Indian Periodical

I A Millimeter Melancholy   ‘I’ can fire, light and sing my songs To the romancing ears Of curvy gulf dunes, Residing in the dreams of island-pearls ! Ah, emotional fetters, The queenly-winds attached On the ruined legs Of my over-romantic travels Became prime bleeding flowers. Peeling off the aromas […]

Most beautiful and divine Feeling in the universe Happens to be the love In which two souls traverse But when your love is only One – sided and unrequited There’s no pleasure involved There’s only agony unlimited Some people love intensely, But don’t get it in return, They suffer in […]

Mother — kissed my sleeping forehead at six in the morning returned to me with smiles at six again. Mother — paid the bills fought corrupted officers walked the crowded lanes with bureaucratic files. Mother — pursued her dreams expressed her opinions lived a life every mother deserves to live. […]

This is my country in its prime; where, I hope being sarcastic is not a crime. Where freedom to express is compromised and almost every issue is politicized. Institutions are in a strife, busy arguing like man and wife. Judicial decisions frequently questioned, without being called for, un-occasioned. In groups, […]

As fast as I could manage I ran and ran and ran I was on a special mission I had to catch a train I reached the station late and The train was about to leave I held on to the door knob Didn’t want to miss and grieve My […]

I don’t wear my pocket watch anymore it reminds me of my age, 73, soon more, outdated gadget, time hanging where moving parts below don’t belong nor work anymore. I don’t like to think about endings. Age is a Cracker Jack box with no face, modern speed dial, no toy […]

Education should be free! Education should incite glee! It is all just information… It is all just data.. We transfer knowledge.. We share our findings… We’re a species whose ideas have an edge… We kept thinking out of the box.. We kept making wheels and spears using rocks… Why stop […]