Serenity in Madness

via Commaful Darkest of hours I withstood, Purest of friendships I experienced, You my friend, here once stood, Countless barriers, together we conquered! Longest of Lectures, seen together, Shortest of relationships, deemed to fail, I would continue college raher, Your absence ahead, is something I will wail! I wish there was a way to know, If we are in those “good old days”, Old, I don’t want to grow, Robbing us of time, whom do I allege? Will our paths ever intersect? Will you help me if I was utterly waif? Our bond will resurrect; No, nobody but me can keep it safe! As it ends, do not be sad, For it happened, be happy and glad! In those memories, be clad, To a perfect ending, and a new beginning so rad! P.S.: Dedicated to all my batchmates, who have been a tremendous influence on me during my college life. Wishing you the best for the times ahead!

A ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ - Sam Memories and Nostalgia: that’s what life is reduced to, people often say. If so, we lived life to the limit during the last weekend on our last batch trip. The destination was Munnar, along with a short detour to Thekkady and two days couldn’t have been spent in a better way. The trip commenced from our bus journey on Friday night. All the exhaustion of the week was forgotten in a flash as bags were packed swifter than one could say ‘Hallelujah’. This was followed by a wild and crazy night where we showed off our best and weirdest dance moves while attempting to emulate the ones which were exhibited during the likes of ‘Lamberghini’, ‘Breakup Song’, among others. It got so crazy at some point that I twisted my arm, sat down for a minute during which it miraculously ‘untwisted’ and then started dancing again. While many of us showed off our moves, a few of us chose to witness the scenario from afar and captured so many of our precious m...

Have you ever incurred an injury, which was painful and left a bad scar? Well, that was a physical injury which could be seen, treated and more importantly, healed. Mental injuries, unlike physical injuries, go unobserved by the rest of the prying world around you, which allows all of us to show our mental side as the superior one. It is very similar to a cat thickening its tail and holding it straight up to pose as a bigger creature to fend off the threat. There is an inherent disadvantage of being concealed: even people who are close to you do not know about them, and if you do not know where a person is hurt, you may end up worsening their woe more and not even know about it. The misery of these wounds doesn't end up with these. Your temporal lobe controls your physical actions; however, your sub-conscious has more control over your mental processes. If you had a broken leg, your temporal can act on it by never allowing the load to be applied on that leg which allows recov...

The Oxford Dictionary defines ‘Infidelity’ as the action or state of being unfaithful to a spouse or the other sexual partner or disbelief in a particular religion, especially Christianity. This definition has forced me to take a different outlook on life. It has compelled me to question the meaning of faith. The Supreme Court of India ruled last year that adultery is no longer a crime. This was rightfully hailed as one of the best judgements of the Judiciary. However, this again got me thinking: what initiates infidelity? Is it really someone’s fault? To make matters more interesting, let us imagine a scenario. Let us imagine a middle aged couple. The husband is a workaholic. The wife is devoted towards her household. The lack of communication and chemistry between them is unbearable. The only time they interact in the twenty four hours are when they are at dinner and that too with a minor ‘Would you please pass me the salt, dear?’ They make love once a week, on Sundays but the love...

We are stronger when we listen, and smarter when we share. - Rania Al Abdullah (1970) Communication is key to the survival of humans. I believe it is one of the key reasons we are the Apex Predators on this planet. The invention of language gives us the greatest advantage over other lifeforms. In this article, I will discuss the inherent errors in communication which leads to distortion of transmitted information in the process of communicating. Our ultimate aim is to put our views or information in front of another person, such that he or she is able to interpret the information what you had originally decided to communicate. I shall present to you this communication model which I theorized recently: Assumption: Communication composes of 2 essential parts namely Words, Action.   Communicated Information is like a wave! This is essential in understanding the part where I introduce error. However, for now, the parallel Electromagnetic wave as shown in picture...