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2025 Jan 03

Conversations of a different kind

Rich luminous rare   Most conversations are of the kind we generally indulge in About people getting along with their lives and each other Small talk, big talk, polite and passionate, always on   And then there are those rare unpredictable ones Like lodes of gold hidden in the seams of earth That stand out, make you rich, very rich   They shift your perspective and you Like that ...

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2025 Jan 01

Time you realised

2025 – The year of Shaolin Tiger   If previous years are any indicator, future is more of the same Moving faster and slower, forward and backward Like the swinging pendulum reflecting time   I have survived many disruptions and seen disruptions disrupt disruptions Inertia embraces me when complexity knocks on my door I like to sleep tight   Hmm …   I realise more of same is neither ...

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2024 Dec 30

You can’t beat this

When heads meets tails In a toss called life   When divergence converges …   A caring mother who is a daring astronaut A theoretical physicist who is a passionate guitarist   A serious baker who studies butterflies in the wild A corporate honcho who searches for ancient lands   An ordinary person stretched by the workings of the day Solves Sudoku in peaceful solitude of night   Every ...

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2024 Dec 27

Where do you go

When you need answers To questions that don’t have any   Where do you go When you need peace From mind itself   Where do you go When you are thirsty And water wont quench it   Where do you go When the future calls you And the present won’t leave you   What if The question offers more than the answer The mind drained opens up The thirst ...

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2024 Dec 25

3 know your trajectory

Your stars, genes and manager   2 will wish you long prosperous life Your parents and insurance company   1 will tell you the truth always Your inner voice   0 know what will happen right now To your trajectory, prosperity, and truth Except you   Own the present Why make your partners your masters   Be your master.

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2024 Dec 23

Better to be boring and relevant

Than interesting and irrelevant   Many want to stand out Become interesting And loose their way   Those who desire to be relevant Blend in For they believe the doing matters more than the doer   The former struggle to stay visible And the latter struggle to stay invisible   Relevant is interesting always, if you observe Useless is boring eventually, even if you cheer for it   Choose ...

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2024 Dec 22

Reality never takes the highway with the burger joint

People do   We seek Straight lines that take us from A to B With clear milestones and signages Where input = output   Reality neither gets offended nor amused by our clean working models.   It is Gradual steep straight & curvy, that takes us from A to D via Z Inside - out with buffering horizons Where input + expectation = input + no obligation   Our ...

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2024 Dec 19

It’s always been there

You just need to see it   When the stars explode into emptiness And planets are born from its dust   When the musical notes pop out from vibrating strings And merge back into the sound of silence   When yesterday fades into memory And tomorrow appears as a distant desire   When inhalation takes a u turn And exhales out into the blue sky   Be it the ...

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2024 Dec 16

When you are open to life, you say no to most things

And you meet the people, you need to meet   When you are closed to life, you say no to important things And you miss the people you need   The ‘no’ is common to both One selects, the other avoids – be it people or situations Same gate, different principles, divergent outcomes   When you send out the right signal You will pick the right signal   Increase ...

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2024 Dec 14

When increasing standards

Reduce the quality of your life   When good is not good enough And great extracts a premium   When white spaces look too empty And get optimised permanently   When boredom is given a thumbs down And stress puts up a price   When will-work is replaced by the newest And the newest by the next   Care to read the fine print Standards are complimentary, the maximum ...

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