To be intelligent


“I’d take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day.” ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt Previously I used to believe: If you are intelligent, you are intelligent forever. No one can take it from you. It is an inherent, internal quality. By inherent, I don’t mean genetic. I just mean it’s inherently … Continue reading »

Forever?


 I awake to this daze. It seems I could love you forever. If this moment could be stretched To an eternity, Yes, I love you forever for now.

I wrote to kill.


“One always has a better book in one’s mind than one can manage to get onto paper.” ― Michael Cunningham Three years of blogging. I should be happy. But I am not. It’s an achievement, really! Given that I am a quitter. But I am not happy. My resolution last year was to ‘Write happy things’. … Continue reading »

Ink


..And what if it catches up with me, I will beg to it to leave me alone. I really have nothing to give; not even the words. I will ask it to just let me be. I will convince it that I can’t. I can’t write it because I am too foolish. Easily proven, isn’t … Continue reading »

Losing Intelligence


“I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.” ― Edgar Allan Poe I’ve been obsessing over losing intelligence for a few months. [Chatter: But writing about it has been so painful. My mind keeps wandering. Now, since this is an old thought, getting back to it is even more painful. The editor in me … Continue reading »

Mindgames


We both keep secrets. But we don’t lie. I ask you, you evade the question, make promises, tell me parts of the truth. You ask me, I refuse to answer, change the topic, tell you whole of other truths. But we don’t lie. Why can’t there be one truth? Why does everyone’s life lead to … Continue reading »

Why I hate boys. (Part 3)


Read Part 1 and Part 2. “Women don’t make fools of men most of them are the “do-it-yourself” types.” -Anonymous In no mood to repeat the disclaimer, I begin the last post of the trilogy! My compulsive categorization brings to you two types of attitudes boys hold in an argument they can’t win. “You are … Continue reading »

Why I hate boys. (Part 2)


“If they can put a man on the moon they should be able to put them all up there.” ~Anonymous Instructions for today: Guys, Identify! Girls, empathize! Both: Read Part 1, if you’ve missed it. I shall continue from where I left off. So after clichéd types such as The Emotional, The Numb, The Liar … Continue reading »