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Dangerous Dalliances


This dalliance This daily dalliance With a thousand things Is our undoing But we do not realize And revel in … More

Life, Philosophy, Poem, Poetry

What a Situation I Find Myself In!!


Strange situation it is now Where I find I have landed My heart is repelled by society Be it the … More

Loathing, Love, Poem, Poetry, Relationships, Society, Solitude

The Expectation of Love from Others


We keep wanting, we keep expecting That others would love us But do we love others is the question We … More

Love, Poem, Poetry, Romantic love, True love, Unconditional Love

Goodbye Ye All — Summa Iru


Renunciation & Summa Iru While I will continue to do the work for Vidya and GSR, for all practical purposes, … More

faith, God, Life, Lord Balaji, Love, Omnipresence, Poem, Poetry, Quotations, Quotes, Ramana Maharshi, temples, Tirupati Lord Venkateshwara, Tirupati Temple, Travel, Truth, Writing

To My Friend Ranjeeth Thunga aka Perspective Mapper – https://perspectivemapper.org/


We who criss-crossed each other’s pathsAt our alma mater Johns HopkinsThough not quite met each other that timeAs I hung … More

Perspective Mapper, Perspective Mapping, Poem, Poetry

The Betrayal?


She believed in loveShe believed in romanceShe believed in the “happily ever after”Maybe she believed in meI am not sure … More

Love, Marriage, Philosophy of Life, Poem, Poetry, Romance, Unrequited love

The Longing of the Flesh


Every call of the fleshIs a call of the spiritIn every consummation of longingThere’s a transcendenceTranscendence of egoTranscendence of the … More

Craving, Desire, Flesh is weak, Longing, Love, Lust, Poem, Poetry, Sex, Spirit, Truth

“After the Enlightenment, the Laundry”


The garments in the laundry basketAre part of my dreamAs are you and I, the dream characters;Who or what is … More

Advaita, Enlightenment, Poem, Poetry, Reality, Truth, World as a dream

The Forlorn Hope


All busyWhether there beFlower or snow on tne branchYet not finding itWhatever they look forYet keep hopingOnly for the hopeTo … More

Desire, Hope, Life, Poem, Poetry

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

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