From the day of my birth till today,
I have spent my life saying
I don’t have the ability to do the things I want to do in life!
Tomorrow however,
I will say
I WAS WRONG:
From the day of my birth till yesterday!
Poem: Things as they are
Aphorisms and Quotes
Self-Quotes.
Poem: Stareway to Heaven
A drizzle,
Under a metallic roof.
Surrounded by,
leaves dancing to an unadulterated tune
Real ones!
Cool breeze…literally
Not contaminated by globules of global fetish
bulbs…too far away.
What else does one need?
While you’re there
Just while you stare
you are not,
A desiring clockwork.
From my book Paranoia
Poem: What Is Poetry?
You grab a creature with an ability to word
and place it in a planet far-far off.
The first thing it will do
to make sense of its reality beautiful and true:
Is Poetry
and the last thing too!
Two Contrasting Questions
For me there are two contrasting questions. Never in harmony!
Every now and then I reach to a state-of-mind which — if I am to bring to thoughts — appears in the form of a great question.
I reach that state-of-mind when I am contemplative:
- Towards my life as a whole
- towards the world as a whole
- towards the history of human beings, future.
- And everything (as a whole).
The state-of-mind and the great question is this:
- What actually is this all? — Humanity, Life, World.
And then another question comes up. Usually. I call this a greater question:
- Does that question even matter?
20 Wise Proverbs from Nepal
The bigger the pile the bigger the strife.
Earlier this month, I compiled a list of 30 Nepali Proverbs which had some wise proverbs:
It was a fun ride. So, I have decided to go on it again. I have manually translated these from the Nepali language. So, it is like the handcrafted version of literary work. Enjoy!
- Everyone sees a burnt forest, none see a burnt heart — External problems are easily visible so they gather attention. Internal problems are known only to the sufferer and there are few who understand them.
- One who eats ember excretes ember — Your output depends on your input. If you listen to a dictator, you will praise the dictator!
- Without carrion, a vulture doesn’t roam — An opportunist isn’t there where there isn’t opportunity.
- I will fake a hit, you fake a cry — Let’s act together to deceive everyone else.
- A roaring tiger never eats — One who is intimidated, doesn’t hurt.
- Poor have no money, the rich have no heart.
- A sleeper loses, waker gains — If you are not alert enough, you will lose a lot of things. It will be taken by the one who is alert.
- Where there’s lake, there’s water — Lake is a body of water.
- Give your ears not your words — Listen freely, do not commit easily .
- A single moon is better than a thousand stars — A single person who seriously reads your works is better than many worthless followers.
- Only a snake sees a snake’s feet — To know the weaknesses of others, you have to be like them.
- Small mouth, big talk! — To talk of things beyond your ability.
- Washing an ass with soap won’t turn it into a cow — External change doesn’t mean change in substance.
- A barking dog never bites — Threatening things rarely hurt.
- It’s dark under a lamp — We focus far and wide and miss what’s beside.
- Never ask for directions to places you won’t go — Don’t concern yourself with things that are not important to you.
- Everyone is naked underneath their clothes — We all are!
- Suffering never comes alone — A single source of suffering hardly exists.
- The bigger the pile the bigger the strife — The more you amass your wealth, the more problems for you.
- You can hide contentment but not suffering — It is easier to be humble than be calm.
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30 Wise Proverbs From Nepal
Nepal may not be among the strongest and the most powerful nations but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t had occasional thinkers with words of wisdom. Here are 30 wise proverbs from the land of mountains and wise ones (what?):
- The lost fish is always big
- He who is thirsty needs to find the spring
- A devious friend is worse than an enemy
- Opportunities come but they do not linger
- When the Sun arrives, the Stars disappear
- Greed brings Gain, Gain brings Sorrow
- Even an ox will give birth — if you are lucky
- To be in a hurry when one can barely walk!
- You may eat what you want, but you wear for others
- When brothers brawl, the villagers exploit
- The tiger that eats you will not spare me
- You have to tolerate the kicks of the cow which gives you milk
- The buffalo is scared of the mendicant just as the mendicant is afraid of the buffalo
- When elephants fight, grass trample
- Ask for a goat to those who promise you an elephant
- When the cat leaves, the rats rule
- Too many cats kill no mice
- Don’t sacrifice your goat for an ill chicken
- Even a black crow lays white eggs
- Can a hog muddy the sea?
- The forest goes and so does the tiger
- Every spring has a different taste, every man a different idea
- Pulling a creeper can bring a landslide
- No one sits by an extinguished fire
- Children are the wealth of the poor
- Will impatience bear a son?
- A knot tied with joy is untied with tears
- While the holy men die of starvation, rogues live on milk and rice
- Even an unloaded gun fires when you’re having a bad day
- The enemy is never idle
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