Everyone deserves a hug

Man is a sensuous being. His eyes are made to see. His nose is made to smell. His ears are made to hear. His tongue is made to taste. And his skin, it is meant for the most amazing feat of them all, to feel.

Some great philosophers have stated many things about feelings, but the one we all know is a simple sentence: SKIN DESERVES TO BE TOUCHED. And it is true. Sometimes everyone desires to hold the hair of the loved ones, to feel the smoothness of the skin over the lips, to feel the hand over the hand….to be lost in the world of wordless emotions. To be able to feel without having to depend on other senses.

But time has flown. And technology has given way to other senses rather than to the skin.  They try to give more emphasis to the eyes, nose, ears or tongue, and give less importance to the skin. And when the skin is ignored, the other senses become dull, and people search for other sources of emancipating their senses. They find solace in drugs when they don’t find friends. They find solace in sex when they don’t find love. They find solace in what they shouldn’t for they find it not in what they have.

Parents have forgotten how much a kiss matters. Wives have forgotten how much a brush of lips matters. Husbands have forgotten how much closeness matters. Friends have forgotten the joys they get from each other. Lovers have forgotten anything beyond the bedroom. When the skin is devoid of feelings, man turns into a beast. He doesn’t turn into an animal, for an animal cares. He turns to a beastly machine that uses humans and adores materials.

Everyone deserves a hug. A hug can destroy voids. A hug can make love blossom. A hug can reassure friendship. A hug can create magic. A hug can lift pains and sorrows. A hug is a medicine, a cure, a drug everyone needs. A hug is a word from the universe, a way of it to say that we all belong to each other and we can ensure that further with a hug.

Man finds himself empty without compassion. He is lost, troubled, confused about himself. He needs an assurance, an assurance from his fellow mates who say “I’m here for you.” He needs the promise of togetherness. He needs love, care, console. He needs compassion. He needs a hug.

Everyone deserves a hug. The wife and husband should hug often. The lovers must hug often. The friends must hug more. The teacher should hug the student. The boss must hug the employee. One needs to hug and be hugged by another. It is an action of love and care, which requires no kiss, no words, no sex, no desire. A hug can evade the illness and evilness in people’s mind. A hug can create solutions to problems, answers to questions. A hug is a nod to love. A hug is the acceptance of one another. A hug is a step closer to the universe that binds you and me.

Everyone deserves a hug. You do. I do. We all do.

Everyone deserves a hug. Now. And later. And tomorrow. Every time and every day.

Who did you hug today?

My Oscar Predication List of 2015

Hey everyone!

I know that last year I missed my Oscar predictions, but this time I am not planning to miss the show, especially because they have got some really good entries this year. And this year, we have the amazing Neil Patrick Harris hosting the show, and we have got some amazing nominees such as Boyhood, Whiplash, Theory of Everything, Interstellar, and so on. Though I am disappointed about Jennifer Aniston not being nominated, and for not seeing Gone Girl in any other list (it would have won for screenplay, hands down!), I must admit that there were movies that literally grabbed my heart and played with it.

Long story cut short, here is the list of those who I think will be the winners of the year. (P.S. When the winners are announced, the blog will updated likewise)

Blue - The ones I got correctly
Red - The ones I got wrong

1. Best Motion Picture of the Year: Boyhood OR Whiplash {Winner: Birdman}
2. Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Eddie Redmayne (Theory of Everything)
3. Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Felicity Jones (Theory of Everything) OR Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) {Winner: Julianne Moore (Still Alice)}
4. Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)
5. Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
6. Best Achievement in Directing: Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman)
7. Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness (The Grand Budapest Hotel) {Winner: Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)}
8. Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published: Damien Chazelle (Whiplash) {Winner: Graham Moore (The Imitation Game)}
9. Best Achievement in Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki (Birdman)
10. Best Achievement in Costume Design: Colleen Atwood (Into the Woods) {Winner: Milena Canonero (The Grand Budapest Hotel)}
11. Best Achievement in Sound Mixing: Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley (Whiplash)
12. Best Achievement in Editing: Barney Pilling (The Grand Budapest Hotel) {Winner: Tom Cross (Whiplash)}
13. Best Achievement in Sound Editing: Brent Burge, Jason Canovas (The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies) {Winner: Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman (American Sniper)}
14. Best Achievement in Visual Effects: Paul J. Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter, Scott R. Fisher (Interstellar) OR Richard Stammers, Lou Pecora, Tim Crosbie, Cameron Waldbauer (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
15. Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling: Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White (Guardians of the Galaxy) {Winner: Frances Hannon and Mark Coulier, (The Grand Budapest Hotel)}
16. Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures - Original Song: Selma: Common (as Lonnie Lynn), John Legend (as John Stephens) - Song: "Glory"
17. Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score: The Grand Budapest Hotel: Alexandre Desplat OR Interstellar: Hans Zimmer
18. Best Foreign Language Film of the Year: Ida (Poland)
19. Best Animated Feature Film of the Year: Big Hero 6 OR How to Train Your Dragon 2
20. Best Achievement in Production Design: Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pinnock (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Stalker - A short story

She looked him in the eyes, demanding answers. The person is question was her own sister. And the person who sat in front of her was her best friend. He was simply sipping his coffee, while she was watching. Finally she asked him, "So tell me? What were you thinking?"

He looks up at her. "What was I thinking about what?"

"She is my sister. And she said that you send her flirty messages."
"I did. Yes, I did. You do know that we used t date long time ago, right?"
"That was really long time ago."
"and she still wants to be my friend."
"What's your point?"
"I didn't find any other way to get away from her."

She stared at him, as he continued, "I still love her. But after we broke up, it took me years to get over her. And every time I get over her, she comes back to me, tries to be my friend, invokes my emotions. I fall for her all over again."
"She comes back to you because you are a good friend."
"I may be a good friend. But not to her."

She took a deep breathe,

"So you send those flirty messages to get rid of her?"
"Had to. Once I started talking to her in a different way, she just wanted to get away from me."
"What about asking her to send her pictures and stuff?"
"That was a weird way of stalking. She must have been crept out."
"She was. She actually thought you were stalking her."
"It is a psychological approach. A tactic to make people think what you want them to."
"But she did see you at some places where she had gone with her friends.
"As I said, it was stage 2."

She took his phone. She smiled and asked, "And these pictures you have of hers. You took them from Facebook, huh?"
"Yes!"
"For stage 3?"
"No. For me."

Her smile disappeared, as he continued, "I have fallen for her again. I know this will be over soon, this has been happening so many times over the years. But until then, I need to look at her pictures, to make me feel better, to let me know that I was loved once."

When they left the coffee shop, she knew that he was a friend who would never break his word, and a lover who would break his heart for the other to be happy. Unfortunately, the other will only refer to him now as a stalker. And he doesn't mind. For he was HER stalker.

But she knew one thing for certain. He was a fool nonetheless to not hear to his own heart, and act weird and stupid.

But wasn't he like the many around us?