Friday, June 30, 2006

Together

Waking up today I had the curious sensation of not just being me anymore. I felt part of a collective being, part of a collection of humanity that was avidly awaiting of all things, a football match. Football in its essence is one of the only sports that is such a global binder. It is togetherness like we never knew.

Even if your country did not qualify for the World Cup finals, and aprobably never will in your lifetime, you still see kids all around you wearing Ronaldo tee shirts and Zinedine Zidane smiles. It is infectious enthusiasm at its best, it is collective emotion at its peak.

The World Cup, be it cricket or football, the Olympics, be them winter or summer and Wimbledon, are all examples of a cornucopia of human drama without its usual dull banal qualities. They are the arenas where the stardust of dreams and the biting dust of anguish can be revelled in by everyone.

Our everyday lives are private and nameless. Though we all have our own private dramatic situations these are hardly shared across the globe. Over these tournaments we connect. Without realizing and without thinking about it, we know that its not merely a game. It's a reflection of our lives.

I love football. I love it not only for the brilliant skills on display and the great qualities of the game. I also love it for the handsome men who get dripping wet in the rain and play on. The awesome men, who pour their lives into creating a sort of magic I cannot even start understanding. The awesome men who open themseleves up to millions, who show every single emotion to me and who make me adore them.

I cannot wait to watch tonite. Germany v/s Argentina, stuff worthy of the finals. I am waiting to soak it all in. And in the process, lose myself within the millions of people, who alongwith me will experience delight, anguish and witness victory tonite.

Go Argentina!!... erm.... Go Germany!!... erm... I just dont know!!

P.P (post post... hehehe... i'm clever) - I received an email from someone who likes to be called 'cool dude' saying, that he loves my words and wants to live in them forever..... hehehehe... i am touched... but with a guy who calls himself 'cool dude' I dont think I can put too much faith in his compliments.... I can just imagine my friends saying his line to me and then adding... "hah hah!.. nooot!"

Monday, June 19, 2006

An Ode to The Sahyadris

Green heart. Whispering winds. Bird song.
Calming waters. Cooling earth.
Caressed by light. Golden sun.
Peace.

Friday, June 09, 2006

Weird

I have been tagged... and that in the blogging world is as good as receiving a royal dictate... so not wiling to run the risk of offense.. i shall now write a list of 6 weird things about me.

1. When I walk on a tiled surface (floor, pavement) I always walk in the squares... I will do my utmost humanly possible not to step on the lines... I cant ever remember not having this freakish habit... dun ask

2. I will only shell pea pods from the reverse side (I apologize that I did not warn you my dear reader that this list might just be midnumbingly boring :D). Anyhow, peas should only be removed from their shells from the other side than all human beings I have witnessed shelling peas have been doing. Its a habit, and its weird. Makes the list.

3. I smell books. And I love the old book smell. The first thing I do when I get any book is smell it. Endearing or gross?? You decide.

4. I get very badly distracted if there is more than one person talking to me. I cannot, (and at this point I believe I will die of this disease), understand you when you are talking, if there is a train running behind you, another dude shouting or even if you're cellfone rings.

5. (we're getting close to the end!) I read the paper back to front. ALWAYS! any paper! I will only start it from the sports page.

6. I have a fetish for old , decaying things. Yellowed paper postcards, stamps, money, anything. I love it. All antiques are adored by me.

That be it... are my weirdnesses within normal human parameters, or am I weird enough to be a green, bug eyed alien?... lemme know.