An extremely interesting read, it contains an essay by Bhagat Singh on why he was an atheist and more. It is strange that a person who wrote like that came to be a hero of those propogating the "Hindu Rashtra" myth.

http://muddle-hood.posterous.com/why-i-am-an-atheist-1

The Owl and the Pussycat - Edward Lear

Finally found this poem. Amongst my 10 favorite.

 The Owl and the Pussycat - Edward Lear

 

I

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea     In a beautiful pea green boat, They took some honey, and plenty of money,     Wrapped up in a five pound note. The Owl looked up to the stars above,     And sang to a small guitar, 'O lovely Pussy! O Pussy my love,       What a beautiful Pussy you are,           You are,           You are! What a beautiful Pussy you are!'

II

Pussy said to the Owl, 'You elegant fowl!     How charmingly sweet you sing! O let us be married! too long we have tarried:     But what shall we do for a ring?' They sailed away, for a year and a day,     To the land where the Bong-tree grows And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood     With a ring at the end of his nose,           His nose,           His nose, With a ring at the end of his nose. III 'Dear pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling     Your ring?' Said the Piggy, 'I will.' So they took it away, and were married next day     By the Turkey who lives on the hill. They dined on mince, and slices of quince,     Which they ate with a runcible spoon; And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,     They danced by the light of the moon,           The moon,           The moon, They danced by the light of the moon.

                               
Brilliant to sing along and something that has a tendency to get stuck in your head at times like your std 10 board exams, this poem has endured in my head despite all the Ginsberg, Poe or Coleridge I have also read and loved

Crumby Stuff

Alright, I've got a renewed interest in JD Salinger since I found out about his death. So I am going to put down random related stuff:

Comin Thro' The Rye - Robert burns
 

O, Jenny's a' weet, poor body,   Jenny's seldom dry: She draigl't a' her petticoatie,   Comin thro' the rye! Comin thro' the rye, poor body,   Comin thro' the rye, She draigl't a' her petticoatie,   Comin thro' the rye! Gin a body meet a body   Comin thro' the rye, Gin a body kiss a body,   Need a body cry? Gin a body meet a body   Comin thro' the glen, Gin a body kiss a body,   Need the warl' ken? Gin a body meet a body   Comin thro' the grain; Gin a body kiss a body,   The thing's a body's ain.     Was also sent a link of his Uncollected Writings by the Comedian And to end of:  "It's really too bad that so much crumby stuff is a lot of fun sometimes. " ~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 9