Poetry

“You have put on some weight since we last met,” said my mother in law. “You’ll lose your looks, your husband’s interest,” she said for good measure. My husband caught my eye, smiled and said, “Its habit. Just ignore her.” I smiled back at him, basked in the glow of …

I sat on the fringes of the Ocean, watching the waves roll over the surface. I watched the sun dipping in for the night, as waves lapped gently at my feet. The balmy tropical breeze caressed my upturned face, bringing waves of memory; Of a time when I had sat …

“It’s a good day,” I thought as I preened in front of the mirror I applied some mascara and dabbed on some golden shimmer. I combed my hair a hundred times, till it shone golden brown. I smeared some lipstick, puckered my lips & erased my frown.   “It’s going …

  A two syllable word with the power to heal and a magnitude of emotions thrown in. It is not just a word, it’s a heartfelt deal. Yes, an apology is a person’s rueful feelin.   Sorry has the ability to ease strained relations. It has the power to dissolve …

I carried you in my womb; I nursed you on my bosom I nurtured you, I tended to you and I cared for you. You grew to be a strapping youth of kind heart & reason You made my heart swell with pride and joy, long due.   Then you …

They came just as I was to leave, those torrential Mumbai rains. I had gone to such lengths to dress up, they ruined my pains. Despondently I peered out of the window, praying them to stop. Damn! They bore down on earth steady, packed quite a wallop.   He would …

I remember a time when dinners used to center on conversations; When Dinner table conversations would bring families together, And when what was spoken at the table used to be way more Important than what was being eaten. Food was for the soul then.   That was a time when …

Sometimes, there comes such a time in your life, When a smile can cost you many emotions. The clouds of despair hold you in an embrace And suffocation threatens to engulf you.   You feel trapped in a world of your own making And you struggle to find an escape, …

They say the eyes are the window to the soul. They offer deep insights into a man’s self. They are the mirrors that always reflect true, Whether we want to show or not, they exhibit.   If the above is true for man then I wonder Why it is that …

In this transient world, our lives are like footprints in the sand That are washed away, that vanish into the lap of the next wave. In this world of impermanence, we struggle to steady our hand We strive to accumulate, to amass more than what God gave.   But we forget …