh Bakshi‘. It was a case of ‘Old wine in old bottle’ with the print being sub-standard. But hey I wasn’t complaining. The theme song that plays while the credits roll at the start, instantaneously brought back the [...]

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Lan Ban and the Media Van

Fortnight stale news:
After a long trial, fiercely discussed and furiously contested, the axe finally came down on the internet usage in the IITB campus, sometimes referred to as LAN Ban. The details of the judgement passed by the responsible authorities convey that all inter and intra net facilities extended to the hostel rooms of students [...]

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Reality

Fate needs no rendition.
Our love no fruition.
Joy needs no manifestation.
Society no explanation.
Reality is but an illusion.
For those with weak vision.
For truth is in mind’s creation.
And the soul’s levitation.

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The voice of silence

Mauna, in Sanskrit (संस्कृतम् saṃskṛtam), stands for a state of silence. It has been derived from the word muni, which means an ascetic. It is emphasized in Hindu tradition that a state of Mauna provides the right internal ambience for introspection and reflection. The renowned Hindu philosopher Adi Shankara, has described Mauna as an essential [...]

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Abosulte sedation

Alas! I can’t till my mind anymore.
To produce fruits of creativity of yore.
The rains of instinct have long been away.
The river of inspiration has gone astray.
I tried borrowing few seeds from next door.
But plagiarism I was told was reason for abhor.
The well of confidence has remained shallow.
And I can’t pretend it’s another year of fallow.
I [...]

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