Random Strokes

"God is a circle of infinite radius having infinite centers and considering each human being to be discrete points inside the circle,are at equal distances from God !" Akshay said these solemnly without blinking even once Since when did you start taking interest in such matters? Inquired Vijay Do I look one who would venture into reading all this...common you guys know me ! That's exactly why we are worried.Hey everything's fine ? - Akash chipped in. Akshay ,Vijay and Ajay are friends from college.They have shared everything ....well almost everything.Studied together,cheated together,hit out on girls together and even got rejected together.The most important part they all even got married almost at the same time.It has been a year that they met and after much effort they planned for a get together at Akshay's place in Delhi.Their wives also came along. According to our Vedas there are 330 million Gods and Goddess! Dude did you get hit by so...

"Stand Down ....Stand Down.... ." a sharp tone swept across across all walkie talkies held by the cops. It was near 2 AM on the Christmas eve.The cops had been on duty throught the day.Huge forces were deployed.The "Stand Down" order brought some relief.Everyone started to disperse. "Avik what about dinner?Come lets enjoy the Christmas eve with few rounds of Scotch.Game young man?" the Additional SP said these light heartedly to Avik. "Oh thank you sir ; please carry on." "As you wish young man,Merry Christmas" Avik was an Inspector with the Police force.In his late twenties,dedicated to his work,soft spoken and has  lately started putting on weight at wrong places.However he always longed a physique of a Spartan !As the jeep of Additional SP sped past,Avik courted a salute and proceeded to his chamber inside the police station.He had just lit a cigarette that a commotion broke outside followed by a girl who dashed inside his c...

It had been a long day.Pushy clients,quarter end pressure and infinite abuse combined to form a cocktail in Avik's head.The drive to home either has not been pleasant.Clogging at various junctions in the city.In one of the junctions read a digital sign board with date and temperature."12th March, 36 deg C ". A quick freshening up.Then what?After pondering for quite sometime decided to hit the pool.It has been almost a decade and a half that Avik went swimming. The evening breeze blowing gently.The pool was on the roof top.Few more high rises besides.The horizon is still red but darkness has engulfed.Lights from the neighboring high rises falling on the water and diffusing in a blissful orchestra.The water seemed to wash off the sun rays still on his skin. Avik was still in the water.From what seemed from there was a solitary figure on the farther side of the pool.He could not see clearly from the distance but could make out it was a girl.Somewhat skinny,curly dark hair...

"I do " and life changes ! I am sure many of my friends can relate to what I am trying to hint at.The past two to three months have seen the Indians most active trying to wed their children.Many of your friends boyfriends and girlfriends get married during this period.An exercise which starts well in advance from finding a suitable boy or girl (just in case you are useless and believe in outsourcing the same to parents).The whole exercise assumes herculean proportions with slowly the whole family and friends giving you options.Most of us haven't had much of a choice in our entire lifetime.Be it choosing a the stream of study,career ,you were even given names without your consultation!However this is probably the only time when we are asked to exercise our choice.More often than not if we are given an option ,we choose. Isn't that a great strategy! Marriage has been termed as an institution.I beg to differ.It is more of an economy.Movies,songs,event management,caterer...

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose,Terminal Kolkata isn't a great place to be at 5 in the morning.I simply wondered if all the people in the queues are here for boarding a flight or maybe their loo is dysfunctional! Just as the FIFO was getting implemented I happen to pass a bookstall.Grabbed a Alice in Wonderland.While browsing the pages happen to read the following para - 'Would you tell me please,which way I ought to go from here?' 'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to, said the Cat. 'I dont much care where -,' said Alice. 'That it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat. '-so long as I get somewhere,'Alice added as an explanation. 'Oh,you're sure to do that,'said the Cat,'if you walk long enough.' Nice way to start the day!Well Hi friends... haven't been around for quite some time.Was between jobs,relations and cities.Thankfully have rested now and settling for peace on all three fronts.I am found in...

Blanket of white snow had engulfed everything around.It had snowed for the first time in the valleys this winter.The intensity of the sun started rising once the snowfall stopped.Multiple reflections of the sun rays reached a tin rooftop on the other side of the road which blazed directly on my blue shades.Awesomely soothing I should say.The relief was shortlived.Immediately a gust of wind started blowing.The arteries and veins seemed to contract.A slap on the cheeks which were exposed. I looked around and saw a tea stall nearby.Without wasting time ran for shelter. "Ek chai aur cigarette dijiyega please." "Cigarette kaun si lenge Janaab?" "Kings ...badi waali" "Yeh lo Janaab.Aap Hindustan se ho ?" This question hit me even more stronger than the chilling winds on my cheeks.I never expected this sort of a question.Not able to understand how to react answered in a single syllable - "haan!" I am giving an account of my recent trip to Srin...

Hello Friends, No not any story this time!This post is towards one of my recent paintings.Will give a little gist before this.It has been long that I have left painting,almost 10 years or so.In fact to be true never really took it seriously.However really dont recall what prompted me to take it up once again.Maybe its the best way to relax over the weekend after travelling some 2-3 thousand miles.Whatever might be reason all I can say is...Im loving it! Well the painting you see above is a random expression of my thoughts. Doesn't really make much sense.A depiction of various form of people in black,signifying the common experiences and conditions different people go through.However the background is different for all of them which signifies a different world of each. Dont really go too much into the meaning of the above papagraph just njoi the painting and let me know if you like it.Will be expecting your comments ! Cya Guys, Avique