कोई बादल घुमड़ता है , बरसता है मेरे दिल पर कोई मजबूरी है कि आँख से बरसा नहीं पानी सिमट कर रह गया तूफ़ान फिर आकर मेरे अन्दर ना माथे पर शिकन आई नहीं रूख़ पे परेशानी रहें सहरा में या घर में नहीं कुछ फ़र्क़ पड़ता है वहाँ भी […]
Month: May 2015
For You Dear Mom
Each passing year reminds us How precious you are to us The years grow older day by day But not for you we pray. As always you are young at heart Your frailty does not hamper Your humor keeps us all, upright Under your wings we prosper. Mother you are […]
When Next Time in Delhi
When next time in Delhi Let us run away – Somewhere far off to a place Where crowds and blaring horns Does not snuff out our lung power That your screams at me are dampened by motor cars And my whispers of plead for a pause on a park bench […]
Marital Rape – A Crime or A prerogative
By Sudha Dixit George Orwell had said “Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful, murder respectable” BJP’s reluctance to criminalise marital rape on the flimsy ground that marriage in India is sacrosanct proves this point. Government’s attempt to justify rape within spousal relationship is reprehensible. A rape is […]
There and Back Again: A Film Star’s Guide to Justice
By The Editor 13 long years it took for courts to decide the fate of the most profitable name in Bollywood, two hours to grant him bail and another two days to suspend the sentence all together, so that it can begin all over again. It was meant to show […]
Beauty As Defined by Nature
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Nepal Tragedy: Lessons & Takeaways For India
By The Editor Looking at Nepal we can say now for sure that we shouldn’t wait till the ground beneath us starts shaking. A natural disaster like this breaks the very foundations on which our homes and society is built upon. With death toll rising every day and thousands still […]
माँगा कुछ भी भी नहीं
आपसे घर नहीं,रिश्ता नहीं, जहान नहीं एक चाहत के सिवा कुछ भी नहीं माँगा था दो घड़ी रोज़ ज़रा पास तो आकर बैठो, हमने तो इसके सिवा कुछ कुछ भी नहीं माँगा था फिर यूँ मुँह फेर जाने की ज़रूरत क्या थी हमने ख्वाबों के सिवा कुछ भी नहीं माँगा […]
The Deluge
Sing, sing your happy song And let the bells tong For here comes the rain Making green our plains! Drip! Drip! The silvery drops come down Sheathing the earth with a cool wet blanket! Happily, the poor farmer gazed at his field- Thinking of only his loving wife and kids! […]
Trauma of Tremors
In the lap of lush green Himalayas Lost in the zephyr of nature’s sagas The souls were deep absorbed in a world of dreams Suddenly It awakened them with a horrid scream Faces questioned each other in a hope of gleam Amidst the dilemma,lives started to shatter Tremors shook their […]