Oxymoron who?

Let it go, Learn and grow, People with the life-jacket will bark, Our world is Noah’s ark, This life has no prior dawn, A bright dusk is an oxymoron.…

My Dentist, Dr. Fairy

And if the darkness is to keep us apart And if the daylight feels like it’s a long way off And if your glass heart should crack Before the second you turn back Oh no, be strong You’re packing a suitcase for a place none of…

Ghost of what they were

The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. The late Kaifi Azmi sahab, a renowned urdu poet, left behind a compelling thought in his poem ‘Intishar’ (divulging) [mp3 excerpts of the poem’s narration]. An awakening line in the poem goes like, “…

Cathartic Kiss

That’s one of history’s famous kisses. Alfred Eisenstaedt’s 1945 “LIFE” magazine photograph of a sailor stamping a passionate kiss on a nurse (Edith Shain). Well, if kissing is universal, then someone must have invented it, or rather discovered it. Vaughn Bryant, an…

Dreaming Lhasa

“Land of Snows” While on it, Dreaming Lhasa is a small film driven by big ambition. The film captures the emotions of Tibetans. A quest for the heart of Tibet … 2006 is also the “Year of Tibet in Australia and New Zealand“.…