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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Drifting Flames





Watched a movie "Fracture" of Anthony Hopkins . Not a great movie or a movie to recommend but like some of the quotes of it Like "Even a broken clock is right twice a day" .In the movie , the writer has used some lines of an old poem of Dr Seuss from the book "OH!THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!".This book "OH!THE PLACES YOU'LL GO!" is basically for kids and the book concerns life and its challenges. I dont know if children can understand the real meaning of the poem or I am doing some misinterpretation of the poem . But to me ,it looks quite a dark poem as dark as the above pics .. crawling into my dreams .

Let me highlight the lines which were used in this movie . Read it and interpret them ;-) .. May be I am just goofing up everything because of my "Drifting thoughts" ..Here I am, on the road again, ....There I am, up on the stage ... There I go, playing star again, ....There I go, turn the page

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You'll be on your way up!
You'll be seeing great sites!
You'll join the high fliers!
who soar to high heights.

You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

Except when you don't.
Because, sometimes, you won't.

I'm sorry to says so
but, sadly, it's true
that Bang-ups
and Hang-ups
can happen to you

You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.

You'll come down from the Lunch
wuth an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you'll be in a Slump.

And when you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.

You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're dark.
A place that could sprain both elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?

And IF you should go in,should you turn left or right...
or right-and-three-quaters? Or maybe not quite?
Or go around and back and sneak from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.

You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long and wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most usless place

The Waiting Place...

...for people just waiting.

Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.


NO!
That's not for you!

Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying.
You'll find the bright places
where boom bands are playing.

Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball
will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be famous as famous can be,
with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.

Except when they don't.
Because, sometimes, they won't.

I'm afraid that some times
you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win
'cause you'll play against you.

All Alone!
Whether you like it or not.
Alone will be something
you'll be quite a lot.

And when you're alone, theres a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.

But on you will go
though the whether be foul.
On you will go
though your enemies prowl.
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl.
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though you arms may get sore
and your sneakers may leak.

On and on you will hike.
And I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems
whatever they are.

You'll get mixed up of course,
as you already know.
You'll get mixed up
with many stray birds as you go.
So be sure when you step.
Step with care and great tact
and remember that Life's
a Great Balancing Act.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with you left.

And will you succeed?
Yes! You will indeed!


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Friday, January 1, 2010

As time goes by




Right now everyone is either busy in either celebrating the coming of New year or dumping the rusted memories of previous year . But I am enjoying a cup of Earl grey tea in one hand and typing with the other ,listening to the an antichrist singer "Marilyn Manson" on my roof top .Under the void sky and the black starless night without my headphones,the only sound I can listen is of chirrups of the insects and cascading of the waves of the cool breeze. Under such a night , these words are echoing in my mind.

Sometimes I feel I've got to
Run away I've got to
Get away
From the pain that you drive into the heart of me
The love we share
Seems to go nowhere
I've lost my lights
I toss and turn I can't sleep at night

As time goes by , we are reaching more and more closer toward the death and farther and farther from the Goal of life. Aah , those profound thoughts again . Concentrate dogra concentrate , calm down ..

Cool it, dude
Don't be rude
You will only get your temper up -
Whats the use ?
Let's have some Ghup Shup
You do the Gup and i will shut up ......

And now i am in power saving mode (shut up mode)....Silence .. silence and silence has surrounded me . And Within the silence comes peace...With peace comes freedom...With freedom comes silence ..!! . Right now all i am thinking of is the Flashback of the 2009 in the context of incredible India.

Some things take time to dawn on you
Like a morning that takes a whole night
How often when we haven't a clue
Does darkness turn to light

I am not going to give a list of news flashback here as you can get it very easily ,so google that if you want . I see this year as a year of change , not only climatic change but change in the thought process of the people of india . Till last year , Arunachal pradesh was the only state in the country with less than 2% of voting but this year we see sudden decrease in the voter's percentage in other states of India like Maharastra which shows of spreading of a view "Which country and why should I do this and that for the country... what has this country given to me and why do i need to repay it back ".There is not nothing good or bad in it but it just shows change in the ideology of people.One of the major achievement of this year was the coining of the term "Hindoo Terrorism" by some secularist politicians. Other than this,2009 has brought a new concept in Indian society " Live in the Society of Victimization where people are more comfortable being victimized than actually standby for themselves". This year we saw the rise of the regionalism under the guidance of Shri Shri Raj Thakeray ji and Slicing of india ignited by telangana and gorkhaland and Just like Adult Education initiatives, under the leadership of Swami N.D.Tiwary ,a new program 'Adult sex education' for Senior citizens. In this whole process of evolution , I pity Sardar Patel who wasted his time in integrating 565 semi-autonomous princely states and British-era colonial provinces into United India (In Chanakya's term "Uthishta Bharatha"). He could also have enjoyed a royal life of the politicians but woh kehte hai naa hindi mein "Vinaash kaale, viprit buddhi" . He scarified his whole life for integrating India and What we gave him back.. just a tag of "Iron Man of India". And now we should give another tags to our leaders who are fighting for separate states "Melting men of India". Few days back , an advertisement of Amul was published in The Hindu newspaper .

This advertisement explains the condition of India.

Few years back , I listened these lines somewhere :

Woh aadmi nahi ek mukamaal biyan hai
Uss ke mathee par gehri chot ka nisaan hai
Ek din milla tha ,chitroon mein mujhe
Mein ne jo pucha naam , tho kaha hindoostan hu mein

Now I can understand the real meaning of these lines . From the head to foot , Bharat maa ki bleeding and like Stigmata , i can feel her pain .

Dil dard ka tukda hai Patthar ki Dali si hai
Ek andha kuan hai Ya ek band Gali si hai
Ek chhota sa Lamha hai jo Khatm nahin hota
Main Laakh jalata hoon ye Bhasm nahin hota

This year of 2009 , i see the impact of the Change in the mindset of people in our Bollywood also. As Bollywood trends keep on changing with the the mindsets of the common Indian so now this feeling of resentment among each Indian can be easily seen in our movies. Whether we take an example of " Wednesday " which shows How much a common Indian is fed up by govt policies of feeding the terrorists or "Gulaal" which shows the resentment among several neglected communities of india. Not only this , we have seen some new Anthems coming up .

One of them was in Gulaal where piyush mishra recited the Version 1.0 of सरफरोशी की तमन्ना अब हमारे दिल में है by Ram Prasad Bismil ...

Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai
Dekhna hai zor kitna bazu-e-kaatil me hai
Waqt aane pe bataadenge tujhe e aasmaan
Hum abhi se kya batayen kya hamare dil me hai

Oh re Bismil kaash aate aaj tum Hindustaan
Dekhte ki mulk saara kya tashan, kya chill mein hai
Aaj ka launda yeh kehta hum to bismil thak gaye
Apni aazaadi to bhaiya laundiya ke dil mein hai.

Aaj ke jalson me Bismil ek gunga gaa raha.
Aur behron ka wo rela naachta mehfil mein hai
Haath ki khadi banaane ka zamaana lag gaya
Aaj to chaddi bhi silti englison ki mill mein hai

Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai
Dekhna hai zor kitna bazu-e-kaatil me hai





and the other was from the movie "Rann" where they altered the National anthem of India 'Jana Gaan Maan' to depict the present condition of india : Version 1.0 of Jana Gann Mana.




Jana Gann Mana Rann hai
Iss Rann mein
Zakhmi hua hai Bhaarat ka Bhaagya Vidhaata
Punjab Sindh Gujrat Maratha
Ek doosre se ladd ke mar rahein hain
Is desh ne humko ek kiya
Hum desh ke tukdey kar rahein hain
Dravid Utkal Banga
Khoon bahaa ker, ek rang ka kar diya humne tiranga
Sarhadon pe jung aur
Galiyon mein fasaad dangaVindh Himachal Yamuna Ganga
Mein tezaab ubal raha hai
Mar gaya sab ka zameer
Jaane kab zinda ho aagey
Phir bhi Tava shubh naame jaage
Tava shubh aashish maange
Aag mein jal kar cheekh raha hai
Phir bhi koi nahi sach ko bachaata
Gaahe tava jaya gaatha
Desh ka aisa haal hai lekin
Aapas mein ladd rahein NetaJana Gann Mangal daayak jaya hai
Bhaarat ko bacha le Vidhaata!!!
Jaya hai Ya yeh Marann hai
Jana Gann Mana Rann hai


Now i can see some light to my darkness just like The twilight of the Dawn or the dusk....
I see the Sun on the seas,
I see the gentle sway of the trees,
I see all this in the morning breeze,
I wish I could make Time freeze

But I can't freeze this time so let me try freezing my wandering thoughts in my mind.

There is a song in my heart .
A smile on my face ;
Life is an art ,
Not a rat race.

And you all know The problem with the rat race is even if you win you're still a rat and I dont wanna be a rat . One last gasp , one last stride, And you can take that victory ride .

Good night folks as Now my mind is calling me back to the dream lands which appear more real that the real world.


Regards,
Aditya Dogra
Is adult entertainment killing our children? or is killing our children entertaining our adults?

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Dehumanized Human







It was a Sports Stadium.

Eight Children were standing on the track to participate in a running event.

* Ready! * Steady! * Bang !!!

With the sound of Toy pistol,

All eight girls started running.

Hardly had they covered ten to fifteen steps,

when one of the smaller girls slipped and fell down,

Due to bruises and pain she started crying.

When the other seven girls heard the little girl cry they stopped running, stood for a while and turned back.

Seeing the girl on the track they all ran to help.

One among them bent down, picked her up and kissed her gently

And enquired as to how she was..

They then lifted the fallen girl pacifying her.

Two of them held her firmly while all seven joined hands together and walked together towards the winning post........ .

There was pin drop silence at the spectator's stand.

Officials were shocked.

Slow claps multiplied to thousands as the spectators stood up in appreciation.

Many eyes were filled with tears

And perhaps even God's!

YES.!! This happened in Hyderabad [INDIA], recently!

The sport was conducted by
National Institute of Mental Health.


All these special girls had come to participate in this event

They were spastic children.

Yes, they were Mentally Challenged.

What did they teach the WORLD.?

Teamwork.?

Humanity.?

Equality among all.??

Successful people help others who are slow in learning

So that they are not left far behind.

This is really a great message... Spread it.!


We never do this because we have brains !!!!


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Vi veri veniversum vivus vici




Dated : 19th-sept-09

"Vi veri veniversum vivus vici" is a Latin phrase meaning: "By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe". That's the theme of the movie "V for Vendetta". Celebrating the Friday Night, I decided to watched this movie which I have already watched several times but still each time I watch it , only one thought comes in my mind 'Ending could have been better'. But still I love it. Its a movie about a shadowy freedom fighter known only as "V" uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society.
The movie starts with the lines ,that keep on echoing in my lunatic head, "
Remember, remember the 5th of November, the gun powder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot" which ,in reality , points toGuy Fawkes or Guido Fawkes (Wiki Link) ,notorious or famous for his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. The movie is a plot of rebellion or revolution with the motto of picturizing the brutality of politicians (Politics - In latin Poly means 'Many' and Tics means 'Blood Sucking creatures' ). One of the quote of the movie which puts light on Guy Fawkes life was "We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. you cannot kiss an idea, cannot touch it or hold it. Ideas do not bleed, it cannot feel pain, and it does not love. And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man. A man who made me remember the fifth of November. A man I will never forget." . These are actually the words of John Milton's Satan in book six of Paradise Lost was inspired by Fawkes.
Also as the movie goes, at one one moment the movie shadows the modern nature of Human i.e. Godlessness with the movie dialogues flowing like this "
Godlessness. Let me say that again… Godlessness. It wasn’t the war they started. It wasn’t the plague they created. It was Judgement. No one escapes their past. No one escapes Judgement. You think he’s not up there? You think he’s not watching over this country? " .
Aah , how come I forgot the scene where Evey asked V "
who are you?" and V replied "Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin van-guarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition.
The only verdict is vengeance; a
vendetta, held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous."

Just thinking who all wants to increase their english vocab , this covers atleast the letter "V" ;-) ;-) ;-).


Now let me watch another movie of this kind "The dark Knight" with one the quote of V for
Vendetta in my mind "Artists Use Lies To Tell The Truth. Politicians Use Them To Hide The Truth."



The complete Rhymes dedicated to Guy Fawkes :
Remember, remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason, why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
Remember, remember, the fifth of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot!
A stick or a stake for King James' sake
Will you please to give us a fagot
If you can't give us one, we'll take two;
The better for us and the worse for you!

Another piece of popular doggerel:

Guy, guy, guy
Poke him in the eye,
Put him on the bonfire,
And there let him die.


Regards,
Aditya Dogra
"In life you need either inspiration or desperation."

A Thoughtful night :-)

The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed with the Sun - By William Blake

Dated : 24th-Sept-09


I don't know what compounded my confusions and confessions that I got addicted to insomniac nights . Keep on searching for something in the darkness of night, trying to answers of my questions and questions of my answers . As in spanish word for dark is 'OSCURA' simply means "obscure" . So the Dark night means an "Obscure night" i.e it doesn't comprehend clearly what is happening .Lets see it from other dimension . The darkness or obscure nature of night doesnt implies its sinister nature , but it implies that the liberation takes places in hidden ways, beneath our knowlegde abd understanding . God darken our awareness in order to keep us safe .We can't chart our own course ,we become vulnerable to GOD's protection , and the darkness becomes a "guiding night" , a "night more kindly than the dawn". Also as said in V forVendetta ""The darkest hour comes before the dawn."". Aah ..!! I dont know what the hell I keep on writing . I started this mail with a lovely thought and somehow started speaking of la noche oscura . Yesterday night or more specific during the darkest hours of the night, while googling for something , i started reading about "ORANGUTANS : a endangered species of great apes ".

Orangutans : They differ from other species of great apes in several important ways.Though their intelligence and relative lifespan are traits shared by the other great primates, the social behavious and general lifestyle of orangutans are quite different.
The two other groups of great apes : Chimpanzees and Gorillas ,live in mixed social groups . Orangutans ,on the other hand ,live semisolitary existences. That is to say ,Male orangutans live alone most of the time, occupying and defending their territory and the females who live there . Though female residing within the boundaries of one male orangutan's domain belong to him , they dont live with him. Their only intimate contact occurs during weeklongs periods of fertility every few years, between pregnancies. Once a female is pregrant ,she takes care of herself and eventually raises her baby completely alone. Even when several adult females and their babies group around the same fruit tree - a rare but possible event- they don't fight or share as other primate groups world, but instead ignore each other.


Inference I made from this : We normally say "Man is a social Animal". But in the modern world no-one has time to socialize so earlier human beings were kind of decadents from the great apes. We used to have joint families, used to have more than 1000 folks joining the marriage ceremonies and death ceremonies , ladies cooking 100's of chapaties and ten or more kids fighting for a choclate (Melody khao khud jan jao) . These behaviour of human resembles with Gorillas or Chimpanzees . But what about modern man????? Including me typing mails and you reading ;-). We now talk about Live-in relationships and living in nuclear families . Whole concept of human existence has changes in last decade. Now I think the previous generation was a decendant of Gorillas and we , so called "X-Gen" or "Y-Gen" or "NXT-Gen" folks, are decendants from Orangutan . Reading about them in the above passage looks resembles whole and souly with 21st century human with just one modification : Here both male and female have their own territories (Not like in Orangutan ).

"The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled."

I look into the mirror
See myself, I'm over me
I need space for my desires
Have to dive into my fantasies


I think I bore you guys with my floating thoughts each day , do let me know if you don't wanna be part of my abstruse thoughts. I Woke up early morning with a nightmare of my router crash and blah blah ;-) .Looking at the clear blue sky and the wet earth from my room's window reminded me of Pink floyd's songs "Good bye blue sky "

"Look mummy, there's an aeroplane up in the sky"
Did you see the frightened ones?
Did you hear the falling bombs?
Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter
When the promise of a brave new world
Unfurled beneath a clear blue sky?

Such a amazing song with sarcastic and acidulous remark on human progress . The progress which we mark as acme of our civilization, filled with the horror of warfare and terrorism where today we have bigger houses but small families , more degrees but less common sense ,advanced medicines but poor health ,two earning hands but more divorces,touched moon but no contacts with our neighbors , high salaries yet less peace of mind .We are floating over the line.Let us follow our mind .All of our life we'll wait for the answer. and the question is why ?We're just travelers in endless space. If we're following our mind, We can glide into light.
No one knows if there'll be an answer ,While we're morphing through time .
With all these thoughts crawling in my skin and these wounds which will not heal ,Fear is how I fall , Confusing what is real , I started listening songs and to make my life easier I played 5 star rated songs and the top one were of Gulaal.Now as always after listening one of its song "Aarambh hai prachand" , I started googling about a dialogue which was basically a part of a poem by Ram dhari singh dinkar . At last I found the complete poem , loved reading that . Knowing the fact that my hindi is really bad but then i tried to google its words to understand the meaning of it throughly .I was just thinking 'now i regret of not paying much attention on hindi as a language during my early years of learning' but then another thought hit the walls of my brain 'it doesn't matter , now google is god ;-) ;-) ;-) '



दो न्याय अगर तो आधा दो, और, उसमें भी यदि बाधा हो,

तो दे दो केवल पाँच ग्राम, रक्खो अपनी धरती तमाम।

हम वहीं खुशी से खायेंगे,

परिजन पर असि न उठायेंगे!

लेकिन दुर्योधन

दुर्योधन वह भी दे न सका, आशीष समाज की ले न सका,

उलटे, हरि को बाँधने चला, जो था असाध्य, साधने चला।

हरि ने भीषण हुंकार किया, अपना स्वरूप-विस्तार किया,

डगमग-डगमग दिग्गज डोले, भगवान् कुपित होकर बोले-

'जंजीर बढ़ा कर साध मुझे,

हाँ, हाँ दुर्योधन! बाँध मुझे।

यह देख, गगन मुझमें लय है, यह देख, पवन मुझमें लय है,

मुझमें विलीन झंकार सकल, मुझमें लय है संसार सकल।

सब जन्म मुझी से पाते हैं,

फिर लौट मुझी में आते हैं।

यह देख जगत का आदि-अन्त, यह देख, महाभारत का रण,

मृतकों से पटी हुई भू है,

पहचान, कहाँ इसमें तू है।


Ye waqt ke kabhi Gulam nahi ..

This is a song from the movie "Taare zameen par ". This song shows the two faces of the modern world. One kind of human beings are busy in the rat race life , where they follow a strict routines and live a Mechanical life (numb life). Other kind is one who live a void life i.e nothing to lose or nothing to gain, nothing to worry or nothing to sorry. I think the second kind is much better than being followers of rat race . Because in this modern world, the more I attempted to "Be me" the more "me's" i found there were. I really dont need a " reason " to be happy. I neither have to consult the future to know how happy I am now nor I have look back into history pages to compare my happiness . If there is a 'me' that curses and struggles and a 'me' that winks and walks in peace , do I have a choice of selves. We live in a primitive time, don't we, Will? Neither savage nor wise. Half measures of the curse of it, any rational society will either kill us or put us to some use. A robin red-breast in a cage, puts all of Heaven in a rage. Think to yourself that every day is your last. The hour to which you do not look forward will come as a welcome surprise.

In the words of a Antichrist Singer "Marilyn Manson " :




Sweet dreams are made of these.
Who am I to disagree?
Travel the world and the seven seas.
Everybody's looking for something.
Some of them want to use you.
Some of them want to get used by you.
Some of them want to abuse you.
Some of them want to be abused.

Here is the song with the lyrics below :








Kas Ke Joota Kas Ke Belt

Khoons Ke Andar Apni Shirt
Manzil Ko Chali Sawaari
Kandho Pe Zimmedari

Haath Mein File Man Mein Dum
Meelon Meel Chalenge Hum
Har Mushkil Se Takrayenge
Tas Se Mas Na Honge Hum

Duniya Ka Naara Jame Raho
Manzil Ka Ishaara Jame Raho
Duniya Ka Naara Jame Raho
Manzil Ka Ishaara Jame Raho

Ye Sote Bhee Hain Attention
Aage Rehne Ki Hai Tension
Mehnat Inko Pyari Hai
Ekdum Aagyakari Hain

Ye Omlet Par Hi Jeete Hain
Ye Tonic Saare Peete Hain
Waqt Pe Sote Waqt Pe Khate
Taan Ke Seena Padhte Jate

Duniya Ka Naara Jame Raho...

Yahaan Alag Andaz Hai
Jaise Chhidta Koi Saaz Hai
Har Kaam Ko Taala Karte Hain
Ye Sapne Paala Karte Hain

Ye Hardum Socha Karte Hain

Ye Khud Se Poocha Karte Hain

Kyon Duniya Ka Naara Jame Raho
Kyon Manzil Ka Ishaara Jame Raho
Kyon Duniya Ka Naara Jame Raho
Kyon Manzil Ka Ishaara Jame Raho


Ye Waqt Ke Kabhi Ghulam Nahin
Inhain Kisi Baat Ka Dhyan Nahin
Titli Se Milne Jaate Hain
Ye Pedon Se Batiyate Hain

Ye Hawa Batora Karte Hain
Barish Ki Boondein Padhate Hai
Aur Aasmaan Ke Canvas Pe
Ye Kalakariyan Karte Hain

Kyon Duniya Ka Naara Jame Raho
Kyon Manzil Ka Ishaara Jame Raho
Kyon Duniya Ka Naara Jame Raho
Kyon Manzil Ka Ishaara Jame Raho