In Murshidabad, bewitched I stationed my gaze at the edifice How the Stillness was palpable It was an unforgettable visit to Murshidabad some winters agothrew surprises we were not ready for…. Bewitched, I stationed my gaze at the edifice. The stillness was palpable.Trees nodded gently to the passing gust, as the narrow stream bordering the […]
By the dam when the sun disappears and moon’s so dull You fear the lull Did you try and build a dam through air ?! You befriend the sky and fear the lull,When the sun disappear and moon’s so dull,The wedge-wood turning cerulean,Stars in trapeze herculean,The fear of surviving the night,All consuming shadows in white, Instead, […]
Cafe be written At this quite hours Let the Writer’s Cafe be open,Let the coffee be written,The ting-tang of the stirring spoon be the music we listenat this quiet hours,‘Till the first ray of the sun touches the pile of creased napkins soiled by laughter and unspokenwords….. “There was something quite beautiful about finding such a profound connection […]
The Scent of Death Autumn your Sweet fragrance Conspire The tongue carries the taste of rainYou, the scent of deathDousing the fire, your sweetfragrance conspireCloud-kitchen churns in-uteroFrost-o-bedYour sweet fragrance conspire Slippers lose memory by the doorway,Bare foot a prick of dew,Living in the pages of a favouritebook,Sleeves soaked in pining anew, The slow turn of […]
Dreams scatter as tine particles of reality Hiraeth’s bubbles deflate… The bubble deflates,Dreams scatter as tiny particles of realitySlowly evaporating into its insignificant frame, You are slipping by slowly —The days, the hours, theMoments,The silent combustion ofMemories,Ashes burning the osteoblasts,Thoughts hiding between sheetsof cloud albums,Forgotten petals of the smog — I saw your soul, I came to […]
Words like mediocrity wriggle through Misty mind flushed in mediocrity needlessly inks Mediocrity of winter hangs like switched-off fairy lights,Words like mediocrity wriggle throughswallowed thoughts —Life runs on the highway,Walks by quaint roads,Loiters around bushy by-lanes,Bylines of fate are the diminishedStatutory Warnings on end-pageSurrogate Adverts…. It takes a sudden turn when — They, in their Dior Tuxedos andPuma runners, sprint toChoose Gucci over […]
In the Bubble of Proliferating Dream I walk smothered by star dust I walk in and out of my dreamProliferating like reality,Smothered by star dustFeet smudged in mushy mudby the corner where lilies bloom…. The shrub-shroud no hindranceFor light to penetrate the locus,A little place so pristine,Where dreams emanate fragranceOf the real, honeyed whiff sweepspast […]
Now I will ask you — why?! Now to an End Now that the day has come to an endNow that sky switches on its starry neonNow that pubs are absorbing fatigueNow that the breeze blows blithe Now that birds have reached homeNow that hope hangs from the fibre windowNow that coffee gets ready in dim lightNow […]
