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  Lights are turned on In a narrow pathway                             Of a historical secrecy Where coded scriptures Appear seemingly closer To the moral battle Of a conqueror who Unearths a lie everyday   When love dies in your arms With a pale upholstery Confusion murmurs Little things about A boring raga playing Notes of wishful Mind games to Snippets of reality   The marooned legend In a cavern so deep Prompts the yogi in You to breathe The faith of nihilism Cathartic to the recluse Who lives beneath the Darkened leaves Tags: nayana's poem , nihilism , faith aoljpictureUpload , aoljpictureUpload_1

What is it about the Central College campus (CCC), young lovers and nostalgia? Possibly it is about the calm among chaos. Finding serenity amongst bustling city traffic is like discovering new found happiness in a relation gone sour! Bad simily...whatever! Anyway I still remember my old campus with a lot of fondness. Old colonial buildings, a nice lawn and a relatively pollution free environment. Last week when I watched the movie 'Aa Dinagalu' I realised how we relate old Bengaluru to Vidhana Soudha, Cubbon Park, CCC, High Court; calmly chewing on a delicious block of corn burnt on hot coal, with a pack of popcorn or roasted groundnuts in hand.Of course, the same serenity attracts power hungry politicians (small or big), student leaders involving in rowdism and crime. The combination is rare. Love and crime is treated with the same passion. In 'Shantaram', Gregory speaks with the same sentiments about Mumbai. I guess, every city has a tale that brings out the romance ...

If you have watched Fatboy Slim's "Right Here, Right Now" you know what I'm talking about. It appears that story tellers of today are fascinated with the thought of moving sequences from one geography to another. With due credit to Dan Brown's excellent research skills to weaving exciting (and controversial) thrillers, I have a feeling that this guy likes to play it to the masses. Or it must be his publisher putting a gun to his head to make his books best sellers. His 'Da Vinci Code' fell flat without making it to the list of great books for the same reason. The novel revolves around NASA, POTUS and a wannabe US President. The main characters Rachel Sexton, a promising young NRO analyst and Michael Tolland, a popular television oceanographer poorly supported in character by Corky, a physict and friend of Tolland play cliched roles of a Hollywood movie. But what's fascinating is that the novel throws light on the  faux pas played by politicians and po...