Forget Rama, forget Sita Forget Lakshman, forget Hanuman Visit no temple Either in Ayodhya or Mathura What is there in … More
Tag: Poem
How to Read a Poem
Reading poetry well is part attitude and part technique. Curiosity is a useful attitude, especially when it’s free of preconceived … More
13 Poems
Whither “Life” It is hard to live life When you have seen through its charade. It is hard to live … More
The Winds of Change
Driven by the wind of our dreamsWe drift apart from each other,We who come together sometimesDriven by the wind of … More
The Power of Love
A little love, a little kindness, a little charityWould make this world a lot more livableIn the pursuit of our … More
The Innumerable by Fernando Pessoa (from Poetic Outlaws)
The innumerable live in us;when I think or feel, I do not knowwho it is thinks or feels.I am merely … More
How to Enjoy Your Work
Enter only such field of study Or only such profession Or only such job or line of work If intrinsically … More
On Board the 9:45 pm IndiGo Flight from Hyderabad to Delhi
Up above in the clouds Somewhere in the sky over India I hang by a slender thread To I, me, … More
My Friend Rashmi Chatterjee
Lover of trees, birds, forests, and hills Abhorring the cities wrought by civilization She is a child of nature, without … More
A Trip to Nainital
I see the lake, vast in expanse, The sun reflecting off its surface The trees giving it a green hue … More