The Educated One....

O, You...The Educated One! Why do you objectify me?

Can’t you ‘feel’ the sting of my misery?

Can’t you ‘feel’ the pain of my tragedy?

Can’t you ‘hear’ the choking of my throat and the coughing of my lungs?

Can’t you ‘feel’ my craving of hunger?

Can’t you ‘see’ the melancholy of my stare?

Can’t you ‘listen’ to the silence within me?

Can’t you ‘taste’ the bitterness of my life?

Can’t you ‘smell’ the filthy shanty where I stay?

Can’t you ‘see’ that this sorrow can’t be alleviated?

Can’t you ‘understand’ the shallowness of your promise?

Can’t you ‘realize’ that your world is a fake?

O, You...The Educated One! You can only objectify me!

For, you are too weak and afraid to help me! 

It is You, who requires help – not me.

Let me be Silent....

Inspired by my visit to Udupi in September 2015.....

Let me be silent and introspect my own confusion.....

Let me lean on the laterite wall and introspect its relation to the earth below....

Let me stand under the manglore sloped roof during the hot day and introspect the relation of climate to it....

Let me see through the wooden trellis and introspect the relation of history to it.....

Let me spend time leisurely on the verandah steps facing the forecourt and introspect the relation of social behaviour to these elements....

Let me be engulfed with the peacefulness of these houses and introspect why we can’t generate these feelings in the cities?.....

Let me feel the simplicity of the mud, stone and wood only to realize how pretentious have I become as a sophisticated architect!.....

Let me feel the innocence of the people by looking at their eyes and introspect the relation of the environment to it....

Let me be silent and introspect why we change at the cost of losing something divine?....

Let me be silent and introspect where I am going?....

Let me be silent and pray for peace at last.....

You think....

You think you can win sometimes.....

You think you will fail at other times....

You sometimes think you can get revenge by getting things straight....

You think that you will feel guilty by downgrading people at other times....

You think you are good, honest to people around you sometimes....

You think however most people don’t deserve your kindness at other times....

You think you must deserve praise for whatever you have gone through before sometimes....

You think it is better to do your job than seeking any praise at other times....

You think you had enough of the world telling you what you are supposed to be doing sometimes....

You think it is better to have people than be a lone trekker for the rest of your life at other times....

You think it is better to explain your point of view to others to make your stand clear sometimes.....

You think silence is the best solution at other times.....

You think the world should change for the better sometimes....

You think that it is best to change yourself than to expect the world to change at other times....

You think you can’t take any more pain from the circumstances around you....

You think you are ready for any eventuality that life has to offer you at other times....

You think you wished that your dear ones did not worry too much about you sometimes....

You think you should worry about your dear ones at other times....

Why do you think in these ways when things continue to happen?

Why do you not accept that this is the stuff of what life is all about?