They say

they say every one of four humans is a lunatic. check three friends.. if they're okay you're it.
they say the world is on the edge. walk three steps. if you fall down, it is.
they say suicide is not a crime but an attempt to suicide is.
they say insanity(even temporary) is a just excuse to get away with man slaughter, non-insanity will do too.
they say the man-created-devil will devour the devil-created-man.
they say one out of ten people suffer from clinical depression,atypical depression,psychosis, caffeinated depression!,i am not depressed- depression,self assessed depression, career burnout depression, bullying depression,i want more depression etc. I say we have enough kinds of depression to go around for everyone. subscribe for your very own symptom checker.
they say we need our politicians. i say we need our farmers
they say
they say
and we listen

English signs from around the world- a forward

In a Bangkok temple:
IT IS FORBIDDEN TO ENTER A WOMAN, EVEN A FOREIGNER, IF DRESSED AS A MAN.
Cocktail lounge, Norway:
LADIES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO HAVE CHILDREN IN THE BAR.
Doctors office, Rome:
SPECIALIST IN WOMEN AND OTHER DISEASES.
Dry cleaners, Bangkok:
DROP YOUR TROUSERS HERE FOR THE BEST RESULTS.
In a Nairobi restaurant:
CUSTOMERS WHO FIND OUR WAITRESSES RUDE OUGHT TO SEE THE MANAGER.
On the main road to Mombassa, leaving Nairobi:
TAKE NOTICE: WHEN THIS SIGN IS UNDER WATER, THIS ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.
On a poster at Kencom:
ARE YOU AN ADULT THAT CANNOT READ? IF SO WE CAN HELP.
In a City restaurant:
OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK AND WEEKENDS.
In a cemetery:
PERSONS ARE PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FLOWERS FROM ANY BUT THEIR OWN GRAVES.
Tokyo hotel's rules and regulations:
GUESTS ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SMOKE OR DO OTHER DISGUSTING BEHAVIOURS IN BED.
On the menu of a Swiss restaurant:
OUR WINES LEAVE YOU NOTHING TO HOPE FOR.
In a Tokyo bar:
SPECIAL COCKTAILS FOR THE LADIES WITH NUTS.
Hotel, Yugoslavia:
THE FLATTENING OF UNDERWEAR WITH PLEASURE IS THE JOB OF THE CHAMBERMAID.
Hotel, Japan:
YOU ARE INVITED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THECHAMBERMAID.
In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox monastery:
YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THE CEMETERY WHERE FAMOUS RUSSIAN AND SOVIETCOMPOSERS, ARTISTS AND WRITERS ARE BURIED DAILY EXCEPT THURSDAY.
A sign posted in Germany's Black Forest:
IT IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN ON OUR BLACK FOREST CAMPING SITE THAT PEOPLEOF DIFFERENT SEX, FOR INSTANCE, MEN AND WOMEN, LIVE TOGETHER IN ONETENT UNLESS THEY ARE MARRIED WITH EACH OTHER FOR THIS PURPOSE.
Hotel, Zurich:
BECAUSE OF THE IMPROPRIETY OF ENTERTAINING GUESTS OF THE OPPOSITE SEXIN THE BEDROOM, IT IS SUGGESTED THAT THE LOBBY BE USED FOR THISPURPOSE.
Advertisement for donkey rides, Thailand:
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RIDE ON YOUR OWN ASS?
Airline ticket office, Copenhagen:
WE TAKE YOUR BAGS AND SEND THEM IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
A laundry in Rome:
LADIES, LEAVE YOUR CLOTHES HERE AND SPEND THE AFTERNOON HAVING A GOOD TIME

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ooh it's been a while and i can't say i missed this much but ..we're back into business!
it would be appropriate to wait a complete year for the mourning period to get over(mourning for what?) august 2007 to august 2008.. and who knows i might yet be able to complete that period if i discard my writings(ha ha) again.
i don't want obscurity to take over again.. and i will need reminding.
till then,
i've finally arrived!

Bright lights

Bright lights. Bright bright lights.Signifying the begining of the tunnel. Enter my life.
The tunnel at the end of the light.. so bright, so dull

The light is bright
so is the sky
the sky has stars
the stars do twinke
so does the eye
winkle winkle

so bright the light
reflecting reflections
he, who has no plight
takes his fantasies to flight

the light! the bright!
sizzle burn hide
it's spasmodic infirmity
yearning for reality

the dentist- part 2(last)

Let's not even go there...

The Dentist - part 1

Clean marble tiles. plush couches. the stink of medicine.
I experienced none
of these when i first entered the dentist's chamber. My first visit to a dentist
presumably marking the begining of a long journey towards orbit chewing
gum like teeth.

I did know that a genetic teeth problem persists in my family. and i also
know now that i should have been more careful with my gums.but as the
dentist put it- "oh you're a 'little' late but no problem we'll have it fixed in no
time". so he poked around in my mouth a little, tch tched and finally
announced after what seemed like an eternity that i might not have a bone
in there..!! and my heart sagged further down into my stomach. and then he
said i might need a flap surgery.. what the fuck is that? my heart decided to
do a double flip right then. i think THAT is when i lost touch with reality and
tuned him out, tuned all of them out.

Then came the blood test, the clotting test and the x ray. the last blood test i
remember taking was five years ago when i was definitely of stronger
material. i didn't see the clotting test coming.The Man pricked my ear and
for the first five seconds i kept brushing his hand aside until he told me
what he was upto. the x ray was fun- after it got over.Me, being paranoid
personified when it comes to such things i thought the machine would crush
my head and it's radiations would ruin me forever! i departed from the
machine with no noticeable scratches on either of us.

I left the x ray with the almighty dentist with a heavy sigh and a heavier heart all the while thinking of the poem Roald Dahl wrote about the
crocodile and the dentist. only that i didn't feel upto eating the dentist or
letting him believe i was capable of that.

I await the results. Hoping that there won't be a lot of nicotine in my blood,
Hoping i won't have to go through with this. But knowing somehow that
there's no turning back now.
The appointment barely lasted twenty minutes but i know that the mention
of a dentist or even a slight hint of one will always leave a funny taste in
my mouth.

MUSIC

can you imagine life without music? hell no! oh i am not talking about the sweet melody that birds and animals supposedly make. but if music means that to you well then.. each one to his own.

whether it be metal, the blues, country, gazhals(yuck) or any other genre music is the FEEL GOOD factor. okay maybe not always. sometimes it leads one to the depth of depression(but never in the clutch of death other than in the case of Cobain) and sometimes it gives you the zest for life.
may it be tom petty rolling another joint or axel rose jumping about on stage in his underwear and screaming himself hoarse i experience 'the music high'.
(please note- rakhi nymphomaniac savant posing as superbimbo,moving to a tune and pretending to save the world doesn't count.)

so my first vote of worship goes to the beatles. all hail the pioneers of rock! and i would also like to thank(i hope this doesn't sound like a speech learnt by rote)Iron maiden amongst others who don't only dwell on sick love songs but bring to our attention things of national importance(not always maybe),things that make sense and should matter.then ofcourse there's the band(read man) who sold the world- metallica!when there's this then nothing else matters...

i believe music will lead to moksha. this doesn't apply to those of you who wank off to britney's pears. all you're going to get out of that is a head shave and rehab. and oh her promiscuousness!

music is culture.music is religion. music bares the soul.
there's not one year that goes by that i don't thank the aryans and their composition of our sam veda- this is where us indians got our first taste of music from. i'd be lying if i told you i've heard parts of it.

so our nation has now entered the age of commercial music. the great leap they say! aerosmith. maiden. pink floyd. bryan adams.they've all made their statements here(no pun intended)
heck parikrama and some shillong band are even aired on vh1! there might be a few more indian bands out there that i don't know of. and they're all here for a cause. THE cause.

so three cheers and a few bottoms up for muzika and all us music enthusiasts!

"heal the world.
make it a better place
for you and for me
and the entire human race."

FOREVER?

happiness is temporary
but so am i,
there is no forever
because even forever will die.