What strange creatures Brothers are !!!

Sometimes people are beautiful.
Not in looks.
Not in what they say.
Not in how they act. 
Not in how they make us feel
Just in what they are. 
~ Markus Zusak 
Such a relationship I share only with one person, my archenemy, my bro !!

 

He's quirk 

stupid, annoying but darling 

to my heart.

There's hardly any subjects

on which our ideas match.

If he picks anything

I'll run with my ultra-speed

to snatch it back. 

Like opposite poles of

a magnet, we cannot part.

Numeric equivalent of 

our differences, 

off the charts. 

Messing with your head

No need of others, its

exclusive right of mine. 

I say black, you shout white

Can never go to sleep 

without buzzing "Good Night".  

No matter how big you grow 

and how complicate our 

lives become. I'll keep 

kicking your ass

and make sure

you keep kickin mine :P     

Pandora's Key

Yes, I have tricks in my pocket, I have things up my sleeve. But I am the opposite of a stage magician. He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion.” ― Tennessee Williams

In Control

There are things which are in our control and then there are so many which are not. I believe the list of latter will be a lot longer then the former one, because that's how we all feel.. trapped, controlled like some lifeless puppets of some show. But, in spite of all that, we all have a healthy appetite for having CONTROL in our lives. Since the men (and women) have stepped up in the ladder of evolution 'control' over almost everything has been the bone of contention and, with no exceptions, everyone wants to taste it. If not absolute then even a small bite of it works too. 

Desire to have control over decisions, resources, people around you (specially the related ones), ideas (and everything else a human mind is capable of conceiving of) is the reason of what we are today and what we are capable of doing. Civilizations been flourished, great Kings walked this very earth on which you and I are standing, we have public administration, we live in a society, we have constitution, we negotiate, we trade, we follow rules, we have our own codes n procedures...  WHY ?? Because someone, somewhere had this idea of  having some CONTROL.

What's the world's greatest lie?... It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate.

~Paulo Coelho

Why do we always crave for having Control.. or are we always controlled by others.. Does someone else holds the script of your actions or is it altogether a different tale ??

In control, 

of the things you do,

or you will.

Is someone else holding the pen ?

when you indite,

or it's you, who is guiding you.

Variables and attributes

grants, adjustments or rebukes 

all that's happening around..

is a part of Grand Design 

or it's just you. 

Who decides what's redundant 

what's not ?

roam around, fly free

or sit in a place and rot. 

Distracting puzzling ideas

to confuse,

or the building blocks 

of the road you choose.

Strings are pulled up 

or pushed down

difference, hardly counts.

All the path that leads here 

has been crafted by you 

nothing's a chance 

it's all what you muse 

There are times when you feel 

satisfied and content,

sometimes, you just pretend. 

Napolean rightly says- You are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct and control your own environment. You can make your life what you want it to be. All you need is 'CONTROL'. 

Animal Inside

Human Beings, top notch species of  Darwinian evolution. We proudly  wrongly consider ourselves much more cultured, developed and intelligent than any other. We have families, relationships, industries, transportation facilities, communication etc. We care, love, share, enjoy and what not. One can write a full length novella on this. But, sometimes we get to see the flipside of this evolved species. These days newspapers are full of such incidences where a person who looks like us, sometimes very familiar to us does something so horrific that mere thought of it creeps you inside out. 

Suddenly, you feel like somewhere deep down that animal instinct is still there. It's just dormant deep within us. But, somewhere somehow it gets activated in few godforsaken individuals. 

Filth that moves around 

stealthily, silently

triggers neurons, 

makes someone do... 

unhealthy, nasty things.

An animal, lives inside,

hides behind the face.

Lurks, leaves no trace

fakes so perfectly,

elegance, love and grace.

Contaminated throughout

Poisonous nails.. 

that grow inwards.. 

Waiting for semaphore..

that opportune hour.

Jump out.. 

Shed the skin 

do the act 

seize the moment 

Go back with 

routine things..

Some say 

Blame it on TV 

others say, its the.. 

growing culture 

and vogue that surrounds..

Few say 

its the dormant beast 

that takes over.. 

that transforms someone 

into an animal.. 

Which we thought was 

lost in evolution..

I don't think we ever lost that animal instinct. It's there in everyone. But, with time we somehow learned to tame it. History is full of such human- beasts and animals who gave us enough reasons to keep this uncontrollable, brutal genetic power in check. Unfortunately, when I look at the incidents that are happening all around I wonder.... Is animal really under control ??

STRANGERS, are they ??

I used to think I was the strangest person in the world but then I thought there are so many people in the world, there must be someone just like me who feels bizarre and flawed in the same ways I do. I would imagine them, and imagine that they must be out there thinking of me too. Well, I hope that if you are out there and read this and know that, yes, it's true I'm here, and I'm just as strange as you. ― Frida Kahlo

Are we all so different 

or somewhere, 

at some levels we are 

just the same. 

Variations added

just to confuse us..because

beneath the melanin, 

apparatus.... just the same. 

Ideas differ, peculiarities do exist 

even roads we take are different.

But, someone is always there 

with whom vibrations, perfectly match. 

Are we all not dreamers 

We all are, achievers. 

Are we all not sad, or in a way 

are we all not mad ??

After hot, there is winter cool,

within us there's a wise, a fool. 

Few emotions we can never tame.. 

Because, we're just the same. 

I realize, we are not so different..

a misguided concept we grow up with

We all need love, 

We all care for friends, because

we're just the same.  

 

In From The Shadows

People who are not listed and labeled anywhere. They do meager work so that they can get handful of meal at the end of the day. Living simplest of life one can imagine and they are nameless and faceless shadows, nobody remembers them. They come and walk past. Least contribution to economy, yet forms the biggest part of it - INFORMAL SECTOR.

ILO defines this in the 1970s:
“Survival activities and those working in the marginal or peripheral segments of the economy forms the informal sector”

The National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) OF India carried out a sample survey in 1999-2000 and its results showed that out of total workforce of 397 million, only 28 million workers are employed in the organized sector and remaining in the unorganized sector.

These hapless people are pauperized by the circumstances. Forced to keep on living like this. For them crossing that line of 'Great Divide' is close to impossible. Often exploited at the hands of fate they are further abused by the so called "middle-class" and "high-class" educated humanoids. Most of  the times these poor fellow don't even realize that how their rights fundamentals rights are breached every single day because they don't know what on earth Fundamental Rights are.

We don't need charities and policies that are drafted just to increase the weight of paper. We need this sector be organized.. seems impossible but at least we can take a step. Let's not pulverize their already shattered lives. 


Would love someday to see this world devoid of ills like poverty, unemployment and  hunger etc. In the words of Yunus Khan -Once these atrocities are gone, we'll need to build museums to display its horrors to future generations. They'll wonder why poverty, hunger, unemployment continued so long in human society - how a few people could live in luxury while billions dwelt in misery, deprivation and despair. 

Let's not leave them alone, lost in shadows instead let our hearts of stone become heart of flash by learning where these outcasts weeps ~  Brennan Manning 

Organized Chromosomal Chaos - Cancer

If I could find a way
To soothe your troubled mind
Then I would erase your fears
And help you to unwind.
I would ease the burden
That you carry everyday.

 ~Eurythmics