November Rain. :)

26th November 2009

Place: Bedroom balcony. Time: 10:35pm

Started out as a cloudy dawn,

The black cloud thought it should not warn,

what with 'quirky' being a trend these days,

Nothing's wrong with the 'November' rains.

It enjoyed the way people gaped,

was sure they didn't expect him,

'In November?' they wondered aloud,

'What could be the reason behind the appearance of this unwelcome cloud?'

What started as drizzling turned into July rain,

Many lips curved into smiles,

It soothed the October heat's pain..

'It's spring time!', I protested to the cloud,

'Very unfair, this is not the time for you to take the share!'

The cloud just chuckled, and said

'Everyone talks about the weather,

no one does anything about it!'

Wake up before It's too late,

the little black cloud in November,

is just a messenger from the future. =)

The Oyster

There once was an oyster

Whose story I tell,

Who found that some sand

Has got into his shell.

It was only a grain,

But it gave him great pain.

For oysters have feelings,

Although they're so plain.

Now, did he berate

The harsh working's of fate

That had bought him 

To such deplorable state?

Did he curse at the government,

Cry for election,

And claim that sea should give him protection?

No-he said to himself

As he lay on a shell

Since he cannot remove it,

I shall try to improve it.

Now the years have rolled around

As the years always do,

And he came to his ultimate 

Destiny--Stew.

And the small grain of sand

That had bothered him so

Was a beautiful pearl

All richly aglow.

Now the tale has a moral;

For isn't it grand

What an oyster can do

With a morsel of sand?

What couldn't we do

If we'd only begin

With some of the things 

That get under our skin.

**This poem was not written by me. But since it has a beautiful message, I thought of sharing it with you, hope you liked it :)**

Lost sagacity.

Past 2-3 days, have been a blur, with political leaders flinging mud at each other, getting arrested and the chaos that followed.[Nothing new in this, though!]

The media, as it always does, focused on the riots that ensued, the losses incurred and the gory details of the news. Every news channel wanted to be the ‘first one’ to bring the ‘breaking news’ to you.

Playing the same clip of a bus set ablaze or stoning by furious mobs again and again, instills fear in the minds of common man, and the channels just cash in T.R.P. on this too clear logic. Even if the situation outside is normal, the people watching these stupid news channels, get scared and sit at home. . .I’m not saying that they  shouldn’t 'show the truth’, but hammering negative views into the grey matter of the gullible viewer is unacceptable! Instead they should focus on the core issues, like unemployment, which in the first place, caused the revolt!  India’s first mission to moon, such a significant step for the Indian Space Research, got sidelined in this hollow fracas!!!

Diversity, in a country like India, can be a boon or a bane. And communalism only fuels the latter one. . .Taking up a particular issue, and giving pessimistic revolting speeches is ludicrous! Working toward the same with a positive approach is imperative, and rarely done by politicians.Who else, but our own Mahatma Gandhi quotes better for the situation, ‘An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind’. . .

 With our political leaders, nailing the coffin for India’s bright future, and using the divide and rule policy (!) to fill their coffers with votes, we have miles to go before the so called dream of; ‘Independent India’ is fulfilled. . .

 Cynical? Negative? Call it whatever you want to, but it’s just a 17 year old having her say at the sorry state of her country. . .