A student came from a hostel to spend a few days in his village. Most of the time, he could be found swimming in the river. In holidays he loved to wash vegetables and clean his room. He, who lives in town, sits with his grandmother daily. Because he loves […]
Poetry
Poetry
Colour Me Free…
I have wings yet never wanted to soar, I have colours yet never cherished the rainbows, I have heart but that never loved, Was I even worth visible? I am grounded in this fallen world, I go for the creations, not the creators, The wings once I had pride in, […]
Keep Quiet and Write
To recognize black and white Dear kids, keep quiet and write To search the light in each dark You always have to play in the park. Little pretty girls and the boys Ok speak, but don’t make noise Miles to walk to reach so high With full freedom in the […]
Lost in the Thicket
Looking at the smoky evening sky, the rattle of the thunderstorm deepens. Neither do my eyes hurt nor feel trapped in a nightmare. Just an array of memories, floating around in the fabric of time. Touching the pearly white cliff, and looking into the depths, so hollow. Hollow […]
Hankering Desire…
She pierces my heart with her words, And in an imaginative world, I get folded, In the nudity of her balmy chest, I feel I am on the peaky crest. The velocity of sensuality increases, With tiddly emotions soar with breezes, The naked souls paint the wall of love, As […]
The Kiss
A disciple’s Kiss put your arms in shackles The answer lay in the rabbi’s question son of God, accused of God conspiracy Another denied three times You stood incriminated in the court of the two kings The king’s wife who’d dreamt you warned, doubt an epitome of honesty; put your […]
തുന്നൽ – Stitch
ഇരുട്ട് തുന്നി വന്നപച്ച ഞരമ്പിൻതുമ്പത്ത്ഹൃദയംപൂത്തു നിന്നു. Stitch Darkness gatheredin a stitcha raw nerve,the heart bloomingat its tip. ~ A Malayalam poem by Jayashree Peringode translated by Sujatha Warrier. Picture Courtesy: Sudevan
ज़िंदगी की भागमभाग हम में ख़ुद को कहीं बहुत पीछे छोड़ आए हैं
जिंदगी की भागमभाग में हम ख़ुद को कहीं बहुत पीछे छोड़ आए हैं, जब नींद बेतकल्लुफ, और जिंदगी खुशमिज़ाज हुआ करती थी, हम ख्वाहिशों की गहमा गहमी में मुस्कराहट की सरगर्मी कहीं भूल आए हैं, ज़िंदगी की भागमभाग में हम ख़ुद को कहीं बहुत पीछे छोड़ आए हैं, आज तो […]
Legal Coupon
Premises of government rural health center, in the night I saw beneath the eucalyptus tree a faded frail figure was scratching the dried cow dung cake of the Indian wall, to sell them door-to-door. peeping out of the cracked cornered cobweb, she hopped off, as I saw her. drinks desi […]
Looking Sad and Haggard
Why are you looking Sad and so haggard? Asked my neighbor When I was taking a Short morning walk. I soon snapped back, “Give me one reason To look jovial and gay.” God has filled the world With a beautiful bounty. And wonderful things The neighbor asked me, “Don’t you […]