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1. to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated. 2. to come together or collide, esp. noisily: The cymbals clashed. 3. to conflict; disagree: Their stories of the accident clashed completely. 4. (of juxtaposed colors) to be offensive to the eye. 5. to engage in a physical conflict or contest, as in a game or a battle (often fol. by with): The Yankees clash with the White Sox for the final game of the season.
Nikhil (120)
There was a shadow lurking in her closet,
Reminding her of somebody, some time in her life,
When she met someone, felt something in her heart,
They were noticed, there were speculations, rife.
They knew they met for a reason,
Not worrying about a single rumor, or backlash,
Spinning the wheel on their lives,
They knew their lives had had a clash
Times changed, he changed too.
He cared about the world more than he ever did.
Whenever the cameras flashed
She tried to be composed, chirpy and candid
One day he left, leaving her alone,
Wondering, pondering, about what caused the strife
There was a shadow lurking in her closet,
Reminding her of somebody, some time in her life…
Juhi, the Fragrant (118)
Clash! Crash! Clatter! Bang! Chhnnnnnn……! Suddenly the house reverberated with sounds similar to a thunderstorm. “What happened? What did you break? Did you hurt yourself!!?” Suman called out as she frantically tried to get out of the bed, rudely awakened from a deep sleep. “Don’t you dare get out of that bed!” warned her husband’s voice. “Everything’s under control. I have just…dropped…err…a few things.”
Suman sighed. She rued the silly kitty party that her mother-in-law had made her attend, as a result of which she was suffering from this horrible food poisoning. And more importantly, Prashant’s intense love and care.
“Suman! The doctor has advised complete rest!” His strangled voice still echoed in her head and she smiled.
Nandini (97)
A tremendous clash was taking place. The alien had invaded unchartered territory, and it had to be broken down. The pancreas knew that to avoid damage, it will have to produce more enzymes. However the alien object was putting up a fight. Pancreas pumped more enzymes, the small intestine quivered with the impact.
Sunita clutched her stomach and sat down. She wished she had not indulged in her third samosa. The clash in her stomach was making her feel sick.
She popped a Diegene, the clash subsided. Pancreas had won and Sunita managed to digest her samosa.
Coffee is my Poison (120)
"UGH... is he colorblind? His shirt clashed totally with his trousers!" said Ruchi.
"That’s not reason enough to say no..." retorted her mother.
"YEAH? Well is the fact that he doesn't talk sense and that everything he’s done so far is like a terrible comedy of errors and he’s blissfully unaware reason enough...? When Sweta asked him, if he was into any physical sports he said he liked videogames."
"No ones perfect, neither are you."
Her mom was wrong about that, She did know the perfect guy... only he wasn't ready for marriage. She didn't know if she could wait any longer. Pressures were mounting, Parents, Pundits and everyone unconcerned took it upon themselves to back her into a corner.
Priyanka Chakraborty (118)
Perseus reached the island of Medusa. There lying around were the statues of innumerable men, turned into stone. Perseus knew he had to be careful not to look at Medusa directly, else he would also be turned to stone. He constantly kept looking in his highly-polished shield, for a sign of her. Suddenly, there was a high-pitched scream….
Shobhu, the director shouted "CUT!! This is ridiculous. Som, can't you look where you are stepping. Javed is a human being, not a statue. We have to finish this by tomorrow, and we haven't even proceeded to Act 2. Gear up guys, come on..PLEASE…"
To himself, he said, "This is not 'Clash of the Titans', its clash of the morons."
Sowmya (118)
"Not another grand-daughter". His mother's renewed chanting brought him back to the present….. this familiar agonizing wait when every second dragged on for a whole minute. He remembered his previous three visits…futile visits waiting for his son. "This time will be different", he smiled. Finalizing a name for his son would kill those cruel hours. No! That's what he did last time. Bad luck! He played with the blue stone ring…which was to bring him good luck. Or would his astrologer be proved right? Will he be the last son of his lineage? He prayed.
"What a beautiful girl!", the panting nurse broke his reverie He slumped into his chair. Who has ever won the clash against destiny?
Rashmi (120)
"So, How Was Your Day???"
"Okay..... Nothing Great... Usual Stuff.....What About You.....??"
"It Was Quite Constructive....."
"Oh, So You Mean To Say You Managed To Consume Less Than 1 Packet Of Cigarettes??"
"Dad.....Not Again!!!"
"Why Not???"
"What's Smoking Gotta Do Constructivism.....?? It Was About This New AIDS Awareness Program I’ve Enrolled In.....Educating People About Safe S** And Myths About HIV…."
"Isn't It Just Great….. First Misuse S** And Then Spread Awareness…"
"Dad, You Won't Understand.... It's Not Like That.....Having S** Is A Not A Mistake....."
"Okay.....What Would You Think About God Make A Mistake.....By Creating S**!!"
"Its Not A Blunder But Close To It.......The Ignorance....."
"You And Your Values Are A Blunder Itself......"
The Clash Continues... . . . .
Arvind Kumar (109)
He moved quickly before she realised that he was in the aisle just next to the one she hung around in. He was the predator of people's spaces but her presence gave him the shivers. She was wild in her ways. The last time she caught up with him, she had been hanging from the ceiling and had dropped to eye level in less than a second and given him that killer look followed by the sticky kiss.. Their eyes had clashed and sparks flew. Had it been "Love at first sight" or "The Clash of the Spiders." He simply did not want such an aggressive woman in his life.
Ruchika Bajoria (98)
A tempest in all its glory,
Surrenders to instincts predatory.
Lashes out on the destroyers of Isis...
To claim what is rightfully its.
Wind howling in trees hollow…
Water collecting in crevices shallow;
Clouds collecting to form a blanket;
Rain falling to claim its debt.
The clash of thunder,
And the flash of lightning...
The swish of the breeze;
And the sound of water crashing.
The spirited sky lets loose its wrath!
Man bows to tempestuous plans.
If only sanity had prevailed...
If only destructive ideas had been quailed...
Isis wouldn't be angered;
And man wouldn't be endangered.
Santonu (120)
Highway seemed to be endless, as the powerful lights of the SUV, Sumit bought last week, tore through it. Light was extremely focused as were the people inside. Rachna now sitting next her hubby in the rear sit, they wanted to bring their small car but Baba announced, "for family trip all of us has to be together….we will go by the car Sumit has bought..". Eight people felt extremely comfortable to fit themselves inside, but that was when they started, before Sumit started talking about his prosperity sitting at the driver's sit. Three long days and everyone is uncomfortable to fit themselves in. Sumit was no longer driving the car and people. Silence prevailed inside as the egos clashed.
Sarang (116)
“Sachin Tendulkar treated me with utter disdain, then. He tore apart my balling. But I was only a debutant in that series. Now, I just know how to bring him down in his own lair. I’ll have my vengeance.” - Shane Warne, before the famous 1998 Australia tour of India.
“The biggest clash of the decade begins today. Will Sachin be good enough for Shane Warne, the greatest leg-spinner ever, on the turning pitches?” – Media, at the morning of the first test match.
“I still wake up with a jolt in night. I get nightmares of Sachin dancing down the track and hitting me out of the park.” – Shane Warne, weeks after the tour concluded.
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76 comments:
im first haha!!
man...wats with the humungous lettering??n wheres the pic?
pls hurry n submit ur entries cant wait to read...Dok saab's entry was conspicuous by its absence!
Coffee, the picture is there now. Was just uploading the klash. :-)
Get in more entries, Klashers. We have whole tomorrow.
aww!!that is such a cute pic!excellent...makes me wish id written something funny!
Okay....I was super busy but I've been writing for the past 3 hours so please....if by some quirk of fate I cant send it by Saturday evening...Would you please consider my klash as valid till Sunday afternoon?? Please?
Ruchika: Okay, send it in. :)
Its great to be back..!! :-) Where are the others..??
Not many entries...... but still.. good to read the Clashing Words!!!!
Cheers!!!
Okay....I managed to send my entry AND within the deadline!
So many of the klashers are missing! I'm eagerly awaiting the klashes by Sarang, Amey, Dok Saab, Richa, Mickey, Santonu and Rajat and everybody else who I might have missed!
Where IS everyone??
A warm welcome to you, Arvind!
lovely klash on clash! its amazin how so many varied interpretations happen with 1 single word! yo klashers!
@ Sowmya: Yes, a very good Klash indeed. And thanks for inviting your friend Arvind here. :-)
Hmmm...so do we have anymore entries coming in???
Nah! No more entries coming!
Alright klashers...let the kommenting begin!!
Hey thanks for the welcome guys.Appreciate it. Cheers!!!Am kinda still figuring out how this works. Wait Hold on please... I will find my way out...
I think this is one rare clash where Dok saab first missed klash and Nikhil wrote one...:)
Haha! Good one, Santonu! :D
@Santonu-- Haha you bet! :)
@Sarang-- thank you so much for handling this week (yet again :( )!!!!!
@the pseudonym-- who are you? all you have to do is read everyone's entries and write a line or two about them...and vote for one person..all this by the coming Sunday.
@everyone-- Komment karo!!!!
my komments--
1. Nikhil-- Good to have you back Screenwriter! but no komments? tsk! tsk!! :X
What klicks about this one is There was a shadow lurking in her closet,
Reminding her of somebody, some time in her life…
Kind of haunts you.. but the clash here was underplayed with her own skeleton in her own closet..what's interesting is, you used "shadow"..
2.Juhi-- I always look forward to your entries! This one doesn't disappoint.. you do have your finger (key?! ;) )on the relationship nerve... the observation-- result of which she was suffering from this horrible food poisoning. And more importantly, Prashant’s intense love and care. That certainly can get on a girl's nerves haha.. But the use of clash as a sound, very real!
3.Nandini-- How absolutely queer for a klash..very refreshing and yucky! You have my vote!!! one grouse though, wish you'd used "clash" lesser.
4.CIMP-- The clash of colours and emotions and being pushed into a korner... cool! I like the way you've picked on the clashing of colours and the little story that spun out of it..very creative! :).
5.Priyanka-- So good to have you back too!!! :) :)..!!!! Very well written, made me hop back to wikipedia and check out the Medusa Mystery, but with an attention span that's become worse than a cricket's, I barely managed to brush up on a few facts.. what I like is your use of historic figures/classical antiquity for a klash, something most of us don't make an effort to do.. This has given me an idea.. the next word we choose will require entries to be based on mythology/classical greek/roman/indian/norse anything! but some classical/mythical beast/writer/character/story/theory must be alluded to... this is to hone our creative and research cells a bit..and well, learn a little more! The klash is getting kind of dry.. so I want to challenge you further. Lets see how it goes!!! No votes on this, you HAVE to do it! a challenge is a challenge is a klash is to be done! ;) Thanks Priyanka for the idea!!! haha.
6.Sowmya-- A clash against destiny somehow didn't strike me as good term usage... it lacks the power of a well constructed final line. But not a bad effort... :).
7.Rashmi-- kudos, i like your take for being in your face but I'm angry. I don't like the construction!!! :X every writer MUST follow some grammar rules.. your words begin with capitals, maybe it's for emphasis, but it doesn't work here because you must put your conversation across as naturally as possible..something Juhi achieved in her post. It'd be nice if the klashers begin to concentrate on form too now...Good and correct writing is always better than just 'writing'.. like cake with icing and without icing...get the drift? :)
8.Arvind-- Welcome! The clash of spiders? elaborate!
9. Ruchika-- You'd have my vote had Nandini's not been so inventive!
what beautiful and memorable lines this piece has... Wind howling in trees hollow…
Water collecting in crevices shallow;
Clouds collecting to form a blanket;
Rain falling to claim its debt.
... in particular. Stunning images. Thank you for the read!
10. Santonu-- Excellent idea and concept yet again, the clash of egos..I could almost feel the stuffiness in the car.. well plotted. I particularly liked how you made the same SUV seem like a small car and how egos shrank..how they bloated... but my absolute favourite image was this-- tore through it. the lights tearing through the darkness seems like a classic image..!
11. Sarang-- Wow! this is THE kind of klash I wanted to read since forever... very kreative, very appropriate and funny.. :) Your humor is sweet and silly and absolutely wonderful! thanks for the read too!
My vote-- Nandini.
I follow..
Nikhil: Good to have you back..!! Nice use of words, But I couldn't get the hang of it.
Juhi, the Fragrant: Wow..!! Now that's what husband-wife relationships are all about..!! :-) Loved it..!!
Nandini: I can't tell you how many times those aliens assail me..!! Pretty good depiction of a clash.
Coffee is my Poison: Something that happens in 90% of the households in India..isn't it? Well written, although could've used the word "clash" in a much stronger note.
Sowmya: Here again is a depiction of what still happens in India (although the orthodox). Good effort, but you can write better..!! :-)
Rashmi: Third one..!! :-) Strife in the household..!! Generation gap. Good use of words, but it didn't strike a chord..!!
Arvind Kumar: Welkome..!! I somehow got entangled midway..its the clash of the spiders, or two human beings..?
Ruchika Bajoria: Nice take..!! It reminded me of the monsoons in India..am missing them so much..!! Just to enlighten myself, I looked up "Isis" in wiki..and she came across as the first daughter of Geb, god of the Earth, and Nut, the goddess of the Overarching Sky; and the Goddess of all beginnings..i.e. also the world The first lines..A tempest in all its glory,
Surrenders to instincts predatory.
Lashes out on the destroyers of Isis...
To claim what is rightfully its.
don't match with the last lines.. If only sanity had prevailed...
If only destructive ideas had been quailed...
Isis wouldn't be angered;
Doesn't it mean Nut, as she's the sky, is angered and not Isis..?? Just trying to clear my doubts..!!
Santonu: Went OTH...Please elaborate..!!
Sarang: I loved watching that..!! Brought back memories..!! :-)
My vote goes to Juhi ...just cos am a total romantic..!! :-) Although Nandini came a close second..!!
@ Shinjini: Thanks..for the nice komments.. :-) But where were you..?
Where's everone else..?? :x
Hello everyone! Great Klash!! hehehe (pun intended)
Shinjini, thanks for the overwhelming praise...wait let me find the stair down from this cloud. :P
Thanks for the vote Priyanka.
Ok, to work...
Nikhil, have been hearing so much about you, that it is a relief to see that you actually exist! I was beginning to think you lived with Gandalf and party. hehehe (I know its a sort of a pj, but I am sleepy!) Excellent verse. I have noticed you write a lot about past relationships, and oddly from the female POV...hmmm...what the heck, I am glad one of you understand! (Maybe I should do this in the morning!)
Nandini, wow!!! and double wow!! Great and innovative take Nandini. You seem to have suffered from high school science classes (wink) :D
CIMP, you know I have always wondered why do you call coffee that? Anyways, nice piece of work. But, I felt that here "Ugh" held more importance than "clash".
Priyanka, hahaha...this is great Greek myth and bollywood dreams, yummy!
Sowmya, you know in Gujarat (not sure about other states) educating a girl is 50% cheaper than educating a boy? hehe...I just found out. Anyways, it's a nice piece of work. You know, wouldn't it be better if such couples instead of creating more problems for everyone, adopted a child? Just a thought.
Rashmi, I am a bit confused. A bit of a prologue would certainly help. But I have caught the general drift which is generation gap(?) and its really cute.
Arvind, welcome. Really confused!
Ruchika, I am patting my back. I have finally done my function as a good elder sister. It is superb. I am loving it!
Santonu, a few punctuations and articles would certainly help the reader (and the writer!) The concept's really nice and delightfully Indian.
Sarang, I am not a fan of cricket (I hope you guys don't hold it against me!) so really don't know the incident, I do know the names of the cricketer's though (yay!!) and it is an innovative and nice piece.
Hmm...my vote...Nandini
This is not fair. Only Priyanka of all women knows the incident I wrote about. What exactly interests the women of this nation? One Australian comes to your land and challenges an Indian and you don't know a thing about it. Especially when the Indian comes victorious out of the toughest challenge ever.
I thought twice before writing on Cricket because more than half the participants here are women. Even my sister does not like cricket (in reality she hates cricket and I am okay with it). But then I thought it is not only about Cricket. It is about India, about how an Indian sets example before world of what having a Lion’s heart means, how one should face the toughest test of character. This was an incident of international interest. People from world over who had nothing to do with it, including the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, followed the battle. I thought at least everyone here will be aware of it.
I should have written my klash on the Mica and Rakhi Sawant Kiss!
Sarang - Hey just chill...ofcourse most of us remember (& still quote the incident with pride)the series & the match...
c'mon its not a man-woman thing.....we'll all appreciate if your writing conveys the theme - inspite of whether we know the incident or not.
(And you've written well - your take is certainly one of the pieces which I consider for my vote :-))
Also just a thought - if you wrote abt Mika & Rakhi...it would convey Consent rather than Clash ;-))
Hi.....
here goes my Komments & Vote -
NIKHIL - Nice one...clash of egos...and closet full of misunderstandings.
JUHI - Heeheeheehee - the hubby should work more in the kitchen:-) A very real, everyday scenario....nice use of the word.
CIMP - Video games for physical sports - LOL....that was funny!!!! You actually brought out how everything clashed between the two of them...right from colour sense to outlook in life.....nice potrayal.
PRIYANKA - Nice setting used by you to get the clash out.....liked it.
SOWMYA - Uhh ohh - the sad reality in many families. "Clash of destinty"....nice words.....but your piece somehow potrayed more of "resigned to destiny" rather than "clash of destiny"
RASHMI - Truly the clash continues....your wrote it in your typical style...again an everyday incident potrayed well.
ARVIND - Welcome to Klash.
Umm somehow I didnt really get the hang of your piece....sometimes it seemd like you were writting about Spidey & his girl.....But maybe its more about inter personal relationships...and the clash therein.
RUCHIKA - Wow...the clash of nature. Very very well written....one could almost picture the storm.
SANTONU - Loved your line "Silence prevailed as egos clashed"....strange how sometimes sound of silence is so omnious. Liked the way your potrayed the story.....again on interpersonal relationships but potrayed in a different sort of way.
SARANG - That was one heck of a clash..thanks for helping us remember it once again......taming of Warne was probably one of the best wars we won.
As for your take in Klash......really liked it the way you've potrayed the theme - you have my vote.
My Vote - Sarang
hi!
I missed the 'clash' of klash. However, i read all the great entries!
I was away on vacation.
Hey can anyone give me a lowdown on the website poetry.com?
Sarang, please don't write about Rakhi Sawant and Mika!!! Atleast let Klash remain enjoyable.
And, about the inspiring and patriotic event thank you for letting us girls know about this "unrecognised krantikaari"(for us!). We are proud of him. :)
Heady, poetry.com is a cool site, where you can read a lot of poetry enter poetry competitions (where you supposedly get cash prizes)and basically its a sort of haven for poets.
Helloooo fellow kashers!
My komments follow...not to long this time though...am a bit busy.
in order of appearance :
Nikhil : I thought u were a myth until now :o) loved ur take, especially the repeating lines...the rhyming was excellent too and you've captured the view point of a woman pretty accurately.kudos!
Juhi : hehehe reminded me of a real time when mom was ill and Dad was er..."helping out"...most unsuccessfully i may add...its endearing and funny, your take I mean!
Nandini : Hands down the most imaginative take this time...MY VOTE!
Cimp : hmm, now to answers your questions abt my take this week...
well, firstly, i dont call coffee A poison, I call it MY poison...meaning this...have u never read the question,in a magazine usually,in an interview "whats your poison?" translated as meaning "whats your favorite drink?" some say vodka, some beer, some rum some tequila,some water...my drink [read poison] is coffee! so simple na?
abt the klash...see when i heard the word, the first thing that came to mind was how I so often say "nah, not this combo, the colors CLASH." so I used the word in the context i most commonly use it in real life...getting me?
abt the entire take,and my takes otherwise also ... I dont write fiction. everything i write has already happened, making it real easy for me to write...in fact, this incident happened a few days before the word was chosen and I'd gone groom hunting on someone's behalf n this is the cinversation that followed at the girls place.the fellow actually didi answer my query abt sports with a retort abt videogames...im so not joking!! I almost didn't believe it at first.
abt the UGH...thats how loudly the prospective bride said it...really!
enough abt me.moving on...
Priyanka : I love this story, only I thot it was a mirror perseus used not a shield...ah well...nice take, i liked the part when the actor is told off for stepping on a man [who is a stone in the story]...
Sowmya : OK, I get it...you do social pieces...as in you observe what society does that bugs u and then write abt it...this is probably why your takes are somewhat, feminist... but i agree with u...the things ppl do for a boy are pathetic...i mean, how on earth is an astrologer going to know whether the X or Y sperm penetrated the egg? and also...let me share this incident ...
During my OB/GYN posting in my internship, we are required to conduct deliveries of babies on our own, at least 10 or so...so i remember my first baby delivery...the woman in question had already had 3 girls and when i delivered the fourth, I swear i was gonna yell ITS A GIRL! cos she was the prettiest girl id seen, milk white n pink, chinky eyes..ah gorgeous...but sister warned me to keep my trap shut...at least until i delivered the placenta n the bleeding was controlled.so I did...
later i asked sister why i cudnt give her the gud new, she said that "its not good news for her...and if u tell this before closing up they hemorrhage and seriously so..."
I mean really, is it that bad to be a girl? that incident made me v.sad.
Rashmi : Clash twixt dad n child? amazing you can talk to ur dad abt sex...!!awesome actually...!but you need to edit a bit...grammatically...otherwise i really liked the topic and the jokes...!
Arvind kumar : WELKOME!!!! nice first take...u r referring to the fact that female spiders bite their mate's heads off after mating am i right? niely put although u did have words to spare...shud've written a bit more...!
Ruchika B : SEE? what u wrote in shadow, though also written in a small time span... just wasn't ur best,despite ur claims to the same...THIS entry can be called ur best written in a small amount of time...excellent excellent work!!!!so well done :) if i were ur sis id be puffed up in pride! lol :oD
Santonu : you have such amazing, true but still unique ideas...they're hard to put into 120 words but u manage but end up compromising on ur grammar...dont do that...i would've voted for u, but for the grammar...c'mon...just a wee bit of work on it...i loved ur take...seriosuly.
Sarang : I got it..your take i mean...its so so so .... yummy! excellent...i would've voted for u if i wasn't a doc...hehe...made me lean towards nandini's piece...but urs was amazing!!!!
thats it for now...
Hmmmm...My komments later. But I just couldn't resist!
@Juhi: Please dear sis of mine, explain HOW you've DONE your job? Talk about credit hogging!! Wait till I meet you and THANK you!!!! lol
My vote goes to Dok Saab. Lovely take Dok Saab. I thought about Missy, Richa and Mickey too. But yours excited me most.
@ Sarang... Where's Dok Saab's take..?? :-o And also the others..?
nice take off Sarang! ;) but remember they will bounce back very hard on you :)u cant take panga with dok saab with regularity....
Well, Dok Saab said he was feeling rather left out, so I thought about voting him. :D
Ok, now my comments:
Nikhil: Reading your 120 word take after so many days. This one unmistakably has your lucid style. Though it could be a little abstract for others, knowing you, I can relate to it very well. Very well worded and very nice flow of the story. Only, I feel it speaks more about the aftermath of the clash (so does my take too).
Juhi, the ambivalent :D A little scene that speaks a lot. Though it’s just a tiny incident of things clashing with the floor, it feels complete, which is tough to achieve. Besides, you have used one of the least used shades of the word which most wouldn’t have thought of. Nice read.
Nandini: I can see why this one is everyone’s favorite. You have used the theme word perfectly and in a very creative and funny way. Amazing that you came up with this sort of theme. You could have done without not ending the clash too. But nice and funny. Enjoyed reading it.
Coffee: Two clashes in one. I have a bad sense of colors too, so my clothes too clash a lot. I know how people laugh at you when it happens. :D
But it’s the other klash, the one of the girl with her situation is the one that I liked here.
Priyanka: Hahaha. A good one. The clash of Morons. This looks like a Greek tale you used here. I haven’t read it though. Nicely blended with the today’s world.
Will follow with more in some time….
Phew All! Hola!
To everyone who thought me was a myth, well I am not :)
Was lovely to Klash after such a long, long time. What is it?! 4 months?! I dont remember the last time I did. And hell yeah its changed, more people and better klashes!
As for my comments, I am yet to read all of them. But Read n komment I shall.
To clear off the air about my klash being vague and off the hook, let me put it this way, it has a clash in each para. But if you didn't get it, well, guess I have failed.
Will Komment soon. Cheers all.
Hi!
My poem Can We Have Peace Please is currently ranked as a finalist in the annual poetry competition held by www.poetry.com and I just need some votes to be eligible to win!
The poem can be seen on the website on giving my name - TRAPTI MISHRA.
Please please please vote for my poem Can We Have Peace Please by going to www.poetry.com and looking for my poem under my name or copying this link http://www.poetry.com/voteforme/poemvote1.asp?PID=13025973 to go to my poem.
Time is running out.....
thank you
Do vote Trapti heavily!
Hi All !!
Do I miss Klash , and how much.
This is the first klash that went up without me :(
I had some idea to write but was hard pressed for time.
Thanks sarang for the vote which could have been mine :(
All the klashes were good, but no one spelt it korrectly, its Klash, and not clash people !!
My Vote-
Rashmi because i was also thinking of a clash between me and my son (regarding his choice of Engineering as a proffession instead of medicine)
Sowmya: Excellent take. Much, much better than your previous klashes. Nice visual raised through words. And a good theme. Only, I feel the theme word is not the theme here. It sounds more like Fate to me.
Rashmi: A good take. But I must tell you, I find it uncomfortable to read so many capitalized words. However, others may not feel so. And I did not get the point behind using ** to hide the word sex, was it symbolic to something? You have used the theme word very well though. This klash has been going between the two generations since long.
Arvind: Does your take have something to do with the Merry Jane and Spiderman kiss from the first Spiderman movie? I think this theme of yours needed more than 120 words. Not that I did not understand it at all, but please provide an explanation if you can. This klash of yours tells me that your next one will be really good.
Ruchika: Daring of you that you chose to write about Isis, because not everyone can know who she is. Isn’t she the Egyptian goddess of fertility? At least I have read something like that (in The Da Vinci Code). But anyways, deities can be angered in any mythology. I had thought abut using a thunder bolt as the theme picture (till I thought of using something funny). And you have taken exactly that here. The klash of nature. A good one.
Santonu: The most unusual thinking. Klashes inside a family are biggest in number in this country, yet I feel it would be the last theme to come to one’s mind. As usual, you narrate in the manner of a novelist, especially at the beginning. A nice read.
My vote: Nandini! For the best use of the theme word and the creativity.
Voting so far:
Nandini: 8 points – 4 votes
Juhi: 2 points – 1 vote
Sarang: 2 points – 1 vote
Rashmi: 1 point – 1 vote (Dok Saab’s)
Still to vote:
Nikhil, Sowmya, Arvind, Ruchika and Santonu
Shinjini, I like your idea. But there should be votes too.
The Votes:
1. Juhi Very impressive take. I love the way you deal with a sweet-sour relationship and word it with utmost ease.
2. Nandini Hmmm. The visible favorite this week. I, however, beg to differ. It is different, but then it just doesn't work. Apologies for the bluntness, but it absolutely didn't move me on any level.
3. CIMP. Starts off well, gains some serious steam but then with the end, it just dipped a bit. I guess too much spoon-feeding doesn't do good most of the time. But nonetheless, a delightful take.
4. Priyanka Well, Bollywood clashes with mythology. Don't know what to say. It didn't do much for me.
5. Sowmya Nicely worded good idea. Nice stuff!
6. Rashmi Ahem. A talk. A dialogue doesn't necessarily develop into a clash. And that I think is the biggest hurdle here. Nicely written but alas! Fell short.
7. Arvind Cool stuff Arvind. Does it have anything to do with Spiderman?!
8. Ruchika Lucid language and good rhyme. Nice poem. As far as justice to the word is concerned, i don't really know. But it is quite cool!
9. Santonu Sire! You manage to write awesome stuff. Love the idea! Absolutely love it! Could've been well put... guess its the darned word limit eh?! Maybe write this into a short story... I love the character Sumit. Just out of curiousity, is this pepped by a real life incident?
10. Sarang Bhai. Very frankly, it doesn't work for me. I think you have written this in a jiffy and you could've done wonders with the word. I was expecting a cool little clash between two magical creatures inside an ice cave or something. But this unfortunately, was quite a yawn.
Am sorry everyone for being so blunt with the komments but I think we need to be a bit more "un"diplomatic. Cool stuff.
As far as shin-shin's idea is concerned, I am all up for it. Will try to Klash as often as possible.
Thanks so much.
I was kinda torn between Santonu and Juhi, but on second thoughts i think...
My vote this week goes to JUHI
Nikhil - Thanks for your "bluntness".....commenting anyways should be all about what you feel abt the writeup & not about being diplomatic.....infact I'm sure most of us do try to be upfront about their interpretation of the pieces while commenting.
Proper commenting only helps the writer know where they've fallen short & what works.
Voting so far:
Nandini: 8 points – 4 votes
Juhi: 4 points – 2 votes
Sarang: 2 points – 1 vote
Rashmi: 1 point – 1 vote (Dok Saab’s)
Still to vote:
Sowmya, Arvind, Ruchika and Santonu
Okay...My komments in the order of appearance.
1)Nikhil - Wow. Absolutely amazing. I confer with Juhi, its nice to have atleast one guy understand the female POV and write on it. Slightly vague, but that's still manageable. I've read your previous works and this one doesn't fail to live up either. Nice and easy to relate to.
2)Juhi - Okay, with you I can afford to be brutal. You realise that writing about relations with simplicity is your niche and as such its a nice piece but knowing you and what you are capable of, I felt cheated. This is definitely one of your mediocre pieces. I know how well you can portray off-beat scenarios and somehow this falls short of the expectations I have from you. Its a nice feel-good kind of piece but YOU have not yet given it your 100%. Did not stay with me once I read it. Out of sight was out of mind.
3)Nandini - Innovation at its best. You should get full marks for it but the execution leaves a lot to be desired. Somehow I felt that you could have probably left the piece to interpretations in the beginning and then talked about it being a war inside the human body. Doesn't move me. The fact that you gave away the suspense which you so beautifully created in the first two lines in the third line itself ruined it completely for me.The innovative idea was the ONLY redeeming factor.
4)CIMP - Not my most favorite of your writings. Usually they move me and make me feel a myriad of emotions. This one only managed to touch me superficially. I guess the OBVIOUSNESS of the piece was what didn't work for me. It was a feeling of deja vu, not something I enjoy in a piece i read for the first time. Sorry.
5)Priyanka - My absolute favorite of the week. The fact that you used mythology was highly refreshing. With the first stanza, you managed to transport me to a bygone era and with the word CUT, you brought me back, without it being a rough transition. Really nice. This is EXACTLY what I mean when I say that the piece should give off subtle varied interpretations throughout. I loved every single word of it.
6)Sowmya - You obviously excel at bringing out the nuances of the trials and tribulations of daily life. Nicely written. While reading the piece, I could feel my personal angst and fury at the superstitions of the protagonist while at the same time, his agony and patheticism. Difficult to achieve yet you did it well. Enjoyable and while you did justice to the essence of the word clash, the usage of the word in the story was inadequate.
7)Rashmi - Much as it already has been said I will still reiterate that the use of capital letters for every word made it very difficult to read the piece and ruined it for me. Secondly, like Sarang, I too wonder at the usage of ** for sex and if there is a symbolism, I failed to notice it. A nice clash but these two points could have been worked on.
8)Arvind - Welcome to klash! your first piece shows awesome potential for future klashes.Nice composition, but I didn't understand it completely. Maybe the theme would have come out more beautifully with the use of more words. Slightly too ambiguous for my understanding.
9)Ruchika - Clarification time! Yes Isis IS the God of fertility AND the Goddess of the world and AIR etc.Goddess of the World, ie; Mother Nature, is the interpretation of the term here. Its only coz she is angered that she lashes out at her destroyers (first use of the word). And if we, the humans, had probably showed some restraint in our destructive methods she wouldn't have been angered in the first place(second use of the word). However, next time, I will try to be clearer in my compositions.
10)Santonu - You were absolutely brilliant with this piece. Loved every bit of it. Subtle, lucid and expressive. The picture of the egos bloating and car shrinking cinched it for me. The visual delight of the piece was enhanced by the portrayal of the headlights cutting through the darkness. ABSOLUTELY WOW!!!
11)Sarang - Firstly, Thankyou for explaining the historical significance of the piece. I was one of the people towards whose ignorance your angst is directed. However, I loved your piece even before you explained it to me (this is NOT to just pacify you...I truly had liked it). However, once you explained it to me, I loved it even more.
My vote - Priyanka
Voting so far:
Nandini: 8 points – 4 votes
Juhi: 4 points – 2 votes
Sarang: 2 points – 1 vote
Priyanka: 2 points - 1 vote
Rashmi: 1 point – 1 vote (Dok Saab’s)
Still to vote:
Sowmya, Arvind and Santonu
Whats the good word Nandini! :)
my vote to: Sarang
and current status is
Nandini: 8 points – 4 votes
Juhi: 4 points – 2 votes
Sarang: 4 points – 2 vote
Priyanka: 2 points - 1 vote
Rashmi: 1 point – 1 vote(Dok saab’s)
Hi
So sorry for the late kommentin and votin -
In order of appearance -
Nikhil -Describes clash perfectly...u said it best tht its a clash at every stage.
Juhi -Wow! what a way to use the word...lovely thought..u got a very positive spin to 'clash'
Nandini -awesome...my thoughts raced from alien spaceships to yummy snacks. will always think of this when i eat a samosa
CIMP -I can relate to this scene completely. Clash of colours..superb. and its so true..things which make the world of difference to us seems so minor to others.
Priyanka -Thx to your clash i did pick up some knowledge on greek mythology. Nice take
Rashmi -your last line said it all...this clash between generations will continue till eternity. Good one
Arvind -lovely take...its so easy to visualize the scene in front of me
Ruchika -Fabulous...i loved this piece of yours. its simply awesome..fantastic use of words and language....way to go
Santonu -a very unique and subtle way to potray an ego clash
Sarang -How are you able to think somethig so different but correctly fitting into the theme...I do remember that series perfectly well.It was pure bliss for an Indian cricket fan
My vote -Ruchika
Thx guys for all ur comments. will do an imporved job next time round
Thank you for the vote, Santonu! :-)
Voting so far:
Nandini: 8 points – 4 votes
Juhi: 4 points – 2 votes
Sarang: 4 points – 2 vote
Priyanka: 2 points - 1 vote
Ruchika: 2 Points - 1 vote
Rashmi: 1 point – 1 vote(Dok saab’s)
Still to vote:
Arvind
I think this concludes the result now. Nandini has won.
Give us the next word, Nandini!
Thanks people for thinking this piece of mine was worth the Purple Krown........
the new word as you might already know is Arrow
Kongrats !! Ms Sen :)
Hey sorry people I did not comment. Am such an ass when it comes to forgetting. Such an ass...
When's the next klash coming up..?
Hey klashers, I asked around and seems like most of us are grappling with the same problem of finding an "inspiring enough to klash" mythical incident that does not feature in any of the Indian texts, and with "arrow" at it's epicentre. (Can you believe it, not one inspiring arrow in the huge box of world mythology?!!)
Anyways, I started thinking about it, and this is what came out of it:
O Bestower of Happiness!
Her most exalted holiness,
( psst, that’s you Nandini)
Why this calamity?
And you, Anklebells!
(You guess it right, Shin)
Why this invite,
to soundless din?
Us poor klashers,
befall and roll.
Hey Matro! Relieve us,
O relieve us from this shore.
Cheers!
Fantastic Juhi...!! :-D
Hey ppl
Where / when r we having the next clash????
Didn't ANYONE manage to write this week? In that case, may I offer that Nandini give us another word?
Hi Ruchika
Five odd people wrote but the mods are not satisfied with the number, so they are not putting that up for klash.
May be , we all are lacking in the enthusiasm needed to keep klash going.
Since Priyanka's klash last week was the only composition I've ever read and have no idea of how to go about it,I was kinda hoping that once the posts were put up, I could learn how to write.
@Dok Saab: Maybe the word arrow restricts us. How about we write about mythology but with another word? Since this is obviously not working out.
Hi...after reading Dok Saab's observation on the sudden stagnation of Klash, I have a suggestion.....
How about just posting the 5 odd entries for mere reading pleasure (no voting etc...though people could comment if they like)....and the moderators deciding on a new word or phrase (Shinjin - remember you'd decided that we could write on a phrase once in a while) for the next Klash??
Moderators - please do think about it...and get the Klash going once again.
Thats a nice suggestion Nandini.
Lets get on with the Klash !!!
hey
I log into klash everyday....with high hopes and log out feeling low.
hey folks (shinjini, et al) wake up.
please please...
Klash has gone into hibernation as it went last time, but please dont change the site this time shin, Sarang and Nikhil
Lets DO SOMETHING!!
with the moderators possibly bored with running the Klash, only thing we can do is to hack the password ,
or just let this very special blog remain as it is , like a memorial of the exciting moments we shared
very true Dok Saab, klash had became part of life, with the people started taking shape from the virtual world
Lets BUG the moderators back to work....
@ Ruchika!!
I think Life is already bugging them else they wouldnt have abandoned such immensly popular audiance
Please do net let Klash go into hibernation.
I cannot even fathom the implication
I ask ALL with consternation.
wake up wake up wake up
Another day goes by....and the Klash is still stuck with Clash? Please please revive it....Such an amazing concept should not die this way!
Hey Klashers!!!
Long time...Hope you all doing good :)
I moved my blog to wordpress.com and I love it. I think Klash should also do the same. We can add Users there and organizing is really easy. We can also import the existing posts from here.
Konfessioners hope you are reading this :)
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