Rays and kisses

It takes a bit more than eight minutes for a ray of sunlight to reach us. In other words, it takes quite a lot of time. Arithmetically speaking, an average person blinks 20 times per minute which means 160 blinks would be required for a ray to settle down. Since blinking is an individual process, the numbers may differ to some extent. How about a kiss, huh? A collaborative process, no doubt. If a person kisses another person, say, 60 times per minute—non-stop—as if on a potion composed by Cupid himself—how many pecks on any part of the face please? 480 or around 500. Whoa! 500 kisses for a ray of sun to touch the surface of our planet sounds..err..wearisome. Ahem. Here's hoping that a ray kisses the eyes of the one lost in another. Devastatingly.

Why?

Every little thing we do, we do it out of love. Love for money, fame, success, reputation, legacy, family and the list goes on and on and on. But the key element remains the same: love. Not hatred, just love. Pure. And there's a price attached to it. It's a daily process manipulated by trains of heartbeat, pints of poisoned blood, streams of stinky sweat, storms of headaches, fields of warts and godknowswhatelse. But they are worth it. Anything we do out of passion, the end result has to be bliss. Like a drunk person who lays on the side of the street unattended by civilization. Or a painter locked in his basement unmindful of the bills that are accumulating upstairs. Or an otherwise svelte housewife who is gaining weight thanks to her responsibilities nicknamed hubby, kids and in-laws. Or firefighters who enter inferno while everybody else is running out of it. What drives them? What's in there for them? Why do they appear like they are totally fine with their share of effort irrespective of the consequences? Just in case you reach that spot, do let me know how it feels like. We'll share notes.

Nodding is possible

The untimely drizzle in parts of the city might have come as a relief to some, but where there was no precipitation, there was continued perspiration. Also as expected, the so-called rain was followed by high humidity and further high temperatures throughout. No wonder sleeping without sweating is nothing less than a task—at least for the unprivileged lot. And in such a scenario who wouldn’t want to sleep with the open sky above, especially when you’re certain that it’s not going to rain anyway?

Here and thereafter

Her: "Do you ever wonder whether God believes in us?"

Him: "I don't know about others but she believes in us."

Her: "How come?"

Him: "What other option does she have?"

Her: "Well...she does."

Him: "Like what?"

Her: "Not believing in us?."

Him: "She can't afford to do that."

Her: "Really?"

Him: "Yup....in her imagination like she's in ours."

Oh, God!

• "Who was Jesus Christ trying to impress?" - questions you aren't supposed to ask
• Jesus was an underpaid carpenter and a closet wine connoisseur.
• "Thanks so much y'all but it ain't my birthday." - Jesus on Christmas
• Moses simply changed the course of a river. Jesus changed the course of human history.
• Jesus is my second favouritest superhero. After Mowgli.
• tattoos: all JC ever asked for 
• "Let him sans sin cast the first couch." - Jesus to Bollywood filmmakers 
• Marcus Schenkenberg is widely believed to be the world's first male supermodel. Jesus disagrees though. 
• There's a reason why "Oh Jesus" played a significant part in the rise of porn industry. 
• As attached to your mother as Jesus was to his cross.
• "He's grossly underfollowed." - a tweep on Jesus, before his resurrection 
• Jesus can't possibly love us more than Santa Claus.
• Zuckerberg may have about a billion 'friends' on FB but Jesus still remains the most befriended Jew of all time. 
• JC, help me find my soulmate first. You can save my soul later.
• I started believing in Jesse after he made Jim Caviezel act in The Passion of the Christ.
• "Jesus asks us to follow him but would he follow us back?" - Doubting Thomas, before he got blocked
• They crucified Jesus because he refused to work for Ikea, right? 
• "We are only as unforgettable as our last supper." - Jesus
• When it comes to welfare, Jesus is the government's ultimate dole model.
• “I missed the 27 Club by just six years. Damn.” - Jesus
• Jesus walked on water before walking into a bar mitzvah. Oops!
• Not a day goes by i don't think of JC and how his fabulous abs went to waste. 
• I've got nothing against Jesus. Even if he hates me, i wholeheartedly forgive him.

A secret admirer

Once upon a branch,
there lived a bird,
which sang songs nobody heard.
But nonetheless, being shameless,
he sang his poor heart out loud.
Be it sunny, rainy, snowy or something else,the musical chords seldom shut the fuck up.
Lost in his own world, barely anything mattered to him
—except on that fateful afternoon.
Struck by his loneliness,
no, not the lack of audience,
he stopped singing.
Just like that.
Silence prevailed for a few days,
before the brown ol' tall tree broke silence,
"I'm your greatest fan and you can't do this to me!"

Figment of reality

The moment a train drags itself to a halt, the passion (for lack of better word) exhibited by passengers is worth a dekko. Civility is the last thing on the menu as the animal instincts take over. Wait, can animals stoop this low? Once the commuters get in, the struggle is to find the space to stand—if not a seat to sit on. This often leads to trivial arguments about that imaginary fourth seat guaranteed by the railway department. Some passengers budge and let the fourth guy sit on the edge of the bench while others don't. Nevertheless, this results into interesting conversations. In one such confrontation, "Baatne se pyaar badhta hai" was replied with "Lekin jagah kam hoti hai." Indeed.