How would you describe the colour Yellow to a person who’s blind by birth ?
Poems
Dream an absurd dream. For dreams to reach maturity They need to cross the threshold of absurdity. Like a girl, bleeding her first, Steps into womanhood. Dream an absurd dream That makes people laugh On your face, in disbelief. Or gets them simmering with anger Oh, how dare you! Dream with such audacity When life […]
Poems
Today, I am a visitor Maa No, No I can’t stay You pack your Aloo Poori I will eat it on the way. On the way to the big city Where ambitions are crafted out of dreams And fattened on money. Money is plenty, Ma It is all about the hustle! No, Ma I can’t […]
Scribbles
It was the year 2006 when Kiran Desai’s novel The Inheritance of Loss won the Booker prize. Although since then, I have had the good fortune of reading many award-winning books in my career as a literature enthusiast, I distinctly remember that particular book and author. I remember that novel because it was the first […]
Poems
एक सुबह आंगन में धूप सेकते हुएएक तितली को उड़ते देखादेख उसे जाते डाल डालसे पात पातमैंने सोचाक्या तितली का भी घर होता होगा?होते मेरे भी पंख अगरक्या मुझे सुहाते ईंटों के घर ?ख्याल उड़ने का तो हैमुझे भी लुभातापर गिरने के डर से मन कुछ सहम सा जाताकभी खुली आंखों से सपने देखती हूँउनमें […]
Mental health
To all those who suffer tonight Who feel too small to stand tall Who measure their worth in teaspoons Instead of leaps and bounds. To all those who fear To take up too much space They have been told Their feet’s too big Coz’ only a few stand at the top So they make themselves […]