I liked the composition of 'The irony of her inferiority'. Certainly not the idea. But I assume that you are deliberately looking at a part of the elephant and trying to put it into your words, for the sheer satisfaction it brings with it, sometimes.
-- Akshaya
11:44 AM EDT
Anonymous said...
Your aunt like all aunts [as Bertie Wooster would have said] is wrong.
You have got tough degrees to show, a good job, looks, friends, perhaps a facelicking dog, what else do you want? Many single women perform miracles, and live happily. Wake up Nyssa ! cheerz!
8:04 AM EDT
Anonymous said...
This might seem a bit strange and out of the blue. I was your classmate in the distant past at Fravashi. A touch uncomfortable in the new setting, since I joined Fravashi in the middle of 9th std. I won't blame you if you still can't place me.
I came across some of your poems and what I assume is your Blog. I must say you write very well. I couldn't stop myself from writing to you. Hope you dont mind.
btw I think your prose is just as exciting as your poetry.
11:43 AM EDT
At home and yet not at peace was how I found myself this weekend. Not one to question reasons for my singlehood, my family is nevertheless a part of a circle which contiuously does... subtly and not-so-subtly. A well-wishing Aunt asked to speak with me, and I was touched. I was home after four months, y'see, and extremely prone to sentimentality as a result. I expected the usual "how's your job? how is life?" type of questions, but instead was faced with a blatant breach of that unspoken understanding, that my life was not up for discussion. So she riled me about getting older and that it would be too late later on to marry and get on with life - meaning giving birth to hopefully a name-bearer, no doubt! Now I've known Aunty for years, and have a soft spot for her as I always seem to have for elders who show even the smallest concern for my well-being. So was trapped between extreme anger at being thus interrogated, and feeling remorse that I was indeed from a small town where the be all and end all of the existence of those that I cared about was essentially "a girl should marry and get "settled" in life".
The strangest thing though is this.. till date I had been spared of such direct questioning of my single woman status! And I honestly believed that I would always get away with it, because somehow I was different!
How many decades ago was it that the liberation of womenkind began? How many trends have come and gone, to be ultimately replaced by "Tulsis" on the silver-screen?
I mean there is normalcy y'know to my existence as well... I do regret not having found my soul-mate, or having found and lost them several times and swallowing the stark reality that love is not necessarily an eternal emotion... I clinch at the thought of growing up and growing out of my child-like fantasies of romance... There's enough of that pain in my life. And a dear Aunt came along to remind me of yet another pragmatic truth.... that I was getting old, and fast, without having achieved anything - neither career-wise nor on the personal front!
Oh well, its times like these that poetry comes to the rescue I guess :) Found an old notebook that I had penned down some verses in... Penned another in it, and decided to post 'em all together on today's post.
Enjoy! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------I began with good intent
We all begin with good intent, And so the man was born! My mind it sowed the seed of love In a land more fertile than bone...
A man I sought - I thought, I felt A man I screamed to need, Groaning, I soaked all his love Alongwith that his weed.
A barren man, my eyes perceive Barren, barren is my soul. Emptied of, that something - coarser than lust Coarser and completely unwhole!
I began with good intent I began well indeed I had a man, licked off the scraps And lost a friend to need.
Perplexed I waited For the friend to rise again A Phoenix from the ashes of damnation - Here ends my tale, for I'm waiting still A witness to my own condemnation.
The man, the friend Long gone, hearty and well-faring: Laughing, looking on as I became A victim of my own ensnaring.
(c) VedicVerses
Dedicated to a friend without whom I would have never woken up to face the realities of life and love. Thank you!
The irony of her inferiority The woman, she is a good mason. Skillful masonry enshrouds her Yet, she leaves a key-hole open To help man's perspective cripple her.
The woman, she is a good hawker. She knows her wares so well: Yet the man beats her in salesmanship For all her communication, she cannot sell!
The woman, she's a good diplomat She learnt tact the hard way: Yet the man's unscrupulous wit Beats her in politics everyday.
The woman, she is a good artist Sensual, sentimental et al: But the man can sell better copy At the cost of the woman's downfall!
The woman, she is divinity All goodness and beauty within: But reigns Supreme does the man, For he has not her conscience for a sin!
(c) VedicVerses
Random pieces of my work Thoughts We all sit In this crowded place Each mind travels To places afar. My mind draws a blank No creation here Yet its quiet belies Perplexity and chaos. Where do you want to be, free thought? What do you think your thoughts should be? Wondering, wandering Such painful emptiness Yet revelling are thee? Patience and adaptation Long lost friends Where do I find you? Why must I find you? Adolescent Heart A squirrel in my heart Scurries up and then down Never a sign does it show Of a smile nor a frown. It goes about, collects love Like acorns in summer, Yet knows that love is like a bubbly Unscrew and the fizz always dies by winter. But this squirrel of a heart In its scurrying, found a friend or two The fizz was gone thats the honest truth But come winter, she hoped love would burst anew. (c) VedicVerses
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Close this window Jump to comment formWow, nice verse :)
Just the thing I'll come out with soon 'coz I got poked at about my single-woman status all weekend...damn
12:24 AM EDT
I liked the composition of 'The irony of her inferiority'. Certainly not the idea. But I assume that you are deliberately looking at a part of the elephant and trying to put it into your words, for the sheer satisfaction it brings with it, sometimes.
-- Akshaya
11:44 AM EDT
Your aunt like all aunts [as Bertie Wooster would have said] is wrong.
You have got tough degrees to show, a good job, looks, friends, perhaps a facelicking dog, what else do you want? Many single women perform miracles, and live happily. Wake up Nyssa !
cheerz!
8:04 AM EDT
This might seem a bit strange and out of the blue. I was your classmate in the distant past at Fravashi. A touch uncomfortable in the new setting, since I joined Fravashi in the middle of 9th std. I won't blame you if you still can't place me.
I came across some of your poems and what I assume is your Blog. I must say you write very well. I couldn't stop myself from writing to you. Hope you dont mind.
btw I think your prose is just as exciting as your poetry.
11:43 AM EDT