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Author: Menwhopause
Getting my ideas out there into the world as an iconoclast, to see if they find resonance.
I’m a non-conformist heterodox.
My work is polemical, edgy, and questions set norms and socially-accepted beliefs & practices.
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Brand trickery
Or, Branded tricksters
How Brands fool us
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The Shape of Roti
How important is the shape of a food item? Would Nachos still taste like Nachos if they weren’t triangularish in shape? (Yes, I created a new word. Deal with it). Are Burgers and Pizzas always supposed to be round? Would a Roti be less of a Roti if it is not a perfect circle? I […]
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Accentuating the accent
I was attending a party some friends had thrown to celebrate the birthday of a friend of theirs. Present among the group was a person who made a remark in accented English to tease the birthday girl, who, owing to her business commitments, frequently interacts with clients based out of India. The comeback retort by […]
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Gift not cash, but gift gift
Because cash is not gift
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Horn NOT Ok Please
I can’t say for the others, but we Indians seem to hold the honk very dearly
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Is life made of moments or minutes?
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The ‘right thing’ and the ‘best thing’ are often two separate things. What one chooses at the time of judgement reveals one’s character.
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Chocolate and I
I love chocolate. For some reason, not so much the food by itself (for instance, a chocolate bar), but as an ingredient or a flavouring substance (such as chocolate cake or ice cream). And I like my chocolate pure. If I’m having a Hot Chocolate Fudge, I’d rather have chocolate ice cream in it (conventional […]
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8 remarkable movies
Cinema at its best
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sounds Of My Mind
I suffer From the sounds of my own mind My mind is my cage My thoughts my captor Someone Whom I can share myself with, I seek Someone Who can set me free, Help me escape The tidings of my mind One person To be my friend, my guide My Love My Life My […]
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Why can’t we have music as a religion?
Music, that elixir of life
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There is White, and there is non-White. There is the Truth, and then there is everything else. There is no Grey. Only Black and White exists. Grey exists only as a convenient way for people to prevaricate.
Freenary a carein the world Lightlike the flightof a bird Livewith a songin the heart Makelove, of yourlife a part Hopin the puddlesafter it rains Streamsof happiness flowingthrough your veins Drinkyour vodkas andthe zesty wines Makemerry while thesun still shines Lifehappens once aswe know it Overit will bein a split Makelove not warpeace not hate […]
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Life’s a continuous lesson. It’s over when it’s over.
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Living in India, it’s almost as if, considering the idea that one can enjoy life to its fullest is a sin. One is almost made to feel guilty for enjoying life, for having fun. This is how repressed, repressive, and cut off from life we as a society have been. We don’t live, we exist.
Education should be the bedrock on which society and character are built, and not merely a stepping stone for our skewed ideas of ‘success’.
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The week is an artificial construct
created by humans. Yeah, yet another post bashing humankind. “But all units of time – day, hour, year – are man-made, and hence non-natural”, you might argue. Yes, that is correct; however these units represent some natural phenomena – Earth revolving around the Sun in 365.25 ‘days’, rotating on its axis in approximately 24 ‘hours’. […]
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the Colour Green
Girl in Green Resplendent with sheen Girl in Green Knows how to preen Girl in Green Where has she been? Girl in Green Where shall she be seen?
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the Colour Orange
OrangeNo word rhymes with itOrangeGave me trouble a bitOrangeIs the colour for todayOrangeThe colour of a bright day OrangeIs what the girl is wearingRadiating like bright sunshineAll splendour and gloryLooking majestic and fine OrangeThe colour of warmthAnd of joyThe happy colour that is alsoBeing worn by the boy
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the Colour Purple
Picture yourself a Lavendar field Flowers blooming by the score See yourself standing amidst A picture of grandeur, sight galore Looking pretty, A flower yourself, among the many Effervescent Like the flowers on a sprint afternoon And glowing At night, bathed in the light of the moon
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the Colour Black
Envisage a girl in Black Reminding of a dark night Peaceful, serene and calm To tired wayfarers And hurt souls Like a soothing balm The girl in Black Looks like a doll Standing tall Capturing all in deep enthrall Yes, The girl in Black Did remind me of a dark night For writing this poem […]
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the Colour Yellow
Behold the pretty bird Feathered in colours of Yellow Cooing and crooning In her sweet voice “Hello” “Aye” “Hello”, say I I came along And wrote a poem for you And all the things you do And it was called Yellow Look at the stars Look how they shine for you You’re skin… Oh yeah […]
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the Colour White
What a sight Girl in White Shiny and bright Like a moonlit night What a sight What a site Where there stands The girl in White What a sight What a sight
We complain of the heat and yet sit in rooms cooled by air-conditioning that lead to rise in the very heat that we complain of. We eat junk food spending hard-earned money to take in harmful calories that we then pay money in the gym to burn. We work long hard hours to […]
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Why men love sports
I reckon it has to do with curves. Take,The curveball in Baseball.The swing and seam curving the trajectory of the cricket ball in the Gentleman’s game.The spin on the yellow ball in the sport of Tennis.The famed curve kicks in Football.And I don’t have an eye for Golf, but even there the curve of the […]
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The dying breed of Original Thought
If one has been following my blog, one would have seen how I’m strongly opinionated, and my views run at a tangent to conventionally-held ideas about the right and the wrong, the acceptable and the unacceptable. And while the content of my views might not be acceptable according to the society’s definition of it, I […]
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The fake artificial lives we live
Pink elephants all around us. In the room. On the streets. At the workplaces. Especially at the workplaces. And at social situations. More so in social situations. I was once attending the birthday party of the son of a cousin of mine. Being of a reserved nature, I do not like to attend many social […]
…for the earth. Doctor Mother Nature. Those of you who think this is a sadist post by a sadist mind, perhaps it is. But who cares about the definitions and perceptions anyway. They are human-made. And humans are dying. That’s the great thing. Hurt your sensibilities? Drop off. Awoken your curiosity? Read on.
Because it reeks of social and class fragmentation. Because it inherently points towards the ‘superiority’ of certain commoners (Wikipedia: Since the Late Modern era, “Sir” has been increasingly used also as a respectful way to address any commoners of a superior social status) over others. Because it leads to the creation of artificial hierarchies that […]
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Displacement of dust
Displacement of dust. Re-positioning the dust particles from point A to points B, C, and D. C and D being the two lungs of a passer-by.
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the Life we forget to live
Are we supposed to live like this?BornIndoctrinatedSlave away at workStay in the same place for yearsMarry, have kidsSlog away the good life we have been givenAnd die Take small matters to heartLiving on a tiny blue dot hurtling away in infinite spaceArgue,make enemiesHold grudgesAnd perish Not confess your loveAnd your fearsYour deepest desiresAnd ugliest momentsDivulge not anythingBe […]
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When I switched from Hope to No-Hope
Counter-intuitive to widely held, and accepted, beliefs, no-hope can actually be a liberating feeling. Let me explain. But first, a little bit on the widely held, and accepted, belief itself. Whenever people are going through a phase of depression and dejection, one of the most frequent advises friends and well-wishers have for them is: Don’t […]
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where The Love Lays
Let’s go back to the startTo the beautiful sunshineSplattered with moments of darkLike clouds flittering bycovering momentarily the SunBut always flying byBright days, beautiful waysBut alwaysWhere the love lays ForYou don’t know how a part of me dieswhen you talk of leavingA part of me criesand I feel like grievingStorm clouds cover the horizonLeaving me […]
Imagine a dayof bright sunshineAs you stand,sipping your wineUpon green grass and under a blue skyoverlooking the azul seaIn your heart, a feel of peaceand a touch of gleeA gentle breezeblowing your white dressYour soft skinfeeling a gentle caressof the wind, on your legsAnd my breath, on your faceas I standnext to youHand in handOur […]
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Aphorisms (copied)
This is a list of some of the aphorisms, quotes, sayings I’ve come across and that caught my attention enough to find a mention in this list. They heard me but they listened to you. – Attributed to Valery Legasov, Chernobyl (HBO) Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. – Attributed to Valery Legasov, […]
Imagine the sea lying still at night The waters bathed in bright moonlight Imagine on the shore stands a palm Overlooking the waters serene and calm Imagine a soft breeze in the air Ruffling up your well-done hair Imagine this scene in your mind As it exists in mine entwined Imagine this feeling of soothe […]
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the Night That Was
A feeling of unease in the headFaint recollections of the night pastMemories shrouded in haze Slight pain in one thumbreminding meof me banging my hand against a hard surface(Reasons for whichare not clear to meAlbeit in all probability,)in anguish, in angst, in pain Recollectionsof last nightOf cries of bonhomie, chants of loveThe brotherhoodThe conviavilityThe smiling […]
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the Weekend
While the world lives for the weekend I live for the weekday Monday can’t arrive soon enough for me So that I can set my eyes On the girl of my dreams And the weekend is spent Thinking about the ensuing week Planning and plotting for the opportunity I seek For letting her know How […]
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of Heartbreak and Beyond
Take the shardsOf your broken heart The tiny fragmentsThat fell apart They’re yours and yours aloneDon’t let anyoneTake them and be gone. Harbour and treasure themBroken pieces but they’re your heart Foster, nurture themAnd let’s go back to the start To a new beginning,Dawn of a new dayTo fresh hopesof newfound loveTo joy and pain,Laughter […]
Analogies are used to compare two ideas, so as to explain and clarify the meaning of a line of thought. However, they have quite the opposite effect on my intellect. I find analogies inherently fluff and superficial, and devoid of meaning and substance. Here’s why. Analogies serve the purpose of strengthening pre-held ideas. They are […]