Friday, April 16, 2010

Requital

A stranger passing by,
A kind look in the eye,
A smile, warm and shy...
Smile back... should I?

Why should I?
Its only a stranger passing by!
But she smiled at me... why?
To be friendly, should I try?

Looking for a loophole, I
Let the beauty of the moment slip by

Will it happen again?
Will I be ready then?
Will I catch the eye of anon.,
And be ready to smile back then?

[Inspired by a 5 year-old girl sitting in her grannie's lap - It was dark, and I was passing by them - she smiled reticently while I squinted to get a closer look. I smiled back... :-) Seems like only kids can smile at strangers without wanting anything back from them! ]

© 2010 Praveena Slathia

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Life as is...

Hello Hello Hello Hello...
Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye Goodbye...
That's all there is
And the leaves that are green turn to brown...

- Simon and Garfunkel

Green blogs??

It was ablog-browse day at work today(of course work was happening in the background!! :-)) And this is what I stumbled onto -

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To the hope that there will be more green cover around the world tomorrow than there is today!!

Friday, March 5, 2010

I stand

I liked to stand like this
By the roadside...
Green and bright...

Now my myriad lovers
Caress me by day
And choke me at night

It is funny how
The same thing can mean
Both life and death at once...

I stand, a silent spectator
While they speed past me
Not sparing a glance

With this the case
How could I hope for
A moonlight dance?

How would I care
To tame my unkempt locks
Or my shabby hemline?

A pair of scissors came along
A nip here, a tuck there,
I stand, beautiful again

And yet at the end of the day
The gift I get
Is a coat of gray...

It's too warm for this
It's stifling me
I need to breathe again...

The rain came down...
And washed me off the pain
Readying me for another day of loving...

I wait for the morrow...
I wait to wallow
And wilt in the smoke again...

[Inspired by a lone Asoka tree that had been pruned in the ASC Campus - It was looking on us while we were stuck in a traffic jam on Friday evening!]
© 2010 Praveena Slathia

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Joy ride everyday...

Ok... one more day's journey in the bus with the "half-back-rest" wale seats done. Of course there is no point in complaining about the "pain in the neck" that this travel has become. So I've decided to list out the positives - you know, seeing the half-full part of the back-rest rather than the head-rest part that's missing.

* I get to stay awake and see the beauty that's Bangalore for at least half the journey.

* The other half of the journey of course shows the prosperity in the city. The number of cars and 2-wheelers snaking through the rather wide main roads that still falls short of the city's requirements.

* I can really appreciate and admire the driver's talent to drive the Swaraj Mazda as if it were a 2-wheeler, swinging it left and right as he finds his way through the maze... all this without a near-accident. (The accidents are avoided coz of a lot of sudden brakes of course!) He deserves a medal for this.

* The back-ache inducing jerks that force me to exercise everyday... This journey is in fact helping me stay fit! ;)

It is a fruitful journey indeed!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Pleasant break

It's awesome... to be able to stay home and relax when you are supposed to be at office... relaxing! :)

I worked on my guitar lessons for a whole hour! That was the best part of my day :)

Its great to be back with music... its like finding a part of myself that I had lost, while walking through the race that's life... I am not even running the race, and I feel lost!

I've started listening to The music again...

Wednesday, January 27, 2010

"Thoughtlessness"

Is it possible to be in a state of "thoughtlessness" - literally... with no thoughts? Just blank.

I attended a workshop on Meditation organized by Dhyanapeeta this weekend. Although I don't believe in "avatar purush" and things, may be there are people who attain a level of spitituality we only dream of knowing.

Vikas says that in India, spirituality is one of the most marketable things. Maybe its true... but I do believe in Yoga and Dhyan. I wish I can feel what it means to be "thoughtless" and "happy" without these feelings being the result of anyone else's actions.

Well... let's see..