sounds of springecho on my window- repriseThere are two hanging nests in my balcony (bought) and one made by laughing doves. The laughing doves are frequent tenants and I have seen many nestlings fly off my patio. My boy and I have named some of the doves and we strongly believe that it is the... Continue Reading →
To The Magic Shop
Somedays I wish to be lose my way into timeAnd find the way to this time magic shopTo fill my bag with sprinkles of magic dustAnd some chiffon wings for my wanderlustA slice of moon for the Cheshire smileSome saturn rings for concealing the catty eyesAnd if my bag is yet to fillI will shop... Continue Reading →
The Morning After
The year of romance for any book lover in Delhi NCR starts in January with the World Book Fair. This year it was delayed and happened in the month of love February. Yesterday, my boy and I, visited the World Book Fair. It was after two years that we headed towards our bookish heaven all... Continue Reading →
Healed not Mended
Many things remain between the truth and the lies we liveJust like the cut that goes through the heartThe cut that can't be mended. Healed yes... but not mended.As it will remain.The waves of the sea heal, the mist of the mountain heals,A long conversation with a friend heals But nothing can mend. For the... Continue Reading →
Choose Well
Choices ... How does one define the right choices? The things of course, can be chosen based on colour, shape, size blah blah. But the choices that define us, the choices that can make or break the life path we follow... How do we define the right choice? In a lifespan over forty years the... Continue Reading →
Yesterday’s Moon – 2
Walking barefoot on the grass, she feels the dew on her cheeks. She reads his coldness a thousand times. Hiding tears in the night, the moon watches her plight.He takes the ice in his malt and gulps it down to the heart. Frozen... it feels, ready to tear her apart. His hands shiver, as he... Continue Reading →
Confessions
May be we shouldn't have confessedIt was a little more Love was not the word we useLove brought out our insecuritiesYou know how it feels when my head rests on your shoulderI know how it feels when you hold me nearerAnd that was enough May be we shouldn't have confessedIt was a little more Together... Continue Reading →
UnPeopling
Friendship Day some twenty years back. Pa got me this dress during our trip to Goa in February 2002. Mom objected, but she objected to everything in her attempt to keep me down to earth. I think she succeeded some bit in the long run. But back then her success ratio was negligible. I would... Continue Reading →
Seeking My Inner Buddha
In that moment of icy despair, when the soul lay bare The mind was enthralled as the illusive veil before the eyes was torn away. The veil had condemned and ostracized, all that was a part of my being And I was looking westward always waiting for the sun to set and let a new... Continue Reading →
But It Is Just A Night!
Death lingers in the air. Every second phone call is heart crunching. Sometimes I feel may be this is Kal Yug, the actual time for death and devastation. And the cause had to be man! Sometimes I feel it is nature doing its balancing act but then when I see the good people actually losing... Continue Reading →