On Losing a Close Companion

A Counsellor at Sparsh Hospice asked me yet again to write a poem addressing those who might have lost their … More

Damn Those Med School Days

I should have quit med school After the first year Coming close to it as I did Dreaming of the … More

So far I seem to have traveled That when I survey life on earth I can take neither my head … More

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

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

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