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The Stars in Our Eyes

The concept of the human body analogy against the cosmos has often bowled me over. The similarities are uncanny if you take a look at the way some nebulae imitate the appearance of a human eye. Finding the Helix nebula reaffirmed the semblance further as

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अकेले चल मुसाफ़िर

इस तन्हाई की आदत डाल मुसाफ़िर, आगे तुझे अकेला ही चलना पड़ेगा,सफ़र अभी बहुत लम्बा है मुसाफ़िर, यूँ घुटने टेक देगा तो कैसे चलेगा? लोग तो बस राही थे मुसाफ़िर,पैदा तो तू अकेला ही हुआ था,रस्ते सब के अलग होते हैं मुसाफ़िर,तेरे रस्ते तुझे अकेला

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The Great Train Journey Review – Ruskin Bond

Ruskin Bond was my childhood. I distinctly remember reading ‘A Face in the Dark’ when my interest in literature was still budding. On reading that account, I felt something change in me and then literature beckoned me in a way I was never beckoned before.

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Body and Control

I can’t believe that a big chunk of my life was spent chasing convenience. There was always something nagging somewhere in the body. It is almost like I have lived through pain for the most part. What is worse is that I had accepted that,

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Our Cosmic Debt

It’s a bizarre state where I find myself today. A rare shape of disquietude persists. Now that I think of it, it has been with me ever since I have been in this trance, like a zombie walking through chaos, doing everything that was being

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Resumption of Life

I kickstarted my lulled journey after almost three months of a difficult hiatus. The world feels different now. Not that because it has changed. It feels different coz I have. The window with which I used to witness the world has suddenly become a lot

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धीमी चला तू साँसे

कम से कम चला रे साँसे साँसों को तू संभाल रख,है जरुरत आगे जाकर हौसले को तू बांध रख | क्यों चाहिए इतनी साँसे ?चंद लगेगी जीने को, आगे की नदी तो सूखी पड़ी है पानी भी न मिलेगा पीने को | व्यर्थ लगा मत

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Write your Obituaries

Write your obituaries,The time has come,You might not make it,To the sun. Say your prayersAnd go to bedHope to wakeFor the morning bread. Believe you oarThrough the nightAnd take your boatTo the light. Things you didAll your lifeAnd what you couldn’tRan rife. Your awry plansAnd

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Getting into a Time Pod

After wading through countless topics related to every living being’s inherent ability to self-heal through Yoga, I have finally decided to give in to the process. The process as an ‘Acharya’ states is called ‘Reversal’. Imagine you are a person void of technology, holed up