Sunsets and Smiles
A 4-day escape from the monotonous life Who knew that it was what we needed To live and survive? What we craved, we never knew, was a chance to truly unwind. And leave the monotonous plight behind. From strangers in desks to a bond that won't fray,...
Listen Before You Leap!
Hi, there! In this highly visual world of ours, we are beginning to rely more and more on our eyes. Experts tell us that the eyes are the most...
Navaratri and Naari Shakthi
Bathukamma and Navaratri Festivals have brought out the flowers, colour and garbha dances to the fore. For all of us who have been passing through...
Dream
Dream! What was the first thing that came to your mind when you read the word 'dream'? Was it a pipe dream or was it a dream come true? Whatever the...
Musings about a Gator
Crude abhorrence kept growing ever so swiftly, Only for a silver to flare it just slightly. My calls for a buttress got nays very grimly, But then...
The Perspective Trilogy
Perception I was approached by a succulent tone Letting my guard down into the unknown You pulled back until the mystery had grown The crux is that...
Water
I come in blue, I come in white, I come in green which is not so bright. Life to many, a resource to many, A wifeless life? That's so funny! I span...
Scenes from a man’s life
Scenes from a man’s life Characters- Man, Tall hairy figure, Woman, Child ‘’To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the...
Ripped
Ripped Characters- Husband, Wife, The men As husband and wife find themselves at crossroads, both literally and metaphorically, after many wrong...
Going on stage
On August 4, 2021, the Euphonious Club of St Mary’s college organized a music fest to celebrate the 92nd birth anniversary of the legendary singer, Shri Kishore Kumar. The program started with an open mike invite. I hesitatingly went up on the stage to sing one of my most favorite songs of Shri Kishore Kumar, Tere bina zindagi se koyi shikwa to nahin shikwa nahi.
The Need for a Narrative
I write this to share my thoughts about something that caught my attention in this post written by a colleague. What I found interesting in it was the expressed need for a narrative to frame this global Covid’19 crisis. That the current situation lacks a narrative that is grand, like those classics written by Tolstoy or Dostoevsky, to describe what is happening. I understand this impulse as it is something that I have been witnessing in various forms since this crisis began. It is the most basic response that human beings have, one of meaning-making. It is an attempt to grasp what is happening and in some ways foist meaning onto a situation to make it palatable.