Moonlit ripples and the booze effect

On the margin of the river
The night is brighter than ever
The wind rocks the pier
As we sit and enjoy our beer.
This made me ponder...what are the manifestations of booze? And here is what I call as "the booze effect"

The lesser creatures promise their freedom to shrewd manipulators

Pink Floyd songs have a completely different feel

"Body builders" take their shirts off in front of Yel Chiko and start a push-up competition on the road



Fashion icons start new trends by wearing a tee front side back






Scotch lovers have one too many pegs of Glen Livet, but still demand for chocolate brownies. When their order arrives, they are found lying under a peepal tree...





"Badass bikers" get caught for drinking ad driving and are sent to the lock up, thus completing their quest to become a "Ranjhor ka Rathore"






The "always in control" tankers fall unconcious in front of the warden and hence are spared the horror of telling their parents that they drink, cause the warden does it for them

The pathologically shy come out of their shell and express themselves.

"Bottoms up specialists" puke and fall unconcious in the lobby and are dragged to their room by their BFF

"Ethyl alcohol undies" put up a spectacular peformance, be it coldplay or jimi hendrix

and finally, "Losers" think they have hit a creative patch and write such blogs that make you pull your hair out.

Regret for life wasted is more life wasted

Happiness and bliss are a reaction to life. It doesnt matter what the day’s events may be, we have the power within to choose happiness.
Our attitude about life and the things that happen to us each day can greatly impact our overall level of happiness. Inside us lies the key to being content and happy right now..right at this moment..but few use it. We have the power to create our own happiness and choosing happiness as a way of life. It isnt a matter of luck – it’s a personal choice we make.
"I have wasted my life."

"If only I had better grades my life would be much better"

"If only I had opted for a different stream..."

"If only I had better exposure while I was in school"
We often talk about the importance of being in the ‘here and now’ but what do we actually mean by this? The problem is we often plan our happiness in the future. If we get that job, tender, admission, relationship, etc, then we will be happy. The problem with planning future happiness means it will always remain elusive.

Just because I screwed up my life till now does not mean it cannot be repaired. Nothing good can come out of sitting and sulking about what you did in the past.
Being happy doesnt mean everything is perfect. It just means you have decided to look beyond the imperfection.

Also, if wasting your life is all what you can do, why not enjoy it. The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time, after all. And if you cannot do anything about the hole you have dug yourself into, sit and enjoy the view above rather than loathe yourself in self pity.

Prayer to God by an Atheist

Disclaimer:
The content found on this post are simply a form of relaxation that helps to put people in touch with a larger, intuitive realm of mind that is blocked out by the ordinary waking state and its concerns. Thus, this kind content has nothing to do with religious ideas or myths or practices per se. It is not a replacement for a religious practice, nor necessarily in opposition to any religious practice.
Also, if you are under the age of 18 years I strongly recommend you do not read any further
That should have me covered....now here goes the prayer...which actually is a product of my transition from atheism to nihilism.
O God, whom we do not believe in...
let us all not pray for you...
who does not exist in any rational realm...
There is no god. All religion is false.
Yet we love and long for holiness.
Atheistic prayer is universal and non-sectarian.
Nobody owns the tradition. No one except you and me; except all of us .
It’s a secret doctrine that’s a secret for no good reason.
So listen, and you shall hear .
In short, we are educated and we are free .
So we can, in a sense, have our cake and eat it too: with God without God.
Little children, keep yourselves from believing in God. Amen.

Even I hate my life

Even I hate my life.
Why? I dont know.
Okay, maybe not all of you, but a large number of people will fire off a “I hate my life! … Life sucks!” at the blink of an eye.
“I hate my project.”
“I hate not being able to afford a guitar.”
“I hate the way I look.”
"I hate that I will be parted from all my friends in a few weeks"
"I hate not having YOU in my life"
But why do I hate my life? I bet many would kill to be in my position. Why are never content with our lives? Is it because self contentment kill your drive to strive for better? Or does it give you confidence? I dont know. Do you?
But Id like to believe I have more reasons to love my life than most people in this world...all I need is contentment. And as has been the trend, now its time for a poem or a quote. So here it goes...
Contentment is the greatest richness for me
This is why I hold on to it real tightly
I never wait in front of any door, miserably
I am so rich and yet I have nothing
I walk among the people, just like a king

Boredom and its cure

I am bored. I dont want to do anything . I don't know how common this is, but for me, the main problem is that I feel disconnected from everyone and everything.
This totally sucks.
How have I evaded boredom till now? Procrastination.
Procrastination avoids boredom.One never has the feeling that there is nothing important to do.
we always postpone and procrastinate
"I'll do it later"
"I'll do it tomorrow"
how about "I'll do it never" ?

But now, nothing seems worth doing. Everything seems to be a waste of time, even though there is plenty of time to be wasted.
I like to think that if I had love and intimacy in my life, life wouldn't suck nearly as much, but that doesnt seem likely.
"Yet it is in our idleness, in our dreams, that the submerged truth sometimes comes to the top."-AVW
Yaaawn....this is boring

The Paradox of Choice

You are doomed to make choices. This is life's greatest paradox. The more choices we have to make, the less certainty we seem to have. Almost unlimited number of choices seem to produce genuine suffering. When there are so many options to choose from, how can we be sure we have made the right choice? People like me keep searching for the best option, wasting energy and time,but are never satisfied. When I was a kid, most of my choices were intuitive, and I invariably chose the best option. But now, choices are driven by public opinion, by stats and graphs, by results and performance. The problem is that choosing one means not choosing other, and it may come to haunt you in the future.

These lines do provide a little peace of mind...hoping you make the right choices...godspeed.

Yes, there are two paths you can go by

But in the long run

There's still time to change The road you're on.

Paan and Banaras:Inseparable

I have never been an advocate of chewing tobacco, and hate that most corners, toilets and staircases of buildings in Banaras are painted red with paan spits. But as we ate paan and pondered, paan forms the very essence of the city. If we imagine a typical Banarasi, he would be chewing paan, draped in a gamchha and ending sentences with "baa". The naturally red lips and broad lower jaws of Banarasis seem to be a natural evolution.You must have a broad lower jaw if you wish to speak with paan(s) stuffed in your mouth, after all.
I like(can tolerate, rather) the meetha paan – the sweet paan, with its combination of bitter leaf, sweet, sticky gulkhand and assorted spice, saffron, areca nut.Since ages,bards have written poems and bawdy songs about this heart-shaped leaf, and still continue to do so.The humble paan is an integral part of the city's culture of masti.
O khaaike paan banaaras wala
Khul jaaye band akal kaa taala