So, I think I should finally introduce you to someone very interesting, intelligent, and at the same time extremely exasperationg.
Meet my IVAN– Inner Voice that Annoys and Nags.
Rather a loose description, but then, Ivan IS loose. 
Always present at the back of my mind, this being has a tendency to pop up at the most unexpected moments, and is powerful enough to ruin my mood completely.
For example, a few days back I was kinda feeling glad about having assigned the color blue to love, in the series of haiku poems I’ve been writing in which I gave a color to each emotion. I started to think about a drink to associate love and the color blue with, like hope-yellow-lemonade-sweet, and happiness-pink-zinfandel-intoxicating. And suddenly Ivan shrieked happily : “Copper sulphate solution!”
So, right now, he’s doing an excited tribal dance, celebrating the beautiful (*rolls eyes*) way in which he has bonded together me, love, and—you guessed it—CuSO4.
Now you see why I hate this Ivan sometimes?
kashika
June 5, 2007 at 7:45 pm
hey!!i think u write beautifully.ur words convey your emotions perfectly.i have recently started a blog.i’ll be more than glad if u visit it.http://princessscriblings.blogspot.com/ps:chemical solutions are totally irritating.
DJ
June 6, 2007 at 5:47 am
well… IVAN is not loose i think… in fact it is stronger than anything else… isn’t it?
Sanyukta
June 30, 2007 at 11:30 am
#kashikathanks
happy blogging to you!ps: totally agree about the chemical solutions.:D#DJyeah, IVAN is darn strong, but so exasperating!
voices
October 29, 2007 at 4:48 am
quite a serendipity it was to stumble upon your blog…and hey I too hear those voices
The Keeper of the Keys
March 23, 2008 at 1:00 pm
lol…IVAN…lol
Anonymous
March 29, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Tried the subtle form of plagiarism, didn’t you? This ‘IVAN’ character of your is such a direct lift from Sayesha’s (http://sayesha.blogspot.com) IAN and anyone who’s been following her blog can easily tell that.Please get original.-Snigdha, a silent reader of Sayesha’s.
Sanyukta
March 31, 2008 at 10:41 pm
@ SnigdhaI appreciate your concern over a writer’s work, but look, neither did I do any plaigairism nor intended/tried to. I myself am a reader and appreciator of Sayeshaz and I honour all that she writes. This IVAN post was composed and posted even before I read about her IAN and come on, can’t two people feel an inner voice that’s always present as a running commentary in the back of their minds? A kind of psychological alter-ego? Ain’t a very exclusive phenomenon, is it? From all that I have heard from many people, it is a very common occurence. You can’t blame me for feeling that way. I read Sayesha’s post just right now, an even she says in it — “I think we all have it in us.”I got to thinking upon an acronym for the ‘voice’ while writing this post and of course, ‘inner’ was the first word to come to mind. Hence the name IVAN. I assure you and even Sayesha, if she ever happens to stumble upon this, that the similarity is totally unintentional. Just a coincidence perhaps. That’s all I’ve got to say.