Tuesday, 17 November 2015
I want peace and I'll tell you how
Friday, 13 November 2015
I think this one is about trains and society
We hope you enjoy your stay,
And please feel free to be yourself,
As long as it's in the right way,
Make sure you love your body,
Not too much or we'll tear you down,
We'll bully you for smiling,
And then wonder why you frown,
We'll tell you that you're worthless,
That you shouldn't make a sound,
And then cry with all the others,
As you're buried in the ground,
You can fall in love with anyone,
As long as it's who we choose,
And we'll let you have your opinions,
But please shape them to our views,
Welcome to society,
We promise that we won't deceive,
And one more rule now that you're here,
There's no way you can leave.
Kanksha :)
Saturday, 24 October 2015
Little me
Polar bears come from anywhere
Valentines day cards get dedicated to your mommy
And you're obsessed with a birthday party
Sunday, 30 August 2015
Live to Die?
I saw this while going to college |
My friend just broke his iPhone. *sheds a tear* |
But does all of that matter? Does anything in this world actually matter? When you die, you may realise that your entire life was a dream. You may find out that life doesn’t mean anything and every person who dies just makes up another atom to add to the single cell of another life. Or maybe all of this will matter as you reminisce your existence with everyone else who is dead. If that is the case, the dead club must be overflowing with members.
Thanks for reading!
Kanksha :)
Thursday, 27 August 2015
Making the ball (and our muscles) dance
Mind bellowing with agony, the NBA star shut it the pain away and got up. Multiple images of the ball danced. He took the lead and made them twirl on the edge of the baskets' rim.
Sportspeople have always fascinated me. It's insane how they bounce back from injuries however severe they are and win the game for the team. It's like the adrenaline makes them ignore how bad it is and the pain starts kicking in only once the game ends.
I read "Open" by Andre Agassi recently and it didn't disappoint. The book is marvellous and the level of detail is unimaginable. The only way he could have written it is if he kept a diary. You can feel his confusion, distress and anger at every loss, the lack of real joy at every win reaches you as well. He keeps telling us how he hates tennis but like every other person has told him, I gather that he doesn't really hate it at all.
You understand the amount of effort every top sportsperson has to put in to reach there - it definitely isn't just talent. Sports is as much of a mind game as it is physical. It's taking care of your diet and being fit, being focused even when you're having a bad day and not letting your opponent mess with you. It's not about being the best but being better than the other team.
I guess that's what propelled me to engage myself in physical activity on a regular basis. It's exhilarating and exhausting at the same time.
Start working those muscles, Nike Training Club's App is really good for women, whether you're a beginner or a pro. Even a 12 minute workout at home could help keep yourself in shape and build some strength.
Go cycle around sunrise. Make yourself wake up when most of the city is sleeping.
Join classes for a team sport maybe. It'll leave you refreshed and with new friends.
Cheers to a new routine, let's get some of the spirit of athletes in ourselves and pass it on!
Kanksha :)
Friday, 21 August 2015
Icebreaker Ideas and CollegeTips(?)
Among the awkwardness, teachers come and teach.
Four weeks and an icebreaker down,
You've got people willing to dance in class breaks for no reason at all.
College just began. The best part about beginning college is that you build your reputation from scratch however you like - unless your name decides it for you. What is interesting about names is their originality (or un-originality). People whose first name is weird or rather unheard of are called by their first name. But if the last name is the strange one, the surname becomes their identity wherever they go. (My favourite is DaVinci) Name isn't the only identity giver though. In fact in class, we've got an MJDancer and GuyFromDelhi as well. I guess it's important to remember that the first impression is almost impossible to change unless you do something drastic enough to overshadow it, so if you're a fresher be careful about what you do since that's what you'll be known for. :P
I drift, though. How do you get people talking? Some people are reserved and like keeping to themselves, which is fine, but there are others who just need a little push. And that's why you have ice breakers. In my college, Henil, a friend of mine, came up with the idea of a wish box. He asked people to pen down wishes and announced them in class during the breaks, making people get up and fulfilling them. We had people come up and do TONS of stuff. Needless to say, in the beginning, it's hard. People aren't usually ready to perform in front of 60 others. But slowly, as a couple of people are good sports, more and more wishes start trickling in and you're having mad fun. Singing the national anthem in class, having a Bharatnatyam session, a yoga one (where all everyone did is breathed and said ohm), people dancing in groups and having a ramp walk along with a push up competition - you name it, and it happened.
Another idea would be having a treasure hunt. Get people up and running from place to place performing tasks at certain ones. Make groups randomly and they'll work together and bond. There is one thing that any ice breaker needs commonly though, and that's an organiser. So if that's not you, go hunt one out in class and try these, I promise you that you'll have fun.
I'm one of those super impatient people who can't stand awkward silences which is also why I kind of hated the first week. But now, I've begun to get used to college and its getting better everyday. Hoping for four exciting years filled with hard work and fun, peopleeeeee!
(This is more of a one-month diary entry than a blog post. Sigh.)
*Hoping no one got bored!*
Share your college experiences in the comments section. I LOVE LOVE LOVEEEE COMMENTS. :")
Thanks for reading!
Kanksha :)
Friday, 7 August 2015
Tattoo A Doodle.
The textbook full of doodles took her back to every moment much better than a tattoo ever would. Tattoos help you remember moments already inked on your brain. Doodles? They take you back to the most insignificant ones. The monsterly scribbles greet you before you're taken to the fleet of thoughts just before you were about to doze off. And that journey is beautiful.
So I was giving away my eleventh and twelfth grade books and notes to a couple of other people and found tiny words and masterpieces which took me back to a study date with a friend in Starbucks where she'd written down a random persons number as he spoke it out loud but never got to pranking him. I came across organic chemistry structures that had been turned into ballerinas and flying houses. And I realised that they reminded me of the exact scene that happened months ago which I found fascinating.
Go ahead and bring out a couple of old books. Embrace the nostalgia.
Thanks for reading!
Kanksha :)
Monday, 29 June 2015
Looking Through Londons' Eye
As promised, I'm going to talk about my trip. Guess who wears makeup at 3:00 am. Obviously people who come to the airport. Apart from flawless people, the new airport was one of the koolest ones because of its honeycomb structure and I got to charge my phone so it was pretty epic because of that too.
Any way, off we went, into the deep blue ground (you could correct me if you want to - I did this on purpose) and movies became my best friend. Birdman was awesome. I liked the uniqueness of the concept more than anything and how they conveyed the need for everyone to be heard and known. Next came PS I love you, and you might want to watch the movie just to see the love, because it is realistically-unreal if that made any sense. Queen had some spunk though and left me on a fresh and positive note before we landed.
What made me fall for London were the parks. People sunbathing while having lunch, sitting in the parks and hanging out isn't something you'll find everywhere. Also the variety of people working and the mixture of races was interesting.
First stop there was the SwamiNarayan Temple. If you're not a believer or don't like temples, don't waste your time going there.
Second stop was the London Eye.The highlight of it was spotting well known buildings top view. My sister had carried pictures of how they look like but that proved to be unnecessary because there was an interactive screen that helped you identify buildings. It's really nice and you get the birdseye view, but once you go on it you realise it wasn't as special as you expected it to be. Or maybe I just have high expectations. :P
And before I forget, thanks for reading! :D
Tuesday, 23 June 2015
What she did
She let the cloudy skies in her head clear.
It was time to do what her heart and brain said,
And take the road not taken instead,
There wasn't anything left to fear.
Being lost was forgotten.
Nothing left to confess.
It was time to clear up the mess.
Gone were the thoughts that were rotten.
That was the priceless question.
To figure that out,
She struggled a lot,
It required tremendous procrastination.
It was time to become the protagonist of her own book.
The plot in her hands, all she needed to do was play her role,
And eventually meticulously fix all the loopholes,
(Also probably learn how to cook?)
Fires through her as she begins each target lightening fast.
What bothers a few,
And creeps into her mind too,
Is how long will it last?
Many times we mess up, or things don't go as we plan. It seems as if there is no hope. In reality, there is always hope. What she does is starts building on thee tiny speck of hope and tries to transform the tiny raindrop into a rainbow.
Hope you liked it!
Thanks for reading!
Kanksha :)
Thursday, 21 May 2015
Ugly Beauty
Saturday, 18 April 2015
What does she do then?
She needs to stop convincing herself,
Saturday, 28 March 2015
Life and its Infinite Line Segment
Infinite Road at MahalaxmiRaceCourse |
Time is like a line. Maybe that's why we have "timelines."
Memories and rays share similarities. They go on till forever and ever.
And life is like a line segment having a possibility of ending at its own tiny infinity.
[Idea credits (kind of) to my awesome sister because we happened to be talking about infinity and this all came up, Ending credits to Aditi because she helped me figure out what was missing. Picture credits to my friend Aditya who posted it on instagram.]
Monday, 9 February 2015
Love
Crazy like this adorable snowman |
Kanksha:)
Thursday, 29 January 2015
Living Moments
It's been really long since I posted. Obama came to India, I learned how to curl and straighten hair and I finished around 20,000 words of a book I'm attempting to write only to realise that I'll have to start all over again. But there's a reason behind why I decided to post something.
I had an epiphany today. And that was about how I've never had an epiphany before this, which was a life changing thought, because that explains exactly why I've never got a feeling that my life has undergone a drastic transformation. Or maybe I'm just trying to shift the blame for my not-so-exciting-at-the-moment life, from mental inertia to my inability to have an epiphany. But again, you can't bring yourself to have one whenever you want.
What exactly do you mean by an epiphany though, you ask? A magical revelation that puts the puzzle pieces together, epiphanies are miraculous thoughts. An epiphany, I think, is a moment. It's a moment which makes the world stand still as it fleets away in its own glory. It's when you make a revelation which affects you at am intellectual and/or emotional level.
Our life is made up of so many moments. Think back to all the cherished memories you have. What are they? Technically, they're nothing but electric currents making their way through the nerves in your head. They're electric currents that conjure up images, one after another, enabling you to visualize moments taken place in the near and far present. The same electric currents also allow you to create visions of future moments that may never happen. I love how we live moments that have taken place and may never take place as well.
What's actually sad about moments is that probably we don't always live it when it is taking place. Human beings think all the time. The thinking process never stops. Like right now, while typing this, I'm simultaneously thinking about the next paragraph and whether this post is going to get those gears inside people's heads moving. When I do well in an exam, I'm thinking about how I could do better, or wondering what had made me slack the previous time. I've got four months of studying on my list, but instead of focusing on them, I'm too busy dreaming about the supposedly exciting aftermath. It's like dreaming about dessert while you've got the main course in front of you. Fruitless, as you don't get dessert till you finish your maincourse anyway.
That is where most of us go wrong. We don't live in the moment. We're stuck either in the past or the future, thinking up possibilities. Possibilities that won't happen unless you focus on the present in the first place.
Get over the transience of moments and start being a part of them completely!
Thanks for reading!
Kanksha :)
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