The song seldom sung

The tick
The tock
And the clock
The spin
The grin
And the smoke
The touch
Too much
Yet the shade
The rush
The gush
And evade
The peace
The pieces
And imprints
The song
The rhyme
Seldom sung

© Ratish Pandya

"LIBS - BTO" - hack to maximize happiness

This is a legacy code written a while back. Worth a read


"LIBS - BTO"

It's been a long time I have been striving to make a product release. The alpha version was in constant revision for over 10-12 yrs. In spite of rigorous testing there are still some bugs in this software. This version works on most known OS but may have some problems with peripheral devices. In case u encounter any problem please mail me your system configuration and I promise to write a driver/fix for that. (I am available 24/7/365 for product support).

I like to believe that everything should be free hence I am making a release under Open Source and details can be viewed under GNU license agreement. The software is for use in as is where is condition and the users should be responsible for any system crash or any such events. (Though author may show full sympathy but in no case there be any financial reimbursements)

Whew... now the legal stuff is over let me tell u what u can do with this software.

I have written software in simple ENGLISH language that interacts directly with the neural network of ur brain and changes original configurations and default settings. Once installed it mutates within the system to form a unique viewpoint towards life and is designed to give "maximum happiness" to the user in his pursuits in life.

I have been unable to un-install the software from my OS but have been able to successfully update it with a newer version. So people who do not update it regularly my be struck with this version forever (it may mutate into something negative in which case u need the updates badly).

Users/ Programmers can add additional rules by writing in simple ENGLISH language (if u have problems with the language I can recommend several authors who have written in COMPLEX english language. If u can't reduce it to SIMPLE english shoot me an email we can collaborate)

Last warning to non-tech people. If u wish not to install this in the neural networks of your brain then please do not read any further.

*****************

It's like a magic spell u can't take it back:) This peice of code may appear to u as a gibbrish. However, it is a clever program written just to give that interpretation. It is essentially a program that runs as a background process eventually taking control of the entire system.


Every product must have a name this is "LIBS - BTO beta -version 2.0.1 ", release date 13th Jan 2003

Its not just another vague acronym it has a profound meaning get ur taste buds ready......

"Life Is Bull Shit - But Tasty One!!"


// **** Installation Starts here... ***//

• U live in present. All ur achievements/happiness will come in a moment (even if it is sometime in future, when future becomes present)

// *** The kernel of the code, legacy code form alpha versions works well ***//

• Whatever u strongly believe in will come true. Not instantly, but eventually (Take away time as a dimension and everything is a possible) //*** This is a major bug fix from the alpha version and has stabilized the code. It has added to its better performance and efficiency ****//

• All ur plans terminate at death so don't delay ur pleasures for 2morrow / some time later

//*** used to remove system hanging forever, alternate way to kill a process ***//

• Do not look for reasons to have a good time / laugh or act spontaneously

//*** feature form the legacy code ***//

• You will always have doubts/fear/insecurity: revel in unknown don't be threatened by it

//*** new feature provides comfort level in who we are ***//

• You will never get the entire picture but only its fragments (That's all u ever really need)

// *** In the earlier version I tried to implement it in totality , was a major bug took years to debug , seems stable now ***//

•  Do not let mediocre people browbeat u to become one of them. B what u want to B

// *** some people have difficulty installing this part of code, they can try recompiling or reloading ***//

• U know all this but u do not get it as u may have code in COMPLEX english

// *** Warning code works best when it is a clean install,it wont mutate ***//

• U will forget all of this (but now code is in you, it has already mutated and u are infected, It may strike any time and u will loose control of your brain or its illusion)

// *** If u are getting BSOD then reboot the OS ***//



This is not final relese version of LIBS - BTO and several user-friendly features may be added on demand.

This is meant for constant revision. U can develop ur own version to run with this program all u need is proficiency in writing in simple ENGLISH.

sorry folks u need to learn this hard way, it takes lots of owl hours :)

I have found the present kernel to work best.

Suggestions and bug fixes are welcome If u find that ur code should be added to this program please mail me. For helping me improve this software ur name will be recognized in further releases I have full control over any further additions, ur code will be tested and only then will be released.

Sorry folks u have to relinquish any copyright for the general good of populace. As u can see i have devoted much time and energy in this effort ;)

//*** don't forget the proper documentation. No complex ENGLISH codes and codes borrowed form other sources may be given a consideration but original tweaks will be given preferences ***//

This product will change the concept of software forever. It is too advance a concept for its time with time more OS will support it and a community of faithful users and programmers will enrich it.

Happiness and fulfillment for all !!!

Not for commercial use. Free for distribution with copyright notices ;) u may add ur own code ( in simple ENGLISH please) but all the existing codes must appear in its entirety.

//*** this is essential for program to mutate ***//

The only way to unlearn this is by eating the mouse pointer in front of u :):):) then u must exclaim loudly three times LIBS - BTO in a single breath along with its version number and release date.

//*** This may appear to be a stupid act to every one else, try it only in extreme conditions of distress better way is to get a update again send error messages and system details for updates //

Have fun and infect as many unsuspecting minds as u can. This way we can gain world domination. Only people with knowledge of simple ENGLISH can reprogram the system.


More power to real nerds who want to change the Original Software and hack into System which was never previously been hacked by any one before!!


Gotchaa ...... now that's what I do with my leisure :):):)


© Ratish

Hindi Poem - Swabhav

एक दिन और
हर एक क्षण
गिरता हाथों से
कण कण

घटता रहता निरंतर
“घट – पट” का दव्दं
रहता तृ्प्त मैं
समनांतर

कभी भूला मैं
अपने को इस जग में
कभी भूला यह जग
मुझमें

स्व का भान
कभी अभिमान
कभी विस्मृति
है स्वभाव यह जान

मैं हू़ँ
मैं हू़ँ तब सब है
सब ही तो मैं हू़ँ
तुम हो
© रतीश

Who will survive this voilence

Yes you can kill me, take me hostage or try to show how inconsequential I am. You can be brazen and laugh at how ill prepared I am now.

If you don't succeed to kill me you will only strengthen my resolve to live. To try and build a better place a better system and rectify my deficiency.

Collectively I have mutated, collectively I have evolved. You too will strive for your reason for existence. For sure will work towards achieving newer lows.

I don't think this is new at all. We have been through this often times in the past. Different place, different times and different era. Some of the stories have now become fables, some legends and some even newsprint.

The day you are strong enough to strike you will and harm me. Then you will become casual in your acts, killing at will.

Seeing the implications a few of you will flee, some will be swayed enough to trap and fight against their former selves.

We will continue to build our world, heal our wounds and go about normal life.

In the end neither can you debilitate us nor can we exterminate you.

Be aware it is your time to lie low and die slow.




© Ratish

Give me back my joyrides

To work we go each day
Lose part of self along the way
And return as automatons
A cog in global delivery mechanism

Feel the wind back on your face
Let sweat be your exhaust fume
Be the fuel, go green - break rules
Return back to your innocence

One feeling will change your stride
One passion will be my drive
One resolve will turn back the years
And give me back my joyrides

© Ratish

On cycling to work

The Race

Let the gauntlet be thrown
And the challenge be announced
Step over crowd, clear this stage
For those who dare to respond

Limitations and hurdles are many
Each one is fighting to gain ground
Yet there is an unwavering will to finish
Not to lose hope or be bowed down

No glory, no sight of victory
Just a chance to compete
Against your own fears and assumptions
And fastidiously held beliefs

You and the elements, you and space
You and the sweat on brow of your face
Every single step on the road
Takes you towards end of the race

© Ratish

Dedicated to all participants of Mumbai Marathon 2010

Childhood

I see you grow, spread smile
Try hard and Walk Slow
Every now and then
You take a quantum leap to glow

Memories of your previous self
Slowly begins to fade to insignificance
I try to focus on your current feats
And small steps towards independence

Your toys change every so often
Unable to catch attention for long

I may not smile so easily
or open up myself to others
I am still trying hard to grow
In games that will fade to insignificance

My paths my learning will not guide you
In your coming day and age
May be you will have imprints from past
of best parts from the time we shared

© Ratish

Centring

I heard the tune
Again..
And rushing back
All the moments came

Thread that was broken
Sometime ago
Became a stream
And started to flow

Was lost in the wilderness
of this world
Suddenly I stared at
Me

No joy, no sense of loss
recognition of self
Is all I've got

I became me
How simple it can be
I just realized
I am eternity

© Ratish

Words

The words that I put together
Are not deep and meaningful
But dry and incoherent

They lack logic, rhyme & reason
Strongly biased by who I am
And totally oblivious of others

Yet I can defend it, if needed
With rhetoric & hyperbole
Against one and all

With you however I don't need them
But to be playful
At times

Do not care for my words
They are useless
If possible be comfortable with my silence


© Ratish

Color of sky

I saw through my minds eyes
The thousand colors of blue sky
The lights, shades and frothing mist
I knew I understood the gist

Then I watched my mind do tricks
Revealing the patters of my prejudice
Moments ago - of things I was sure
Were fools belief - no less, no more

Now I don't have any fixed view
The sky may be grey, black or blue
Or it may be of no particular color
Changing with time, place and weather

© Ratish

Poem - Part We Must

Days that are most hard to go by -
are the ones in which you have to say goodbye
to someone who is close to your heart
of your life who has been a part

Memories of time spent together are fresh
- as if it happened just today
But fate has brought us to a crossroad
From where we have to part our ways

Go my friend with a smile on your face
May success kiss your feet
Remember us all who are left back here
Until the day again we meet

© Ratish

Poem -Souveniers

Time has come for us to part
There is smile on my face, tears in my heart
Here are a few souvenirs to remember me by
I give you the stars, I give you the sky

Stars don't shine or show the way
They twinkle constantly from far away
What is sky but a vague concept
- It turns blue as it gains some depth

You won't have to search too hard
I'll be in flowers, I'll be in cards
I'll be the journey you undertake
I'll be in your inadvertent mistakes

Remember me in clown; in an innocent child
In foolish talks and schemes gone wild
Remember me in carelessness and arrogance
In songs, in music and in dance

These presents are of no significance
for those who don't value trivial things
A dreamer has but his dreams in hand
to give, to share and to expand

The final judgment is for you to take
to keep these wares or to forsake
Rest assured you'll always be there
in my dreams, memories and in my prayers




© Ratish

Poem - The Apparatus

The apparatus

An intricate recorder

To reorganize the frames

And put perceived reality in order

The skill – an acquired art

To focus on the desired shot

Light, sound, setting and aperture

To capture that perfect inverted picture

The moments, people & places

Frozen in time & space

For our viewing pleasure

When we find the leisure

Random images are retained

By this apparatus at days end

What happens to events that fade away

Without leaving its trace in any way?

Is there a thrash can in out head

Where lost memories are constantly fed?

How it matters what we retain or discard

When every apparatus ends in a junkyard?

© Ratish

Poem - The Gist

I draw the same breath (as you)
to feed my consciousness
And my desire leads
To my chosen indulgence

Unrealized
Our lives appear isolated flicker
In essence
We are the same flame

I exist - creating, being, discarding
reaching out and contemplating ...
In you
I recognize a part of me

© Ratish

Poem Born Again

Another day flies by
Another night sets in
Sun and moon r like
Lights that flash & blink

Do not know who I am
Do not even care
Another life I live
Another truth or dare

Each day I die again
Each moment I am born
Another smile I paste
When the last one is torn

What I have to show
In so many years
Are a few moments shared
Of my hopes and cheers

Do not know where to go
All I can do is walk
Another path I take
May be it leads somewhere

© Ratish