She lay on the floor, lifeless cold A daughter’s paradise forever lost How I wish she walks past that door Embrace me, take me to a tranquil shore May once again affection shine through her eyes Cradle me in lap through the Read More
“For when he manifests he will have thy visage, mutatis mutandis, and no more.” My real name is Lysander, but everybody thinks I am Mick. Nobody believes me when I tell them my tale. Instead, they threaten me with incarceration at the Read More
He finds it hard to wear his flesh, swallows his tears and quenches his thirst, Then cries out loud but no one hears, he looks around to find scars of dust. As he plods in a pensive mood, the pool of Read More
In spring this year when nature smiled Her winsome eyes left me beguiled She lived opposite my room from whose window I would admire her and let my first love grow Often she sat by her casement to watch the sky Oh, Read More
Oh Spring! Harbinger of my sorrow, You are the reason I don’t believe in tomorrow. The roses and the Jasmine that bloom, For my poignant heart, it only spelled doom. The day I waited with a bouquet for my love, To confess Read More
Her heart wrenched, sorrow engulfed her again, When the news stirred up her deeply buried pain. It read, religion leaves two more lovers dead, As it once did with her own beloved. It was a warm spring evening, he proposed with a Read More
A few years ago, I stayed for a time in the town of D. The town was well known for the wooded landscape that encompassed it. The area was a paradise for old people, who after a lifetime of work, came to Read More
Gone are the winters, so as the spring The shadow of being with you is still roaring. Neither it was me, nor was him The fate played a disguised game. Your questions needed answer But my silence didn’t bother. You never cared Read More
One night when I was about to close my clinic and go home, a man came stumbling through the door. He was evidently in distress and appeared unable to see properly. He was covered in mud from head to toe, as though Read More
The news of Demonetisation came as a bolt from the blue for Sarita. Adding to her predicament, the caterers cancelled their booking. Her only daughter’s wedding was in two weeks. The groom, a Florida based professor, would be in India for only Read More
Constantly being patted on right hand, It was spring, yet all I could see was a barren land, My anhedonia, my 4 year old couldn’t relate, For only my God knows, where have I lost his mate, Few years ago, all rhymes Read More
It was “something” that set her heart on a racing mission Filling her with secret desires and burning passion That sent ripples through her mind Knitting random thoughts in long dark nights That painted on the canvas of her memory Scribbling along Read More
“Super-cop Vikram miraculously survives a major accident while in action”, screamed the headlines of the local newspaper. It was past midnight and drizzling when Vikram drove through Thamaraserry ghat road, returning after performing the last rites of his slain brother at Thirunelli Read More
I was walking through the arbor that leads to the primate section of the zoo when I saw two teenagers at the langur enclosure. They were busy harassing the monkeys, throwing stones and screaming at them. I was so enraged that I Read More
Averse to the stormy blows of a sorrow day I have his seven daises wrapped yellow and white The power of my own love seems to decay The bold spring day dropped in gruesome night I am a mother: I allowed my Read More