Ashore, with Her

Winter evening – the sun was afloat at the edge of a shimmering ocean. I held hands with Sadness, as she and I walked across the shores of memory. When twilight became dark and dim, for the first time, I looked straight in to her eyes. Unforeseen depths of sorrow sucked me in like a [...]

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Experiments on the Pan

Hum ko maloon hai jannat ki haqeeqat lekin Dil ke khush rakhne ko ghalib yeh pakwaan achha hai…

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Amiss

leaves whisper, raindrops patter, rays dance, the wind teases. like a volcano, passion moves through heart… somewhere, reality slides in to an abyss. beauty all around but something’s amiss.

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Powerful Dialogues from Network

Over a lovely dinner with friends, we watched the Oscar-winning movie Network. The concept and dialogues were both powerful and impressive. The movie is about a TV news network trying to make profits out of a senior news anchor who seems to have gone insane. The film sheds the hypocrisies of the society bare naked. [...]

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Motto

Keeping it short: Do your best. Leave the rest. Best, S.

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Life II.

so many, so small, all fall from birth to death, like snowflakes. not much do I want except a branch that I touched on my way down may remember me… P.S. — picture near Perimeter Institute, Waterloo

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Long-distance vs. Sprinting, or ‘The Role of a Teacher’

It was during a casual coffee chat that A and I found ourselves discussing trekking and sports. Turns out he has been to the glaciers above Badrinath, right along the Indo-China border. I asked him about how he trained, and he said: I was not in to sports. It was during my first year in [...]

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Some New Year Thoughts and Bertrand Russel on God

I wouldn’t be up to keeping specific New year resolutions, so I tell myself that new-year resolutions cramp us more than they free us. Instead, focus is best achieved out of inspiration. I am beginning the New Year with some ideas and inspirations. First, the idea of less, but the best. To live a life [...]

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Happy New Year!

Drove to Niagara with some friends. Nature, beauty and fun — a good recipe to end one year and brace up for a new one. As a year ends, a lot of stuff is water under the bridge. I hope that the times to come bring warmth, sharing and togetherness for everyone! Happy New Year [...]

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