Meghalaya in Lenses - II

A Journey of NE India through Lenses

Shillong - The new Rock Destination in India

PETRA infront of Elephant Falls in Shillong Peak






Liz Cotton in Shillong(24 May 2006)


Michael Learns To Rock in Shillong.

Understanding Emotional Tremor.

The seismic zone or the epicenter of the human emotion may be identified but the triggering factor is as unpredictable as nature's own fury. When does the onset start is the right question in making minuscule headway for a deeper penetration of this defying subject.
A doctor screening a highly excited patient would love best to understand the patient's history sheet first, a starter for diagnosis. Family members similarly too are the person who will first feel the jolt, therefore it is essential to watch for marked behaviour changes in this crucial stage while gauging the emotional needle. The crisis that finally brews is an environment that develops over time. Without going into a psycho analysis mode or subscribing to any previous school of thought the teen pressure that is often related to the most clinical term ironically is SUCCESS and FAILURE.
Failure impedes growth is assumed but when does success imperil growth is a bigger question that is often sidelined. Many may contest this view, but again in a vast area where opinions differ in many a wider context all that is important is seeing the danger sign and lending an immediate helping hand. Nothing succeeds like success but when success is more of achieving and less of satisfaction (with accepting whatever the outcome) it becomes a viscous cycle where failure becomes unacceptable and it is when doom strikes !

Young guns in the sky, an ode to you.Could have avoided taking that drastic step.

DEFLOWER

A Rose bloomed in a beau'ful garden
Away from cruelty's reach in Eden
Rays falling on the dainty Flower
Were transformed to rays of life forever.

The Rose bloomed, beau'ful than ever
A butterfly drank way all its nectar
The Rose withered, Its beauty shattered
Blame? Butterfly or the Flower?

Rose must bloom, Butterflies drink nectar !
But the Rose must put its thorn, around thy flower.
Be blessed then !


Against the rising atrocities on women
Archived:24-11-1997
Hawakhana, Tura.

TIMESLIP !

Got up in the morn',
like the usual way
Went for a walk,
routine everyday
Passed through a jungle,
where no one used to stay
At a stone's eye throw,
a damsel stopped my way
Surprised, I asked,
"who are you, beau' lady?"
Sobbingly, she answered,
"I am your Queen, my Noble Hardy !"
I was carried away,
by her romantic words
"Believe me, Noble Hardy",
She then pleaded.



As we were passing,
through the streets of the city
Everyone bowed sayin',
"Good morning O! Noble King and Queen"
The people, city and the custom,
all to me was rather new-some
She then led me,
to a golden Palace
Where I was honoured,
as the Ruler of the Paradise
And the courtiers joined in,
"Hail, Hail O Noble King !"



I was a bit disillusioned,
with these sudden blessing
'Cause I never wanted,
to be a rich King
'Am happy,
to be a mere human being
I turned down
and rejected their offering
Suddenly all disappeared,
the city, the Palace and the Queen
And my rejection brought me back,
from the worl of distant dream.


Archived: 21-03-96
Daranggiri, Assam.

BANSHALI - I

Away, afar, about a league there
Out, over, from the batty city.
The breeze, cove, mother in greenery;
All unalloyed here in BANSHALI

A life, giving life to the defunct
which the little cove of it holds
The lamprey that are in umpteen
dance beneath the silvery screen.

Now the enchanting grooves standin'
One with two, the trees in groin;
Never did She let me go hungry
feeding with Her toothsome berry.

Birds and life in the morning yodell
Giving existence to a dying soul
Little red ants on the golden sand;
Scribble messages of peace from Heaven.

Up, when you look up over ages
And the fireball makes you purblind
Down, when you look around;
The idyll of the dove soothes your wound.

This, here, not anywhere else will man,
Find life, within life, again and again !
But when day will give way to night;
Shall I find another in His Home.

Invasion of privacy @ ..................

While technoglogy is outdoing the pace of human evolution, with new gadgets always being added to the shopping floor it is coming to more public scrutiny for the invasion at the rate at which it is being characterised a "peeping tom". The thrash side also being that we are more comfortable with its disposal at our lap for mundane works. Perhaps technology really is outgrowing human emotion and cyborg may indeed become a truth some day. Imagine when we are charged up with the best news of our life one fine morning and rush to one of our closest friend to share it only to find that his/her emotional switch being switched off.
The biological clock is indeed ticking in a more mechanical way these days. For all of them who love the " Original thing" sans the stimulant !

Education Loan and the associated drama

Education avenues has opened up like all other fronts in the country, with large pool of talent vying for greener pastures, the Banking sector is indeed growing at leaps and bounds with interest rate ranging from 9% to 11% pa for pursuing higher studies in the domestic arena.

But the very purpose of education loan is defeated when student has to run from pillar to post in getting sanctioned one, the added burden which is the surprise element is that, a loan seeker is to pay the interest amount during the study period. Students approach Banks because their parents can't afford it. The injustice goes further, students who get into premier institute (IIM's) are not suppossed to do the same and they can even bargin interest rates if the number of applicants is more, my friend who is in one of the IIM was shocked to learn when he came to know this truth. While it may not be the same for all the Banks, but the hurdels that the student community face while approaching the Banks speaks volume. Worse still, when the country's leading Public sector bank was approached for an education loan by a student based on the forwarding letter that was given to the candidate on-campus after being selected, the bank dismissed it by saying "Its a common letter we provide to all". We guess the stall that was put up by the Bank was just another tea shop, marketing their brand name then.

In a country where basic education is a dream - the banks attitude is like adding salt to the wound, for students who dream of a better education, this attitude of the Bank despite the fact that the placement of the institute is waltzing ahead year after year with all the Corporate honchos hunting for the best talent pool.

Its time, the institute invite only those Banks to put up stalls in their premises who are really interested in providing hassel free loans to deserving, meritorious and geniune candidates, else they can open tea shops elsewhere to market their Brand name.

What say masses?

Rain Rain go Away !

Four years in Chennai - Dry, hot, humid, water scarcity, high chlorine contamination, drying up of the ground water level. Water is indeed an issue here, they even make or break an aspiring political front. But my 5th year of stay is a change from my earlier experience: early onset of moonson, cooler climate, signs of winter and then the flood ! The rain God has been smiling a lot and the best in the news - ground water level up by a few feet. Now thats great news but, what about the water clogging the city from the past 1 month ? Indeed the water managers had a hard task and that left thousands homeless.

Indians once again, it really paints a sorry picture of disaster handling in our country and specially natural disaster. THe usual position of being unprepared for the unseen has been taking a lot on the masses. We only learn when we suffer, have we learnt? Lets see, the moment the moonson will be over all plans that might have been sketch will be dumped in the files, if only outlay plans will see the daylight atleast the suffering maybe minimal next year around.

Flashback:

Nursey Rhyme.

Rain rain go away

Little Jhony wants to play

Rain rain go away

Come again another day..........

..................................................