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Category: My Poems

The Sun is Always in the Sky


Without any Faustian bargain I have sought and found knowledge You could even say I have sought and found wisdom … More

Existential Angst, Life, Poem, Poetry

No Regrets


Ah, I understand life Understand it well Understand it at last; It matters not My life is almost over, For … More

Contentment, Enlightenment, Goal, Happiness, Life, Meaning of life, Past, Poem, Poetry, Regrets, Satisfaction

Take It Easy, Go Bindaas on Life


What is it that tears your heart apart? Rest a while Relax a little It ain’t that hard Relax a … More

Being cool, Chilled, No anxiety, Poem, Poetry, Relax, Taking it easy

The Gamut of Opinions


I think I am a successCoz I’m happyCoz I understand the mystery of lifeCoz I do not care whether I … More

Happiness, Poem, Poetry, Success, Who am I

Oneness


Love is not love That you think is love We spend a lifetime In misunderstanding love Only to realize For … More

Love, Oneness, Poem, Poetry, True love, Unconditional Love

Yeh Duniya Yeh Mehfil Mere Kaam Ki Nahi


Happiness and love we keep seeking While we ourselves are that which we seek Look at God’s Maya or is … More

Happiness, Ignorance, Illusion, Love, Maya, Name and Fame, Pleasure, Poem, Poetry, World

The Vanished Days of Youth


First time I heard about Prisoner’s DilemmaFrom my friend Himadeep(who now indoctrinates students at Vassar College)Sitting in Rendezvous cafeOh my … More

College Days, Family, Life, Love, Mental health, Poem, Poetry, Student Days, Writing, Youth

No More Preaching


In understanding others, we understand ourselvesIn understanding ourselves, we understand othersHidden in these lines is a deeper truth than at … More

Belief, Christianity, Epistemic humility, Evangelic Christianity, faith, God, Hinduism, Humility, Intelelctual hubris, Intelelctual humility, Islam, Kaafir, Karma, Philosophy, Poem, Poetry, Preaching, Proselytizing, Quran, Religion, Religious Conversions, Silence

My Evening Walk


As I sauntered on my evening walk todayA 30-year-old JagannathAccosted me on Himayatnagar roadSays, “Uncle, do you have knee pain?”Surprised, … More

Evening walk, Poem, Poetry, Talking with a stranger

Iski Maa Ki Kirkiri (or, Who Am I?)


How did I come to beThis me that I am nowWhat past has shaped meKarma? Tut, tut,How did the first … More

Creation, Ignorance, Kalpa, Karma, Maya, Oneself, Original nature, Personality, Poem, Poetry, Pralaya, Rebirth, Reincarnation, Samsara, The "I", Who am I?

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