“Something imposing or impressive, surpassing almost everything ordinary in size and scale; a larger than life ‘story’ is all that lives long enough to tell the forbidden tale…” ~Praveen Katiyar
“Maybe the most deserving, to say the least, we have been the favorites amongst all. So unbelievable was the shock to our winning streak; alas, we soared high only to fall! Perhaps a simple game was blown out of proportion, owing to the grandiosity of the event. In the face of persistent adversity, at times, …
‘Envisioned this year to be promising for some reason, but months from ‘Jan to March’ had received a jolting hiccup; nothing & Noone had come into season sadly, and the trade of a wannabe failed to pick up…The warmth of ‘summers’ though added a little spice of variety, but his response to the golden chance …
Yes, he dropped it! But showed his character when ‘seven’ were needed off six; what about the most experienced bowler in the squad who leaked ‘nineteen’ despite owning the bag of tricks… Eh??? Catches win matches, yes! But, the game wasn’t lost by virtue of that single drop; I rather feel like blaming the one …
“Some to breath out of their suffocating cubicles, some to dodge those numbing numbers, and some come out to just clear their heads about how to choose the ‘right words’…Sometimes, the best conversations happen amongst such groups of misfits, where silly becomes fun, and only laughter is preferred; nothing matches the height of contentment tough …
“It’s for the grown ups who don’t wanna grow old despite increasing age; It’s for the trapped who always hope for a broken cage… It’s for the performers who always find themselves on some sort of testing stage; It’s for the placated beings who don’t seem angry but are often enraged… It’s to celebrate those …
“If ‘ifs & buts’ were ‘candy & nuts’, we’d all have a merry Christmas; you lost your chance when you had it, dear Puss, that’s where the gates of opportunity shut… I am sorry!If ‘ifs & buts’ were ‘jelly & jam’, we’d all be duly damned; no one truly values the sweetness of success until …
“Mom, why don’t we eat grass, when plenty grows there as food?” …and a concerned cub’s query gives a Mom a serious reason to brood…
One fine morning the paths of two avid seekers happened to have crossed; both were accustomed to such strange encounters where none could avoid the other by just stepping across…They found themselves stuck amid a classic situation where the disobeyed was to be understood as disrobed; so, each one had to hold his ground firm …
“Once upon a time there lived a ‘curious boy’ with the mindset of openness and wonder; he was destined to be on an ever-lasting exploration, in his quest of calming his inherent storming thunder… His chance to ‘catch the lightning in the bottle’ though was as little as one has against the loaded dice; his …
“One preferred to be puzzled by the’Sudoku’, while the other had a thing with ‘Crosswords’; if one was an acclaimed ‘mathemagician’, the other was no lesser good with ‘words’…”
“There was no other way around to contain his free spirit, and there was no better way to get along with this ‘lock-down’; he has just luckily found a place to fit in, you see, the place where he only wished he belonged… He had to turn down his moderation in favor of some fervid …
“Just keep on doing the needful, whatever it takes; nothing can stop one, you see, who learns from his past mistakes…For an optimist, it is advisable not to dwell in the past; yet frequenting there becomes necessary to make sure that the reasons that cast a shadow don’t remain to last…As we move forward in …
“Writing has just been a hobby, you see, but I never knew that it would turn out to be an absorbing vocation; the inspiration is all I have started seeking in, ever since no better expression was to be found than honest confessions…” praveen
#The_Matriarch “We are huge in size, you see, but surprisingly getting reduced to a number that is increasingly growing small; I have happened to come across some twisted rules of engagement, lately, of an unbecoming brawl… It’s very easy to declare those mistakes as ‘silly’, with a wisdom-laden ‘hind sight’; today, standing at the precipice …
‘An Embarassing Refuge’! “I happened to be the proud ruler of the jungles by being the ‘Queen of masquerade’; that kingdom once was in a Natural Habitat—a ‘Shady Sylvan Glade’… Then came the contender—you humans—needing to mark their respective range of influence, but for that to happen, every former belief was to be rearranged; …
#Maya Picture Sourced: The Hindu “I am T-12, popularly known as Maya… Sadly, it was you who said I am beautiful despite my deadly claws, and you only suggested that I am magnificent in spite of my killer jaws; it was you who declared me the ‘Queen of this …
#Police_Commemoration_Day “Condemned by the public having been put and almost always seen in bad light; poor fools often fail to reckon the necessity of solemn power behind the police force, that’s meant to save them from the social blight(Crime)! Every action is on the litmus test today, drawing ever more flak and untoward criticism; not …
The Graveyard Of Empires: Pic Credit: Steve McCurry 1984 “…a war begun for no wise purpose, carried on with a strange mixture of rashness and timidity, brought to a close after suffering and disaster, without much glory attached either to the government which directed it, or the great body …
“With every other ball, destiny of the game changes here, & with every good-shot the spirit to stay in the game revives; no game other than cricket can offer such range of twistable tenets of a play, where every dying moment gets a chance to survive…
While some compete for their faith, & some compete in ‘Olympics’ to leave the prejudice behind; the intent to be in the race for an ‘Illusive Gold’ in India has forever been ‘one of a kind’…
“My Messi Stands Tall!” Pic Credit: Getty Images “The ‘Blue-White Jersey’ had had enough trials, & it was time to mend that enormous gap; my ‘Messi’ has finally added another feather to his already decorated cap! Having lost all four of his previous finals, his side …
The destiny of a ‘legend’ is, not to be ever forgotten, but sadly the song of one’s glory are sung post-demise; every step taken becomes worth preserving only in the end, that finally qualifies to build up a memorable story’s premise…
“Caught up amidst an ethereal moment of wordlessness, but this time certainly for good; I hope, my fascination with the ‘wild’ one day gets described the way it should! I headed back home taking along some unscripted surreal souvenirs— so far have been devoid of words; believe me, the ‘delicate purity of my experience’ …
“…because, of this ‘opulent sap’ only, one’s effervescent succulent self is retained; only because of its pristine deluge in one’s veins, a wholesome wellness is attained… …because, in every living being, it is as ‘ubiquitous’ as it could possibly be; the ‘invaluable blood ‘ in us receives a classic sucker punch of ‘underestimation’ —for being …
“A ‘promise’ was getting woven there, to rise up again stronger after an upsetting fall; ‘to grow within the four walled confines for almost two years’, however, was the only asserting protocol!
…there is something pious about that moment of ‘give & take’, where a momentary mutual acknowledgement becomes worthy of a ‘keepsake’!
“Mind you, Human!” Interrupted Tiger declared confidently ‘baring its teeth’—showing the sign to the Tourist towards his way to retreat… “…but I am here to make you hit to an instant fame, would you mind telling me at least your name?” Numbed by a unwelcoming treatment, the Tourist could come up with nothing but an …
The Premise of this background is so gripping & intense that I couldn’t resist to be humbly compelled; along with this beautiful ‘frame’, thus, I hereby insist to bring before you a scary yet intriguing story to tell…
“In my Ugliness, in my Badness & even so when I wasn’t so Good, She was the one who stood by me by being the one who always understood!
“Rather than putting the reasons to celebrate, I am using this day to sound the ‘distress call’; hoping for someone to pay the heed to this humble ‘call for an overhaul’…
