Anupama’s Homecoming
Welcome after your long journey on high oceans, Storms and lost directions, confusions and calamities, The world is a cyclone without a rest, It defies meaning and feeling. While you were there you made it look easy, You were ever adorned with smile and grace, Little did people know you travelled light, Dropping riches […]
Grace and Courage : Anupamaji is No More
When I met her first many years ago in India, I was stuck by her reticence. She sat with noble quietness. After a while I felt that it fit very well with the architecture of her rectitude. Great personalities, generally, are quieter than the common folk. I guess it is because they are more […]
I Look Back Neither in Pain or Despair – Babu’s Soliloquy from Heaven
I have been in the pastures of heaven now for about five weeks: Quiet and unhurried, swimming in a painless existence, Everyday is grand, every event here is magical, Life lifts in blissful ecstasy, serenading the colossal majesty of the cosmos. Every since I arrived here I have had no time to think on […]
Babu’s Tryst with Destiny
Destiny is not what we make it to be ordained by some super powers, It descends from the center of universe and shoots down digitally to its object, Its mystery is awesome, its mystique transcending, Its message is final. When Babu was young he was considered by some to be a light-weight, He had […]
Clara’s Fourth Birthday
Clara seemed self-conscious on her birthday, Sitting on a child-chair just outside her garage, Balloons fluttered dreamily as her mother greeted The guests and helped with the drinks. It was a daytime party set outside her house To ease the terrible trauma of social-distancing, Neighbors came selectively falling in line with The group Dad Yashar […]
Some Reflections on Coronavirus
1. The Lesson from Coronavirus: How a sub-microscopic entity such as coronavirus is tormenting mankind tells us that we are essentially a creature of nature, though we possess the entity of mind. But human mind only gives us ideas, it does not make us live biologically. So, human existence comprises of a biological system […]
The Cruel Emptiness of D-5
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the nights And wonder how things are at D-5, When I open its door its neat emptiness hits me, A deep poignancy grabs me and I feel God was not fair In treating its denizens the way He did. Dad got it built after numerous postings […]
When you go again to Lakes Placid and George
When you go again to Lakes Placid and George Years from now, do not trouble to think of me, Your visit should be your own, Your joys pouring out of your pores. Lake George is a symphony of joy But Lake Placid comes from the delicate fibers of one’s being, Aren’t they the two […]
Book Review : Days of Destiny by S.S. Ambardar – Maharaj Kaul
This is an epic autobiography written in extraordinary detail, with a deep undercurrent of nostalgic pained emotion, in exquisite English. Starting from author’s deep past, from the early childhood, to his near end, it contains a panoramic as well as a detailed sweep of his existence. The author’s soul is present behind every word he […]
Serendipity and Sorrow : A Tribute to Baijee
How can one sum up a long human life? Every human being during the course of his life wants to achieve several different things, be they his ambitions for himself, his family, his country, the humankind, or a particular intellectual arena. But ambitions themselves do not make them happen, as one’s passage through the world […]