Month: July 2021

Poetry

Gulf

Bitterness and Sorrow Clutching each other Seaweed and Water   I can eat the Seaweed of Bitterness In the Water Of Sorrow                                                   ~ David Francis […]

Fiction

The Construction Plot

by Shefali Poojary I   On a hot summer morning, the builders came to the plot bearing their excavators and hydraulic hammers.   The plot, a serene piece of land where flowers grew wild, the long grass swayed in the breeze and the fertile ground nursed the trees. Every time […]

Poetry

Long Tranquilized

whom to forgive? when a long time has passed reminiscing too cares not this heart for my now has some years old quill tapestry of composed, vibrant feathers mirroring artistry of some hundred stars hitherto, exhibiting the strength from scars a few shining bright, passing on their extra light to […]

Poetry

Life is Not Bed of Roses

Life is short, but it has deep meaning.   Very few people know about life’s real implications.   If you want to face the way of life, there is no need to go to a temple.   We require courage in our hearts and have courage to take risk in life, which I […]

Fiction

The Mysterious Baria

by Anuradha S. Bannore Nimki, Saki, Maitri & Vini left one early morning for a picnic to a place called Baria. No one except Maitri was excited about this place as they had heard umpteen stories about it being a mysterious place & many unanswerable & unimaginative things had happened […]

Poetry

A Daughter’s Voice

A new phase of her life has now begun From that she learns many lessons New environment is filled with responsibilities Yet she handles, amidst of the difficulties Every moment in new place, reminds about her home, Where she has spent the days from childhood till grown Distance between herself […]

Poetry

माँ

फैली स्नेह कि बाँहें माँ के दुलार का वह आँचल भीगी पलकों में लिपटी प्यार भरी मुस्कान आज कहीं खो गईं थकी, थकी सी वह चाल ग्रहस्ती के तले दबे दायित्व बच्चों में सिमटी ज़िन्दगी कब रात दिन में, कब दिन रात में बीत गई… पता नहीं वह दिनभर कि […]

Poetry

The Art of Giving and Receiving

If you have anything to give, give it with an open heart; If you ever receive, receive it with gratitude and without any greed. For the hungry stomach, even a grain is like a mountain of food, and a drop of water will flow like a river through thirsty throat. […]

Poetry

If the God Descends

If the god descends I shall not ask for riches Not the wealth nor the health Not the success nor the promotion But surely I want to touch him Feel him and ask him Are you the god with the flute Or the one with the cross Or the peace […]

Poetry

Mind

Mind is the most subtle part of the human body. It can travel faster than sound, and even faster than light.   It does not require visa, And not require passport. And can travel round the world and beyond and that too in a short time.   The mind is […]