Posted by: Ajapa on: July 11, 2009
“Thousand poets dreamed a thousand years. Then you were born, my love”
“He said it to all his other wives as well” says his fourth and fortunately last wife. What is the point of saying such a nice thing if you are to say it to every one you come across. Do the words even hold [...]
Posted by: Ajapa on: April 12, 2009
saas gaari deve, dewarji samjha leve, sasuraal genda phool
saiyaan chhed dewe, nanad chutki leve, sasuraal genda phool
Folk songs have an undeniable truth to them and the truth is presented in a way that is comprehensible and likable to the populist mindset. “Sasuraal genda phool” to me signifies the completeness of marriage, like the beauty of [...]
Posted by: Ajapa on: April 11, 2009
So basically these two months I’m looking for a groom so that I can come back four years later and settle down before my biological clock starts ticking. (It was actually a friend’s suggestion, I don’t think about those things anymore). So, I’ve started to make sure I leave the house looking “good”; my procedure [...]
Posted by: Ajapa on: April 10, 2009
the only thing that comes to my head these days are the two last lines of the reprise of this song:
(Mehndi hai rachnewaali, haathon mein gehri laali
Kahe sakhiyaan, ab kaliyaan
Haathon mein khilnewaali hain
Tere mann ko, jeevan ko
Nayi khushiyaan milnewaali hai) – 2
O hariyali banno
Le jaana tujhko guiyyaan aane waale hai saiyyaan
Thaamenge [...]
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