Now we’ve a real intellectual impasse. Our reason, which is supposed to make things more intelligible, seems to be making them less intelligible, and when reason thus defeats its own purpose something has to be changed in the structure of our reason itself.-Robert M. Pirsig Continue reading Rationale
All we are notstares backat what weare. – WH Auden Continue reading What we are Looking at
If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; but if you really make them think, they’ll hate you. -Harlan Ellison Continue reading Thinking Troubles
It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks. – Tacitus Continue reading On Freedom
How can I escape the uneasy embrace of time? When I feel distracted in multiple ways, every day There are newer ways to take me away from the truth So often the past is presented in a falsified language The present is diluted severely with irrational thoughts A future is painted with an amateurish capability Usual demarcations place me in a quandary Whilst I am … Continue reading Escaping the Moments
While I decide to go the other way Something pulls me, interrupts my decision There I wish to live and find a purpose Here, I have comprehended the futility Whether I am being pushed or pulled, I know not On who is behind the contradictions Above restlessness, it is a continuous struggle Difficult distancing myself from both realities While I sit here exasperated and tired … Continue reading The Contradictions
The idolatry significance that is understood in a group As it disintegrates, so does the essence of a consciousness Its existence is not secured by the casual gathering Untitled narratives tell an obscure theme about life Idling in the distant lands, away from the crowded streets There is enough time to slow down time and thinking While most parts of the regions are covered in … Continue reading The (In)Significance
Lights have been long gone Glitches of time or modernity struck by lightning Complete darkness; an evening flinches Used to flashiness and bytes of noisy media Candles that have been forgotten Kept away in a dark corner- just a fancy buying Now, it becomes essential To rush towards that nondescript place Nervous fingers tackle the forgotten items Once lit, they seem magical; medieval too It … Continue reading Dispel the Darkness
There are times when the whispers grow at a commanding pace Without raising their voice, they threaten to occupy the little space That I call my own- a slice of a world that balances between me and my soul It depends on how I defend it from faltering From the intense soundwaves inaudible to the human ears All that I can do is to keep … Continue reading When It is Essential to Walk Confidently
The thoughts may seem to be disconnected from the antecedent Only the language has been carried still, to explain the experiences The reasons can be relevant partially There are no symptoms of thoughtlessness to have occurred When the subconscious train of thought was forced to detach Their residues have been somewhere along the way Numerous impressions along the journey collect them Constitution of thoughts are … Continue reading Cannot be Traced
Amitav Chowdhury 