The Monkey Mind

Introduction The crystallization of human civilization is the cities scattered around the globe. For any nation be it western-eastern, rich-poor, developed-developing-underdeveloped, cities are the center of economic development, socio-cultural bubble, historical precedence, political power, a technological leap, and much more; the physical manifestation of human creativity and will-power shaped after decades, centuries, or even millennium. The rise and fall of these cities is irreversibly entwined with the prosperity and hardship of its inhabitants and more importantly with the collective legacy of those people who live their life, follow their vocation, enjoy the prosperity and endure the hardships with the city they call home as or identify themselves with Energy  Massive energy is a must to power and run cities. With absolute certainty, during the night-time, any observer from space can witness thousands and thousands of scattered lights on earth. Man has harnessed the sublime powe

(PC: The Dews Mist 2018, Catherine Hyde) Winter. True winter is here. Each day shorter and every night longer than the last, painstakingly longer. A while ago, the air which was, as gentle as a lady's smile and as warm as mother's embrace, is no more. In minutes it has dropped to such low, its glancing caress leaves one, shuddering, with a profound sensation of imprinted memory; bone-chilling like needles stabbing through skin reaching to the very depth of the bones, stabbing and stabbing, without mercy. Cold i.e. colder, with heaviness such, not pre-existing, the fragile human body shivers trying to conserve as much warmth as possible, enduring that chilling sensation, yet, barely. The ears ring continuously inside, with a throb, then another, reminding with each of its beat, the cruel reality wherein living needs to struggle, perhaps selfishly, just to survive, day by day, moment by moment, always. Under the mercy of intermittent gusts, the canines growl in one corner and the