Its all about what you do.....

"And it's whispered that soon, If we all call the tune 
Then the piper will lead us to reason. 
And a new day will dawn 
For those who stand long 
And the forests will echo with laughter. 
If there's a bustle in your hedgerow, 
Don't be alarmed now, 
It's just a spring clean for the May queen. 
Yes, there are two paths you can go by 
But in the long run 
There's still time to change the road you're on."

-Led Zeppelin (Stairway to Heaven)

Have to go there once!

When I made it rain!

It all seems real but what if it disappears.....
It all seems the same but something has changed...
i left you alone that night
and when i returned there were no flowers by the bedside...
and the things all exchanged....
baby can't you see i made it rain?

I know you must have cried....
But for you to smile....
I had to leave and you have to believe...

for all thats worth preserving…

My mistakes are worth forgiving….

I lose to you in all your favorite games...

Look outside and you shall see I made it rain...

Have I been here since last december?

I woke up this morning and I couldn't recognize...
My face in the mirror and I couldn't find...
the keys because I have to go to work...
to a street I don't remember,
have I been here since, last december?

I think I took a train last night...
From the city, I ran away from the light....
headed to a place in the country-side....
Driving by town-sheds of timber...
have I been here since, last december?

There were people who cared...
But something was missing...
And I hope it wasn't a mistake to leave my friends...
But it wasn't because I just felt like walking....
I didn't have a place to go but I just kept going...
to wake up here this morning and a voice in my head did whisper....
Have I been here since, last december?

I met a few who changed me forever...
But what was the longing for the mountain blueberries...
and the smell of asters.....

There wasn't a moment, not enough time..
For me to realize what I left behind....
But these skies I dont remember..
Have I been here since, last december?

Where are you?

Where are you?
And where have you been?
Can I ask you these questions?
And can you hear me?

Behind these walls...
And in these paintings..
When you see a form emerge...
Isn't it worth claiming?

Look at these strokes...
Can't erase lines of fate..
The meaning's unclear...
but your expressions unfazed..
And I won't ask why you left the towers ablaze?
Or if it was your life or the feelings that failed...

So come back to light...
You can trust me with blind eyes...

To the sky in lonely times....
Take off this veil of steel...
In your world and from your heart...
Scream till you can't breathe....

Set out a sail..on a misty gale...

Away from the shore, in the middle of the storm...

You will feel the autumn heading....

Embrace it with your arms, it can hear you weeping...

And it will be all real, once you start believing..

I can see it in my dreams, I can see you dreaming!

Why do I roam?

Where does this road end..

And where am I headed…

It’s an unwalked path I am walking…

No trail to guide me, the signs all faded…

Not the only one I have travelled before…

But all comes down to you, wherever I go….

So, tell me… tell me now…

Why do I roam?

Show me the way again…

As I cant see on my own….

Or give me the wings to fly…

To the sky unknown….

The steps need to try…

But I will not say no…

In the end everything will be alright,

As long as you wont go….

Ohh please stay! Don’t let go…

I am weary now…

The grass is all grown…

Just show up like a shooting star…

The sky’s your home….

Many a spring went by…

And the clouds all alone…..

Ohh come on baby now…

Why won’t you sing me home?

And I am envious of those who belong..

To a sea of mysteries, I was blown…

I need directions…
the waves tossing me around…

Take me to a place I can hide and never be found….

I have seen enough and juggled through towns…

Face down I fall, in a circus like a clown…

Tell me these falls will fall into place….

Tell me I don’t have to replace…

Because everything comes down to you, wherever I go…

And I belong with you, no matter where I roam….

Chemistry!

"If you have the chemistry, then you need just one more thing... Timing! "

I haven't forgotten!

You know.. Somebody once told me if you see someone  in your dreams repeatedly, day-after-day, then it means they have been thinking about you... Is there any way that can be true?

So, two of the people I dreamt about, called me the very next day... Come and tell me it isnt true!

If you do it, do it right! :)

We may lose or we may win..But we'll never be here again...:)

This song has gained a new significance in my life lately....:)

Its raining outside! :)

First day back at work exactly as it ought to be....:) Perfect's the word!

Classroom Mumbai- Totally moved by this initiative....:)

Eccentricities- If only they were fewer in number and form!

Whether its drinking hazelnut coffee or cherry flavored cough syrup, mind you eccentricities might be more important in our lives than we realize. I have met many people and made great first impressions but if I go back in time and look for that particular moment when I really bonded with someone, it would inevitably be some incident where we were guilty of indulging in one of our "not-so-famous" habits. For example, while working in the lab, I always have my earphones on and that too at full volume. I love music but sometimes I just do it so that people leave me alone. Yeah, everyone's done that one time or the other..;)

So, one afternoon in the lab, this person comes and asks me where the music was coming from? Yes, the volume in my earphones was so high that it was audible even to this guy standing a few feet away from me. But alas, instead of telling me that the music was disturbing him, he starts talking about how he was a fan of classic rock and in fact, the song I was listening to was one of his favorites. I spent almost that entire afternoon discussing classic rock with this guy and ended up getting an entire collection of songs (far greater than what I could have ever gathered myself). Not only that, every time he downloaded anything new (music or movies), he made sure to get a copy for me. And that was just the beginning of one of the most beautiful friendships that I have come to cherish, because as time went by, we just started talking about anything and everything.

More importantly, this incident or my eccentricity gave me memories that I can fondly look back to and say, it is more than acceptable to listen to music while you are working, even if most people consider it against the "normal" corporate etiquette. Though don't let your boss catch you doing that. Thats just a recipe for disaster. ;) So, yeah at worst these harmless quirks can get you into minor troubles. Nothing a little sense of humour cannot handle. ;) But at best, you'll probably make some new friends and get an envious collection of songs for free...:)

Soulmates.. Whats the big deal?

Ohk! So most of us have been in that one relationship in our lives we look back to fondly and think "Why did it ever end?" or "Thats the closest I ever came to finding true love!" That brings us to  soul-mates. Who are these cherished beings and throughout our lives why do we keep striving to find one? In order to understand this, lets take a step back and see what that one cherished relationship from our past gave us that we think is impossible to achieve with anybody else. Since, everyone's different , I ll just speak from my experience. That relationship made me a better person. I don't mean in a moral sense but it brought out a side of me and a talent that I had neglected for far too long. And I am pretty sure, everybody's soulmate made them feel good about themselves in one way or the other. Now since, soul-mates are so good at bringing out the best in us, isn't it kind of unfair that there's only one of them? Well, that's the point where I disagree with most people. I don't think our quest for true love ends with a soulmate. I believe that our quest for true love is actually a never ending journey. There are no soul-mates. There is no perfect another for any of us. Yeah, I believe God tricked us that way. And on our way to finding this cherished soul we bump into many other less perfect ones and each of them introduces us to something we have ignored or never knew we had within ourselves. So, may be we are unfortunate souls whose search is deemed to end in a failure or we are lucky to be blessed with many soul-mates instead of one. Choose either way to look at this, the truth is its all about the journey!

And of course, to prove my point, here's a video which shows we have 871 soul-mates in our own city. ;)

Dreams!

When I was young, my dad told me that dreams were just stories that could not be completed in reality. Our sub-conscious mind is good at joining the dots and weaves these threads of incomplete tales to present a picture we would like to see. While most of the dreams would fall into that definition, I never really understand why we have nightmares? Or even if we don't go to that extreme, why do we dream about something and wake up completely terrified. It ought to have as much as meaning as the good dreams. And ever wonder, why we remember nightmares much more clearly and in detail, than any other dreams. Or how much closer the scary dreams are to reality than the lofty happy ones. I guess our sub-conscious is way faster than our conscious mind at detecting a potential threat. Many people might not believe it, but I think nightmares or scary dreams are a way of preparing us for the impending misfortune or in the least warning us of our actions that might hurt if we don't change our course. Now I am not talking about psychic abilities here, but what I mean is, all along our lives through the various experiences that we accumulate, our mind records the important stuff and weaves it into a web that can prevent us from falling into the same trap again. You might not realize it, but I guess our sub-conscious knows what damages us inside out and tries to protect us from a self-sabotage through dreams. Well, in regards to this conjecture, there might be many questions and many loop-holes in my argument as well but the biggest evidence of such a possibility are the dreams I have been having for the last couple of days. They brought back old fears but at the same time for some reason, I have stopped myself from making old mistakes again.

One regret: If only I could travel as much as I wanted to....

Tea Cup candles, sock monkeys and Bob Dylan records!

Boy.. this place has a personality of its own...:)

She rocks...:)

She's a country girl!

Ohh she is a country girl…

Her unmatched tango swirls…

Dancing with those caramel curls…

Falling for her with every turn…

Its autumn’s esters..

And spring’s peonies…

And you know the stars…

And those fake pennies….

They don’t return…

To the city world…..

And its your country girl…..

Like a precious pearl….

Ohk...not leaving this bed till i feel better...

You have got quite a battle ahead of you Mr. flu.... x-(

Valentine's day with chocolate cup-cakes...:)

Totally unexpected.... But thanks stranger....:)

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Just one question... Why?

Now this is what I am talking about! ;)

The right song!

One dance is all it takes... Give it a try.. It will be alright!

It has to keep you up at night.... 

Barney!

The eyes always have had it all!

You behave like you can’t see…

Or may be you just don’t believe…

Because there’s no way you cannot know…

When it rains in her heart or when it snows….

All the seasons wind, summer and fall…

What makes her words stall…

The eyes always have had it all….

The mannequins of the glass ball..

Stars where the dreams fall…

Look at them like its meant to be…

You will find all that you ever seek…

A world frozen in a frame so small….

Enough to make her words stall…

The eyes always have had it all….

Wanna dance...:(

Some dance to a number... Some dance to forget....

A hard day's night!

If it were a choice I could make…

It wouldn’t be you…

But now I know its too late…

And I better believe that its true…

It’s a hard day’s night…

I don’t feel alive…

Ohh gotta try, try, try…..

In all the things that I believe…

The figments of imagination that I weave…

There are clouds nine and then there’s you…

So, I better believe that its true…

Will we get it right?

Losing it but still alive…

Ohh gotta try try try…..

If only I were a ghost...
Could vanish into smoke...
Turn into a dream and disappear without a clue..

But now I know its too late and I better believe that its true...

It’s a hard day’s night…

I don’t feel alive…

Ohh gotta try, try, try…..

Because when two wrongs make a right… Ain’t another destiny, ain’t another side…..

It trips me over…

And it turns you around…

But its gotta be true…

And its gotta be sound…

And I never lost sight of the cold blue in your eyes…

Because when two wrongs make a right…

Ain’t another destiny, ain’t another side…..

Creating fire in the sky…

On one hell of a ride…

We are two wrongs making a right…

No ends in sight..

No ends in sight…

Its heaven or its hell…

Pearl in oyster’s shell…

Bring in the mountain bell…

And with the coins in the wishing well,

cast all worries aside…

Because when two wrongs make a right…

Ain’t another destiny, ain’t another side…..

Two shells but souls alike....

Tomorrow’s in our stride….

We are two wrongs making a right…

No ends in sight..

No ends in sight…

No castles in the air….

Its brightest and not in the slightest unfair…

To believe people incomplete….

And roads concrete…

Can come together and be the light…
Because when two wrongs make a right…

Ain’t another destiny, ain’t another side…..

Ohh it’s a map to the mountains high….

With the wind and our wings we’ll fly….

We are two wrongs making a right…

No ends in sight..

No ends in sight…

Cosmic love- Florence Lyrics

A falling star fell from your heart and landed in my eyes
I screamed aloud, as it tore through them, and now it's left me blind

The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart

And in the dark, I can hear your heartbeat
I tried to find the sound
But then it stopped, and I was in the darkness,
So darkness I became

The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart

I took the stars from my eyes, and then I made a map
And knew that somehow I could find my way back
Then I heard your heart beating, you were in the darkness too
So I stayed in the darkness with you

The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart

The stars, the moon, they have all been blown out
You left me in the dark
No dawn, no day, I'm always in this twilight
In the shadow of your heart

What Maya Angelou Means When She Says 'Shakespeare Must Be a Black Girl' - The Atlantic

What Maya Angelou Means When She Says 'Shakespeare Must Be a Black Girl' - The Atlantic

May be tomorrow I ll sing my song!

On a cold desert night waiting for flowers of May…

The petals don’t blossom and so many things to say…

May be tomorrow these feelings will find some words…

And with the chirping birds I’ll sing along….

May be tomorrow I ll sing my song…

Not a longing for days gone by.…

The rhythm of a moon dance and stars shy….

May be tomorrow I ll reach closer towards…
Playing the chords of an unknown form....

May be tomorrow I ll sing my song…

Robins perching on the mountains crest…

Riding away from the oceans chest....
In the air, blowing with the storm...

And with the souls afloat, I ll drift along...

May be tomorrow I ll sing my song…

The spirit in the october fest...
the leaves with a yellow cleft....
May be tomorrow I ll find the colors...
to paint the summers and then rains will belong...
May be tomorrow I ll sing my song...

Music in beats and familiar retreats...
Lost in shallows and narrow streets....
Maybe tomorrow I ll find the quotes....
And with the right notes for these lines long....
May be tomorrow I ll sing my song...

Ohh the castle and the ancient gold mine…

On a night when the shadows line…

In a land not so divine…

A legend’s heard….

Of a castle cursed….

Of a battle fought with king’s triumph…

An empire of centuries nine….

Ohh the castle and the ancient gold mine…

He was told- the beginning would mark the end…

A land drenched in the blood of its men…

Another day it won’t survive....

Followed by an august of thorny pines…

And black would be Andromeda’s shine…

An empire of centuries nine….

Ohh the castle and the ancient gold mine…

Summoned to flames…..

The spirit leaves…. Wandering in desert plains…

Why destined to this fate….

Taking away lives unsate…..

The king stole Ares’s treasure they say…

Fatal as Helen of Troy to this day…

Nobody could have dreamt…

Demons of death were sent…

To the palace built with hands fine…

An empire of centuries nine….

Ohh the castle and the ancient gold mine…

In the hands of satan he lies…

His greed and his deeds,

 a hundred times his soul dies….

Why fascinated by ohh so fair?

Why claim a land unaware….

Of the misery scribed in time….

Silencing into a morbid shrine…

An empire of centuries nine….

Ohh the castle and the ancient gold mine…