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Ruskin Bond

here are some of my favourites by ruskin bond, i am not the kind who like love stories and poems. Ruskin bond writes stories revolving around moussurie, doon valley and himalayas and of course kids. it's his love for the nature that he gets into the minutest of the details while describing the flowers, insects, the forest, birds and animals. same he does for the kids.

following are some randomly selected poems and verses that i took out from some of his well-known books i found them delightful, witty and personal. hope you like them too....

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one fine day my kite took wing'

then came a strong wind-

i was left with a string

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spider running up the wall

means that rain is going to fall

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spider running down the wall

means the house is going to fall

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the duck is seventy

this year, '04, i'm 70 years old,

and so is donald duck, i'm told.

at writing verse he's rather slack,

i'm not much better when i quack!

so here, dear donald, is my boast-

roast duck is best buttered toast.

says donald,'friend, don't push your luck,

you might be born again a duck!'

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to light a fire

to light a fire

we must kneel.

to change a tyre,

we must descend;

to pluck a flower,

we bend;

to lift a child,

we bend again;

to touch an elder's feet

we do the same.

for prayer, or play, or just plain mending,

there's something to be said for bending!

Pee(R) Pressure

Public urinals are surprisingly public. But at least they exist - this is very rare. These two men would be having a nice chat and peeing on a wall in the exact same spot if it weren't for the toilets here. courtesy: picasa

Last night while coming back from Jaipur had a taste of India shining despite of the recent market fall and Satyam Scam. While waiting for my bus on Sindhi Camp bus stand I got a nature’s call. And.... yes under so much pressure I definitely needed to release something from.... errrr..... somewhere!!

Well I started looking for a public toilet and soon found bus stand ka toilet and rushed towards it before I loose something in my pants or my bus. As I was about to enter the toilet the guy sitting on the door stopped me and demanded two bucks!!! Well now you can understand what am I talking about?  Yes I mean in a country which is known for its generosity of letting people pee anywhere right from foot path to swimming pool, the guy was asking me for money. Well why shouldn’t he, the guy is providing me with a place particularly meant for peeing and helping in keeping the city clean but while searching for coins in my purse to give him I was wondering whether people are supposed to give money to pee in other countries also, I hope they don’t pay taxes for peeing!

While releasing the pressure I felt like I just paid for the foul smell and the boring dirty white tiled walls and for broken urinals! At least they could have had some desi graffiti, the kind we used to have on the walls of our schools toilet which provided some kind of entertainment while we did the job!!

I am still wondering – I really paid for peeing!! I mean I could have chosen for an easier and more interesting version- peeing in open!! Still I am kind of happy too that I paid for the pee(r) pressure, at least the money that I had in my pocket will come in circulation and will definitely go to someone deserving and help India shine more (if only they could shine the public toilets for a better hygiene!).

Addiction

we people, at our age easily get addicted to stuff. most of them being bad

what am i addicted to??

right now i feel addicted to peircings and tattoos!!!!

thinking of getting one more tattoo but i have no idea of what to have and where to have....

but i really want more tattoos on myself

help!!!

a sincere apology

hi, to all the blog readers who read my blog (i know there are very few of them as i never get any comments and replies back). recently when i was reading my blog myself, i noticed that there are many grammatical and spelling errors in my stories, articles or whatever they are. and as i am too lazy to correct them, i thought i must write an apology for all those errors as well as an apology for all the mistakes that i will make in future writings as i (am too reluctant to make them) cant avoid them.

happy reading

ciao

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