Posted by: Ajapa on: July 24, 2009
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Posted by: Ajapa on: May 1, 2009
They tell me,
“you’re not pretty.”
They say I have:
heavy arms,
hips too wide, skin too dark,
hollow eyes.
But I know – all lies.
They tell me, “chubby arms!”
I say:
They hold a baby,
encircle a lover, reach out,
lift a load – however heavy.
They say,
“hips to wide- unbecoming”
True they’re wide!
need to be!
to create space
for the head of an unborn,
mimic the rise of [...]
Posted by: Ajapa on: April 27, 2009
I sneak in a poem at work.
I sneak one in the bathroom.
Its a strange little quirk
this poetry and rhyme,
but I sneak it in nonetheless.
I’m not a master raconteur
nor the lord of a paintbrush.
I’m not even a proper poet.
I just sneak in poems.
I’m just a sneak-er of a poem or two.
They’re not supposed to know
that the [...]
Posted by: Ajapa on: April 25, 2009
Bluebeard has been modified by modern male stream narrators to warn women against their curiosities. But what Bluebeard truly celebrates is the innate curiosity of women and their instinctual insights. We’ve all been victims of many Bluebeards in our lives. We’ve ignored those “this is not right, I need to investigate more” hunches and have [...]
Posted by: Ajapa on: February 27, 2009
“There is something remarkable about Eddie Carbone; his ability to follow his instincts. Natural law however has a way of making “tragic heroes” out of those who go against it” When we did A view from the Bridge, Jyoti and I could always sympathize with Eddie. We understood the way humans make follies that lead [...]
Posted by: Ajapa on: February 21, 2009
An American Carol” is based on a film maker who hates the American Indepence day and is approached by the Taliban to make make a brainwashing “I hate America” movie to indoctrinate more guerillas into the Taliban. There is a part where the film maker, Michael Malone (Kevin P Farley) gives an anti america speech [...]
Posted by: Ajapa on: January 19, 2009
Once again I’m trying to awaken my long dormant blog, hoping that the electricity will stay with me till the next hour. The schedule changes every 2 days so its really hard to know whether you’ll be able to finish off a piece of writing before the screen turns black again. Here, most things are [...]
Posted by: Ajapa on: July 17, 2008
I tried to write two posts .. one on sociology and the other a ghost story and failed miserably at both. I haven’t it seems been able to master the english language to my desire, haven’t gained enough expertise to manipulate it to say what I mean. I wanted to say that sociology is relatable, [...]
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