Today’s True Love!

What exactly is love?

· Undying affection which is utterly unconditional?

· The simple senselessness of you jump...I jump kind?

· Buying roses and remembering each anniversary kind?

· The glinting ring symbolizing this intricate emotion?

· Listening & being there for your spouse even though the other makes no sense?

One really does not know. Unfortunately, in today’s times, we are more accustomed to hearing about heart break and pain than undying love. We have all started believing that the unconditional love is only for the classics... that too mostly tragedies! The kind of love which has passed the test of time seems to have vanished! In fact almost every other person has a “love lost” story. I even heard from a “someone” every dear to me..... that the line “falling in love” should be rephrased to falling in lust! It seems that would put you on your guard and it would make more sense and hurt less later!

It deeply troubles me when I hear people’s wavering faith in love. Isn’t it an obvious fact that any potent substance has both positive and negative effects? So applying reverse psychology I would say if you are dreading love accusing it of having the potency to harm you..... shouldn’t you already know that it also posseses the power to heal you with the same intensity?

In summation, I hope people do not give up believing in love.... as it is worse than giving up on hope! Believing in love has the same power that hope has..... It keeps you strong... keeps you going.

Somehow love creates magic.... that magic brings a sparkle to your eyes, a hint of a smile in trying times and a guffaw in good, a kind of warmth that soothes you and allows you to unwind when you can feel anything but fine! I hope all of us manage to hold on to the hope of finding love as we all sincerely need magic in our lives!

Sorcery

By jessica hagedorn

there are some people i know whose beauty is a crime.

who make you so crazy you don't know

whether to throw yourself at them or kill them.

which makes for permanent madness.

which could be bad for you.

you better be on the lookout for such circumstances.

stay away from the night.

they most likely lurk in the corners of the room

where they think they being inconspicuous

but they so beautiful an aura gives them away.

stay away from the day.

they most likely be walking

down the street when you least expect it

trying to look ordinary

but they so fine they break your heart

by making you dream of other possibilities.

stay away from crazy music.

they most likely be creating it

cuz when you're that beautiful

you can't help putting it out there.

everyone knows how dangerous that can get.

stay away from magic shows.

especially those involving words

words are very tricky things.

everyone knows words the most common

instruments of illusion.

they most likely be saying them.

breathing poems so rhythmic

you can't help but dance.

and once you start dancing

to words you might never stop.

Koffee with Konkona

I have always admired strong, independent women who have the tenacity to live life on their own terms. Something about their way of life defines who they are. My grandmother is one such women and if I begin to talk about her, I would probably need an additional blog to compose my thoughts and feelings for her. So for now, it should suffice when I say that she IS my role model....someone I revere and am fervently proud of!

I have come across certain others similar to her but in a completely different league. {As far as I am concerned, nobody can compare to muh granny... just trying to reiterate my loyalties!!} One such person is Konkona Sen Sharma. I did like her in some of her films that I saw but it wasn’t until I saw her on Koffee with Karan... did I consider her to be someone out of the ordinary.I mean to be honest, she is everything but a star... she is a perfectly ordinary next door girl! So what about her made my eye-brows shoot up and made me throw my head back and laugh aloud at the same time?

To begin with her dress-choice stands out literally like a sore thumb.... after all the rest on the guest list {Of Koffee with Karan} wore shocking pink miniskirts to....see-through sarees and blouses’ and gowns with plunging necklines! But then gradually the simplicity of her cotton saree begins to make sense and you learn to appreciate it! By the time this happens, she has you engrossed in her very opinated conversations! She is honest and portrays the courage to live life on her own terms. The conversations suddenly get serious (and almost have me fast forward as I don’t really want to hear serious discussions on mainstream cinema) when she has me laughing for being outright honest about something that has been staring at me in my face from the beginning! All in all Konkona is rather a graceful,witty woman who can hold your interest in a conversation because she has something worthwhile to add, instead of the mundane jabber and annoying giggles that (seemingly) involuntarily escape the other actresses!