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That time alone...

There are many ways to do it: Looking down, looking up Looking side, doing with pride. Spraying, struggling, squeezing, waiting, shaking, dripping. The ones who go to the side, The ones who go to the center The minute long, the 2 second long. With one hand, with two hands, With hand on the side, without hands. Sitting, standing, swaying, talking Reading, typing but not while coughing Peaceful, relaxed, enjoying, sighing Thinking, pondering, but answer not coming. With friends, alone With a book on a phone After food, before In office, on a shore. Aiming that ball, handling a call Or silently, avoiding them all. A thousand ways, Paid or free Within days Million styles to pee.

Individual Music Scene in India

After much thought, I forced myself yet again to write. A big fan of all kinds of music (I know its blasphemous to say this, considering I may not have heard all kinds of music but yeah.. try me), I couldn't help notice the lack of good music in India. I am not completely against Bollywood or "Filmy Music". Seriously, if you thought A.R Rehman is awesome in Rockstar, suck at this... go listen to some of his older compositions in some Tamil movies. They are way better and more melodious. Better harmony, more music and sweeter voices. In fact, there are so many other Tamil music directors who I feel are equally talented. Harris Jayaraj, Illairaja (for those who have a ear for music would see through the choice) and many others. It's not that Bollywood doesn't have such people. Vishal-Shekhar, HR, Salim-Suleiman... what duos do in Bollywood, individuals achieve in the tamil movies!!!! But that's beside the point. Where have all the "artists" gone. Did N