When I think of my maternal grandma or Rajambamma as I used to call her, I remember all the letters we wrote to each other

Have you ever floated over the NiagaraIf not, you shouldI made the trip on the Maid of the MistOver the great NiagaraWith my dear mommyWe

May all the godsOffer you the spiritTo be alive and happyMay you never haveTo think of terrible thingsThat wrench your heart from itselfAnd tear it

“If music be the food of love, then play on’, said Shakespeare and centuries later, Samantha Fox in one of her songs. If I had

Have you ever looked back  And seen yourself in purgatory? As time passed by Things returned To where they belonged And you let the wretched

Days are wonderful Nights cool Starry Starry Nights Shine on for you I see them where I live You see them too Here a shine,

When I was in class 6, I used to make a snack with sabudana. Today, after a trillion years, I have forgotten how I used

It’s winter now And my heart’s frozen Whenever it thaws It will freeze all over again And lead to flotsam And jetsam  And algae that’s

My Adonis  Turns his glass eye toward me  And I gaze Until his glass eye shatters I run with my flip flops Bolt into the dark

Shriek! What’s that sound?  It’s like an adder slithering near Hark- calm down, child It’s just me moving over to another side Shriek, what’s that

When someone breaks your heart You switch off and go deep within You stop focusing on the pain And start nurturing yourself again Stay close to

Born in the womb Born of strength She must be ready For challenges of all kinds For opposition and strife She must learn to handle

Subzi by mom. I rolled out all of one chapati. Yes, that shapeless one. And I chopped up the capsicum

I received a review copy of ‘The Tree, The Well, and the Drag Queen’ from the author Salini Vineeth yesterday. I finished this 119-page novella

It’s an anthology of peace and I’m pleased to have one of my poems featured in it. pic from unsplash

Global warming, sustainability, and the future of humanity. The book is by Chetan Singh Solanki Chetan Singh Solanki is a solar scientist, climate yogi, and former