TAKING THE RAIN
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 as if sailing in the wind taking the rain, then arches its plumage as if ready to lift—taking the rain, holding at bay the big surge to be air-borne, taking […]
REFUSAL TO MOURN THE ABOLITION OF PIGEON-FEEDING SPOTS IN MUMBAI
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 more carriers of news– amatory or military. Without your wings news now flies globally in nanoseconds. Hooray for the digital age! Besides, you eject a fat lot of toxic shit, […]
PADMA
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 its laurels, well over a century old, if there were a museum to keep it. Quietly, meticulously shaped out of expensive mahogany into a river-faring houseboat complete with cabins, upper […]
Why is society so regressive and fixated on outdated traditions?
Why is society so regressive and fixated on outdated traditions?Musharraf Ali In the journey of human development, there have been many milestones that brought significant changes to life. When humanity’s first ancestor descended from the trees and stood on two legs in the open fields, he did not know that this step would bring a […]
A new life !
A new life ! It’s often two warm hearts find a new home in love… A mystical silence soon follows, intertwined, With a scansion of sounds, well, as their passion wins, Kisses and joyful plays melt bodies instinct drove… Then it also happens often: a child is born, Then another, later, a few, eventually… […]
My secrets
My secrets Once to a phlegmatic, British girl in Paris, I taught all my secrets: « Prayer is alchemy, Love is light, peace is safe, ignore the enemy, You would never be too hurt if your mind is free… Be mobile, be tender, be liquid as water, And positively try just to act with good […]
REMEMBERING JAMES JOYCE
REMEMBERING JAMES JOYCE She stood before the mirror, where her reflection stared back at her. Her oval face was pale, and Rosemary had dusted some powder on her cheeks to enhance their attractiveness. However, her gaze was dull, as if hinting at something unpleasant, and her large, tired eyes revealed a heart full of melancholy. […]
My Life’s Outcome
My Life’s Outcome One by one they goBreaking me into piecesLeaving me to collectAnd slowly get upI doTo liveBut now a jigsaw puzzlewrongly fixedI am so tiredI feel cheatedand trickedA mess I have becomeMy life’s outcome. Sunita Grover Raina
MY DESTINY
MY DESTINY My destiny was kept nicely rolledOn a five feet long Papyrus scrollOpened to have a peep at itFound already getting tattered in bitsMaybe a signal to me was sentTo search it out and read the contentWhy then it appeared this time todayWhat can I say , I have nothing to sayI clicked […]
THEN THAT WOULD BE IT
THEN THAT WOULD BE IT What is goal ?Not a want of soulIt is the ego which searchesAt achievements lurchesDreams its projectionsIts own reflectionLife needs no goalJust live it in wholeTake what it givesLife in it livesFor the end is, ‘rest in peace’Be always at easeIs existence searching a goalExpanding universe ever unrollsHad they achieved […]