खुशबू भरी हवाओं, तितलियों और चिड़ियों के साथ बग़िया में फूलों का खिलना अच्छा लगता है यूँ तो कितने काम हैं, फ़ुरसत कहाँ हमें भी मिलती है लेकिन फिर भी तुम से मिलना जुलना अच्छा लगता है कभी हया से, कभी अना से कुछ भी कहना मुश्किल है मगर जानेमन […]
Month: June 2018
Glory of Full Moon
By Shobha Diwakar from Jabalpur, India
Mango: An Indigenous Approach to Nutrition
By Ranjit K. Sahu and Dwiti Chandra Sahu Mango, the Ayurvedic king of fruits, plays a very important role in the economy and nutrition in many parts of Odisha, especially in the tribal areas. With large swathes of mango trees, mostly of wild varieties, found in the deep forests of tribal […]
Journey
I looked out of the train window I saw a young woman sat next to the sitting statue on the bench if you didn’t know he was not real you would never know The woman sat opposite me gets a call it doesn’t matter if you are gay she tells […]
Falsehood is a Plantation
By Mark Antony Rossi Lies are usually not believed as much as simply accepted by those who fall into these three categories: It’s what they want to hear Too lazy to verify the facts Can be sold about anything This allows falsehood to morph into a metaphorical plantation seducing its […]
Pay Day
The Pay- day is a gain day for the ‘Salarian’ If only he forgets the landlord’s share of the booty he laboured for the bill he must pay for the fledging power supply the dues he owes for the tap that is too shy to spit the brother- in- law’s […]
निर्बाध प्रेम
भादों की नदी-सी बहती .. हृदय की प्यास है प्रेम . भावना का उफान मात्र नहीं! अनुभूति की सच्चाई से भरी… पानी में नमक के एकाकार -सा … स्वाति के बूंदों की बेकली से प्रतीक्षा चातक का हठ है प्रेम ! विरह के बिना उपजता नहीं यह सभी विकारों को […]
Fleeing Moments
Dawn to Dusk, The day flies past, I Wait and Watch, Lost in array of thoughts… Planning, Visualizing, Contemplating, Decades roll by Time for pack up I realize ; A little too late, Vacant, numb, I tread, Tumbling into nothingness… Reading the jottings on the invisible wall…. “Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamayo” […]
The Northern Front
By Terence Wynne from Camillus, NY, USA
Old Companion
Spreading like moss covering from end to end and shaping its identity at the expense of my happiness a parasitic relationship sucking the life out of me my obsidian life, as I lick and suck the dewdrops laced with the poison ivy Dripping out of my palsied mouth words are warbled and […]