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So you have to be in the first place.
So you have to slog till you drop.
So you have to be up again.
So between all this, you can’t afford to have a tête-à-tête with the sparrow at your window.
So you have to forget your room has got a window.

Second place is no place.
Because those in the first place are the fittest.
Because only the fittest survive.
Because survival is important.
Or, is it?

The soft, silent pain in your eyes

Betrays the silk in your laugh

And questions

The love between us.

When does what you drive become more important than what drives you?

When does your accent become more important than what you are saying?

When does the need to turn a blind eye become more important than the need to see?

When does the need to laugh with others become more important than what you are laughing at?

When does how many boxes you have to live in become more important than whether you are actually living?

When does your celebration of life become

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Yellow means a sunflower.
A single stem brightening a whole room.
Yellow means cheer.

Yellow means a child’s nursery.
Yellow means innocence.

Yellow means butter.
A thick wad melting on a steaming hot aloo-parantha.
Yellow means temptation.

Yellow means the Australian cricket team.
Yellow means challenge.

Yellow means Winnie the Pooh.
On a night-shirt and a school bag and a notebook.
Yellow means memories.

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The question was first posed in the Paris of 1968.It was the first and the last time in history when students and workers came together in such large numbers for a common cause,to join hands against state tyranny,to urge "the revolution is in you".

It has been 38 years since.We still have not made the right choice.What are we afraid of?What keeps us from taking the plunge and becoming active,resisting participants rather than being passive,vulnerable consumers?

In the nursery rh

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