When you said you love me The sun sprinkled gold Flowers blossomed in my garden Whispering your name. The sky sang melodies Waves rippled across the sea The breeze whistled from the trees Announcing our courtship. The moon showered and glitters On the wet scented turf Dewdrops […]
Poetry
Poetry
जा उड़ जा नन्हें परिंदे
जा उड़ जा नन्हें परिंदे ये स्वच्छंद आसमाँ तेरी राह तकता है, बेबाक, बेफिक्र पंख पसार नाप ले आकाश की ऊँचाई बिना किसी डर, समेट ले अपने उम्मीद की खुशियां, जो तुझे सिर्फ़ और सिर्फ़ वो खुला आसमाँ दे सकता है, जा उड़ जा नन्हें परिंदे ये स्वच्छंद आसमाँ तेरी […]
Latreia
Maula Maula Maula Mere Maula….. The moon’s glow, softly singing satire; The grass beneath of us; the earth we shall all return to, The sky above us; the shades of white and blue and grey, A mother’s embrace, is it, I wonder- for all the contentment that has seeped into […]
Checking the Decomposition
My whisky glass broke, It cracked along the circumference Sitting on the bar cabinet Without the drink. I hadn’t been drinking all night And I wondered where the crack Came from. The gleaming fissure Looked like part of the design. I dug a three feet deep pit Near the compound […]
Coterie – കൂട്ട്
കൂട്ടത്തിലായിരിക്കുമ്പൊഴും നിൻ്റെ വാക്കൊരൊറ്റ – ച്ചിതറിക്കലെന്നെ… ഒറ്റയ്ക്കിരിക്കു- മ്പൊഴാ വാക്കു തന്നെ കൂട്ടിപ്പിടിച്ചെന്നെ – യീണമാക്കുന്നു. ~*~ Coterie Your wordthat strikes measunderin a coterie,when alonegathers meinto a melody. ~ A Malayalam poem by Jayashree Peringode translated by Sujatha Warrier. Picture Courtesy: Sudevan
Madness to be in Love
I am the color of the blood of menstruation and of annihilated cities, ma’s cries of agony that reverberate through the empty walls of what I was supposed to call home and baba swirling the glass of whisky while secretly reading a letter written by noor to him.I am the […]
Contour of a Chaotic Civilization
Veracity is lost in the vicious cities. Beauty is a battle against wrinkles. Untrue realities veil the absurdities. In the smoky sky no star twinkles. Vice has become virtue and virtue vice. Words on dusty pages are eaten by mice. Hands are insubstantial like grains of sand. Voiceless crowds […]
Crying Hearts
The wind shrieked The clouds thundered Lightning struck the sky It poured and poured Drenching the earth The gods cried out their hearts Suddenly the wind seized. The sky grew dark and cloudy The pouring stopped a while As if paying homage to the departed Draped in the National Flag […]
Visit to a Shrine
I reached Ajmer and visited Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hasan Chishti Shrine, as it is a religious institution, which has for centuries been attracting pilgrims. If there is one truth to be learned from his life, it is that there is no predicting the future. When the sun emerged, I came […]
Leaked Emotions
You came in my life, Promising a different world to me, I gave you my heart, convinced by your sugar-coated lies. I made you my world, I took you to the darkest corner of my soul, I totally agreed to all your bluffs, Ignoring the gamble we were commencing. You […]