Free Verse — What kind of a bliss would you enjoy if life were to be filled with joyous occasions only? Welcome even your sorrows with elan and interest as you would welcome the joys in your life, for times of sorrow also teach you many worthy lessons and give your demeanour a beautiful depth. Sorrows, like dead leaves…

Ghazal Poem — The Pandemic, masks taking breath, they hide — chaos everywhere, disbelief and death: they hide. Lady wrapped in white, laid in a box — expecting a last glance and strength: they hide. Man pleading for togetherness — fearing loneliness and its threat: they hide. Empty home waiting for endless chatter — scared of its own silhouette: they hide. A life throbbing in the Eleventh hour to be saved — suspended between both worlds and upset: they hide.

Free Verse Ghazal Poem — I’ve seen lovely sparrows chirping ebulliently near my dwelling. Now, there are empty nests and hollow trees near my dwelling. Stories of assemblages of snakes fascinated and amazed me. Now, I see only piles of coarse soot and grime near my dwelling. Some pigeons in crevices, wasps, a honeybee sometimes…

30-Day Gratitude Challenge — Last Saturday, I was planning for a hospital admission for my father due to a recurring illness, which required another surgery at the earliest. There was an inner conflict (with sadness) but there was also a need to be strong, calm, and smile for your loved ones to avoid breakdowns…

30-Day Gratitude Challenge — Of late, I’ve had some humble realizations, and some overwhelming feelings, and my heart’s been brimming with gratitude. Setbacks, triumphs, more setbacks, and then more triumphs — we have experienced all these moments from time to time. Some of us live in perpetual difficult times and wait for a ray…

Free Verse — I shade the flower petals with the hues I want — red, deep red, orange, maroon and purple, baby pink, dark pink — and enthral me with their unique beauty. Embracing these petals are leaves, stalks, buds — I colour them as I want, with browns and different shades of…

Free verse — All the people who helped my parents financially during their tough times. My grandfather/s, who silently infused discipline in me with their respectful conduct. My grandmother taught me to be patient and strong during small illnesses, and not to keep shrieking now and then. My parents for everything that I am today. My siblings always covered for…

Rondelet —

FREE VERSE — In the realm of a seemingly disturbed world, good things also happen just like that — some diversions happen in situations that truly embody goodness; some eternal connections beckon us and encourage us to be true and kind to ourselves and others, and display gratitude and humanity, and believe that never-ending glad tidings await us in the…