Category Archives: Observer

Catharsis XV: Overthinking is a type of dementia

Posted on August 26, 2014 by Guria

Disclaimer: Any resemblance to any person, living or dead, is purely coincidental, or sadly circumstantial, or simply may be due to a continued growth in my popularity. No living creature with a heart has been harmed during the making of … Continue reading →

Posted in Catharsis, Friends, Laughs, Observer, People and Relationships, Sarcasm, Soliloquy | 6 Comments

Catharsis XIV: the cynic’s love

Posted on August 6, 2014 by Guria

It’s strange how far we have grown apart. We talk, for we have to, being scared of the silence that looms so loud. Yet while we talk, we check ourselves, our words, turning them over in our minds and praying … Continue reading →

Posted in Catharsis, Friends, Heart, Observer, Philosophy, Soliloquy, The Other Side of the River | Leave a comment

Football: A Religion

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Guria

It’s been a while I have been ensconced in the Americas, but I haven’t still transitioned completely.  For instance, I am yet to comfortably lapse into the word “soccer”, it is still “football” for me in a country where that … Continue reading →

Posted in Calcutta and Bengali, Observer, Passions, Random, Reviews | 1 Comment

Cast Aside

Posted on January 26, 2014 by Guria

Lost in an ocean of miseryTravelers, dark and drearyFriends, who were friends no more-With only sailors,Sailing in the same boat.Of need and usefulness,That was of use no more;Cast aside and forgotten,A cheap shell, washed ashore.Told to get lost and never … Continue reading →

Posted in Catharsis, Creations, Friends, Life, Me, Observer, People and Relationships, Philosophy, Soliloquy, Verses | 4 Comments

Grey Skies

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Guria

The clouds gather, like warriors in steel,Dark and dreary? All geared for battle!I stop, to stare and wonderBehold the dark and gloomyThe laden grey skies-Of impending thunders,Of lightnings, and powerful rains.And wonder yet again,The beauty the dull can bring-Ne’er a … Continue reading →

Posted in Creations, Happy, Love, Me, Observer, Passions, Verses | 16 Comments

The Broken India

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Guria

Once upon a time there was a little girl who thought her country was the greatest in the world. She would argue and preen and proudly proclaim that she was proud to be born into that country. The country that … Continue reading →

Posted in India, Non-Fiction, Observer | 8 Comments

Catharsis XIII: Reflection

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Guria

   The funny thing is the last thing people think of the real me as (as opposed to the virtual me) is “despondently reflective”. I am famous (or infamous) amongst my cronies for my wicked sense of humor, a sharp … Continue reading →

Posted in Catharsis, Creations, Me, Observer, People and Relationships, The Other Side of the River | 6 Comments

The Forty Rules of Love: A Compilation

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Guria

Being who I am, the result of centuries, of ancestors, of traditions, heritages and most of all, faith (not religion)- Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak, a book, a simple book spoke to me. Even before I reached the … Continue reading →

Posted in Love, Observer, Philosophy | 8 Comments

On to Oblivion…

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Guria

The acrid smell of smoke that even while burns every pore of your being it crosses, is the elixir of the soul which never learned how to exist without. The first drag hurt. Sputtering and coughing, the tears threatened to … Continue reading →

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Murakami and Memories

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Guria

I’d never thought of a life as chapters in a grand novel, till one fine day when I heard the crisp turning of a page and saw the beginning of a fresh new chapter. But I couldn’t write it down. … Continue reading →

Posted in Life, Observer, Philosophy | 4 Comments