Stop

Her eyes sparkled. The moment had finally come. 
Her moment of glory was here which made him both happy and sad. 
He was silent. He had promised himself never to stop her. 
He knew not how to stop her but deep within he wanted that she would stay.
She would leave the next day.

Short Fiction. 55 words.

This is Perceptions 50th post. Too slow and too random would be the correct phrase to describe the flow of blog posts. Nonetheless, this one is special. After 5 months, the blog is being updated. The past few months have been very meaningful and special to me. 

Hoping for a very meaningful and special year ahead for my dear readers. 2013 had been very kind me here's looking for a even better year. Cheers!

p.s. the pic is an old one. The drop trapped between the leaves leads to a thousand stories in the minds of viewers. Lets hope it does start a thought in your head as well. :)

Chennai!

 Pictures clicked at Chennai, my location for the summer of 2013

Sunrise.

Evening at beach.

At beach.

Dark Alleys!

I’ve been afraid of dark all my life.

It was pitch dark that night. I heard a girl crying. 

I just wanted to know that she was fine.

I followed the voice only to find nobody there. 

She’d disappeared!

Short Fiction after a long time. 

To make it better- 55 words, 160 characters both forms of short fiction, nailed in this fiction.

This one is special.  After a long time, have i really sat down to put up a post. 

And as luck would have it, everything just fell in the right place. The theme, the number of words/characters(yeah an engineer by heart) and the click just blend perfectly. And besides, its a sunday!! \m/

Here's a click captioned- Dark Alleys, not quite haunted though!

Next, soon!! Adios. :)

Happy Thursday!

Aaahh..!

Date: 14.02.2013
Venue: Room 512


Some Perspective: 

St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. The most popular martyrology associated with Saint Valentine was that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire; during his imprisonment, he is said to have healed the daughter of his jailer Asterius. Legend states that before his execution he wrote "from your Valentine" as a farewell to her. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine's_Day] 

Quoting sources is one of those good shit that happens to you during an MBA course. Btw, historical perspectives were never my thing, so 'fish' history.

Another one of those days, i'd rather spend time in my room. Couples hugging each other out there in the real world, letting everyone know of the 'lou' they have for each other. Long distance couples glued on to their phones, letting themselves know how much they miss each other. Singles spending even more time in the virtual world, letting others and themselves feel not so lonely(i mean you people should drop by the wiki link, you know to kill some time :P). And less 'saner' singles like me blogging on this beautiful day. Yeah, not so 'Valentine'!!

I mean the only thing that comes to my head when i think of love is-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH6hiF83FHM . And then my thought stops thinking. :D
But then, when you actually sit down too write you have to write something, and thus this blog post.

Love, of late has been Photography, Perceptions(my blog), Poetry, Portfolios(Finance \m/). Talk about the 4 Ps :D. Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. :)

Also, of late it has been difficult to find time and spend time here. Every time i'm here, i promise myself of dropping by more often. Alas!

Here's a pic:

Btw, a Happy Thursday! :D

Today

Today i will not
ask you to wait,
expect you to listen,
crave for your touch,
long to hear your voice.

Today shall be different
no more doubts,
no more questions,
lesser of misunderstandings,
even lesser of fights.

i need no reason to explain,
i need no excuse to justify,
cause today its just
lesser worries to be bothered about
lesser thoughts to be pondered upon
and even lesser memories to be cherished.

My kid cousin's first ms-paint stuff

Will Durant once remarked- Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance, well to me its more than just that. Its also about eliminating the ignorance.

Simple things just say and mean a lot, at times. Here's a picture my little cousin came up with ms-paint on my machine. An artist in making, eh?  A Merry Christmas to the few readers, who drop by! It means a lot.

About- 'About Me'

Now perceptions has an 'About Me' page. Please find it on top of the page.
Yeah, finally its up after a lot of thought on need and purpose..

While i feel the need is more on the lines of my readers, which are handful, to know me.. the purpose is a bit complicated. Its been a urge for the past few days to add this page, because the more you look within the more you know about yourself, which at some point becomes essential. This, one should rather face early and regularly rather than escape it..

Writing edit 1, maybe surprising to a few, besides being un-needful  to even more. But then I've my reasons. While we may still continue to believe that- a person, an individual continues to be the same over a period of time is what, generally, should contain in an 'About Me' page, I'd rather say my perception on this bid as well. Say, for example, my inquisitiveness about things i don't know has always been there, and inshallah, will continue to be- should essentially be in my 'About Me ' page..

But i really feel that we, as 'social animals' are always more than what we're today. i hope you do realize where is this heading to, or where I'm coming from. That is, we evolve everyday- which is both situational and intentional. While, situational is how situations and circumstances shape us; intentional is how we aspire to be.. And to me this is what essentially is or rather should be in 'About Me' page- because we're as dynamic as a chameleon(bad example, perhaps).. Like maybe i desperately want to start commenting on various economic and political issues we face as a society, in general and individual, in specific.. SOON!!

So maybe, edit 2 at some point later in time in the 'About Me' page will define me as I'm then..

why so serious?

Probably not the best way to end such an epic trilogy. But, of course, its always difficult to surpass the best, to meet the unusually high expectations, because of the standards set in the second edition. I've always loved watching superhero movies, more because of the action and the whole lot of fantasy, rather than the fact that it breaks me away from reality.

But, the Nolan's franchisee was always more than that. It was about a human who rose with his will, and of course the gadgets, to see Gotham through all difficulties. A human superhero, if i may. It'd those soul touching dialogues and the humane touch to the films. You start believing in all those qualities, we often crib about having missing in our times. You feel, yeah there's still hope. And even in the nights, there is a day, a bright one at that, waiting for you. Well, that's often the beauty of fiction, you show and see what you want to.

Coming back to the film, surely, joker can't be matched. But, Bane was good in his own way, with half his face covered in the mask. On the slower side in the first half, the last quarter was much rushed. It kept you on the edge. And the surprise was worth it. Probably, the last of the series, it's definitely worth a watch, with the catwoman, as well being an important cog. The transformation from broken down Bruce, to the charged up Bat was phenomenal in its own sense. Much like a forced hero, driven more with the urge to quit rather than passion. Somewhere you feel that it derailed from the track. But, for an ardent fan like me, i'd rather overlook. Moreover, i'd rather not say anymore. Its true that post Dark Knight and Inception, anyone would expect much better experience. Probably, next in line Batman and Robin would, or better still, should be delayed.

What stays with me- "There is no true despair without hope"

i read a drought warning in six states, including Maharashtra. Challenging times ahead, with all sorts of problems bothering the Indian economy. The days have been hectic on a personal note. And as i say on all my posts, i shall sincerely try to be more regular here. Adios for now!