THE JAPANESE GARDEN

TAKING THE RAIN Dazzling in the dim rain   a pariah kite perched as usual  on a tall telephone tower,  hoists its grey wings like sails 

REFUSAL TO MOURN THE ABOLITION OF PIGEON-FEEDING SPOTS IN MUMBAI Then die.  Amidst manic laughter.   What good are you, anyway?  What good….. You are no

PADMA  Now only pictures and legends remain  in books and Google, may be.   Fondly christened Padma,   Rabindranath Tagore’s houseboat or bajra   would now rest on