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POEMS
Resilience
In the storm's fierce howl, resilience stands tall- A beacon of strength amidst...
Shattered Reflections
She sensed the signs, her heart could see,
The hidden truths and false decree...
The hidden truths and false decree...
The Wealthy Indian
From long spiritual pilgrimages,
To the greatest architectural marvels...
To the greatest architectural marvels...
Heartbreak’s River
The moment I realized I was nothing,
In the night when he was all those stars...
In the night when he was all those stars...
A Tale of Scars
Gazing at the bleeding wounds,
Emerged a few scars
Emerged a few scars
Draupadi – The Woman
Her lips were pale
Eyes two large shining rocks...
Eyes two large shining rocks...
The Bench
The wooden bench bore sole witness
To the unrestrained tears...
To the unrestrained tears...
A Word that Lasts!
One word alone, it alters life’s course,
Binding me to you, in unison’s force...
Binding me to you, in unison’s force...
Mending Bonds with Words
In the fading light, I stand alone...
Be The Light
Be the wind in someone’s sail,
Be the calm in someone’s gale...
Be the calm in someone’s gale...
Compassion
In this selfish world so cold,
A beacon of light guides the way...
A beacon of light guides the way...
Letter to My Dad
To the man who takes bullets and arrows
Hundreds, for me…
Hundreds, for me…
Joy is it, that I Have Discovered
In a world unknown, I chanced upon a...
The Yellow Chair
Cleaning the clutter in my head,
I stopped and thought for a while...
I stopped and thought for a while...
Sovereign Serenade: India Unveiled
In days of old, midst’ verdant lands...
Blame Game
Why do you blame the world
When you are also part of it...
When you are also part of it...
Nature’s Fury
He walked far and far away
Wandering through shrubs as it may...
Wandering through shrubs as it may...
A Letter from Me to You, My Child
I see the tears you have shed...
Journey to Self-Discovery
In life's grand dance, fingers differ, not the same...
A Bird’s Prayer
Lord, help the little ones in my nest,
You know God I’ve done my very best...
You know God I’ve done my very best...
If Only
In the depths of a heart, where shadows reside, A soul lies wasted,...
Life
In the race of quenching the thirst for life,
I am in the crowd of success...
I am in the crowd of success...
Ode to My Father
Today is Father’s Day and I miss you more,
No poem or essay can express or store...
No poem or essay can express or store...
Her Reflection in Him
He wanted her to stay, in a wake,
of conking out on the lap of luxury...
of conking out on the lap of luxury...
In One Accord
A little blade of grass
I notice as I pass...
I notice as I pass...
My Mother
I pine for you every day,
Since you left on that awful day...
Since you left on that awful day...
Her, that Night
The certain bench, of a certain park,
and the aroma of a summer rose...
and the aroma of a summer rose...
Missing You
My father never wanted praises,
Never ever would boast...
Never ever would boast...
One Cold Morning
One cold morning, I hope
to be sitting near a glistening lake...
to be sitting near a glistening lake...
Desolation
He felt everything at once.
A sinking feeling, a feeling of being lonely...
A sinking feeling, a feeling of being lonely...
The Living Foetus
Oh Please, It’s a chimaera!
To come out of the whopping womb...
To come out of the whopping womb...
I Don’t Wanna be Alone
I just don’t want to be alone anymore
It feels like an eternity...
It feels like an eternity...
A Christmas Song
It's a festive time as Christmas is here
A season of hope, a season of cheer...
A season of hope, a season of cheer...
A Gem of a Person
Maybe you're a diamond
you let your experiences shape you...
you let your experiences shape you...
Life- a Tryst of Mysteries
Why are we born and why do we die?
As twelve hours round the clock...
As twelve hours round the clock...
My Dearest Dad
I think of him every day
As the months have lingered by...
As the months have lingered by...
Fire and Ice
Like ice that cools the drink in a glass,
There's a calm beneath your wings...
There's a calm beneath your wings...
SHORT STORIES
The Cell Phone
From nowhere came the sound of an old-fashioned telephone as Kitty scanned...
Ice Lolly
I got so angry with my sister when she asked me to visit the flour mill...
Upside Down
He came out of his dwelling for the first time. He opened his eyes cautiously...
Happy Diwali
It’s Diwali on a Sunday. Opened WhatsApp soon after waking up. Seemed like...
The Duster
I reached the school unusually early. It was the first day after the holidays and I was...
A Sinister Secret
The boat bumped through the waves as if hit by speed bumps. The wind continued...
Never Miss a Chance to Enjoy the Fresh Air
I was looking out of the window from a...
The Sadness of Silence
One cold winter evening, a poignant scene unfolded as a small bent ninety-year-old...
The Ring
She heard the ring of a message come in - all turned towards the sound...
The Poem
My first memories, of my grandfather, is of he being in a dhoti and kurta with a shawl...
The Gift
It was difficult to imagine what was within the wrap. But he knew it was delivered...
Amidst the Rain and the Clouds
The flowers and the leaves drooped...
It Happened One Night
He was driving as fast as he could to reach home. His daughter had suffered...
Guard of Honour
I saw him as soon as I stepped inside the bank. It was overcrowded with customers...
Only in Whispers
As I entered the room, it whispered the storms that had echoed within...
Over and Forever
Their parents loved them with the power of a thousand suns...
Aurora Borealis
Away from the gruelling world, tucked within the arctic circle in Tromso...
The Slumbering Winter
Hundred moons have passed, and the nights only seems to get colder...
An Epidemic
A cool wind blew through the windows of a clinic in Sivapuram. White clothes...
Crime & Punishment
I was lucky to have a friend like him. Ratnakar’s friendship was like a light...
Life is Beautiful
‘Papa, look at the clouds. They are running with us. And the trees are running...
Drowning
It was panic, fear and more panic. Her hair floated upward and her skin started to...
Unfaithful
‘You know, he is the best thing which has happened to me. Losing him would be...
Life Insurance
The tubes, wires and the monitoring equipment was kept on one side...
Guilt
‘They are coming for my engagement tomorrow. Father is adamant that I...
Flight Path
It was love at first sight. Then they got married. And then they fell in love...
The Millionaire
He was poor and had been thrown out to break up on cold ground. He was hungry...
Nostalgia
“Lata, go and check, your grandpa went for a walk long back, he has not returned”...
The Nuremberg Trials
The tribunal of the Nuremberg Trials was given the charge of trying the most...
Renewal
Kept at one corner in a glass case of the school biology laboratory...
Dr. Sunshine
Dr. Bornik Mitra walked past the hospital hallway towards the Intensive Care Unit...
You are the Reason I Believe that Love is Real
Salan, a Mangalorean Catholic and Cherry...
Blank Calls
It was like a ritual. The phone rang, breaking the eerie silence of the night...
Breathe Out
Guns n’ Roses blazing into her headphones, she sat by the window and gazed outside...
Puchki – A True Story
The labourers were starving and sickly. They toiled eighteen hours every day...
Victory
“Grandma, when is Dad coming back?”, asked little Bela. “Soon, very soon, dear.”...
The Gentleman
He was nicknamed the Gentleman. An officer of the Indian Police Service...
Love
“Mom! I won the first prize in the calligraphy competition.”, exclaimed Tara...
Broken
First, it was cold indifference. Then, they started to stab and swing vile words...
A Rainy Night
It was raining as if it would never stop. She turned off the flickering bulb...
The Best Friend
I had not met him for years. He was my best friend in college...
Contagious
It was extremely hot and humid. A few hundred meters from the hospital, I saw...
Sujata
I first saw her when she entered my class in the third standard...
Pen-Pals
The letters from her were like a song, straight from her heart...
The Red Scarf
Hari was sitting peacefully on the banks of the Ganges, when he saw a girl...
Raani
It was a ritual. I used to hide behind the rocks to watch the gold and black...
Eyes
It was spring and I boarded the bus to Dharamshala with the stick in my hand...
Love
Meera had a crush on him and he knew it too. She made every romantic leap...
Lessons from Children
Rohan and Sohan were at it again.
Their constant fighting over trivial things...
Memory
Texting some last-minute messages before take-off, I heard: “Excuse me...