Yellow is my favorite colour. I can see no more, but I feel. I feel it when I eat ‘dal’ and suck on mangoes. The taste tells me if it is yellow. I am a slow eater now, I try to savour the colours more. I feel it, when I sit by the window and […]
Poetry
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Why do you pull down that top? Pull up that skirt? And suck in your tummy, when you look at me? Why do you stand with disappointment, hoping to be someone you are not? Why do you cover your scars with expensive cream and concealer? And press your rebellious hair to make it straight? Why […]
HS Episode #1
The ride from the station is always a special one. My memory of the place leads my emotions home first; I just follow it. The ride to the station is always difficult. Heart sits back stubbornly, feet reluctant to leave; already wanting to come back soon. The days in between — pass like winter afternoon; […]
Poetry about mundane things
Only a poet at heart sees poetry in mundane things; like fireflies and porch swings.
The other way
“I decided to move on with a heavy heart, for I knew our love was torn apart. Here lay my heart, with feelings suppressed; All the memories we have shared, have only left me in a mess. Never knowing if we’d have a chance to get back together, Just tried to forget what we had […]
Freedom
Every year, unfailingly, on 15th of August, we retell the tales of our freedom struggle. 71 years ago, on this day, newspapers carried headlines in bold, ‘Independence Dawn’ ‘The battle won’ and and ‘Sovereign India born’. But ask about freedom of religion to the 17 year old, whose life was subjected to his religious preferences. […]
On crying
A poem on crying. Cry like a candle softly on the ground, like a mother holding her firstborn and overwhelmed by its sound. Cry like a pack of wolfs crying from afar, like a kid tending skinned knee’s scar. Cry like the silence preceeding a storm, like someone for the first time leaving home. Cry […]
Why Humans speak?
To break the silence. Because, anything more beautiful than we are, makes us vulnerable.