I waited— for Eternity , for Love , for that soft touch that grazes the blades of grass, like dew on a cold winter night— quiet, tender,...

Bookstores overwhelm me all the time in a way a library doesn't. Inside the aisles of a library, I find a sense of continuum that is...

The morning news broke gently, like frost on glass: Ten people injured in downtown Boulder— raising their voices for Israeli hostages in...

Saturday it stopped raining after a spell of ten days. Bangalore had the shine back on its dust again. As the afternoon progressed into...

Clad in his crisp kurta with just a hint of pink— a pink stolen from the flamingoes I once saw gliding the altiplano laguna of Chile—...

when you are withering from the inside, who holds you? is it the polar easterlies, that beat down your body thread by thread— take your...

-continued from Dance of Love (An ode to 40 Rules of Love) As we danced, abluted away with love— Kimya watched. She stood still, wrapped...

-       An ode to 40 Rules of Love Last night, the dervishes of love beckoned me… “ Come, dance the Sema. ” I hesitated— “ I know nothing...

If I were rain and the light all just dimmed For a city that's parched in waiting I wish you were wind that sways my hips When I splash...

After life

Unexpectedly, when an afternoon Cools, to let a draft in That blows your curtain sheer, I get a glimpse of your radiant Eyes, and an...

The day we live in

The Longest Sleep

The blues in my life seemed to spill into Sunday as well. It was Mother’s Day—one of those days already soaked in emotion—and I found...

A take on the movie Sinners and the band performance of Arinjoy Trio

Frangipanis my eyes found And champacas I let be All the memories of sampige That lay unpicked beneath the tree The smell is now as faint...

The few days spent near the foothills of Himalayas, a workshop and some reflections

পুরোনো এয়ারপোর্টের রাস্তার দুপাশে বয়ে চলেছে হলুদ স্রোত — লুটিয়ে পড়া সোনালী বৃষ্টির কুসুমগুলি নিজেরাই জড়াজড়ি করে মুখরিত করলো আমার এই...

Death did not bring loss with him - She came two weeks later. When many items of the to-do list were done, Flesh transformed to ash and...

You find In yourself If you, at all, ever. In moments of pause When life doesn't complain If it is suspended in your inattention And you...