Garbled Coherence

Notion - After All This Time? Always Song - Lily's Theme 'Forever' bemuses me. Bewilders me, befuddles me. 'Forever' beats me. Since I could comprehend comprehension,  there are two aspects of life in general that I have been suspicious about - space and time. Specifically, this whole conspiracy about how space is infinite and some things can last forever. I think watching Truman Show convinced me that horizons are fake. I was convinced that there is an end 'skywall' for our world just like Truman's. But here's where things got complicated for me. Truman crossed over that wall and entered our world. If we happen to cross over our 'skywall', what will we find there? Another world that's followed by another world, followed by another wold and so on? Or would we immediately find an infinite expanse of nothing? So regardless of whether our world is as fake as Truman's, the concept of infinity holds true - and that is why forever bamboozle...

Notion & Song - Faith - Celine Dion Is letter writing a lost form of expression? More than merely a form of expression, is it a lost form of art? A good friend of mine randomly brought this up the other day on our Whatsapp group. Although, hers was a rather specific inquiry - 'Has anyone ever written a love letter?' Quite understandably, there were valid additional questions asked - 'Do emails count? what about love messages?' We also tried to find out if a few lines on a greeting card cut the bar. But my friend held her ground firmly. Actual letter. Love letter. It was heartwarming to then find out that the most unromantic person on the group (in my opinion, please) stated that she had written one. And that others too had written a few letters if not love letters but all in the long past yesteryears. That got me thinking about me writing a letter for the last time. I do write. I write long messages, pages of emails, and then blogs and what-nots. ...

Song & Notion -  Where Does The Good Go I hoard.  I lug. And eventually, I tire. About a year ago today, my life traveled across the Atlantic ocean for over two months and finally reached my home in Mumbai in an unbroken, unharmed condition. My life meaning my stuff stuffed in two large boxes (Ok fine, and a suitcase too!). And this was after I myself had traveled back with three fully-loaded suitcases in my last trip from the US, after having wrapped my life up. And let it also be known that the final trip was after having already dumped the first load of my things in two bags in my penultimate trip from the US to India. The final piece of information I would like to add hither is that NONE of all this stuff included any utensils or furniture. So it must be clear to you by now that I come with a lot of baggage. A complete cliche´, I know, but it's true - literally and figuratively. It's quite embarrassing that after living the life of a consultant ...

Notion - For cities have a soul Song - While You Were Sleeping - Love theme 15 messages, 13 shares and about 20 forwards overall on different social media. The polar vortex of Chicago created a vortex of people's interest for my thoughts and feelings about it. I found it endearing that people were being thoughtful and considerate. It was after all a bitter sweet reminder that I am not in Chicago. The sweet part was that I knew I had chosen to leave on my own accord and I had bid a beautiful farewell to the city in my very own personal way. The bitter part wasn't that I am now in the chaos, that is Mumbai - but it was that I am not in Chicago. It's been a month since I did the unthinkable, the unspeakable - I moved back home despite of not having a visa issue or not losing a job. And the even further unheard and unthinkable of changing my lifestyle from that of a US corporate professional to that of a (proud and happy) not-for-profit employee. So the polar vortex sort...

Notion - For we all owe it to ourselves Song - Steer by Missy Higgins I have never been a fan of the terms quarter-life crisis or mid-life crisis. Sure there is a logic and empirical backing to the establishment of these terms and it makes perfect sense to call them so, but I get hung up on the numerical aspect of it. For if this one is my quarter-life crisis then it would be followed by a panic attack as my mind would calculate my full life to be of 120 years of age. And that would be very unsettling. But keeping all this mindless chatter and rambling aside, let me try to steer my way back to what I actually wanted to talk about. Yes. Steer. I got introduced to Missy Higgins' soulful singing through Brothers and Sisters. No surprises there as most of my music findings are thanks to series and movies and other random encounters (and isn't that how music should always be found? Randomly!). I used to listen to Steer so often that I never thought back then that I would...

Notion - For I turned thirty! Song - Vienna(Billy Joel) The year 2017 began with a single rumbling murmur - this is the year you will turn thirty. Thirtieth birthday.  Hmm. I wasn't hazed or dazed by it to be honest. I 'hmm'ed at that thought quite matter-of-factly through January, February and March. I would feign a sense of anxiety now and then just to assuage others' inquiry. Come April, I still found myself to be of a soundly hinged mind so I decided to seed some anxiety by setting some goals to be achieved before the D-day. It was almost May end and I realized that my quintessential lack of discipline to attain set goals had not had the desired effect on my eerie calmness.  I let it go. I turned thirty. I could very well stop here for that's all I have to say about turning thirty. But it has been brought to my attention that this moment seemingly is a life changing milestone. So I decided to honor it in my own way. I love my birthday. Unapologe...