A Struggling Dream Never Complete
There were opportunities that would have Lifted my soul out of wear and rut, Giving me new dimensions, I squandered in idealism or ignorance. There were dreams that knocked on my soul That would have lifted it to the stars, Which I ignored out of false fulness, In narcissistic immodesty. There were human […]
Song of Ifshana River
Down the white waters of Ifshana River we were Awestruck by its unreal beauty. Snow-capped mountains framed it, As tall pine trees fringed its sinuous contours. Our boat danced over undulating jagged rocks, As the waters frothed and fumed in a hellish dance. We seemed to be shooting for the mountain peaks, […]
Arjun’s First Lohri
Dance bhangara or gidda all night Arjun For it is your first Lohri, People have come in extravagant numbers and from far To keep rhythm with you. Whether you pray to Surya or Agni, Whether you eat gur or gachak, Now is the moment for you to show us all Your fire and vigor, […]
Man and God
God is totally a product of man’s imagination. This idea exists outside man but most of the men are endowed with a faculty to imagine him. By inspiration and hard work some people are able to experience him much more than others. Man has been made in God’s image; that is, a lot of […]
A Spark that Time will not Snuff : A Tribute to Salil Durani
He did not wail nor whine, As his journey was ending forcibly – A bio-chemical accident, a conspiracy of genes, He went about living Till the wee moments of his existence, No, it was not his sentiment for life, But his invincible will to live – His paeon to life, A spark that time will […]
The Last Smile : A Humanitarian Movie by Jeevan Zutshi
The movie The Last Smile, released in 2017, is based on the book by the same name, written by Jeevan Zutshi. Following is an excerpt from my review of the book in May, 2017: The drama of human life falls into a few types, but every life is a special case. The book we […]
She Suffers in Endless Ways
A woman’s tresses fall like a silence, Her eyes echo a sublime secret. She stands as if all the grace in universe has frozen, Her mercy is ravenous. Creator and nurturer of life, But the world is yet unsure of what place to accord her. Her sin is that she gives birth […]
Life is a Playground
Life is a playground but without rules, We make them as we play the game. Man’s soul searches for the absolute, But our hands are tied before we even try. We rebel, struggle, and strive for redemption of our souls, But the world intervenes and filters our God-given spirituality. If the world […]
Dreams
She stood in sunset – a silhouette of svelte grace, Breeze coiffed her auburn tresses with dexterity, Like a folktale she unwound in gushing smoothness. I had known her since our childhood days, But never did I ever fathom her mystic soul, She hung like a scintillating question-mark around my life. But time […]
Just Being There: Diary Notes of my Trip to Kashmir in 2011
I did not keep a diary during my ambitious trip to Kashmir in 2011, as I generally never have kept diaries, but only diary notes. The trip was ambitious as I wanted to reconnect with my roots after a gap of nine years. Thoughts occurred to me with what goals should I visit it, but […]