Often you have gone away Leaving me stranded, Once again I’m sitting alone Sifting sand and empty handed What kind of relationship We are going to have, If that is your aptitude. Or that’s how you’d behave A mystic moon, twinkling stars Do not brighten my life The vacuum you […]
Month: July 2018
Melody of Melancholy
I ( WHEN YOU LIVE ) When you live, Live with a blessed SPRING Rose, Perfumed – Serenading drizzle, Chivalry of the lightning, Honesty of the biting kisses And deeper digs, Butterfly shore Of the soul, Vibing musk Of the God Sunlight On the holy mountains ! II Or, if […]
Will He Never Shut Up
I sat down and started writing don’t really know why just knew I wanted it out of me but again I didn’t know what it was but afterwards I felt better even now when I know what it is I still feel better and so I go on […]
A Woman Is
A daughter, a daughter -in -law, a wife, a mother, a house keeper, a care taker You name it and she is! Right from her tender age she senses The distinctions made between she and her brother The freedom denied to her is always granted to him A carefree life […]
The Girl Who had the Most Blessed Mind
Sometimes when it would rain And the evening would have a lucid charm She would sit by that window of her living room And think of days happy and warm Like those days she had spent Amidst the green, those hills, Thinking of those flowers with scent And that musical […]
Writing as a Calling
By Mark Antony Rossi The greatest challenge facing the modern writer is not questionable talent or the shifting publishing industry, those are common misunderstood refrains who hear a lot on social media from people who think their novel on alien invasion — it is the absolute tenacity necessary to make […]
Clandestine Travelers
By Shobha Diwakar from Jabalpur, India Kamlesh was a regular traveler. Although he often took the flight when fares were low, this time he decided to travel by train. The unfortunate part was since he could not get a first class reservation he was compelled to travel in second class […]
The Development Story
Dr. Piyu Deo Mahant from Bhopal, India
Technology, Rumor Mill and the Surveillance State
By the Editor: Siddharth Sehgal I would have commented on the hug-antics in monsoon session of Parliament but there is much more need worthy issue that needs your attention as a reader. In a short span of few weeks we have heard of mobs beating innocent people to death over […]
The Hell-Stinki Affair
By Terence Wynne from Camillus, NY, USA