By Sarika Tainwala A conversation overheard between two neighboring aunties: – Aunty 1: Sharmaji’s daughter Gita turned 27 yesterday. She is short, dark; she parties late night and only hangs out with males. She is too ambitious and has been promoted to Editor in chief at such a young age, […]
Month: September 2019
Colours
Red, yellow, and blue, Encircling the last ring, Of warfare, triumph, and tranquillity, Deepening an uncertainty, In which humans get absorbed. If the red flows to the core, The love of many, Will die in an uproar. If the yellow taints it more, The flag of ego, Will cast a […]
शत शत नमन
खून है जिसने दिया ,ज़हर है जिसने पिया । खून है जिसने दिया ,ज़हर है जिसने पिया ।। जीतने की ज़िद्द में खुद को जिसने कुर्बान कर दिया । चलो नमन उन्हें शत बार करें हम।। लाल है जिसने दिया,भाई है जिसने खोया। लाल है जिसने दिया,भाई है जिसने खोया।। […]
Penguin Last Keg
By Terence Wynne from Camillus, NY, USA
हिंदी दिवस
हिंदी दिवस इस बार भी आकर चली गयी पता नहीं कितनों को पता था… कितनों को नहीं? यह उपेक्षा, यह दुराव यह नाटकीयता? अपने ही ख़यालों में मशगूल हिन्दीभाषी विस्मयकारी? ढूंढ रहें कहाँ अपनी छवि? हाँ, स्कूल कॉलेजों में हिंदी दिवस मनाया गया लेखन, वाद-विवाद प्रतियोगिता से इस मधुर दिवस का अभिनंदन हुआ। दुःख […]
Believe You Can
BELIEVE YOU CAN… Rise above the storms and find your sunshine Face up your fears and emerge bolder Stand up for your rights when someone steps on it. Create a change when nobody dared to do. Braver than you believe. BELIEVE YOU CAN…. Never surrender and always give the fight […]
The Street
By Sunil Sharma Have you heard the streets speak? Well, in my case, they have. Whenever I return to Ghaziabad, my native town, I find the streets communicating. Settling down after a long tiresome journey, first thing I invariably do in the evenings is to take a solitary walk to […]
Ignite
When you touched me I got fever My innermost desires Went afire I was a simple and Sober damsel Never knew how in love I, inadvertently fell All of a sudden I got ignited By strange cravings of love But I am delighted […]
For The Soulful Earth II
She is my lovely-gulmohar realm, My Indian Mansoon ballerina, My nearest everlasting Love Story, My phenomenal Indian Muse in the mellifluous air, My melancholic myth from the Milky Way, She the core and the pulse Of my everything, She is the alpha and the omega Of my sweetest universal aches […]
Masterpiece
You made me… Shine brighter by turning my weakness into my strength Soar into greater heights by showing me what I am capable of Accept that there is winning in defeating by realizing […]