Minia's Mundane Musings

I will forgive you a lot, I will forgive you anything, I will forgive you everything. But never ever will I forgive your silences. You can bleed me, You can mutilate me, You can humiliate me. I will forgive it all. . . . . But your silences, I will never forgive. You can hurt me, You can whip me, You can ruin me, And I shall still forgive you. But your silences, No! I shan't forgive those. You can isolate me, You can push me away, Nothing will stop me loving you, I will forgive it all.... But your silences are unforgivable..... You can take away your love, You can take away your care, You can take away your respect, I will forget and forgive.... But your silences I shall punish.... You can push me away, You can reject my love, You can tell me not to care, I will still be able to forgive you, But your silences are an unforgivable crime.... You can take away my peace, You can take away my happiness, You can take away my will to live, I wi...

I wish you weren't the first thing I think of when I wake up. I wish I didn't fall asleep with your name on my lips. I wish it weren't only your calls that mattered. I wish it weren't only your messages that I didn't leave unanswered. I wish it wasn't your voice that overrode all the others in my head. I wish it wasn't your face that haunts me. I wish I could stop missing you even when I am in the company of others. I wish I could stop wanting you even when I know you aren't mine to long for. I wish I could think only of your faults and hate you. I wish I could stop loving your idiosyncrasies. I wish I didn't understand your conflict. I wish I didn't understand your need to push me away. I wish I could make you stop hurting me. I wish I could make you stop hurting you. I wish I knew how to share your burden. I wish I knew how to make the pain stop. I wish you would let me care. I wish you would let me love.

Stop Loving The problem is never how to love? How much to love isn't an issue either. The biggest problem is how to stop? Turning on the switch is actually ridiculously simple. Sometimes the switch snaps on. At other times it drops down with excruciating slowness. Sometimes there is fuzzy logic involved. But once the switch is on, you will find it a herculean task to turn it off. However slowly the penny drops, once it is slotted, it's almost impossible to retrieve. The penny at times hits a jackpot, And your life is filled with riches. At times the penny yields nothing and you move on. But the tough part is when it was your last penny, and now it's gone and the casino is the only winner and you are left with less than nothing. Whatever the case, you aren't seeing that penny again. Falling in love is like being at the airport. Most of us are able to board the flight correctly, But some of us end up missing our flights, In spite of doing it all right. ...

I didn't want anything to corrupt my post about Kesari and so I am writing this separately. At the Movies, surely it's not to tough to behave properly. The guy sitting next to me, was quite voluble, and I had to struggle to not let him spoil my movie experience. Also the heights was that he actually took the popcorn and water that I had ordered for myself. It was the server's fault, but surely this nitwit didn't have to eat it, just coz it was free. And when asked why he took it, he calmly said that he thought it was complimentary. Oh My God! How entitled do you think you are that you were the only one in the entire effing theatre to be offered free food? Did you think you had won some secret popcorn lottery? Or did you think that it was sent over by a secret admirer?  And on top of all that to hear you chomping your way through it, punctuated with burps like jhankar beats was the absolute pits. Thank God Inox is my domain and I was able to get another seat. And...

First and foremost, anyone amongst us who has ever cracked a Sardar joke needs to go and see this one. Bravery and valour are by no means the purview of any community or religion, but by all that is holy I swear to you this movie showcases the Sikh community such that you will never forget. At the outset let me tell you that this review will be long and rambling. So quit whilst you are ahead. Also the movie is quite explicit so you might want to think twice before taking kids. The pluses for me were: - the amazing cinematography. - the fact that I knew none of the supporting cast, and each man blended in superbly. - Akshay's best performance ever, and all you can see on screen is Ishar Singh. You know where all the awards are headed this year. The way this man has honed his craft is exemplary and his spectrum is all inclusive given that next we shall see him in a masala entertainer - Suryavanshi. - Anurag Singh the director hasn't resorted to a non-linear narrative, in...

There's a stringless kite fluttering in the breeze. Once the kite was a glorious thing. It had a long tail fluttering behind it. And it's spine was strong and supple. It's frame was sturdy and strong. It's colors were pure and vibrant. It wasn't the prettiest of kites, but it was full of life and hope. It flew strong and proud above tree tops, and balconies and the tallest of buildings. It skimmed the skies and flirted with the heavens. It spoke the language of the rushing winds, And rode alongside the clouds. Once it submitted to a little boy. The boy became the kite's anchor. The kite loved the flights it could achieve when nestled in his hands, But the boy couldn't handle the kite. The kite flew fast and wild. The boy struggled to keep up. The kite's glassed thread ripped from his fingers, It cut his hand, It made him bleed, It made him ache. The kite flew far away. The boy cried over his cut, But soon forgot the pain, Moved o...

I had once attended a lecture by Amish Tripathi, and one of the questions that was posed to him at the end was regarding the potion of immortality ( Somras) mentioned in his book - The Immortals of Meluha. He was asked if why there was no research being done in the field of anti-aging drugs, and I distinctly remember his answer. He said that there was humongous amount of work being done, in countries like France and Switzerland, but that the drugs would be pointless commercially. Simply because even if they did delay the aging process and did promote longevity, how would human beings find the resources to live that long? It was so true! I mean if you are planning to live till 100, you better be sure that you can work until you are at least 80! In the eventuality that one can't work that long and doesn't have the wherewithal to take care of basic needs, it will mean that we rely on state funded care, or then on the charity of well-meaning strangers. And if none of these ar...