Graduation

One fine day i put on some new clothes

Climbed on a stage smiling

And received a sheet of glazed paper

Stating in the blackest and the whitest

that my childhood was over

that who I was -or aspired to be- was being replaced

By who I was ordained to be

And just like that all my dreams were replaced

With cold , calculated and careful plans

A life which was promised as an adventure

Was turned into a never-ending run on the treadmill

The universe of possibility in my head was sucked out

And supplanted with one of conformity

My freedom was rendered obsolete

And all my desires declared effete

My definition of happiness was reduced to that of acceptance

And that of acceptance to acquiescence

As if just to make it official and eternal

My teary-eyed mother pressed the silver button,

The flash went off and an image was captured

The very same I am holding now and remembering the day

When I was standing at the cusp

and without a warning was pushed over the edge and made to fall

And fall I did—through time, space and everything

Falling I still am

The surcease of this fall shall be the last thing I know

Or maybe not.

A letter to a friend

Questions raised by your silence answered by mine

Echoes of things left unsaid buried under the rubble of time

Mistakes made unmade and made again

Attempts to propitiate and absolve gone in vain

Apologies conceived, miscarried, reconceived and aborted

And for indemnification guilt and nostalgia consorted

Broken bones and festering wounds--our inheritances from “our before”

Coerced into healing with only the scar tissue left to show for

A study on the evolution of indigenous species in the aiims ecosystem

Please note that this study is based on observations made before june-2010

The taxonomy and nomenclature of Facchus aiimsonicus has always been a topic of much dispute. Most puritanical biologists believe that on the basis of morphology and phylogeny it is not a separate species per se but is in fact a sibling species of the Homo sapiens while the modernists claim that brain-mapping and behaviour psychology establish beyond doubt its status as a separate entity. After the ground-breaking observations by the noted phylogenists Kullz et al that over the course of a definite period of time fixed by them as “2 semesters” a process of what they describe as “resolution of first year syndrome and epic-disillusionment” most of the members of this species undergo a radical transformation and acquire the characteristics of their sibling species,the Homo sapiens. Also Darwin’s law remains valid and natural selection does eventually play itself out in this remarkable process but in a neverbefore seen manner . The ones who have certain mutations in the gene ‘Intel2p6’ -which regulates the translation of a transmembrane protein called intelligentsia expressed on the surface of CNS cells –do not undergo the resolution process and instead transform to a separate species called Facchus persisticus ludicrous.This new species retains the morphology of its parent species but shares none of its higher mental functions and capabilities.Surprisingly natural selction here gives rise to atavistic characters instead of the more advanced ones and this species most closely resembles Gorilla gorilla gorilla.

This strange finding has been explained by eminent biologists Singh and Dudeja et al with their theory “survival of the most popular”,according to which if a sufficiently large number of individuals having marked phenotypic differences congregate in a relatively small ecosystem,by virtue of their mutual understanding and behavioural patterns they alter their surroundings and influence the selection process to such an extent that they themselves are ultimately selected.A vicious loop is then setup as the remaining members of the ecosystem then are forced to either to alter their spatial and temporal distribution to avoid conflicts arising due to sharing of resources or exhibit mimicry of their characteristics.This has led to incalculable loss of bio-diversity and as of present there’s anarchy and pandemonium in the aiims ecosystem.

Agnihotri et al have in their extraordinary longitudinal study discovered a symbiosis between certain members of the Facchus species and Fachhus aiimsonicus persisticus(please note that there is much debate as to why are they still considered facchus despite them being well out of their first year of inhabitation in the ecosystem) .They found that whenever some of the non-ludicrous individuals come across a herd of ludicrous animals,before they can be attacked or chased by them,these individuals start stimulating the anal orifices of the ludicrous herd members and in doing so avoid prosecution.This anulingus of sorts has over time proved to be an evolutionary advantage and as an adaptive change their tongues have hypertrophied to a ridiculous extent.This sort of behaviour has now become a part of their natural predisposition and it is postulated that these individuals would over time form a bridging link between the two species. Given the eclectic and unstable genetic makeup of most of the members of the ludicrous species,it is not surprising that there is a high mutation rate among them and thus no generalised inferences can be derived for this group.This is undoubtedly a hotbed of evolutionary process and a wetdream of most anthropologists.

#77

I took my life in my own hands

I cupped it in my palm

Held it there at length for long

But then I had a qualm

I had my life in my own hands

I couldn’t hold it anymore

I dropped it and I walked away

And left the pieces on the floor

THE UGLY WHORE

Back at the mirror again,searching for a face

she never had (and never will)

she forgets the one she lost and is losing still.

she lathers her face and scrubs it sore.

examines and frowns and scrubs some more.

beauty's a bitch,its a jaded chore.

but noone fucks an ugly whore.

a wretched pea in a rotten pod,

she damns her face and curses god

all her life is a vicious test

to face the worst but look her best.