love and ethnicity

i asked a friend why she broke up with her boyfriend.
"umm... ethnic problem!" she responded.
i let a big laugh out loud.
as she added, "just kiddin'"
i didn't want to laugh anymore.
because despite the "just kiddin'"
i knew there was truth in "ethnic problem"

i then wonder who the winner is
between
love and ethnicity.

Rock 4 Life 2009

On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Shillong hosted its first Rock4Life concert with eight Northeast bands...

The bands included Soulmate (Meghalaya), Digital Suicide (Assam), Scavenger Project (Mizoram), Recycle (Manipur), Alive (Sikkim), Native Rising (Nagaland), Horjwlai (Tripura), and Alien Gods (Arunachal Pradesh).

It was good times.
Concerts in Shillong are the best and this one did not disappoint us either.
The bands were rocking and the crowds were rolling...

It's gonna be a good December! ( I can feel it)

inspired by the november wind...

police bazar in mid-november

chop chop

This tree is still alive and strong.
But a firewood collector decided to chop a bit here and a bit there; unfortuantely it was from the bottom. I find this very disturbing and lacking common sense. But then, how do I make her understand? She needs her fire. It is cold in Shillong.

creep on in

there's a big ol' hole
goes right through the sole
of this old shoe,
and the water on the ground
ain't got no place else its found
so it's only got one thing left to do
jus,
Creep on in
Creep on in...

-Norah Jones

urban hypocrite

We don't live with nature anymore, we exploit, rearrange, and even suppress it and then fool ourselves into believing that we lead normal lives..."

-Pema Wangchuk in Walking with the Dokpas