I was at the Singapore creative design summit. Thanks for making the room a bigger spaces.
I have mead Nelson Mandela ones in my life, and if some should make a film about him, it should be one that shows him as a person.

I would like to asked you some questions in truing to broaden my and others mind.

How do you connect to a collective cosiness’? How do you think you make people lead go of their ego?
What dos beauty means to you?

tribute to Mr. Menon

you are gone now

but i believe you are ever present

still.

i can't see your magical smile

or hear your mischievous laughter

nor smell the fragrance of your touch.

how can such a man have walked the earth?

surgeon, father, lover, tutor

and friend.

so much given

and nothing asked for in return.

kerala and united kingdom

united in grief at your loss

where are you now?

where can we hear your song?

how can we smile without your jokes

at our side?

we are torn inside

kicked hard

slammed

by the deafening silence

of your absence.

numbed by our grief.

all i can do is surrender

but to what..i do not know.

the world's affairs and enchantments

hold no interest for me now

without your comments upon them

to cheer me up when down.

they say prayers are like thought echoes -

say it from the bottom of your heart

and you will get

your reply.

so i try...

I am not far away in the clouds.

Nor will you find me in some far off dream land.

I am more nearer now to you

then I ever could be in my life-time.

Always I wanted was your happiness,

so that I might be happy.

Always I wanted was your health

so that you might help others to enjoy

their health.

but there was a limitation to what i could do

..in body.

but now

where i am

which is where you are

i have no limitations.

I see what you see

- but in brighter colours

I hear what you hear

- but in subtler sounds.

I am the last laugh behind every joke

I am the deepest sigh when your sorrow is

most acute

and i am the comfort

that comes with accepting that my physical ending

is our spiritual beginning.

does the butterfly miss being a caterpillar?

or the small child wish to return to her

mother's womb?

i am flying in the freedom from all thought

i am dancing in the rhythm of all dances

i am singing in the melody behind all songs.

Perhaps when life's sorrow becomes too much

you would rather prefer not to

experience suffering any more.

but i have a secret to share with you..

you too can hear,

what i hear

if you listen to the birds gossiping

in the early morning

or look at the rainbow

tapestry on the morning dew.

we can grow together now.

i will never leave your heart

i will nurture you from within.

when you need my touch,

touch others.

when you need to hear my laughter,

make others laugh.

when you need my guidance

look within and I will find you.

I shall share your laughter in your happiest

moments and carry you

in your darkest hours.

I will be there when your ache for me

is like a roasting fire

when you reach acrosss the bed to hold me

i will be the air that caresses your skin.

how?

i am the one who aches

and i am the one who caresses.

i am the one who cries for comfort

and i am the comfort given.

you too can feel what i feel

when you open your heart to all

the pain and suffering

that life's uncertainties

throw at you.

when you let go of all expectations

and calculations.

when you free your mind

as i have mine,

and go beyond -

in the acceptance of what is,

is the arrival

at the doorway to where i am.

open the door

with the key of love to all

that you experience

and you will find me

laughing

joking

singing

at the wonder of it all.

i will hold your hand

take you over the threshold

where we can gaze together

at the majesty of creation

which i see now

is but a part of me

and you.

i am more alive now

than ever before.

Dil ke haal se aajkal, khush bhi mai pareshaan bhi..

if we didn't face contradictions, would we reason?

This writing is like a tiny BOMB.small in size..but shattering!!!

Beautiful!
In our contradctions we are one..
But isnt it time to update though there is still plenty of material for me to read and I m taking one at a time.. So what films you are busy making??..As from newspapers I have gathered about Mandela and esp. intriguing Paani (which is a suject of huge relevance in modern times).. I have been a huge fan of Mandela, seen some films on him & read his Long Walk to Freedom which was awesome! Musta say world has hope with leaders like him still around.

Well sir keep making realistic cinema ! We need such entertainment!
cheers
Nidhi

Dear Sir,

This reminds me of a song Collide by Howie Day.....in which he says: Da dawn is breakin, a lite shinin thru....Ur barely wakin and am tangled up in you.....i'm open ur closed, i follow ur ghost...outta da doubt tht fills ma mind....i sumhow find, tht u and I collide......

Its a beautiful idea, contradictions meetin in unison to create da homogenity of an assosication between individuals...

Besides, contradictions keep things interestin, methinks....

smile,
....ekta.