by Swati Moheet Agrawal I open the window. The March sun comes flooding into my room. Mumbai, sweltering beneath the crushing summer heat, smelling of cinnamon, cardamom, wood smoke, and asphalt. There is also the penetrating smell of fish in the air. There is a mango tree shimmering in the […]
There’s just no value For all your sweat and All the bloodshed! People just kick your Hard work and dump All your dreams are in the drain! She dreamt his dream But all he did was ignore! He told her ”take it easy”. No, it’s not easy to bury all […]
The greenery around me is refreshing to my weary eyes,The chirping and twittering of birds are melodious,And the music and rhythm played by a rushing river is awesome,These are my ultimate source of happiness.The air I breathe is filled with aroma,That is gifted by different blossoms.Once dry and barren land […]
Around me, I hear musical notes Birds, bees, unidentified sounds That fills my head with pleasant thoughts All fears pushed aside of getting struck by omicron Filtrated since taking the third booster shot The arm does ache at the injection site Soothed by the breeze carrying smell of heights Hills […]
I did not watch the soldiers passor wave them ever on and on.Instead, I wept into the grassuntil their fragile lives were gone.*anonymous wife of a soldier ~David Francis USA
Zindagi mei har din har pal apne hone ka jashn manao,Aayengi kabhi mushkile, kabhi gum, kabhi khushiyan, tum bas har pal ka jashn manao,Kabhi kuch khona kabhi kuch paana, ye to hai dastoor zindagi kaTum har baat mei bas dhoond lo mauka aur jashn manaoTum sa na koi aur hai […]
The security is spoiled Education is banned Because of hijab But girls are strong With strikes of students With voices of protest Against the racism You killed the secularism Where is the government Are you sleeping or pretending to be asleep Open your eyes Look India Hijab is identity Hijab […]
There’s stir All isn’t well here, Hope for the best, Life is a litmus test. All will be very well Soon I shall come, No pretentious, The matter is serious. We’ve relations , I couldn’t come , You had operations . You needed me, Life kneaded me, I am baked […]
In the shadow of the evening Fleecy clouds result in drizzling Light on the droplets of faded moonlight While comes in the view from far away at night Seems sorcery in the bosom of the sea Wonder of wonders, a God’s gift for me You are long everlasting sleep, oh […]
by S. Chandra Shekar I have come on a four-month visit to Australia. My wife Gayatri and I landed at Sydney on a Saturday morning at about 7 am. As we walked out of the plane into the aerobridge the first Australians we saw were two Policewomen. They gave us a broad […]