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Song of the Open Road


You road I enter upon and look around, I believe you are not all that is here,I believe that much … More

American Poetry, Philosophy of Life, Poem, Poetry, Song of the Open Road, Walt Whitman

Sher of Fahmi Badayuni


pūchh lete vo bas mizāj mirākitnā āsān thā ilaaj mirāzarā īmān-dārī se batāohameñ tum se mohabbat ho ga.ī kyāvo jo … More

Fahmi Badayuni, Ghazal, India, Life, Love, music, Philosophy of Life, Poems, Poetry, Shayari, Sher of Fahmi Badayuni, Urdu Poetry

“Is it perfume from a dress / That makes me so digress?”


No, Eliot, it is not the perfumeFrom a dress or otherwiseThat makes me digress. I digressBecause the mind itself is … More

Advaita, Eliot, God, Indian Philosophy, Mind, Nonduality, Philosophy of Life, Poem, Poetry, Silence, Spiritual Quest, Spiritual Sadhana, Spirituality, Surrender, Truth, TS Eliot, Upanishads, World

My Latest Writings


“There is only as much distance between God and us as there is between clay and pot.” “There is only … More

Clay and pot, Desire, Happiness, Life, Loneliness, Name-and-form, Philosophy of Life, Poem, Poetry, Quotable quotes, Quotations, Quote, Quotes, Reality, Sciences, Suffering, Truth

The Light That Always Shines


How shall I explain to the people I loveAnd I love a great many peopleFamily, friends, relatives and strangersThat this … More

Darkness, Life, Light, Philosophy of Life, Poem, Poetry, Truth, Understanding, Wisdom

“Tujhko chalna hoga, tujhko chalna hoga”


Jeevan kahin bhi theharta nahin haiAandhi se, tufaan se darta nahin haiTu na chalega toh chale teri raaheinHo, tu na … More

Advice for living, Bollywood Song, Nadiya Chale Chale Re Dhara, Philosophy of Life, Psychology, Rajesh Khanna song, Secret of life, Tujhko chalna hoga

The Time Here on Earth


Life is good, pretty good With some effort I could also make it better A little bit more better Yet … More

Life, Philosophy of Life, Poem, Poetry

The Betrayal?


She believed in loveShe believed in romanceShe believed in the “happily ever after”Maybe she believed in meI am not sure … More

Love, Marriage, Philosophy of Life, Poem, Poetry, Romance, Unrequited love

Zorba the Greek: A Philosophy of Living


Nikos Kazantzakis’s Zorba the Greek stands as one of the most vivid explorations of the tension between intellectual contemplation and … More

Apollonian vs Dionysian, Books, Emotion, Literature, Nietzsche, Philosophy, Philosophy of Life, Reason, Writing, Zorba the Greek

“What brings you to Ohio?”


“What brings you to Ohio?” He said, “Damn if I know.”

Billy Currington, Destiny, Fate, Love, People are crazy, Philosophy of Life

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