I was nervous. As instructed, I boarded the New Delhi-Amritsar Shatabdi Express. I located the coach and seat number marked in the ticket I have
Author: Gopalakrishnan Prakash
Gopalakrishnan Prakash is a professional pharma researcher with over 42 years of experience. He has a lively interest in literature and Hindu philosophy. He has written numerous poems, short stories, etc.
Those Were the Days, my Friend
Sleepless and reclining in easy chair You’re counting flocks of sheep trying to sleep nostalgic thoughts assault you fond and fair Take you scaling past
Attaboy, Adonis!
New Delhi. December 2019 The conference room of the Northern Railway Headquarters in New Delhi was jam-packed. The security was tight and very much visible
How I Love This Girl!
While strolling on the sandy beach Saw a girl with color of peach I was fully robbed of my speech She stumbled, barely could I
Spellbinders
How politicians of all colors and hues Speak in many tongues and walk in many gaits Promises many they make to clear all dues Fishing
Born Again
Nothing I knew that day I was born Except the hearty soul by whom I was borne She nursed me with her blood and love
The Right Turn, at Last?
I, Sanchala, was born with a silver spoon; no, I was born with accounting software in a gilded pen drive! Both my parents, Vishwanath and
Where are you, my Love?
Sitting on a rock by the sea As the evening sun is sinking The waves crashing into my seat I slowly slip into deep thoughts
August Fifteenth
Three hundred million folks tortured in years of slavery in pain endless misery souls endured struggled with bravery in vain. unarmed we struggled shedding blood
Lure of the Lucre
The door of the cubicle was firmly closed and the key turned. Rajan inspected his surroundings. It was minimally furnished with a 2-tierbunker bed. He
Just Another Day
Bandhavgarh is a tiger sanctuary located about 3 hours’ drive away from Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. Kaseru is a village in Pataur core range of the
Self Respect
Wandering along I espied a mongrel, Scrawny, scaled and starved. Rich lady walking A hefty dog, threw Biscuits to her pet. One rolled over to
Crime or Justice?
District Judge Bhargava was perturbed. Supreme court had overturned the 2009 decriminalization of Gay sex under section 377 in its judgement in Suresh Kumar vs.
Shades of Different Hues
Man loves woman and man another woman attracts another Rainbow on pretty show, colorful Oh world, with hate them do not smother. Man imprisoned in
Penance and Salvation
Art is a manifestation of emotions and emotion speaks a language that all may understand. – W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Six Pence. ***
Right or Wrong?
“May I present myself before this honorable high court representing the Special Leave Petitioner in the case of Ramlal Purohit vs State of Uttar Pradesh
The Homemaker
The alarm rang incessantly. Avoiding the temptation to snooze it, I turned it off. I slowly unraveled myself from the bed and sleepily walked to
Burning Issue
They don’t seem to burn brides any more Finding other ways Slow poison darts shakes the girl’s core The hurt however stays. Torturing the parents
Hope for the Hopeless
There was a great buzz in the third floor of ‘The Multi-Specialty Hospital.’ A Code Blue had been declared and the emergency cardiology team rushed