The Sandman chronicles

Then why call him God? Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God? — Epicurus, philosopher (c. 341-270 BCE) Why Should God Dispose, when Man Proposes? He could have done anything he wanted since He is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent?? But then WHY? because he is a product of human imagination. Period!

Grey I have tasted the forbidden fruit, I See across the spectrum now I know the black from the white I am Grey and Proud of it. I am not pure at heart I am both Saint & Sinner I sing at the choir and at the bar I m Grey and Proud of it. I am not a Knight in Shining Armour I try to scrape off the rust now & then I have won & broken many a heart I am Grey and Proud of it. I love both the Straight & the queer I am nice if you are nice I prefer the anti before the hero I m Grey and Proud of it. I bawl at emotional videos I bitch about my friends behind their back I love puppies & kick trolls in their asses I am Grey and Proud of it. ***** Written impromptu at 1.00 pm 15/08/2017.

Burning Bridges Though we took vows for until our last breath, We had so drifted apart like embers in the fire We can't stand the sight of each other We are strangers in a strange world Oh Babe, we have burnt our bridges There's no going back Oh Babe, We have burnt our bridges Now you are just a stranger to me I do remember the love we shared But that has gone away like wisps in the wind We have tried our very best to stick We found that we repel each other Oh Babe, we have burnt our bridges Now there's no going back Oh Babe, We have burnt our bridges Now you are just a stranger to me We missed our chance to catch the train, We have to move out on different paths We proved that familiarity breeds contempt We are the makers of our own disasters Oh Babe, we have burnt our bridges Now there's no going back Oh Babe, We have burnt our bridges Now you are just a stranger to me ....... still to come/contd. copyright - Roshan Mathew Verghese ...

Back on Blogger after an eternity. How long has it been...almost 5 Years.!!

Well, what the Hell, its been a while..right? got real busy at work and then ...went tumblr-ing a bit and still doing (check my tumblr blog at Azrael's Ramblings well coming to this blog, following the last post on a philosophical song, i have decided to put up more songs and translations...on Philosophical songs..lol (i actually wrote this up and out it as a draft, but never got the time to publish it in the blog) The next Philosophical Melody for me is..... " Zindagi Ka Safar Hai Ye Kaisa Safa r" from the movie " Safar ". This song was sung by my all-time favourite singer ..the legendary Kishore Kumar here is the lyrics in Hindi font (courtesy www.geetmanjusha.com ) गीतकार- इंदिवर गायक- किशोर कुमार संगीतकार- कल्याणजी आनंदजी चित्रपट- सफर - 1970 Lyricist- Indeevar Singer- Kishor Kumar Music Director- Kalyanji Anandji Movie- Safar - 1970 जिंदगी का सफर, है ये कैसा सफर / Jindagi ka safar, hai ye kaisa safar जिन्दगी का सफ़र, हैं ये कैसा सफ...

--> Today while browsing thru the Star Wars Wikia, i came across the quotes page - some good quotes, some bad quotes and then some ugly quotes...have a look... ************************* Lead a frugal Life, Dude! Have no fear!! " Possessions are burdens. What you have can always be taken away, so wealth breeds fear. " - Jacen Solo Simply say…Death is the end " What begins, ends. What is born, dies. All that is made can be un-made. Dark has no meaning without light, And for all living things there is the final silence. " ―" Life's Memories " by Soshu Londahl (translated from the Ithorese ) [src] Wise!! Think, Analyze!! Get evidence!! OR you will die soon, Dude!! «Assumption is the first step to a shallow grave.» ―Basic translation of Saltan valoramosa n telvalk mord [src] Friendship Pays!! " There are many realities in the universe, some of them quite harsh. One reality that ...

--> --> “Starve the centre and you reap Anarchy. Feed the Centre and you reap Tyranny. The problem is obvious to every man. A solution has been revealed to No Man” " There are three ways to defeat your enemy. The first, and most obvious, is to better him in a trial of force. The best way is to have him destroy himself; few enemies are so obliging. The middle way is to destroy your enemy from within. Judicious application of the middle way shall make your blows more effective if you later take the way of force. From the middle way it is also possible to push your enemy onto the path of self-destruction. " " Even the greatest of trees can rot from within, but the vigilant gardener keeps attentive to the signs of decay. The Gardener is not afraid to cut through the polished skin to tear away a malignant heart, to save the life of that tree. Those who seek shade under that tree would best remember the work of that gardener. " - ...

Every person has a favourite Quotes, which some uses as ideals, or some use as mottos or some use just for fun. Here, i am listing out my favourite quotes - 'Then hear this, and never forget it. Any fool with fast hands can take a tiger by the balls, but it takes a hero to keep on squeezing. I'll tell you something else, while I'm at it: only heroes and quitters walk away, Jack. No one else. And I am no quitter.' -Alexis Machine -in Machine's Way - From the Stephen King novel "The Dark half" [ Seriously, I still wish that Stephen King or someone else would develop this Alexis Machine Character -into sorts of an Anti-Hero just like Dexter ] I modify the quotes into my own quotes. The above quote got turned into - "Any Fool Can Catch a tiger By its balls, Any man Can keep on Squeezing! But it takes a Hero to Squeeze and Get Away with it!" - Roshan, original content courtesy to Stephen King. Another Quote or the Motto of my Life is mo...

This is an Old Song, a very Popular song from a Hindi Movie. Movie : Apnaapan (1977) Cast: Aruna Irani, Iftekhar, Jeetendra, Reena Roy, Sanjeev Kumar, Sulakshana Pandit Music Director: Laxmikant Pyarelal Director: Om Prakash Producer: Om Prakash J Lyrics: Anand Bakshi Year: 1977 The Duo Laxmikant Pyarelal won the Filmfare Award for the Best Music Direction for this song. Anand Bakshi won the Filmfare Award for the Best lyricist for this song. Mohd.Rafi was nominated for the Best Male Playback Singer for this song. *********************************************************************************** The Lyrics in Hindi आदमी मुसाफिर है, आता है, जाता है आते जाते रस्ते मे, यादे छोड़ जाता है झोंका हवा का, पानी का रेला मेले में रह जाये जो अकेला फिर वो अकेला ही रह जाता है कब छोड़ता है, ये रोग जी को दिल भूल जाता हैं जब किसी को वो भूलाकर भी याद आता है क्या साथ लाये, क्या तोड़ आये रस्ते में हम क्या क्या छोड़ आये मंजिल पे जा के याद आता है जब डोलती है, जीवन की नैया कोई तो बन जाता है खिवय्या कोई...

I have been away from Blogging for a quite a long while. Now I am back, free from the mad rush at my construction site, since the project is slowing down towards completion. Now, I got more free time. How I read, Why I read and What I read HOW I READ I am an avid reader – I read so voraciously with my own technique that I read 2 or 3 books at a go. My technique is to take a paragraph at one glance, grasp the meaning and move over to the next paragraph and on. When I come up on certain catch lines/possible quotes, I make a mental note to come back to the section and move on. In this manner, I keep on reading. WHY I READ I love information/data. Love real information and fictitious information – news/links and fiction. I have to read. It is same like needing to eat to survive. I need my daily dose of information. Even while I eat, I read – I read a book, if one is in my hand or at my hands reach / I read the labels of...

Ernakulam Railway Station, morning 7.30 a.m. I had just landed along with Kissy, A college Mate on another Train! "Hey Rosh! Where is Vipin, Man? He had promised to be here!!" "No Idea Bhai. Let us wait. There's Plenty of Time for the Express" [Since this is a story...names have been changed...Kissy will remain Kissy...no real names given. So, No Fear!] We deposited our luggage in a heap near a bench and sat down to wait for the other college mates to come. We were the students of Regional Engineering College, Durgapur, West Bengal. Kerala had a quota of 6 seats including reservation in REC Durgapur. It was our Summer Vacations and we had all gone home to enjoy and were returning back to College. "Yaar. No Charakks here Man!!" ["Charakk"....in Malaylam means "Goods"...Same as in "Maal" in Hindi] "Saaley...!! There is nothing but charakks in your mind. Remember our picnic to the barrage where you called a couple of aun...

It was finally a Saturday Morning. I woke quite late due to the Small Beer Binge in my Flat. Actually it was ' BJ ' himself who troubled my sleep.....BJ....as in ...you know....Black Jack !! Ever since he took the Art of Living Course, He has been a Pain In The Ass!! Gets up early in the morning and wakes up others also , even if we didnt want to wake up too! The Bugger doesn't care whether it is a Saturday or Sunday!! "Hey Machaaaa !! Udd Udd ..Wake Up, Rise n Shine, Udd udddd !!" " Bhaag Saaley ...." " Machaa ...i got some news for you ...Do you remember Anita?? hmmmm ? hmmmmm ? Do you remember her??" "Yeah I remember her. How can i forget her Dude. Now, get to the point!!" "Ab tu Bhaag machha ...Now its time for my Meditation. I need Quite. I need Peace. Now Shoooo . I will tell you later " " Tere to.. Saaley . Theek hai . Let me go and make a cup of Coffee. Take your Own Time" While i was sipping my wa...

I dont know when i came across this Poem. I think it was in one of those old Reader's Digests. This Poem has remained in my conscious and sub conscious mind for all the time. When ever i felt lost or felt let down or felt burnt out, i would recall the lines of the Poem and Life began fresh again for me. Before the poem, let me say a few words about Samuel Ullman - Samuel Ullman was a former confedate soldier, businessman, a very religious man and a poet too. At the age of 78 he wrote his most popular and motivating poem "Youth" - An optimistic Celebration of Youth. He wrote: "Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years; people grow old by deserting their ideals." With a wave of optimism, the poem became a favorite of General Douglas MacArthur who framed and hung Ullman's words in his offices in Manila and Tokyo. "Whether seventy or sixteen, there is in every being’s heart a love of wonder" Ullman said. Youth was published in the Japanese v...

A Few Nights back, on a Thursday, I caught a taxi back from the club where I had been to. The driver was quite talkative on the drive to my apartment. While driving he was like.."Aahh. so you've been to the Dance Bar!! So how are the girls? beautiful?Yeah?" I told him that I had been to the pub as usual on Thursday nights for a few beers and to listen to the live band. Soon his talk veered about the dance girls and suddenly told me - "They are nothing on the girl I married!!" 'So you are a lucky guy to have married a beautiful woman" "Yes, Sir. I am Lucky!! I married one of the most beautiful girls in my illakah. I married her on a 'Zid" and have divorced her too!!" I was surprised to hear that from him and asked him whether I heard him wrong! "No, sir. I married her and then divorced her too!!" "Then what was the use of your marriage?" "I married her on Zid." The word 'Zid' in...

There was this discussion we had at the Forum on Unexplained-Mysteries.com and i had posted some ideas of mine there... http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=103858&st=0 1. A mystery about Lake Titicaca, the nazca Lines and the mayan doomsday calendar all interlinked. lake titicaca as suspected was a the most important sea port...of the ancient world before a polar shift. as theorised by others... nazca lines were highway signs for spacecraft to land..and directions to various locations. a high tech archaeological team..dives into titicaca ...finds an sealed entrance going deep...they open the entrance way and swim through and reach a cavern full of strange artifacts ...one of the team accidentally activates one of the artifacts ...but doesn't know..interstellar beacon...u can put in anything from annunaki to the borgs ...an alien race...the reptilian creatures who had genetically produced the homo sapiens ...catch on to it. meanwhile another ...

When I was Young, I had a Dream! When I was Young, I had Ideals! When I was Young, I was Pure! Now, What Have I become? I still remember those days, when i used to think of being an ideal human being, someone all could look up to, someone who would help others when in need, someone who would be loved by all. I saw corruption all around me! I reaffirmed my self with positive thinking that I Will Not Be Tainted By it. I saw the degradation in Relationships. I consoled my self saying, i will be a true human, a true son, brother, husband, father and friend. I saw love getting commercialised! I was sure my love will be Honest and True! But what was around me, snared me in the web, without even me realising it. I became Corrupt myself! I Paid bribes - to get a confirmed ticket, to get ahead in the que, to secure myself, I took insider information, I played dirty in bsuness deals..the list is long! Love Died on Me! I forgot when i first felt "Love". I became a ...

There has been a gap in my posting! Not that i am a frequent blogger like the others, but even on my own standards, it was quite a big gap of time. I was Busy!! Plain Truth! I got a New Job, Moved to a New Place, and add to it the month of Ramadan. I joined Toshiba Corporation - Power Systems Division as Electrical Engineer on August 13th, 2007. On the very same day, i shifted with the whole lot of baggage to Ras Al Khaimah, a quaint Backwater City in the Northern portion of UAE. (Ras Al Khaimah is the Northern Most Emirate of United Arab Emirates). I am now the Electrical Enginer/In-Charge for a 400/132 kv Grid Substation Project for Transco in R.A.K. Now, I've got 'busy' in site. basically its all Civil Engineering Works that are on going, but it requires initial works from Electrical Dept. and Constant co-ordination. Post has been edited since, i was actually bitching about someone whom i dont like at all. Well, folks who work with me knows whos this person...so i leave ...

Live & Let Live! The song goes... I am my Own Man, I do My Own Thing....... Yeah! of course...every human being is an individual, with seperate identities, mannerisms, charachter, likes and dislikes! When these individual human beings contribute together, the society is formed. in a society, there is give and take, acceptance of another's being, undestanding of each others characters and so on. for me, I was brought up in a household, where i was taught it was impolite even to point you finger, let alone comment on another individual. my mother and the sunday school taught me... If you point ONE FINGER at another person, Remember, 4 FINGERS are pointing back at you! But all those old school morals are gone now. The youth of today (i have met many in the very circle i mingle) doesnt care if they hurt another individuals feelings by commenting on him or her! We all have our own space! if somebody penetrates that space , be it physically or verbally, the most automatic response is...

what title do i give it? Why I Write? Why Do I Write? I don’t Know! Why Do I Write? May be To Express My Self. I write the same way as I Speak. I Speak the same way as I think. So it's all direct from the heart and quite often spontaneous. I am not a master at stringing words like some of my friends who have a knack to line up words to express their feelings with the correct rhyming and all that poetry mumbo jumbo! I do wish that I could join some creative workshop and learn how to use words more appropriately, but then, I am too shy to show them my earlier written works – I am a closet writer and lyricist! So, what I felt about the partiality or sort of apartheid in the work place or society in the Middle East, especially in Dubai and Abu Dhabi where I work, I wrote down these words. I don’t have any title for these words – I can't call it a poem because a poem must have all the poem mumbo jumbo like rhyming etc. So To all those who ever read these words, if you could come up ...