Dude

A lot of people these days have this annoying habit of prefixing or suffixing every sentence with "Dude!"

Here is a small dedication to these people


credit goes to Stephen Pastis, creator of the nastiest comic strip in the world and my favorite - Pearls Before Swine

Little Angel

Sleep my little angel sleep
this world was perhaps not for you
in our hearts we weep

I

Chandu has once again sent across a tag.. here it goes

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I am: a nomad, at least in soul

I think: that there is nothing called fate, everything that happens to you is a direct result of your actions

I know: that i'll die some day for sure., but there is lots that i want to do before i die

I want: a Canon EOS 1DS Mk III, with a 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS and lots more.....

I have: my wife... so basically i don't want anything... the above line is just to fill the column

I wish: that i am able to give her everything she wants

I hate: the moment when i am unable to giver her what she wants

I miss: the innocence of my childhood

I fear: losing the people i love.... beyond that there is nothing that scares me

I feel: everyone should travel by second class sleeper on the Indian Railways at least once in their lives

I hear: less than what i should be hearing

I smell: practically everything.... i think i was a dog in my previous life

I crave: for good food... all the time

I search: for myself

I wonder: if i will ever be able to find myself

I regret: nothing any more

I love: my wife and whole lot of other people and things... the list is endless

I ache: i don't ache, my stupid knee does

I am not: as insensitive as people think i am

I believe: loving is the most important thing in life

I dance: the macarena really well

I sing: like a donkey imitating a wolf on full moon night

I cry: for this world sometimes.. the way it is getting sucked into the whirlpool of relegious intolerance and pointless violence

I don’t always: agree with myself

I fight: for everything that i feel is right

I write: much less than i want

I win: not every argument with the wife

I lose: not every argument with the wife

I never: wanted to be who i am right now, but then it's not that bad either

I always: wanted to be a railway engine driver

I confuse: between magenta and maroon

I listen: to a lot of music

I can usually be found: hunching over my laptop, making some PPT or the other, if not - then i am peering through my camera's viewfinder - both to the consternation of lé wife

I am scared: that i will die after everyone i love dies :-(

I need: to know... always

I am happy about: the fact that there are so many people who love me and i can count on them when i need them

I imagine: my self on the wheel of a Porsche 911

I tag: no one... this one is for keeps :-)

The Bioscope Man

There was a point in time, when the bioscope man came down the streets during our summer vacations. We'd go running after him, clutching a 50 paisa coin - the fee of admission for his show, that would be setup on the street corner. Peeping hard through the tiny 'portholes', we'd see jerky images of vague Bollywood song & dance routines - accompanied by the crackling sound from a gramophone mounted on top.

Though we had color TV then, with Bollywood movies, Chitrahaar, Ramayan along with Spiderman and He-man cartoons ... the bioscope was the object to lust after. And then cable happened, along with internet and the bioscope man was nowhere to be seen. For years there was no sign of them, anywhere - until I found him again.... at the Surajkund Mela.

Reduced to a fairground novelty - the fellow spent most of his time, looking around for customers. He did find a few.. but I wonder if they were enough.....



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Image Details:

Camera: Canon EOS 350D Digital
Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm F/4-L
Aperture: f/6.3
Shutter Speed: 1/80 sec
Focal Length: 70 mm
ISO Speed: ISO 200
Exposure: Aperture Priority