The Search

बंजर है सब बंजर है -
बंजर है सब बंजर है
हम ढूँढने जब फिरदौस चले,
तेरी एक तलाश में....

Thus end all meaningful searches of my life..

(फिरदौस - garden)

Edit - The poetry is Gulzar's, in case someone had a khujli.

Pajamas to assist swing

Debut for high tech pajamas - courtesy the tech savvy Kiwis. More here.

The cleft stick

What a sham!
It would be really funny but for the situation that stares us in our faces today.

the first showers..

जब घुंघरुओं की बजती हैं बूँदें, अरमां हमारे पलकें न मूँदे...
and then...
महफ़िल में कैसे कह दें किसी से, दिल बंध रहा है एक अजनबी से.

How weather evokes strong memories of the yore. On the drive back home from work, the heavens opened up and the-already-drenched-me had to take a break at a road side tapri where this song played.

Is mod se jaate hain

Gulzar, RD, Lata and Kishore... Need I say more.
Bad poetry from me. But check out what I am talking about - an absolute lyrical marvel.

Firefox 3 - Do your bit

Pledge here.

xkcd unplugged

Here is it.