An old chest of drawers and a blurred vision.

It's not exactly picturesque view from atop but I always liked to climb up that rock to be alone , to read what I liked, to study or to finish my homework and I knew why. It's because that's one helluva place to enjoy the sound of silence!

It was like any other day and I was up there as usual doing my homework after class hours. Once I was done I looked up at the sky turning reddish orange. I smiled bracing myself but felt sad soon realizing that I would be missing all of it once my exams got over. I sighed and reached out to put my books back in my backpack when someone pulled one of my long plaits plopping up next to me. 

" Why are you here? what do you want?" I asked 
" I just came to see if you forgot to get home" he said winking at me.
" Thank you my caretaker but I don't need your help to get home" I twisted my mouth mocking him and started to pack my bag.
" Yeah right, just like how I don't need your help" he said, still smiling and pointing at my bag. 
" What?  what are you  talking about?" I said trying to act innocent.
" Tell me you don't have my notebooks in your bag and say I'm wrong if I said you were completing my notes as always" He wore a mischievous smile on his face and pulled my plait one more time in sheer confidence. 
" Nonsense, I don't need to hear your stupid stories"  I said closing my bag in a hurry as if in a fear of being proven wrong and got up to go.


He held my ankle and pulled me down " I want you to stop writing my notes, copies and lab records" he said once I settled down. I looked at him puzzled. I had been doing that for a long time now but it was all going to come to an end soon.
" I'm not taking up the exams. I'm dropping this year." He had finally said what he wanted to say and I was at loss of words. " Buuuuut, until you leave for your graduation, you will get this everyday as usual" he continued holding up a lollipop in his hand and grinning. 
" Why?" is all I could say. 
" Why??? because you like it " he said laughing at his own joke but soon realized I wanted answers, so he continued " Well, I'm still deciding where I want to end up later but you will know where it all ends when it does." He got up to his feet , took my backpack and put his hand out. 

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That day when I went home to visit his parents long after he had gone, I found myself in his room. I opened the unlocked chest of drawers to find dozens of same notebooks and a pair of ribbons. There was a small note stuck inside the lid of the chest and it read ;

" There are a hundreds of ways to show your love and affection to someone but your's is the best so far. There's not a word about feelings in these books here that you wrote for me but you chose to say it without using the exact same ones ." 

I closed the lid and didn't look around much after that because I knew even if I wanted to I wouldn't be able to see anything through my blurred vision. 

Now all I can think of is ' I miss my lollipop!'

Pissing and Kissing....what a rhyme !!!!!

I read the headlines today  If pissing is allowed in public then why not kissing?....hmmm interesting!! I'm sure some brainy ones must have come up with that line. Piss and kiss rhyme well and all you need to do is exchange just the first letter retaining the order and voila, there you have it :-) and don't get me started with how both are related to lips (only in women, I'm a feminist you see) although dimensions are different (oh boy, am I that brainy now? I'm getting there..;-)) !!!!

Have you seen the kind of people who pee in public ( I mean, have you seen their face?) and do you think they would know anything about the sanctity of kissing another human being with all your heart? If you look down upon people who dirty the public places, why are you equating 'the kissing' with their filthy actions? What's so great about going public with your emotions and feelings? Are you a show off? 

Have you ever been to a place like Lalbagh and Cubbon Park where some people indulge themselves in actions that you find obscene and offensive? Oh wait, it may be freedom of expression for them and I have no right to say such things. What if I did? Will they organize a protest jerking off in public ?  You have a problem that I'm comparing kissing with such demeaning behavior ? Well, that's just my freedom of expression !

I agree that the vandalizing a cafe in Kochi cannot be justified but mass kissing in public is not justifiable either. The passionate things ( i.e, if you are passionate about the other person) , I believe should take place in private if you want to savor the moment for rest of you life. That in fact shows the significance of other person in your life. But when you are so desperate to get something over with like when your pee is up at the tip of your disposer and you just have to do it anywhere to relieve yourself ignoring who's watching then you should be ready to face the consequences of their reactive emotions. And are you?

Moral policing men impose their so-called-ideals on others which is truly not acceptable but what different are you trying to impose your righteousness on others? You cannot retaliate so foolishly to seek justice. Had these people thought through the consequences of their liberal action in public? And how many police officers would it need to control the havoc? what a waste of resources would it have been if they had not taken precaution to arrest 30 volunteers /organizers. These organizers are as irresponsible as their actions on agenda.

 If you are so liberal and love the culture of doing it in public expecting the public to accept it, why don't you start seeking acceptance from your families first and then move on to society? And then try doing it in your schools and colleges, in temples/churches etc? Not the place and time to do it? exactly my point. We are not there yet, so don't push harder. Seek justice but be rational. 

And for one last time, pissing and kissing are not same for god sake. Don't use it again!!!!