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White Noise

India Government survives vote to rescue US nuclear deal

WTF? Anyways, as if this is a surprise in Indian politics .. huhh ...

I read some random lines penned by my friend Kaustubh and that inspired me to vent my anger in a similar way .. so, I too wrote something on the same lines. Thanks Kaustubh for the inspiration. Here it goes ..

White noise

when the trumptes were sounded
and the horns were blown
of scarlett and many hues
wondrous dreams were shown
but the trumpets were hollow
and so was their sound
the evil so politikally bound

and the evil lingers on
there's no standing ground
but the seeds of malice go deep
far deep into the very veins
it now bleeds, it now pains
I see no morphine, not even a saw
years have passed and they are dumbstruck
with that same hapless gaping maw

they are coming now, coming thick & fast
with their guns and their bombs
deceiving white shafts of light
masterfully masking everyone's plight
with that same archetypal white noise ...

Amar

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Jai Shree SiaRamChandra ki .. Jai !!!

Ahh .. never thought I would be able to post this so soon .. after some dedicated reading for good 4-5 (may be even 6) months .. after office .. on weekends.. at odd times even through the nights ... after spending a good share of hard-earned money on something totally as worth as this .... I have completed reading six volumes of Ashok K. Banker's Ramayana retelling .. and have come to love it! I just finished the sixth and last book few minutes back and rushed here just to type these few lines .. this is not as much an interesting post for you as important a note it is for me and I wanted to mark it well ... because of the sheer volume of text that AKB's Ramayana spans, you almost long to see yourself through to the last page .. not because of compulsion, because of excitement and joy and pure wonder of reading something truly genuine, wonderful and something so related to the very basic indian element within you .. it calls out to you and you helplessly follow it till the end ... truly, it has given me great satisfaction today ..

I will keep writing more about Rama, AKB's Rama, my Rama, the Ramayana and the AKB's Ramayana through a series (I hope) of following posts .. but I wanted to make sure that I put this one first ... so ...

For some of you who are even little interested in finding out about AKB and his Ramayana retelling, please click on the above mentioned link .... even better ... do read the books .. DO NOT MISS OUT ON THIS ONE ... one of the best read that you can lay hands on .. ever ...

Jai Shri Ram !!

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