Can you see it, right here, inside swaying the tusks dripping blood? Do you see it, drunk in adulation the peak of its head held high still climbing with every cheer from the boisterous crowd? Are you seeing it- the large microphonic ears flapping on himself like a decorated fan? Those distrusting eyes penetrating through you in quiet[Read More...]
Well now you know how time flies, Like a bird caught in a whirlwind, Like a serpent shedding skins, Like a roadside bench being abandoned again and again. And it has been said before And maybe even before that, That these are worlds of our own making, A translucent lucid facade of falsifications Of hopes and of dreams and of[Read More...]
Every little girl has a dream A dream to study, a dream to play, A dream to dance, a dream to fly, A dream[Read More...]
Let us go there, you and I, hoping chocolates fall from the sky. Let us go into a hilly terrain, where flows the ancient Amu Darya, where Marco Polo watched sheep graze on the grass of Pamirs. Do they still browse or is it tamam shud with a rat-a-tat-tat? Has the river turned red? Incarnadined, gaze ghosts unwounded[Read More...]
Is this climate change? I asked as rains lashed out. Oh, that is a subject for experts, the bald man with a goatee said. We stood on the clouds and watched the water slowly submerge — seeping through the marshes rising, rising till it covered the fields, the houses. The cattle — did they swim? The cats and dogs?[Read More...]
A monkey came to our home. It saw plenty of space to roam! Elated, it went from room to room Looking nook and corner It saw my computer … The shining screen caught it’s eyes It sat on the table, looked here and there twice! Scanned the keyboard Began to type word after word. Finding the sounds odd, It went[Read More...]
I got a little tired of believing that the man who died during demonetisation while standing in a queue of a heart attack was any less important or not gold-medal deserving than the man who can throw a javelin further than others with the help of an Australian coach and a German or two for good measure I got a[Read More...]
Wandering here and there Among adivasis everywhere Singing like active Nightingale Inspiring local people She explored people’s lives Offered succor without any avarice She was a darling To the folks who were listening And applauding One day, uniformed dragons came Choked her throat without shame Mutilated her body To frighten everybody Then mercilessly draped Her with some dress readymade And[Read More...]
Trans: Ra Sh He opted for humanity, Got abandoned by humans. With a third eye that unbinds borders he danced to the wingbeats of a migratory bird within the range of a tele lens. He sported a beard like an anonymous guru. He had no disciples. He did not frame butterflies or rivers or trees. All of them[Read More...]
Look. I am before you. Now I am here: I am making a statement proclaiming a truth nothing less than an outcry. Listen. I am speaking truth crying out. Listen: Earth is dying one-only Earth. Earth is dying ravaged, abused. Not dying from old age not expiring by the will of God but perishing through serial extinctions from human[Read More...]
