To a Friend Who “Had Not Envisioned a Life Together” with Me

Oh, well, that’s how it is then That you had not wanted To see the sunrises and sunsets With me … More

The Unsayable

Oh, yesterday was yesterday Today feels a bit different Though the sunrise was in the east And the newspaper boy … More

I’ll not be tricked again into being born I’ve had enough of whatever life offers No matter how much comfort … More

O Burqa/Hijab-clad woman What a slap it is on my face Cursed be my eyes From which you want to … More

In every human heart Beating beneath the rib cage Flows that thing called love But the mind channels it Only … More

Don’t be so glum, you’re already enlightened Whether thy goodself knows it now or not; Whether you fret and frown … More

She replies no more To birthday greetings Or to Christmas wishes I do not seem to mind What’s it that … More

Go gently, gently into the beyond Don’t go suffering at close of play. Though terminal be your illness Doctors shrugging … More

In me are the sunrises and sunsets In me are the flowers and girls In me are are the Brahmins … More

Nobody in here Seeking enlightenment Nobody in here Seeking sexual fulfilment Nobody in here Seeking wealth Nobody in here, period … More