Delhi Drama Act 11

Every day while leaving work I wait for a bus for about 15-20 minutes while the buses I am waiting for passing every few minutes in the o...

Delhi Drama Act 10

Translation: "I am mad, I love you, I don't want to leave! but I have to leave, I think I'll like leaving, You'd have ...

Youth.

And there you are, growing in different directions, living for admirations,  being an essence to lives around you, expected to make...

My Cycling Story.

I faintly remember my first cycle, a baby tri-cycle passed on to me by an elder cousin who was now too big to use it. Three hard plastic wh...

A Significant Memory.

A Significant Memory. The one with the fort, The quiet corner, And that book. The one with the poem, The surprise, And that look. The o...

Confessions of a Loner.

Confessions of a loner.  I have confessions to make  Of how I have disappointed you, Yes, you. The cheeky guy I sat next to in school, T...

Delhi Drama Act 9.

Delhi Drama Act 9:  Love in the times of Demonetisation.  The guy notices an ATM with a short queue of only about 10 to 15 people,...

A short Ode to friends

A short Ode to friends.  They were four,  One became an Engineer,  Second became a Manager,  The third wrote Code, Fourth becam...

Calm

Calm. I sought calm, I went to a mosque, And they told me to pray.  I went to a temple, And they told me to pray. I w...

Being with Wings

Being with Wings. I once saw a bird and said, "I wish I had wings too, I could fly away from everything, Bad wea...

You, me, and the Moon.

You, me, and the Moon. I looked at the moon and I saw loneliness,  The scar-like spots,  Its attention seeking tides. You looked...

A Loners Complaint

A Loner's Complaint Misunderstood in a world of the regular, Odd in a world of similar. They call me weird, They call me crazy,...

Before the storm

Before the storm.  I looked around,  Everything was gray,  and quiet.  A storm was coming I felt, I patiently waited and prepare...

The Bird Scarers

The Bird scarers. I met this family working on a farm. With anger all over their faces, Heat too high b...

The Tries of I.

The Tries of I.  I tried to be still,  I couldn't, because it wasn't for my will. I tried staying calm,  I couldn&#...

Elements

There she stands,  In a place where she doesn't belong,  Through seasons which are never hers.  There she stands, In a mourning s...

Mumbai.

Barbaric city sick-with slums, Deprived of seasons, blessed with rains, Its hawkers, beggars,  iron-lunged, Processions led by frantic dr...

Stories.

Stories. Have you ever wondered, How many stories you enter every day, The customer-care girl happy at you being kind, The...

Fabled

How did we end up here?  It started once upon a time,  Long long back, You were crossing the river, Or strolling in the wood, I was hung...

Reasons.

Stop! Why do you run? Because it's fun! Why don't you?  I do too, just not for the reasons same as you. - In picture, A kid...

Anthony.

I saw a man, Paying respect to a lone grave between the hills, With greens in the air and sea in the noise, In the eerie silence ar...

A letter to Rosy Santana.

A Letter to Rosy Santana. Remember the time I cooked fish for you With spices from your shop? I do, I'd rather eat poison tha...

The fisherman

"Macchi mile to batana" I yelled at him, He couldn't hear what I said, and signalled me to repeat again, I said...

The old fort and the sea.

The Old Fort and the Sea.  You're old,  You still don't crumble,  Even when I hit you with all my force. Why? I do crumble, Inch b...

A city sunrise.

A city sunrise.  In the city of blinding lights,  Have you noticed the morning sun?  Awkwardly rising behind the concrete jungle, Tired....

Delhi Drama Act 8.

I get into an auto with a friend, from Khan Market to go to CP. I ask for the charges, he smiles and says "Aap kitna doge?" , ...

Les Pensées.

Les Pensées. I mothered a thought, And dressed it pretty In liquid amber, And chrysoprase green; sprinkled some rhythms, And ornamented i...