Reclaimation.

If you had to look back on your life, what would you remember?
The promotion? The performance bonus?
The plaque in the conference room?
It does not take supreme intelligence to know what really matters.
And yet, you do little besides look in the distance and sigh.
Wouldn't it be tragic to realise too late that you didn't see the trap? That you didn't recognise the two words that are the biggest curse of humanity... 'maybe someday'?

I'm leaving for Ladakh on 17th May, 2008.

Not on a Safari. On a Bullet.

And one more!

Black screen. Green letters.

This feels like the computer I used in 1987. Remember those days of "Logo" and "Basic". Damn I was good with that shit! I drew a house using all those lousy commands. I was probably in 4th Class (Grade, if you like). And could barely boot a computer with DOS. And I drew a house with things like rt 45, Lt 90 etc. My computers teacher was so excited, we thought she was having a seizure.

Talking about excitable people, do you remember that guy Siddhu? Yeah the same one who swallowed the unabridged volume of English Idioms whole. If you were to stand right in front of him when he's in one of his English moods, I'm guessing, you'd have a nice shower of morning dew.

Actually, if you've ever seen Doogie Howser M.D., I guess this is exactly how he must've felt.

Ah! but you're not seeing this clump of gibberish right now like I am. Kinda like seeing the ad for a gargantuan, plasma-LDC-projection-3D television on your old EC TV (God you remember those days!).

So click here. And hit F11 once the window opens. You'll see for yourself!

Smell that?

This is killer stuff. Part II

The song (The band: Avial, the song: Chekele or Takathara) has been used for the Ligy J. Pullappally film, "Sancharram". I've pasted a little about the film that I found here.

Sancharram (English: The Journey) (2004) is a Malayalam short-film written, directed and produced by Ligy J. Pullappally, inspired both by her short film Uli and a true story of two lesbian lovers in the South India state of Kerala.

The film follows two young friends, Kiran (Suhasini V. Nair), a Hindu, and Delilah (Shrruiti Menon), a Catholic, from their first meeting as young children to young adulthood, when they realize that they have a lifelong (lesbian) love for each other.

At first, Kiran is asked to write love letters to Delilah for Rajan (Syam Seethal) a teenage boy who also has a long-standing crush on Delilah. Kiran does so as it allows her to express her love to Delilah without having to be ostracized by her family, friends and culture. Eventually Delilah discovers the truth behind the letters and poetry, and admits her mutual love to Kiran. The begin a delicate love affair despite social taboos against homosexuality.

Their blossoming love affair is dampened severely when Rajan discovers Kiran and Delilah stealing a moment of intimacy in the jungle. He proceeds to inform Amma (Lalitha K.P.A.C.), Delilah's mother, of what he (briefly) witnessed. Amma confronts Delilah, who reveals her love for Kiran. In response, Amma arranged Delilah's marriage with a suitor who recently visited intent on seeking a bride. Delilah reluctantly consents to the marriage.

Sancharram has been compared to Deepa Mehta's Fire, a movie which also touches upon lesbian relationships in India. However, where Fire is explicit in stating that the main characters enter their relationship due to the failure of their heterosexual marriages, Sancharram is clearly a film about two lesbians who fall in love with each other.