आज विश्व साइकिल दिवस बताया जाता है, तो क्यों न पुरानी यादें ताजा कर ली जाएं 1960 के दशक में साइकिल लग्जरी वस्तुओं में शुमार थी। गर्मियों की छुट्टियों में ननिहाल जाने की रश्म जोर शोर से मनाई जाती थी। नानाजी जमींदार और क्षेत्र में बौहरे जी कहलाते थे, इसका […]
Month: June 2022
He Loves Me
He says he loves me It must be true If he says so But Suspicion casts Its shadow When I look back My doubts grow Was it love When he made me quit My studies That were my passion Was it love When he forced me To give up […]
Marriages, Heaven, and Tests on Earth
by Monali Dam “High-status affluent family based in Delhi wants a very fair, beautiful non-manglik bride for a very handsome boy highly educated belonging to high caste Brahmin family.”Well, this was among the countless ads in the matrimonial column of a newspaper that happened to capture my attention. Caste, height, weight, […]
The Unchangeable
The heart seeks what it wants, No matter what the price. It’s an unchangeable little thing, To be washed away with the white lies. […]
Tackling Heat Waves in Our Cities
by Anish Esteves While the country and world largely focussed on the crisis of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine, another crisis was lurking last month: that of Heat waves. The past few weeks, mostly in May have been difficult for many states such as Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Haryana to name a […]
It’s Yesterday Once More
Remember the dates, July 1945 the month, Sixth year of World War raging, Two Olympics were abandoned, India missed two golds in hockey, Bradman a few centuries, Germany surrendered, out of reckoning then; Japan unconquered till then! […]
शांत आसमान
आसमान शांत है एक परिंदे ने शोर मचा रखा है बदन की कब्र में शांत हु बस ज़िंदा लाश बना रखा है किसी ने यू एस ए के ब्रुकलिन शहर के गार्डन से एक फूल तोड़ा फूल के टूटने से ज्यादा उसका दुबारा कभी न खिल पाना अस्वस्थ लगा खैर […]
Puerto Viagra
by Brian Fox from East Meadow, NY, USA
An Everlasting Love
The day I saw you, I loved you from the core of my heart. It is an everlasting love as you became my heart keeper. You are the mover of my heart, the protector of my dream. I don’t want to miss you even for a day from my energetic […]
The Paling Crimson
by Kunal Roy Flesh trade or sex trade or prostitution whatever we say at this hour is the oldest profession in the whole world. Since time immemorial prostitution has been a thriving business. Not only the women from the backward sections of the society but also the ones who belong […]