Is a movie going on, Am I on the sets of a Hollywood film, “Sin City” , feel like that…!!!! Everything so Cluttered,Scattered around me as if life is moving in slow action and I being a still spectator.I drove between the alleys on either side of which large buildings housed the dreams of several … Continue reading »
A Night to Remember…
On a beautiful starlit night at 12’o clock in the morning in brutal freezing temperature of less than -3 degree, I stood rapt in awe and fear on the second highest motorable mountain pass in India located at an elevation of 5,350m(17,582ft) with nowhere to go. It was one of the scariest, memorable, and mystified … Continue reading »
Owners of the taste
Jam packed streets, some narrow lanes and trodden paths: this is all you have to cross in order to make your way to one of the most fine and still alien restaurant which is known for its Changezi chicken besides the other dishes. I am talking about” Hotel Maidah,” located in crammed lanes of chooriwalan,near … Continue reading »
Thinking too much…
It’s a beautiful night Gloomy sky Full of stars so bright And I Wonder What if the thunder roars upon me? What if the lightning strikes on me? If I can I will run If I can I will borrow the shell From the tortoise crawling next to me And I am not afraid … Continue reading »
And the Show Ends……
It’s been 3 years when I first came to this college, college which will give me a degree in engineering, a job, and the opportunity to become a graduate. And finally it’s going to be over soon. The dream, world of imagination and exploration, time of introspection ,state of creation and destruction, crushed beliefs ,firm … Continue reading »
Fear of being complete
Sitting on the second last seat of the bus I gazed outside the window hoping to see some lights and busy Delhi traffic to distract my mind from the hollow thoughts that were annoying me from past 40 minutes since I boarded the bus from purani delhi to my hostel. It was a wonderful day, … Continue reading »
Venerating Shangri-La: Tales from the Mountains
Indian mountains has always been a source of deep thoughts and profound thinking for me, journey to these sacred and mystical lands teach me a lot about life, believes, superstitions, rigidness, hollowness, happiness, destruction and other traits and emotions of human character which are not revealed here in big noisy cities which are so noisy … Continue reading »
All that was at Jaipur Literature Festival,2012
Festival of Controversies happening at Diggi palace in Jaipur fom20th to 24th January 2012 finally ended with literature. Last two sessions on the last day of the fest has made me state the previous statement the way it is, as these were the sessions which saw largest number of audience and some real literary debate, … Continue reading »
“We are once again bullied” : Sanjoy Roy @ Jaipur Literature Festival
Troubled faces of organizers and uneasiness in the atmosphere can be seen here at the Diggi palace which has turned into a military camp. Just minutes before the Video conferencing of Salman Rushdie, some Muslim hardliners said, “Every religion teaches us to respect God, but Rushdie is a criminal writer, and in case the organizers … Continue reading »
Slaman Rushdie now to do a video conference for Jaipur Literature Festival
This time Jaipur literature fest is getting bigger than ever, normally books and literature is not given that attention in media coverage, but this time it’s different, Rushdie controversy has created a vast space for media stories and greater publicity for the fest. As told by festival producer ‘Sanjoy Roy’, aimed” video addressing by salman … Continue reading »