Saturday 24 May 2014

The Great Escape

Don’t get me wrong: super powers are great. I mean who doesn’t want to fly or be able to turn green and smash through a wall.

But c’mon… nobody fancies being bitten by a radioactive mosquito.

That’s just painful – for everybody.

When Clark dresses up in his blues, people scream: It’s a bird; it’s a plane... When Bruce started setting the scene in Gotham, criminals started saying ‘Beware of the Batman’. All I can say is: ‘Kutte, Kamine… Mein tera khoon pee jaoonga!’ (Translation: Dog, B@$#@%>, I will drink your blood!). It’s like being a part of the Twilight series – except I have wider range of facial expressions than the entire cast.
Criminals die laughing when I say that because of the irony.

You know that first time Peter Parker realized something was up; and that he could climb walls; and was so glad that he wasn’t shooting webs from his rear? I had a not-so-similar moment.

So, I was working from home, late one evening night and suddenly I felt like I was choking. The air was getting thinner and nose was starting feel numb. My feet were twisting backwards and the whole time I kept turning left: some weird (probably prehistoric) instinct that I was going to die if I didn’t leave immediately.

I got up and found my legs were actually backwards. I began to fall.

But suddenly I was no longer falling. I had another pair of hand-like-thingies sticking out of my torso (damn things tore through my Simpsons t-shirt). My back was arching, my mouth was thinning and only a mirror could tell me why my back was itching like a flea ridden mongrel.

Add all this agony to a screaming voice in my head saying: ‘MUST RUN, MUST FLY, NEED BLOOD!’.

I arched and turned. During my fall, I had accidently let my water bottle slip and water had spilt all over the floor. I looked into my reflection. I had antenas on my head and I could see a pale shimmering wing buzzing wildly. I tried to scream. What my roommate heard was: ‘eiiiiinnnnnggghhhiiii’ (typical mosquito noise). He jumped to his feet and reached for his mosquito racket.

He rushed to my room and I saw the joy in his eyes: One Big Juicy Mosquito to kill. I had seen that look before. Flashbacks ran through my head, when I had seen him wield that racket with so much panache, it could have put Glen Maxwell or Maria Sharapova or even their love child’s moves to shame.

The voice in my head screamed louder! I panicked!

My wings began to buzz and upwards I went.

*THUD!

I hit the fan!

My villain-of-the moment saw me make my move.

‘NOW OR NEVER’, he yelled!

I flew straight at him: Mouth pointed out, trying to tell him it was me: but all he saw was the challenge of culling the earth of the monstrosity that was me.

Racket flies! *SWOOSH!

He gets me at my left leg’s tip. A few hair follicles singed: still hoping that I could get out of this alive.
I tried getting up. But he was faster. He struck again!

*WHAM!

I narrowly missed the wire and hit my face against the frame of the racket.

All the mosquito instinct powered in! I dived. Too quick for him! He didn’t see it coming. I leaped towards the door and so did he. He tried another backhand with his weapon. I evaded!

I had bought a moment of time.

Then I saw it: My Mosquito Sense showed me that if I jumped up and flew straight for his head, and hit a hard right, I could get out of the room.

My wings buzzed. His eyes were bloodthirsty.

He flung the racket and ran to get me!

Now imagine this in slow motion: I jumped! The racket coming for me, my roommate running and screaming out loud!

The racket still coming at me, turns clockwise. I fly towards it anti-clockwise. I see it pass me: with its morbid crackling laughter fill my ears!

The turn executed (Top Gun Tom Cruise would be proud of me), I focus my attention towards my charging death! His hands reach out to swat me.

He misses! I get out of his arm’s length! I’m almost there.

Just before I exit the room, I realize what caused the choking in the first place: I had put the Mosquito Liquidator on! (I know: suicidal right?)

I barely had a moment. I darted towards the hallway. My balcony door was open. Trusting my wings and hoping gravity would be nice: I JUMPED!

I made it out. The cool breeze was healing.

In the distance I heard the watchman scream, ‘M-M-M-MOCH-MOCHAAARRR!!!!’
I turned around.

My roommate was there! Still angry. I could see him mouth: This is not over.

I knew it too: this was going to be difficult.

But like they say: One day at a time.

Up I flew, leaving the world behind.


-FIN-

Sunday 12 February 2012

The Bad Netas (because they are like that only)


We'll give you rain,we'll give you Sun
We'll give your money a very good run
We'll half-lay roads, and half-build drains
And complete it when you vote for us again

We'll meet you when the elections are near
And forget about you for the rest of the years
We'll play songs of unity in the regional tongue
As our flyers are invariably filled with word-dung

To grab your attention,we'd do crazy things
Ride a donkey,set fireworks ablaze & even get an orchestra to sing
We'll block the cities arterial roads when we pass
Because we're not 'AAM ADMI' , but 'ADMI KHASS'

We'll promise to listen to you when we can,
Except when we're flying out to the US or Japan
because 'Bilateral Diplomacy' is such a beautiful term
because You spend for the ticket & We have the fun

We'll stand and watch, until you come to us
About water, electricity or even the rising price of cooking gas
And we'll tell you that the higher authorities are yet to agree
About spending the money they promised your constituency

We dont really care whether you do know us
But soon you'll see us in the papers
We'll be looking important with our swanky cars
And we'll place your problems in a pickle jar

We are politicians, and we represent you
Vote for us, and we'll leave the sky blue
Some of us experienced, some of us new
Some of us know our jobs...most of us don't have a clue...

Jai Hind !!!

Tuesday 17 November 2009

Origin of Thought

Hold that thought...

Let it linger.Let it take its space,irrespective of whether it deserves it or not.Let it flow.Let it run wild.Let it tame itself.Let it grow.Let it spawn...Smile when it runs down memory lane, cry when it hits a dead end & cant climb over it.Entertain the idea of growth.See its potential. Seek its core. Scream when its redundant...enjoy the patternless ride.Jump aboard its illusiveness and if you have to take a moment to thank yourself for it.

You gave it life in an inanimate world of dead thoughts, that circle and clog your reason.You brought forth a concept that's new, yet logical because of its roots.You seem perfectly all right with it, and so should the world.

You take it up upon yourself to extend the thought, and more join the cluster.They swarm and make a hive with thoughts so sweet.Sweeter than all those ironies & innuendos that people always have as "ready wit". No: this is sweeter.

You don't have to answer anyone about why your ideas are amok or why they follow a ritualistic pattern.Anarchism to the degree, when its transformed into a discipline. No: its not an oxymoron...imagine: if everyone saw the beauty. An Idea. A splendid one. One without purpose, yet with a roll to break the monotony.

A third of a second passes, yet you shoot down the reality checks, and you let it remain, despite your "advisers". You wait. You patiently wait, until it bears fruit, except here:its a new perspective. Its a new high, and a new zenith.

You dream on. There are no encounters with people whom you dislike.Everyone here is someone who is shaping your world.One mistaken incident at a time.One displced notion after another & most importantly one leg of emotions after the next.You see them now as those who broke your Blinders. And the idea gets stronger. You have given it a boost towards a moral understanding. Slowly a spiritual angle can take place, but you don't have to entertain it, because this is YOUR thought.

You have a world of your own, and everyone there is your friend.The idea grows from a thought. And it does because you let it.

Sunday 17 May 2009

My Computer....pattar pattar....

My Patience Tester
My Patience Builder
My Time Consuming
Near-Backwards-Running Computer

Agreed you're Pops is Babbage
But you're just as worse a Cabbage
You'll feel at home with the Garbage
And I hope you'll Rott even after Oldage (this is soooooooo childish)

You've strained my eyes
You've stopped playing any music
You're affected by so many virus
It just fits the discription of "tragic"

OS Re-installations & that of Driver Disks
Software Environment Re-Setups & all the fun I have missed
Low Disk Space,Errors & Virtual Memory Is Low
How much more, Dear Computer,do I have to put up with you

You can't connect to the Internet
And you just can't play CDs
To make it worse You don't seem to understand
what the hell was a Double Click !!

You cant be fixed By Norton
Or even by Kaspersky
Avg's given up hope
And I cant renew my Avast Registration Key !!

80 GB Harddisk
256 (SD)Ram
No graphics Card,No Card Reader
You're just such a scam...

I loved you when you first came
You as a machine was perfected
You were the only one
In the neighbourhood that could play NFS: Most Wanted

Photoshop Scratch Disks are Always Full
The modem lights refuse to blink
I have a seperate table fan to cool you down,
Man, by all standards you Stink !!

Samsung Mosue
& CRT monitor
Logitec Keyboard
& 2.1 Altec Lansing Speakers

These above mentioned parts
are the only ones which work
Maybe cuz they are independent of you
You STOOPID STOOPID CPU Jerk !!

You've made me clench my fists
and almost pour water at you
Maybe I should have, but then I wont...
You wanna know why: just continue to read on...

You helped me create designs on PS
You allowed me to move music to my phone
You were the only system available
when I had to get my projects done.

You've brought me closer to people
and that's something beyond me...
I could reach Anywhere in India,The States,Oz & The Gulf...
And talk them for the longest time

You've stayed up those long hours with me
when I've had Lofty Ideas & helped give them Wings
Those experimenst with Softwares and Music
and the Video-Conversion Things

You're not my Best Friend
But you sure are my Savior (at times)
My patince Builder:My Fist un-clencher
My dear Near-backwards Running Computer :)


*ERROR *ERROR *ERROR

The Application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000022). Click on OK to terminate the application

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A lil while later....

UPS BEGINS TO BEEP...NO ELECTRICITY !!!

SHUCKS: THE UPS IS GOING OFF TOO!!!!!!

ARRRGHHHHHHHH !!!!

Saturday 29 November 2008

ONE PEACE BURGER, WITH EXTRA PEACE PLEASE !!!

THE DAYS OF SUNSHINE COME BY AND GO
BUT YET IT SEEMS MIGHTY SLOW,
WHEN THE WORLD WOULD COPE-
UP WITH ITS STRUGLES, DREAMS & GOALS...

I STAND AS A SINGLE PERSON,
ALONE, INSIDE & WATCH
THIS WORLD CARRY ITSELF AND ITS BURDEN
EVERY SECOND OF EVERY MINUTE ON THE DOT.

IT MAY BE SLOW, IT MAY BE FAST,
BUT ALAS, HOW LONG WILL IT LAST
WITH TERROR HERE, AND TROUBLE THERE
IF ONE LIVES TODAY AND TOMMORROW, HE PARTS...

"WHAT WE NEED IS FASTER PEOPLE,
WITH FASTER CARS & FASTER MINDS"
THAT’S ALL YOU'LL HEAR PEOPLE SAY.
BUT PRAY TELL THEM WHERE TO FIND.

IT SEEMS EASY TO WRITE POEMS & BALLADS,
BUT WHAT PURPOSE DO THEY SERVE
WHEN DESPITE "SEEING" THE CONTENTS,
NOTHING MOVES, NOT EVEN YOUR NERVES.

NOW I DON'T CARE WHO SAYS WHAT,
I JUST WANT A STATE FULL OF PEACE
EVEN FOR AN HOUR, OR ATLEAST A MINUTE
IS THAT POSSIBLE, SAY YES PLEASE!

I'LL WAIT FOR THAT ANSWER.
I'LL WAIT AS LONG AS I CAN
BUT DON'T MAKE ME, MAKE YOU ANSWER,
FOR THAT I DON'T WANT TO PLAN.

I DON'T WANT TROUBLE,
SO DON'T GIVE IT TO ME.
DON'T MAKE IT FOR YOUR SELF,
BUT I'LL TRY TO SET YOU FREE.

BEHAVE, RESPECT & ENCOURAGE.
IN RETURN SEE WHAT THEY FETCH.
IF HATING IS YOUR THING, FINE, ITS OKAY WITH ME
JUST DON'T MAKE IT A UNIVERSAL THINGY.

PEACE!!