Life, Musings, Misadventures, Epiphanies by Arun Raj

No thank you!! I would like to have my regular meals with enough of butter and chicken and as spicy as possible. And so, would I have responded to an intense conversation that was bubbling first thing in office today morning. But then I preferred to stay mum in response. It started with one lovely lady in my team that messed up on her GM diet plan because she was too tempted by real food. As she shared the same with another team-mate, also on the same diet plan, a bunch of ladies in nearby cubicles caught up to the conversation. Interesting new diet plans were given the light of day. Diet plans, alternative diets, likes & dis-likes being expressed as if it were some serious political debate. To my surprise, there were some men who were on diets. As interesting as it sounds, to add to this, it was a guy in the team that actually presented a diet plan which a few have already started with. At this point, some guys & gals delved into the conversation just because t...

In the light of the dusking sun; I call out to my lovely Queen: The Queen of my heart! “ Oh, My Queen! So Divine & Sweet! There be no ray that doeth not wish, To blush your Face. There be no Breeze not sunk – in your exquisite Fragrance. If there be a Glimmer to Light my Life: It is the Glow, of your Eyes in love. If there be a moment I wish to live Of last; it would be, Every moment I am with you. “ And so, with the Sun now set, I wish and hope unto God; may every Dawn Till Eternity, I be with My Queen: My Oh So Lovely Queen ! In the Light of the Dusking Sun; I call out to M y Lovely Queen: The Queen of my heart! ... Eternally in Love ... By Arun Raj March 2005

I appreciate the efforts taken today’s 'Dus Ka Dum' show – Salman Khan’s new Prime time game show on Sony Set Max. Today they brought in a Eunuch as one of the competitors. I appreciate the effort made by the team simply because an endorsement of a man of the stature of Salman Khan for a social issue adds a lot of value to the cause. This act I believe would surely open the eyes of at least the next generation of Indians to accept Eunuch’s as an equally valid social being and very much deserving of a respectable position in the system. A friend of mine who was along with me questioned my position and raised a valid point in return – ‘You just saw one side of the story! In the Indian mythological setup these people are given a position of respect and their blessings and curses are equally valued. But if they are not respected in monetary and/or some beneficiary mode, they create mayhem to the extent that they go nude in front of the public audiences in a marriage or mouth ou...

Had there been an easier way to experience bliss, then falling in love gave you a brief whiff of it. I am not sure how many of you have been able to bask in this enchanting emotion. I am not sure if my experience would be a definitive narrative of the experiences, relative to the others who have experienced this state. But, I am putting my best foot forward to walk you through my expression of faith in the most humane of feelings. It was buzzing, fresh with sounds of requests for copies of the assignments to be submitted that day and the lectures lined up for the day or what are the chances of India winning in the match today evening. Some of them even were busy into discussing the latest local kid’s comic – Jungle Book and Shikari Shambu. I was seated comfortably at my throne at the rear end of the class – a no man zone for most. And she strode in … For a moment, I could not hear the morning rush in our classroom. I drifted into a state of involuntary submission as everything else aro...

I spread my hands and feel the breeze. To fly, I wish to every GOD I know; ‘With this passing gale take me along, and tease Me with streams of air as chilled as snow. Where humming birds and hunting hawks Stray ever so free into the limitless enclose. The sky I wish to talk to it so, closely and near That, a fall to the floor becomes an insignified fear.’ I spread my hands and feel the breeze. I sit and wish to a passer by – a lady. Beautiful and starkly angelic at first sight Could look at me and shine a gaily Smile; that would flight me off to the pearly gates. Where blessed souls and winged spirits Flow with graceful movements - an elegant sight. With her to sail on the sparkly waters of virgin seas Devoid of destinations and directing pleas. I sit and wish to a passer by – a lady. I hold my lover’s hands – in rousing bliss. First drops of rain on her blushing cheek Roll with a flaunted cheer in its splashing and drips Off her chin into my palm. As if a thousand kisses Bequeath on ...

The Story: Far far away, in a forest land, where flowers, trees and animals inhabited in a related together in love and care – Blooming Dale. For each other, they cared and spread both hands. Two lovers – Miraya of the tulips clan and Mannath of the tall oaks stable, of this virtuous city had to bid adieu for seven days. Their love was spoken of for its different shades of kindness and boldness. Today the call of duty, took Mannath away for guarding the walls of the forest. Day 1: As the grand army of blooming dale, strode along to protect all its roots, Mannath looks at the distant shine of the city lights and writes his journal for the day. Although in your absence, I still felt an air of your care, In my proxim air. Awing my thoughts of you, So fresh, as the freshest flowers, And the most memorable day dreams. Day 2: They splashed through the valleys and rivers en route. Mannath could only reminisce of how the morning dew shined on Miraya’s petals. I know that you are now Miles away...

Tell life to take second rung, As unto you lies a world unsung. Take sips of the lazy, swift flow breeze, Strumming leaves on branches to discrete notes. Gleaming droplets of early fog at sunshine break, From a windowsill; for you always in drape. The lazy drop that splits a thousand pieces on fall, Puts space and time in a suspended stall. Long tread have many in search of peace, The Kings, the Peasants and Princes of Greece. Some though not, but others did find, Pleasures in songs or spiritual bliss. Few here absorb right my subject – so beautiful, Understated, unsung she cares for a us – a ton. In Morning dew, chirping birds, the wildest lions, Tall tree oaks and oceans wides, she lives – Mother Nature. GO GREEN, FOR US & OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS :D