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Recipe for Revolution

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          Revolutions in society, like history, have been known to repeat themselves, with distinct causes, fresh faces but with the commonality of a desire for change. If change is the only constant, revolutions are merely inevitable. Well, all revolutions are (just that), until they happen, later they tend to be deemed as historical inevitabilities.           Notably, revolutions are called that for a reason since Revolutions find their way back, across time zones of regions geographically and time periods historically. From taking up literal arms against the monarchies, to ferociously typing (read smashing) on the keyboards against the incumbents in power, the modus operandi of a Revolution has evolved in coherence with our modus vivendi. Nevertheless, the twitter armies, the armchair activists will have marked their presence in history along with radical revolutionaries of the yester eras.  Start small  ...

Samay ka pahiyya chalta hai

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"All to-morrows are to-days with an addition of 24 hours"   [Tagore, coincidentally it's his birthday] Or so it feels, whiling away time at home while I ponder about the luxuries - Time and Home. I struggle to come to terms with the game of Samay  [not Raina, Sagar explains quite well] . Time. It is both so elusive and illusive. Flies like a migrant bird, so swiftly away yet leaving the impression of coming over again but,  Kya apna time aayega? Well, if all the circumstances remain the same, the wind belts are convenient and the climate is conducive, sure! The birds will be back. Hordes of people await these migrant flocks. How many will witness the rare scenario? Will every dog have its day, can't say. Can't help but address that, in the pandemic times the word migrant has been intertwined with agony and distress. Uncountable lives were lost, may it be due to the disease or its practical consequences. While the migrants who could, returned back to their nest, t...