Why I write - Guest post on Coffeebeanzone

Dear Reader,

Does the name Roasted Coffee Bean bring back memories of haunting smell of Coffee, freshly roasted and powdered to make a divine cup of coffee?

Well, here is a refreshing Roasted Coffee Bean, at her very best.

The highly talented girl/lady has a wonderful LinkedIn profile, a somehow active Twitter she owns a very interesting and engaging blog on Wordpress. She is a lyricist, painter, photographer and writer. The lady revealeth as much as you want to discover about her.

So start your journey of a million miles, on cyberspace, with one single step.

Enjoy! Spread the word around and Share. Click on: 

http://coffeebeanzone.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/why-i-write-guest-post-by-author-julia-dutta/

And hope you will visit Roasted Coffee Bean for more Guest posts on an amazing number of people. Indeed, hang out there and have a fill of many others, she has written about. 

Nee… / நீ…You...

Nee...lyrics by Aisoorya Vijayakumar

Nee…You!

With your coming
the pain sleeping in my eyelids
has subsided.
The little plant hiding in the seed
has sprung up to meet the sky.
My heart has come alive
with our relationship.

My eyes have opened
with ecstasy
Surprise, shock
laughter, goose bumps
admiration sparkle
in these eyelids.

In the screaming mind
loneliness persisted
but emerging from behind the curtain today
the frozen, cold moments sped away
the heavy burden days disappeared.

Half comfort
half happiness
thus, surprise
laughing
smiling
Goosebumps
admiring
In these eyelids

(is)You!

Rough translation/transcreation Julia Dutta & Kanchana Natarajan

Credit:

http://coffeebeanzone.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/nee-%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%80/

More lyrical scribbles:

http://coffeebeanzone.wordpress.com/rhythm-and-reason/

Note: I wish to thank Coffeebeanzone for the permission to reproduce the song here with its translation from Tamil to English for a wider audience. I would like to admit, that the song has haunted me for the last one month so much, and evoked the transcendental in me, so much so, I could have left the world and gone up to the Himalayas for good, if not for you, dear reader, who dwells in my heart and for whom, I write my blog. Thank you all for listening, reading and your silent appreciation, which continue to show in the stats :)

Fairly, un-fair!

The Cat called consumer

Let me be fair; you can’t move ahead on this post, unless you have visited another. It would be un-fair to do so. But frankly speaking, I am fairly convinced that when you are reading my post, you must under no circumstance; visit any other post, from anyone else, from anywhere in cyberspace.

You call that un-fair? Or do you think I am a control freak?

I am neither, but this conversation with you, will remain incomplete if I do not talk about what is fair and what un-fair.

Advertisers you say, make you believe and buy what they want you to buy. Advertisers will say, they know your mind and are constantly studying it, which is why, even before your conscious mind is aware of it, bingo! What you desire is what you want. Desperately! And what you want is already presented in the form of a product!

Advertisers, not only read your mind, they make you pay to have your wants fulfilled! Now if that is not, fair and fugly, then what is?

Excuse me, not fair and ugly, fair and fugly, the former shows on your skin, so does the latter.  And that is what I call fairly, un-fair!

Advertisers will say, “It’s not our fault, can’t consumers decide what they really want?”

So go ahead, have a good laugh at what your own mind wants, every few days, reverse –forward.

Darn! These seedy guys!

Confession: This post is inspired by another one which you can read here:

http://coffeebeanzone.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/in-all-fairness/

Picture credit: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/photo/18928713.cms