What am I reading these days - Contd.......

What am I reading these days - Contd.?
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Well not surpirisingly the same stuff - Man the Unknown (pathetically so).And now having endured it for so so long i have decided to be proactive about it and finish. To be fair the book is not bad at all, its just the longwindedness that sets it apart from a nice gripping types and makes reading it more like a attending a lecture which though very interesting is still preachy.

That apart portions of the book are actually gripping especially the ones where the author starts to dip into the actual working of some sytem of the body with an editing style reminiscent of a tight chase scene. Especially well written are parts that describe the adaptive qualities of the body and the manner in which science still tends to think of it as a divisible entity.

Now that my work days normally end with a long bus ride back home with nothing much to do except stare at the fellow traffic jammers (pun intended) and with the radio blaring nothing other than the mind numbing Himesh tunes, i can realistically hope to get over with this book within the quarter.

And besides i have another one lined up behind it. Its called "Blink". More on that when we get there. Till then Bon Voyage.

Yeh hai meri Kahani

Yeh Hai Meri Kahani – Zinda
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Something nice and deep from our contemporary mix of popular hindi music system. In its treatment it comes as a fusion of urdu poetic depth and western rock style. A dark and edgy feel surrounds this song almost as if the paper on which it was written has been charred at the edges. Andso has been the rendition. In all a good mix.
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yeh hai meri kahani
khamosh zindagani
sannata keh raha hai
kyun zulm seh raha hai

ek dastaan purani
tanhayi ki zubani
her zakham khil raha hai
kuch mujh se keh raha hai

chubtay kantay yadoon ke daaman say chunta hoon
girti deewaron ke aanchal mai zinda hoon

bass yeh meri kahani
benishaan nishaani
ek darr beh raha hai
kuch mujh se keh raha hai

chubtay kaanten yadoon ke daaman se chunta hoon
girti deewaron ke aanchal mein zinda hoon

(john's Part)..

bajay pyaar ki shabnum mere gulistaan mein
baraste rehte hain har simt maut ke saye
siyahiyon se ulajh padti hain meri aankhein
koi nahi .. koi bhi nahi jo batlaye
kitni der ujalon ki raah dekhe
koi nahi hai koi bhi nahi
na pass na durr
yeh pyaar hai
dil ki dharkan
apni chahat ka jo ellan kiye jaati hai
zindagi hai jo jiye jaati hai
khoon k ghoont peay jaati hai
khwaab aankhon se siye jaati hai

ab na koi paas hai
phir bhi ehsaas hai
yahiaon mai uljhi padi
jeene ki ek aas hai
yadoon ka jungle yeh dil
kaanton se jal thal yeh dil

chubtay kaanten yadoon ke daaman se chunta hoon
girti deewaron ke aanchal mein zinda hoon

What am I reading these days?

What am I reading these days you say???

Well there's this book called Man the Unknown by Alex Carell. Basically a book on the systems that comprise us. The manner in which, for ages we have disregarded the study of man as an intensive discipline of study focussing instead on the outer world and even when we have started looking inside ourselves its nothing but by eroneously compartmentalising ourselves into the varios " ologies". The book tries to put together and explain the working of a human body in the simplest of terms and in a complete, holistic manner. A very good read, this book was reccommentded to some 10 years back I guess but never got to read it. but as they say in Hindi, Der aaye Durust aaye.

PS: the selection of the subject matter has nothing to do with the author's present state of physical fitness

My Locked Knee

am two weeks into nursing an injured knee. doctors say it must be the meniscus though nobody's fully sure. so i'm under obsevation since the past 2 weeks. feels very odd being so observed though its only me i guess. I dont remember ever loooking and feeling my knee so intently willing it to heal.

Now one might say, if its not paining too much(did I tell you not much of a pain just a locking sensation) then whats the big issue with resting for a couple of weeks, catch up on reading and stuff. Well my friend the problem is with the routine I am breaking these days - that of the treadmill. And the resultant eaxpansion in my lateral dimensions. The treadmill, while it was there was a constant challenge everyday. Getting on it and trying to beat my previous best was soething that was the highlight of the day. And i was getiignpretty good at that (jogging speed of 10kms/hr for 15 minute stretch over 2.5 to 3km. you actually feel a lot lighter, a lot fitter and a lot jumpier and it was in this jumpier self that i jumped my Meniscus. And so I am here chronicling my bruised knee taking breaks in between to stare at it.

the doctor seems casually nonchalant about the issue even suspicious that i might be cooking up a phantom injury but whats there is there and you cannot deny a locked knee I guess.

and since that fateful evening I have had to turn down a few opportunities of adventurous outing that were thrown my way adding misery to my pain.

I am getting to the doctor 2day and getting the thing checked.Lets hope for the best and in the mean time I should be learning to adapt a bit better.

Hey im back