Uriel was a multifaceted personality. He could stab with words, sting like Mike Tyson, and distort reality charmingly with the precision of a gifted cartoonist. He was sedate now and passionate the next moment. He could don the mantle of a carpenter, a plumber, or a mechanic, as situation demanded. He ran a school in Shillong in those days when I was there. That’s how I landed in the magic circle of his friendship. He made me a gargoyle. Gradually. When the refined side of human civilisation shaped magnificent castles and cathedrals, the darker side of the same homo sapiens gave birth to gargoyles. These grotesque shapes were erected on those beautiful works of architecture as if to prove that there is no human genius without a dash of perversion. In many parts of India, some such repulsive shape is placed in a prominent place of great edifices with the intention of warding off evil or, more commonly, the evil eye. I was Uriel’s gargoyle for warding off the evil eye from his sc
LOL :P bwahahaha.....
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Lovely to see you here after a pretty long time, Deepak.
Deletehaha yes sir.
Deleteitr has been a pretty long time and glad to catch few post of yours back :D
..and the answer is NEGATIVE I presume?
ReplyDeleteAnswer is yours, Santhosh.
DeleteHa ha ha. Work of an innovative mind [smile]
ReplyDeleteI'm smiling happily, sir.
DeleteHahahaha..That is really Funny.. :-)
ReplyDeleteIndeed, it is. Have you ever noticed we do such funny things in life as altering the truth with the help of words?
Deletehahaha .. this one is really a work of real humorous sense !
ReplyDeleteMischievous humour.
Deletequite humorous...
ReplyDeleteThere's a subtle philosophy behind the humour. I hinted at it one of my responses.
Delete:D good one!!
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DeleteThat's a shit on those who alter truth with words as you hinted at in one of your comments. because only after reading the comments my tube light came to life.
ReplyDeleteYeah, wings, I understand. I'm a quite an imp when it comes to mischief. Later I decided to give that hint in the comment.
Deletea perfect graffiti and a taboo
ReplyDeletelook wiser by your hair even if you loose your Alma matter
Thanks for combining my two posts into one comment.
DeleteThat was really funny :)
ReplyDeleteHow funny can life get to be?
DeleteVery good one.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rajesh.
DeleteSome other binaries:
ReplyDeleteDisabled v. differently abled
Short v. Height-challenged.
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We pretend to be better civilised because our language is apparently acquiring some sophistication!
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