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Bandipur - Karnataka

Cormorant

Langoor

Pack of two wild dogs, who probably made a fresh kill and waiting for their apetite to come back to finish it off.

Be Drunk

You have to be always drunk. That's all there is to it--it's the
only way. So as not to feel the horrible burden of time that breaks
your back and bends you to the earth, you have to be continually
...drunk.
But on what? Wine, poetry or virtue, as you wish. But be
drunk.
And if sometimes, on the steps of a palace or the green grass of
a ditch, in the mournful solitude of your room, you wake again,
drunkenness already diminishing or gone, ask the wind, the wave,
the star, the bird, the clock, everything that is flying, everything
that is groaning, everything that is rolling, everything that is
singing, everything that is speaking. . .ask what time it is and
wind, wave, star, bird, clock will answer you:"It is time to be
drunk! So as not to be the martyred slaves of time, be drunk, be
continually drunk! On wine, on poetry or on virtue as you wish."

- Charles Baudelaire

THE BALCONY

by: Charles Baudelaire

OTHER of memories, mistress of mistresses,

O thou, my pleasure, thou, all my desire,

Thou shalt recall the beauty of caresses,

The charm of evenings by the gentle fire,

Mother of memories, mistress of mistresses!




The eves illumined by the burning coal,

The balcony where veiled rose-vapour clings--

How soft your breast was then, how sweet your soul!

Ah, and we said imperishable things,

Those eves illumined by the burning coal.




Lovely the suns were in those twilights warm,

And space profound, and strong life's pulsing flood,

In bending o'er you, queen of every charm,

I thought I breathed the perfume in your blood.

The suns were beauteous in those twilights warm.




The film of night flowed round and over us,

And my eyes in the dark did your eyes meet;

I drank your breath, ah! sweet and poisonous,

And in my hands fraternal slept your feet--

Night, like a film, flowed round and over us.




I can recall those happy days forgot,

And see, with head bowed on your knees, my past.

Your languid beauties now would move me not

Did not your gentle heart and body cast

The old spell of those happy days forgot.




Can vows and perfumes, kisses infinite,

Be reborn from the gulf we cannot sound;

As rise to heaven suns once again made bright

After being plunged in deep seas and profound?

Ah, vows and perfumes, kisses infinite!

Speech by Chetan Bhagat at Symbiosis

Don't just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced,

successful life. I use the word balanced before successful.

Balanced means ensuring your health, relationships, mental peace are all in

good order. There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your

breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts. Shopping is

not enjoyable if your mind is full of tensions. "Life is one of those races in

nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your

mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point coming first. Same is with

life where health and relationships are the marble. Your striving is only

worth it if there is harmony in your life. Else, you may achieve the

success, but this spark, this feeling of being excited and alive, will start

to die. ............ .......

One thing about nurturing the spark - don't take life seriously. Life is

not meant to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are

like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last

another 50 years. And 50 years is just 2,500 weekends. Do we really need to

get so worked up? ............ ....

It's ok, bunk a few classes, scoring low in couple of papers, goof up a few

interviews, take leave from work, fall in love, little fights with your

spouse. We are people, not programmed devices..... ...." :)

"Don't be serious, be sincere."!!!

70 ways to keep a woman happy

There are 70 ways to keep a woman happy.

Number one: take her shopping.

The rest is 69!