Showing posts with label A-to-Z Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A-to-Z Challenge. Show all posts

Thursday, 12 April 2018

Keep Going | Day Eleven of A to Z Challenge


Don't stay still, keep making strides. Sometimes it will mean that you stay afloat, and sometimes it will mean that you make way through the current. 

Refrain from thinking how long it will take. The time will pass anyway - you keep making progress. Do not take no for an answer, up your game with each setback!

Wednesday, 11 April 2018

Just Glad | Day Ten of A to Z Challenge

Finding self, a real sense of who you are. The world can wreak havoc on one's sense of self, chin up and own your identity. Own your sense of justice. Your life is your responsibility, focus on creating your own paradise!

Monday, 9 April 2018

Heart breaks and Stuff | Day Eight of A to Z Challenge

Well, it just does not happen like that. Allow yourself to heal and allow yourself to mourn. Take your time. Heartbreak is tough to get over!

Saturday, 30 April 2016

Zest for Z | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

Zest for now
For time
For life
For the living
For nature
For trails
For you
For them
For everyone
To live and let live
To accept for who they are
To stop picking on weaker

Author's Note: Finally!

Friday, 29 April 2016

You for Y | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

You are my strength
I see you in the faces
Of people I cross by
And I get a reaffirmation
That you are around
You are my spirit
A humanly feeling
Clapping as I cross by
Cheering as I stand there
As I pass through life
You are  my passion
Who enjoy what I do
Adore what I talk
You are me

Author's Note: Y done!

Thursday, 28 April 2016

Xenophobia for X | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

Two red head girls enter a huge toy stall. They see no one, they look around and try to locate someone to help them. They started taking a look at the display and shortlisted toys for them. Their dad followed them to the stall and asked, pasand kar liya (have you made your choice). Hanjee (yes) both of them replied. Two kids came out from below the stall, with a sight of relief, yes they know Hindi.

A red head was born in a family, relatives were visiting the new born when one of the young boys raised his concern. Will I have to learn talking in English to speak to her. She does not look like an Indian and she will be speaking in pure English.

A long train journey, one family with an infant. The infant started crying as it looked at the red head. She looked out of the world to the infant.

These were quite cute examples of Xenophobia. Uglier stories exist. I just dont look an an Indian to many and they express their displeasure in many ways. Many subtle ways, one classic one is to get me stand in shade so that my fair skin don't shine while they make way to stand in sun. Many people have done that with me.
We fail to create a world of acceptance, a borderless world. And Xenophobia exists, across borders. We experience it even in out neighbourhood.

Wednesday, 27 April 2016

Worse nightmare for W | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

Dying in a plane crash
Doing something without wanting to do it
Not being in love with the man I am with
Not loved back by people I love
Losing my Red hair
Surrounded by superstion mongers
Being in company of toxic manipulative people
Being out of touch with nature

That were a few of my worse nightmares.. What are yours?


Tuesday, 26 April 2016

Visitors for V | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

Visitors are brief vacationers.
Who experience the feel of  a host's hospitality
The warmth of their food
And sun on their roof!

Author's Note: I got something in place.. Damn busy I am!

Monday, 25 April 2016

Unusual for U | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

You entered into my life
In the most unusal manners
And broke free along with me
I was not looking for an accomplice
Neither were you
But we ended up walking along
In unusual paths
In unusual ways
For unusual reasons

Author's Note: U done.. Yay yay yay <3 i="">

Saturday, 23 April 2016

Tough Call for T | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

What is tougher - being with someone you don't love OR not being with someone you love. Both situations are mutually exclusive but both carry a hope. Develop love in first case or grow out of love in the later.

While uncomplicated we want lives to be we end up creating stop-over moments.

Such was the trouble, such was the agony of unanswered question and doubts that were not clarified before diving into deep dark waters. Only hope is to find something - a treasure, a mermaid or a companion who accepts you - know when you are about to suffocate and leads you to surface so you can just breath!

Author's Note: T from the archives... Yay. Just a week left to claim the challenge <3 p="">

Friday, 22 April 2016

Society for S | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

I somehow do not attend to the notions of pushing someone to be best unless I totally understand what being the best means for that person. I believe I am not worthy to take decisions for others and the best decision that comes from is the one who has to make a decision.

We look at the face as the ultimate benchmark. Wondering if I am falling for the right one. Or is my physical traits compatible with the mindset of someone else's.

That someone else is society that thinks it knows all. It knows what everyone should be doing. They preach while their life is not perfect. They fail to shut up and let them be. They fail to introspect even when repeatedly asked to. They think they know the best and that is their biggest myth.

Society, the confusion you breed in me or on anybody shows your shallow shade. Just shut up and let everyone be! No one needs your rule book, just stfu!

Author's Note: I am running fever! Chao...

Thursday, 21 April 2016

Rebellion for R | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

My head-strong
attitude
invite sarcastic
comments from
The Women
I befriend

The elderly
Want me to
Shut up when
I feel the urge
to confront
A shame-er

Strangers mock
me when I
stand-up
against
ill-treatment

The policeman
shout at me
hoping I will
be silenced

My rebellion
Does not
Impress
The men
I date

Author's Note: R from the archives!

Wednesday, 20 April 2016

Quest of Self for Q | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

Quest of self is one of important questions we all come face to face with at various point in life. Who am I and what is my purpose? Perhaps most of the religious teachings revolve around helping people find their calling and that's what they market themselves on.

Worried and clueless we look for saviours - many people find their calling in religion and take religious preaching as the ultimate truth.

Well to me - we keep changing or perhaps upgrading our versions. What we believe in today, could be something that our value system might challenge in the times to come.

We are all in a journey, towards a fateful end.
We are all work in progress and we all are our best version at any point in time.
We are all unique, heading for our only calling.
We are what we are donning - our dented armor.

Author's Note: Q done!

Tuesday, 19 April 2016

People who Manipulate for P | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

It will rain when I will be taking my last breaths.
I will be complete at that time - be it today or some years down the line.
I am content with what I made, knowing that I made it through life.
And on my death bed, I will don a smile!

But still many a time I come across people who want to fix my life. I see my life perfect, they see dents in it. Why? Perhaps because I do not go by their conventions.

Or perhaps there is an innate force that drives humans to look for flaws in others so that they can keep their hand on their heart and chant - all is well!

What comes next from such people is - Gossip, Uncalled-for suggestions or manipulation!

We do not even gauge that we are being manipulated into someone else's idea of life. Well I will surly call it manipulation. I have been dragged into manipulative situations. Till that time I realise that the thing is so not me. What then - I start to retract. Hurts both me, who feels that I should have been honest about my feelings and my way of life and it hurts the manipulator - who has failed at one of this classic solutions of being a life saviour.

If I look from manipulator's mind - do they understand that they are being manipulative? As mostly they call themselves caring. I recollect once a serial manipulator passed a simple statement - it is fun to manipulate. Surly it is fun to make people dance on your tunes. Who does not love it? But who has better control on the situation? The one who is to be manipulated or the one who manipulates? I think it is the former! If we remain clear about what we want, we cannot be manipulated into something we do not want to do.

Author's Note: People exhaust me, I would rather watch a movie, read a book or head for a walk in the woods!

M done.. Yippi!

Monday, 18 April 2016

Orthodox for O | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

I don't understand what's all the ado with secularism and liberals. In my opinion, orthodox people are most cruel!

If you preach peace then why can't you achieve peace? Because what they preach might not be what they practice.

God exists because evil can exist.

A terrorist - the mastermind never dies himself, he hires men and condition them to serve his purpose for the larger fictitious reason.

Take Saudi, holding on to tenants of Islam so much so that its constitution is based on sharia law. Fair enough. People who raise voice are hanged, lashed and killed. Well the world look in awe, no politician makes a cry about it, because oil rules the global economy. And to keep the oil barren content Saudi Araia heads UN's Human Rights wing.

The climate that becomes regressive, talks about caste, gender, color or religion akin to social structures is dangerous. Totally orthodox!

Some claim that India needs a dictator... Do they doubt the decision making power of a normal Indian and wish to assign that role to a dictator. I wonder if they are herds or plainly clueless about autocracy. Would they be fine if they have limited access to Internet? Or no freedom to have an opinion? Letting administrator rule over masses as if people are insignificant, is that being progressive? Do they know nothing about the great red book? There are bad elements everywhere but if suppressing a set of communities make you developed then you need to define your concept of development.

Political ideology that favours world's biggest mass murderer. Well the reason many people admire Hitler in my country is because of lack of knowledge about execution/concentration camps. All those animal loving pure vegetarian hindus cannot approve of killings of humans like that. And if they do, then to me they are 'hypocrites'. Period!

Author's Note: Being opinionated is really a great trait. But when an opinion is based on orthodox beliefs then it takes away the essence of discussion.

Brought together O from drafts!



Saturday, 16 April 2016

No for N | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

Say No
Without explaining
Your reasons
Your commitments
Your interests
Your issues
Your concerns
Your hesitation

Say No
When you must

Author's Note: N done!

Friday, 15 April 2016

Moon for M | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

Hanging in the sky
A big white mass
Sometimes a ball
Sometimes an arc
I gaze at you
Just as a wolf does
You look so pretty
You look so calm
Even when streams of clouds pass by you
You stick on the skies
Passing through east to west
And your light
It soothes me
It passes on a hope
An assurance
Of getting past the dark
You stay an accomplice
For many of us through the night
For many of us gazers
Who can keep looking at you
In the darkness of night
You call us to tell something untold!
And we listen to your wordless talks

Author's Note: M done... All smiles... Happiness.... Love to all <3 p="">

Thursday, 14 April 2016

Love for L | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

The feeling we all crave
That's love
And be assured that it is for real
We are not pushed into a nasty game
So we love, while keeping our guards up
And put down our armour
As if we are warriors
Who could expect to be at ease
When we are assured
That we are away from the enemies
And we can trust the one next to us.
That's love!

Author's Note: L has happened. I am happy!

Wednesday, 13 April 2016

Kindness for K | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

Of every thing in this world
I want to be kind
Like a wave
That touches the shores
And leaves
Making way for the next one
To soil the sands
While it mixes back in the waters
For where it belongs
Heading for yet another mission
On a lookout for another shore
To soil another soul

Author's Note: Done with K.. Yay <3 i="">

Tuesday, 12 April 2016

Just Stop for J | A to Z April 2016 Challenge

For how long will you put yourself down?
Move far away from trying and struggling.
And repeating to make them understand.
Why and how you do what you do.

Stop being ruled by the rules of the game.
The rules that tell you - to look in one direction.
The rules that mock your passion
Undermine what you feel strongly for

Finding context out of something
Finding something out of context
Just stop!

Author's Note: Quick scribble and bam!
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