Aab’s Musings

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When Nature Watches Us Back

The other day Aab was sitting in a park.  The sun was probably setting over the horizon, but the tall and closely built buildings do…
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Professor of love

Since Aab is a wanderer and a drifter, most people think he has no ambition in life. But surprisingly they are wrong. Aab has an…
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Absorbing pain

Aab has never worked in his life. He has never had a boss, and he has consciously avoided bossing over others. He sees people working…
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Man’s Limitations

Aab looks up at the sky and wonders what lies beyond. Space is finite, but only because man has created his own limitations. Water can…
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Ask to receive

Aab has learnt the hard way that when a person keeps giving freely, not only does he not get back anything, people want more and…
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Finding it hard to give away

Aab sat on the sea shore. The sun was setting on the horizon far beyond the vast expanse of the Arabian sea, gently lowering itself…
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Break from routine

The hour of dusk. When solid shapes slowly start merging with the abstract shadows. When bright and harsh daylight meekly surrenders to the all-enveloping carpet…
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Living together in loneliness

At nights sometimes Aab wanders on the roads. He enjoys chill winter nights, wet roads just after a heavy night shower, and the warm summer…
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Aab Does Not Know How To Make a Deal

Aab does not know how to sell. Neither can he sell products/services, nor can he sell himself. He realizes that the whole world is a…
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On Death and Dying

Aab has seen many deaths. In fact, he has more friends on the other side of the twilight horizon than in this world. Friends with…
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Dried Up Tears

Aab does not cry often. He does not cry for himself, ever. But at times he cannot help crying when he sees the innocence of…
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Loveless Life of Material Success

Once in a while Aab wanders into the glamorous world of business and corporate affairs. The world of massive glass-fronted air-conditioned offices, of ruthless competition,…
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No Time for Stories

There are at least a few sensitive and deep thinking people who like Aab’s company. These are those who can look beyond the mundane, the…
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Aab’s Musings-31 -“Who are you?”

People who meet Aab for the first time ask, “Who are you?” Aab smiles. At times he remains silent knowing that the questioner is more…
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Wanderer at heart

Aab sat on the hillock and was enjoying the view. The hillock was definitely not Himalayas, and he was not there to meditate or seek…
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Future is Tomorrow

Aab cannot perceive or predict the future. And he is in awe of those who can. He encounters many people who talk with great confidence…
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Aab’s Musings-34 –Child’s Play

Aab is fascinated with children. He can sit and watch them for hours.  He enjoys the company of children most when they are given freedom…
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Lockdown Times

Aab has heard that the entire country, in fact the whole world, is under a lock-down. Since Aab has never had anything to do with…
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Being Human

Aab has lived through the centuries and seen how people communicate with each other. Man’s desire to reach out and interact made him use horses…
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I am a Listener

Aab does not meet too many people – only those who want to meet him. Some want to meet him to get some help, advice,…
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All about Love

People think that Aab has never loved anyone and has never had the pleasure of being in a loving relationship. If only they could analyze…
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Love in the city

Once upon a time Aab used to live in the biggest city of the country …. and the busiest. He used to work hard, but…
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Fascinated with authority

Aab is fascinated with authority. He watches with fascination how human beings don the garb of their power and glory, and forget their individuality. He…
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The Love Affair

Aab has a girlfriend. She loves him immensely, and is never hesitant in expressive her love. She also expresses her anger freely on him, sometimes…
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Relating to Relatives

Aab has no relatives. In fact to him “relatives” is a very relative term. He prefers to relate rather than to have relatives. He watches…
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The road does not go anywhere

Aab used to love traveling. He would explore cities, but would revel in the countryside. He would blossom out seeing the rain rejuvenating the perched…
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Comfort in not belonging

“Where do you belong to ?” People often ask this question to new persons they meet. Whenever someone asks this to Aab, he is puzzled.…
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Religion of love

Because of his unusual name, and since he does not have a surname, people often ask Aab what religion he belongs to. And as usual,…
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Between birth and death

Aab does not know the date when he was born – nobody does. He may not have been very welcome in this world, or maybe…
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No goals

Aab thinks he is an aberration; an anachronism and an imposter. He wonders whether he was born in the wrong place or at the wrong…
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Aab can never become an orator

Aab knows he can never become an orator. He cannot shout, he cannot scream in the frenzy of artificial passions. He can only speak from…
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Loneliness and being alone

Aab knows what loneliness is. He has not only experienced it, he has seen it written in bold capital letters on people’s faces – people…
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Did Aab Really Exist?

Historians are human too, and they select who to write about, depending on what they perceive is the importance of the person. Since Aab never…
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Child in the Man

Aab likes people. He likes children, and he sees a Child in every adult — the Child who has not been given sufficient love, pampering;…
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Aab is happiest when he is away from the concrete jungle….

He does not manage to get away very often. Not because he is busy or has a job or business, but he has a certain…
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Aab likes to talk to buildings and structures.

When no one is watching, he goes close to a bungalow, a hut or an old ruin and opens a conversation. Some of them are…
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A very successful gentleman was telling Aab about all his achievements and talents. He pulled out a five-page CV describing his academic qualifications, his awards…
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Aab looks around and finds so many spiritual people – religious, into rituals, looking for and claiming to have found a deeper meaning and purpose…
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Once in a while Aab comes out with some wise thoughts. Not many are willing to listen to him, and fewer still consider his thoughts…
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Aab has seen, and keeps seeing regularly, how “close” friendships and relationships just fizzle away when circumstances change.  People come so close to each other…

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