by Haritha Chandran Six men and a woman are confined in a single room, unaware of why such a conundrum came about. All men, free and mobile; woman tied to a chair, mouth covered, mute. The Stage is set for the ultimate crescendo of the act. The woman is lean […]
Month: April 2021
ऑफिस नामा से जीवन नामा की पगडण्डीयां
युहीं ऑफिस से निकलते-निकलते, बालों की तरह जिंदगी भी अस्त-व्यस्त सी हो गयी हैं| मस्तक की पेशियां, आँखों कि मास्क के साथ निरंतर अकुलाहट की अठखेलियाँ| कृत्रिम प्रकाश के चमक-दमक, किराये के कंक्रीट के सहरी घोसलों तक पहुँचने की ललक| मेट्रो ट्रेन की द्रुतगामी मेकेनिकल खनक, धाका-मुक्की और मोबाइल में […]
To Thy is My Prayer
To thy is my prayer who listens, Listens with all attention one can gather. Above all pains and remorse thy have risen; But for all of us down here, you are the one that matters. To thy is my prayer who cares; Cares for all who with hope stare. […]
Closet
It was good shiny yet cold Day dawns this way in December Lazy me mid twenties old Woke up to fix up closet of timber I own a cute, fragile closet I keep all my darks there away Sundays are made to offset I do the day just in […]
Stop Deceiving!
It wasn’t corona the futileness of blaming a virus A creature of no mind still caused great devastation Replicated across countries infected millions But who is the culprit? who lost humanity and made billions Who are they? the factory owners, the businessmen or the ones inside chambers elected as statesmen […]
Hopping Like a Grasshopper
Has my life stopped? Or, has the time Gone still? The heart Keeps hopping like A grasshopper, Keeps mulling over, And vexing me With questions I Can’t answer: Why It happens that The people who Were ‘live the day Before are, out Of the blue, no More? How is it […]
Once I Spoke Quite a Lot
Just got busted all the class of clowns Saw someone who was not one of them They pushed her to the pedestal Told her to read the Bible As they hurried to set all the cages Meant to be a foolish question Turned into a philosophy Something that never meant […]
Death, Pandemic and Rajdharma
by the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal There are no words to describe the pain and anguish the country is going through, constantly burning funeral pyres clouding the sky day and night and patients running from pillar to post to get an oxygen cylinder, a bed in a hospital, or a lifesaving […]
Equipoise
The wild music grew softer As the silvery beams of the moon Tenderly slid through the bars A soft touch, the floor gleaned The window opened a little wider As the trailing breeze Rushed in to merge With snowy streaks of moonlight I lay awake watching the breeze Now here, […]
Oh Society
When the tall, velvet curtains swish and the play opens, The stage will witness the same history once again, Of the performers and their past, of their mind and their heart, The lines of droplets on their sunken cheeks, of their tears and yesterday’s rain. Their stands a little […]