Indian Periodical

तुमने तो मुझे कहानी का अहम् किरदार बनाते बनाते बेकिरदार ही कर दिया तुमने तो मुझे मुकम्मल बनाते बनाते अधूरी कहानी ही बना दिया तुमने तो मुझे पाषाण समझ ठोकर में उछाल दिया तुमने तो मुझे बीच मझधार में डूबने को छोड़  दिया तुमने तो मुझे सपनो की दुनिया से […]

It seems the earth is cracking up Taps, rivers, rivulets, springs, wells Are squeezed dry Selfishly man drowns his own hopes and aspirations As he rents the earth’s entrails To loot and prosper Material wealth has knotted his pride He can ruin the hopes of others Who ramble up and […]

Why  I  am  tied  tightly  in  chains, Is  it  to  increase  my  anguish  and  pains I’ve   always  been  bound  by  traditions I  dared   not,  ever,  indulge  in  sedition In  this  society   the   patriarchy   reigns And   against  women  bias  it  maintains I  accepted  it  all  this  sans  any  complaint I’ve  always   […]

Only a few days back The Dol jatra has ended, The smell of gulal Was still lingering in the nascent air And those gulmohor trees- They stood like maidens dressed in their best, We were taken to the hutment beside Shonajhuri, The windows facing the green paddy fields Were the […]

Wake me from this dream I am full tears and fears life dealt with me It took my love away from me My dearest is no more Our love is now like two parallel lines How can a man have a nightmare in a day time Wake me it is […]

Cages don’t need to be visible, Prison don’t need to be tangible, Entrapped as we all are, Despite the so called freedom we have. Thoughts don’t seem to be empowering, Feelings don’t seem to be transcending, Trapped as we all are in our minds and our body. Freedom is a […]

a circle of listeners mused around her a Dylan piece with guitar she scoring about to dusk on the strand of the Thames I could not but stop strolling; a baby in comfort playing over her belongings amidst interlude she carefully glancing her torso speaks she don`t belongs here someday […]