Questions without 'a' Right Answer

Tis rightly said that everything in life is subject to perspective. What's Congestion in a bus is of-course Atmosphere in a disco. So we can safely assume that where romance is concerned as well, how anybody views it or things pertaining to it is also subject to perception. 


It takes not much to get attracted but it takes a lot more to keep it up. Right? It takes a minute to get interested but a lifetime of work to be interested.... that's why every relationship is a WIP, an ongoing effort. A lot of people use this perception as a cause or a reason to play around leaving a string of broken hearts. That's just careless and a disregard for another human being. Stringing somebody along is the worst. 


For me the interest, the attraction happens in an instant. Its either there or not there (This is not just with respect to romance, it applies to all things/beings in my life). After that I apply the 3 month rule. Anything/Anybody that can keep up my interest for a minimum of that period always ends up with me and my commitment for the long haul. But this in anyway does not mean I have hurt anybody because of this nature. There is no excuse for causing anybody hurt. I never get too involved or let people get involved in my life till the 3 months have passed. That way there is no bond that has to be broken. So to all my acquaintances I am a reserved introvert and to my friends I am a non stop chatter machine.


Coming back to romance, I've always wondered:  What is romance? What constitutes a romantic action? Is it romantic to be showered with gifts? or when he says "You jump I jump"? Is it when somebody understands you without you ever needing to express anything? is it when somebody fulfills all their promises to you and more? or is it that security somebody gives you while they take care of your needs, stand by you, face life with you quietly without the fuss and drama of extravagance and pageantry? All of the above or a mix of the above or none of the above? I am sure the answer would change according to your wants, situation and priorities. For me, who is a die hard romantic with my head in the clouds, I want the whole nine yards, the whole Yash Chopra deal. I want lightening to strike, violins to play in the background, my name tattooed on him and all the passion and the wooing that comes with it. I just don't know where the reality ends and fantasy begins. I don't even know if such things really exist or am I waiting for nothing. The real question is how long of a waiting is acceptable till we are labelled delusional? At what point do we start to compromise and how much?? Does my Edward exist at all??? Is he out there?? Is love out there?? What would actually be worse - If I decide to go with what I have and Edward turns up when it's too late or I wait forever ending up alone???

There isn't really a right answer for these, is there? It's just what works for one and what doesn't. There would be some telling you how they waited for 'The One' and how they eventually got it, Others telling you how they waited forever and are alone and the Rest telling how they settled for someone they thought was enough and are happy enough or not!

WIP == Work In Progress

~ KPR

Immortal Love and Timeless Classics

Does love have to be doomed to be deemed immortal? You can decide if this is a pertinent question or not. Lets take a look at some of the love stories that definitely make the Eternal Romance/Timeless Classics list and take it from there shall we.

Close your eyes and think of 'aeonian romance' and list out the stories/movies that come up in your mind. This is the list my mind bore from this exercise:

• A walk to remember
• Love Story
• Titanic
• Romeo and Juliet
• Tristan and Isolde
• Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
• The Notebook

More than half the list is tragic. One would also probably include Wuthering Heights (though not my kind of romance), Casablanca, Cleopatra and Antony, Gone with the wind, Orpheus and Eurydice, Lancelot and Guinevere etc etc.......Even Bella had to die in order to be with Edward forever (thou its a happy ending of sorts but its still tech dead)

So what is it about heartwrenching tragedies that make love iconic and etch a place in our hearts, the likes of which cannot be competed by stories with more warmer, happier notes.

"Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic" once quipped Oscar Wilde. Why?

Is it because true love, often perceived as something so pure and rare, is infact too good to exist? Or is it because the shocks caused by such tragedies leave a more sizeable impression in our minds and hearts that they remain for a longer time than happier memories (something akin to us humans remembering the bad more than the good)?

Whatever be the reason, be it in words or on celluloid, an enduring tale of love lost always, always, has struck a more lasting chord in our hearts and our history.

- KPR

My favourite movie quotes of all time - Part 1

You notice how these days everything I write about comes in parts???? Is it because there are so many wonderful things that make up numerous moments at various points in our bleach stretched lives or Is it because we are like children in Toys-r-us who might want something today but another thing tomorrow, not ready to commit permanantly to one set of things and hence in order to avoid appearing fickle minded we'd like others to think we have infact pre-thought everything and have this grand plan which we shall reveal in due course of time and ofcourse in parts :D Well this is a discussion for another post another day but for now here are some memorable lines according to me.




"Destiny is the bridge you build to the one you love" - My sassy girl


"I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her" - Notting Hill


"Look, I guarantee that we'll have tough times. And I guarantee that at some point, one or both of us will want to get out of this thing. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine I'll regret it for the rest of my life. Because I know in my heart, you're the only one for me." - Runaway Bride


"If I forget to tell you later, I had a really great time tonight" - Pretty Woman


"Kevin: What about you? You don't have any needs? Jane: No. I'm Jesus." - 27 dresses


"People wait their whole lives to see an ex when things are going really good. it NEVER happens. You could make relationship history! " - Music & Lyrics

"Kat Ellis: You know what pisses me off? I've been spilling my guts all weekend and I don't know a thing about you. Nick Mercer: I'm allergic to fabric softener. I majored in comparative literature at Brown. I hate anchovies. And I think I'd miss you even if we never met" - The wedding date


"I'd rather fight with you than make love with anyone else." - The wedding date


"You're like the Yoda of escorts. Getting you on the phone was harder than getting into college" - The wedding date


"Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people" - The Painted Veil


"Fester Fester Fester, Rot Rot Rot" -  French Kiss 
(While on the topic of French Kiss, I must pause to elaborate that this line is definitely not the most memorable in the movie but it gets the mention as it is the most accessible one to write. Makes sense in a way doesnt it coz otherwise I'd have to write the whole damn screenplay over here as everything about this movie is memorable.)


Right, So I guess we'll make this part concise..Leaves a path for more parts doesnt it! (Snigger Snigger)


~ KPR

It must be LOVE!

The first rays of the morning sun
Caress and nudge me awake
I run my hands through the tousled sheets
And press them to my face
I smell the sexy fragrance
That remind me he was there
I feel the tingles all over again, I swear

I go thru the day in a daze
I am seeing life in a haze
I am in the constant state of excite
I feel like chasing that high kite

It must be love, what I am feeling
This feeling is damn appealing
It must be love and I am reeling
Let’s go on a long drive to Darjeeling

Running amok in the twilight shields
Butterflies, a million in the cornfields
I sit by the window dreaming
His crinkly gray bluish eyes
All laws of nature it defies
That certain way he looks at me
And chants my name “oh Rosalie”

It must be love, what I am feeling
Oh my heart it is that you’re stealing
It must be love and I am keeling
Gimme a kiss that’s all revealing


Dancing at the downtown pub
He gathered me close amidst the hub
I run my hand over his scraggly stubble
I tell you, am living in a big love bubble
Back in our bed, in his warm embrace
Am thrilled as he confessed “Love you Rosalie Grace”
Smiling, I drift away having finally found my place.

It must be love; I know I belong with you
I would die but could never bid adieu
It must be love, what a colorful hue
I love you and I know this to be true
It must be love…I know it is…….

~ KPR

Mediterranean Romance

The bright blemish-less sky
The depth of your eye
The Mediterranean hue
Everything is clear blue

A stroke from my paint brush
The early morning hush
Waking up in your warm embrace
I find me in an ecstatic place

You filled all the cracks
I stopped looking at the flashbacks
You healed all the hurt
Life now is one big dessert

Love heals
Love reveals
That life is worth more than one chance
Worth more than a look askance
Everything thanks to you, my romance.




~ KPR

A Single Day Late!

Was browsing the net and accidentally got lost....came across this poem in a Philippines website...


we were friends,

we had been for so long,
but i wanted something more,
and it didn't feel wrong

i felt that i needed you,
and now i know i do,
but fate is my enemy,
because i truly love you

i never could tell you,
i thought you were taken,
how could i have so,
foolishly mistaken

that all that time,
that i loved you,
you had felt the same way,
and loved me too

the secrets i carried,
you carried as well,
and i would have carried them,
to the depths of hell

for you.
for you.

now i love you,
and i burn against fate,
for i declared my love,
a single day late

you looked to the floor,
and i asked what was wrong,
and the truth spilled out,
but it didn't take long

to realize that you'd,
felt the very same way,
and loved me the same,
but for one single day

you'd finally accepted,
i would never love you,
and gave up on me,
because you never knew

that every time I touched
you I cried,
and when I said I liked to be friends
I lied,

I want you so badly,
I've just myself to hate,
for i was oblivious,
and a single day late

just a single day late.

so if you ever love someone,
and they just don't know,
tell them and tell them,
and just tell them so

because worse than rejection,
and never having met,
is the most horrible feeling,
of having regret

i can't go back,
i can't change a thing,
but you've still a chance,
so do it for me

get up and call them,
or go for a walk,
i ruined my chance,
when i could've talked

all that time,
we'd felt the same way,
but she left me alone,
just a single day late

so tell them right now,
please don't hesitate,
because just one day could be,
a single day late


~ Jeffrey David

Ode to Love!

They say that :
"the worst way 2 miss one is 2 sit right beside them n know that u cant have them"

Firstly I wonder how can one become that important.....How did we let them? But then again....does anything in life happen they way we think and plan? Most of it just happens......that too when u least expect it and when u r least prepared for it.........I guess love falls under the same category as well......It hits u n u reel back in its aftermath......First u r confused as to how what where when and finally why "this person".......then once u get used to the idea its all butterflies in ur stomach.....u think back on all those innocent moments shared with that person and find a story.....and wonder why u never saw it coming.....it was so darned obvious.....u think back on how u came into each others lives....feel how unplanned n impulsive it was......feel like it all happened coz it was meant to be.....coz it was destiny's one big plan which was now all falling into place.......(awwwwww say some;some say crap...lol).....u see things u never wud have in that person otherwise....observe every Lil detail......Basically walk with ur head in the clouds and ur heart out on ur sleeve......

Then a hitch; A hiccup....Isn't there one always??????? If there wasn't one every 2 steps; life wud be too god damned perfect and now that cant happen can it? That's when it happens....ur perfect fairy tale comes crashing down all over u....u either lose "the one" due to ur own stupidity or theirs(things which r too good to be true never really last anyways right).....or u wake up n realise u made a mistake(ur right she's right...does it really matter now?).....or ur story never really takes off....The end before it even began( oh yes ).......the same butterflies in the stomach either turn nauseating or give u an eternally sinking feeling depending on which of the situations above, u r in fact facing....u either cringe at the thought of the person(What was I thinking when I picked that person or was I thinking at all) or u just sit dumb( yup its my fault I lost him/her...and try to console yourself saying its better to have loved n lost than to have never loved at all or some shit like that) or u just wish wish wish that ur story starts so that with time u can also end up like the above 2 cases.......

In the end all I just want to know is.....Was it all worth it? All the time,the effort,the hope,the dreams dreamt....all the HEARTACHE.....even as I write this all out....I say my answer is Still YES.....if it were to happen all over again with the same ending...we wud probably do it the same way......Lil different maybe(there s always scope for improvement) but essentially the same way......Y? simple....love is what makes the world go around....whether its loving ur family or ur dog or ur friends or ur career or even terrorism(Kidding!)....So y shud this love be any different.....Love is after all Love......And it isn't a sin...... Inspite of everything....U would still think about the goofy smile....dreamy eyes....long legs......arrogant attitude....power walk.....all the days u sat up together talking crap....all the silly fights....the hand in hand walks.....and all the sighs and wishings and wondering what to answer when ur heart asks u y he isnt urs(for my friends whose train never took off)watever......U just cant stop...and U wont either.......!!!

And yes it Hurts!


Here's To Love,

~K