Theatre

A doom serves as a coordinate

An odd arrogance glows

the envy hashes the hatred

deep with pain a love wallows

~

the heart is scribbled over with a sonnet

words from spurned sensibilities it borrows

a miserable choir essays the spirit

all viable inspiration narrows

~

at a distance, hope blows a trumpet

wisdom returns form the land of psychos

every single angle of perspective is set straight

the theatre is now forever closed

Silence

A new beginning, an extraordinary day
what i felt i could not say
and though i know now, aware in every sense,
I choose upon words, the language of silence
~
I know it won't be easy enough,
It would only make my life tough
But i'd rather not regret my speech
I'll regret the silence till the ends reach
~
I know I am not supposed to care for you
I know I am not supposed to think whether you are there,
I know i am not supposed to tell you,
But I'm sorry I m in love with you,
This silence i can no longer bear.
~
And if this silence be broken, I pray
Take my words as you may,
But when i say I LOVE YOU,
i don'tmean for you to stay,
But its hard to see you go away,
It's hard to see you go away!

The Cat Came Back

Happened one cold monday
not so long back,
Thought I'll toss it away
but the cat came back!

Everything in life seemed okay
suddenly BOOM! it attacked,
Enough! i thought and tossed it away,
No luck, the cat came back!

Finally by itself, it did go astray
phew! at last return to track,
No need to toss anything away
But the cat came back!

Guess i have to accept this way
sometimes good, sometimes wrack
Whenever i try to toss it away,
the cat keeps coming back!

The Taj: Now Unobstructed

This is something I came across very recently.

Note: I cannot say whether it is true or not. But it is definitely thought provoking.

No one has ever challenged it except Prof. P. N. Oak, who believes the
whole world has been duped. In his book Taj Mahal: The True Story, Oak says
the
Taj Mahal is not Queen Mumtaz's tomb but an ancient Hindu temple palace of
Lord Shiva (then known as Tejo Mahalaya ) . In the course of his research O
ak discovered that the Shiva temple palace was usurped by Shah Jahan from
then Maharaja of Jaipur, Jai Singh. In his own court ch ronicle,
Badshahnama,
Shah Jahan admits that an exceptionally beautiful grand mansion in Agra
was taken from Jai SIngh for Mumtaz's burial .. The ex-Maharaja of Jaipur
still
retains in his secret collection two orders from Shah Jahan for
surrendering the Taj building. Using captured temples and mansions, as a
burial place for
dead courtiers and royalty was a common practice among Muslim rulers.

For example, Humayun,Akbar, Etmud-ud-Daula and Safdarjung are all buried
in such mansions. Oak's inquiries began with the name of Taj Mahal. He says

the term " Mahal " has never been used for a building in any Muslim countries
from Afghanisthan to Algeria . "The unusual explanation that the term Taj
Mahal derives from Mumtaz Mahal was illogical in atleast two respects.

Firstly, her name was never Mumtaz Mahal but Mumtaz-ul-Zamani ," he writes.
Secondly, one cannot omit the first three letters 'Mum' from a woman's
name to derive the remainder as the name for the building."Taj Mahal, he
claims, is a corrupt version of Tejo Mahalaya, or Lord Shiva's Palace . Oak
also says the love story of Mumtaz and Shah Jahan is a fairy tale cre ated
by
court sycophants, blundering historians and sloppy archaeologists Not a
single royal chronicle of Shah Jahan's time corroborates the love story.

Furthermore, Oak cites several documents suggesting the Taj Mahal predates
Shah Jahan's era, and was a temple dedicated to Shiva, worshipped by
Rajputs of Agra city. For example, Prof. Marvin Miller of New York took a
few
samples from the riverside doorway of the Taj. Carbon dating tests revealed
that the door was 300 years older than Shah Jahan. European traveler Johan
Albert Mandelslo,who visited Agra in 1638 (only seven years after Mumtaz's
death), describes the life of the cit y in his memoirs. But he makes no
reference to the Taj Mahal being built. The writings of Peter Mundy, an
English visitor to Agra within a year of Mumtaz's death, also suggest the
Taj was a noteworthy building well before Shah Jahan's time.

Prof. Oak points out a number of design and architectural inconsistencies
that support the belief of the Taj Mahal being a typical Hindu temple
rather
than a mausoleum.. Many rooms in the Taj ! Mahal have remained sealed
since Shah Jahan's time and are still inaccessible to the public . Oak
asserts they contain a headless statue of Lord Shiva and other objects
commonly used for worship rituals in Hindu temples Fearing political
backlash, Indira Gandhi's government t ried to have Prof. Oak's book
withdrawn from the bookstores, and threatened the Indian publisher of the
first edition dire consequences . There is only one way to discredit or
validate Oak's research.

The current government should open the sealed rooms of the Taj Ma hal under
U.N. supervision, and let international experts investigate.

Made to Believe a Lie

From the moment we are born into this world we are made to believe certain things. Although we do tend to question our beliefs on them as we grow up, we also choose not to question certain things. Things we pass on to our children and they to their and they keep on continuing that way.

One such thing are nursery rhymes. Have we ever sat back to think and realize what these nursery rhymes tend to teach our children? What are the origin of these rhymes? Every word penned down has to have a certain meaning and reason.

This sudden entry comes due to a research on on particular rhyme and its actual meaning.

Ring around the rosy,
A pocket full of posies;
ashes, ashes
we all fall down!

These were the very first vesrion ever printed. Though now this is not how it taught to children.

It's meaning:

Ring around the rosie -- red rings around a rosy bump were first signs of the plague

Pocket full of posies -- 2 references: 1) people would carry around posies (flowers) to get rid of the smell of the plague so ppl wouldn't suspect them as victims 2) some believed the flowers warded off the plague all together b/c by keeping your air smelling sweet, the bad, contaminated air couldn't reach you.

Ashes, Ashes -- again, there are 2 meanings: 1) they had cremation of dead victims of the plague 2) one of the symptoms of the plague was internal sneezing (sometimes they would blow their lungs out - yep, gross, I know); "ashes" is a representation of sneezing sounds in the middle ages (now, we say "achoo")

We all fall down -- I think everyone gets the idea.

This is what we are made to believe to be a "nursery rhyme". Children are supposed to be singing this and making merry. Most of the poems are "politically correct" verses which innocent children are to made to sing and even dance on.

Maybe its very trivial matter right now. but somehow takes the fun out of teaching children any nursery rhyme. It is political history made to sound funny and lively for children. Thats treachery. We are made to believe a lie and this cycle shall never end.

::sigh::