Ipsita Contemplates

The music of your heart Has the rhythm of sunshine, Soothes my soul, That melody I will enshrine. Everytime you smile With your soul stirring gaze, The sun brightens up And I am left in daze. Charm of your thoughts And the love in your voice, Enthralls me, my beloved And the stars rejoice. Copyright © 2021 Ipsita Contemplates. All Rights Reserved.

The depth of night whispered into the calm, Magic of music and enchantment of stars, Holding on to plushies, avowed the tales, Of perfumed memories and untold memoirs. Copyright © 2021 Ipsita Contemplates. All Rights Reserved.

It was almost twilight. The rains had slowed down a bit by then. I was jostled with apprehensions and was juggling myriads of thoughts and emotions until I reached the cottage hotel. On reaching the hotel, the host and his team welcomed us with the warmest of smiles, some amazing home-baked cookies, and a comforting cup of hot Kashmiri Qahwa . The warm reception by the team and the steaming cup of Qahwa melted all my apprehensions and worries. That was the first food that welcomed me to Kashmir. And what a beginning it was! Splendid, in every sense! In true way, it set the tone for the rest of my stay in the valley. After the quick snack, we retreated to our room. After an hour or so, one of the staff members came to ask for our choice for dinner. There was no menu to choose from, just like we do not have in our homes. We could request for anything as long as the requisite grocery is available in the kitchen pantry. On further discussions, we got to know that Kashmiri rajma (kidney...

Most often than not, I end up not clicking pictures. I would end up eating the food or spend hours together brooding over a scene and the thought of an "instagram worthy" picture would not even cross my mind. The same happens when I'm travelling or visiting a place of interest. I tend to experience the place or the moment more through my eyes than through the camera lens. Not that I never click pictures... I do and I have a fair share of those too... but there are not as much photos as there could have been.  That day I was visiting an aquatic museum. You know those kinds where you walk through the glass tunnels with the marine life swimming over your heads... yes, those ones.It was a surreal feeling. You very well know that you are not inside the sea, but that won't stop you from the feeling of being underwater. I feel, going alone to such places is a big perk because, that allows you to experience the place solely, while taking all its essence as it was meant to be....

The desire.... To fly, soaring across the limitless sky, To explore, and be lost in the beautiful bay, To dream, and think across the brae, Oh! The desire..... To be and still not be; anyway! Copyright © 2020 Ipsita Contemplates. All Rights Reserved.

Breathe the fragrance in the zephyr And feel the kiss of sunshine The silkiness and the warmth For eternity, cherish and enshrine. Copyright © 2020 Ipsita Contemplates. All Rights Reserved.

I was in Class III when I got introduced to the concept of abstract nouns. I was completely floored by that concept. Not that the other concepts were not good enough, but the concept of a noun that can denote an idea, or a state of being; something that does not have a physical existence, but just an existence in thoughts was as exciting as it could be. It is perhaps very difficult to explain the plethora of feelings I used to feel (and still do) whenever I came across an abstract noun. Happiness is one of my favorite abstract nouns. “An Abstract Noun is usually the name of a quality, action, or state considered apart from the object to which it belongs.” -Wren and Martin I wonder, can happiness (or any abstract noun, for that matter) be ever defined. How to define something that can never take any physical shape? How to define something which is dependent on an idea, a thought? Are not ideas and thoughts individual specific?! My thoughts are different than yours…and your id...