By Aadinath Sastry from Bhubaneswar, India
Month: May 2021
Tears, Moral Responsibility and Common Sense
By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal Sometimes I wonder which is the easier part, shedding tears or shedding moral responsibility. Does public outpouring of grief free a government of accountability? As a gesture of owning up to mistakes and doing a course correction for the future, ministers in the central government […]
पापा आप मेरे मायके की छत हो
पापा आप मेरे मायके की छत हो सुरक्षा का एहसास दिलाते हर वक्त, व्यस्त होते हुए भी कहते कुछ नहीं कर रहा मेरी सीधी उल्टी बातों को सही करते, समझाते, ज़िन्दगी के कुछ पाठ पढ़ाते, पापा चलो आज फिर क्यूँ न मैं बच्ची बन जाऊँ उंगली पकड़ आपकी साथ […]
Heart’s Call
The last oozing hours, O my un-controlled emotions! Ye crashing my roses, my divine pulses, I am nothing, besides my breathe How drought, how frail, O aching time! I found no comfort, neither any hoary place Whereupon I lay my burden and lechery; Or to thrown my real self […]
Golden
Golden leaves rustling in the breeze, Somber sky charged with clouds, Yet my heart so opaque, tied to the end, Trying to slow down the voices, vague and loud. Ah, the hazel color stuck in your iris, Turning golden, glancing through the sky. Could I ever stare at them, […]
Emotions of Life
Life, A game of obstacle course We all run, jump and swim We never know When it will finish Whether we’ll win! Life, An arena We are forced to fight the feral fiend. In all my life of obstacles I have been struggling To reflect others emotions through […]
The View
by Prarthana JA The view from the kitchen window was miniscule but pretty. Urvi could see a patch of sky through a single branch of a gulmohar tree that snaked across. That is all. The window was small but large enough for the neighbors cat to get in and out. […]
The Pain of Growing Old
Growth and aging – they are paradoxical but they must go parallel, it takes the courage of a man and woman, to embrace the pain of growing old, this fundamental truth prevails for everyone. There is so much we care for now, which will ultimately become valueless tomorrow, although, everything […]
The Boy Who Ate Glass
by Tejaswinee Roychowdhury I rounded up a few of the young village boys and prepared to take Madan on his final journey. It was customary for the families of the dead to do this but Madan had no family, well, except for the village where he breathed his first and […]
ಕಾಣದ ಮಹಾಮಾರಿ
ಕಾಣದ ಮಹಾಮಾರಿಯೊಂದು ಬರೀ ಕಣ್ಣೀರ ತರಿಸಿದೆ ಸಾವು ನೋವುಗಳ ಕಹಿಯನೇ ಉಣಿಸಿದೆ ಬದುಕಿನ ಕಗ್ಗತ್ತಲು ಭಯ ಮೂಡಿಸಿದೆ, ಬೆಳಕು ಇನ್ನೂನು ಮರೀಚಿಕೆಯೆನಿಸಿದೆ ಸಾಕಿನ್ನು ಅಗ್ನಿ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ, ಉಸಿರುಗಟ್ಟಿದೆ ನಮಗೆ ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ ಬದುಕಬೇಕೆನಿಸಿದೆ ಕಸ ಸುಡುವ ಪರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಹೆಣ ಸುಡುತ್ತಿದೆ ಹಣದ ಮೋಹ ನಿಮಗಿನ್ನೂ ಕಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ ಉರಿವ ಚಿತೆಯಲೂ ತುಪ್ಪ ಕಾಯಿಸುವ ವ್ಯಾಘ್ರಗಳು ನೀವು ಮರಣ ಮೃದಂಗಕ್ಕೂ ಸಂತಸದಿ ಕುಣಿಯುವಿರಿ ಸಾಕಿನ್ನು ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿ , ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪಾಪದ ಕೊಡ ತುಂಬಿದೆ ನಮಗೆ […]