“All barriers down, absolute freedom” — To my friend Sanghamitra Mandal aka Sana

Yes, I do agree“To understand the scheme of thingsYou need not be religiousIt comes to you when you are chosen.” … More

Writing Past the Midnight Hour

Words fail me at this late hour To write what I want to Pablo Neruda would have known How to … More

Not Much Left To Say, Is There? So, Silent I Will Be For Evermore

If you haven’t got it by now I doubt if you ever will Many ways I have tried to explain … More

The Loyal One

The breath goes In and out Almost unmindful Of joy or sorrow Of exuberance or ennui Of indifference or love; … More

Mortality

The curtain is falling On my eyes Little by little So said the optometrist; But I knew it all along … More

What was this journey all about?

There is not in me that now Which once was; Neither a sunrise nor a sunset Neither the stars nor … More

And Yet…

I cannot get myself To talk some things When a friend is smiling And happy That life is a boon … More

On Dying

Some die with cancer I am dying with age What’s the difference What’s the difference Between age and cancer Both … More

Past Can be an Ever-Present Difficulty

The shadow of my past Keeps eclipsing my light, But, even in that darkness I have found the Truth I … More

My Latest Book “More Poems & Sayings” Available Now on Amazon

My Latest Book “More Poems & Sayings” is now available on Amazon in most of the major countries – here … More