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Years agoHis ship wrecked,CastawayIn his solitudeIn a constant struggleWith the lonelinessHe is still engagedWith the wreckage… Mending itRepairing itFabricating itTo a credibleNavigable deviceWith a hope to reachThe mainlandSomeday…! NeverthelessTo be,Or not to be,Remains the dilemma…If onlyHis loved oneStill longs forand accepts…The unbridgeable gapOf time, space and age! (‘To be, or not to be’ is one […]
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Long years in bureaucracy…Now I often keep wonderingWhy do organizations engageProfessional singers and artistsTo entertain captive audiencesOn many auspicious occasionsSuch as commemorative daysAnd a National or Raising day..? When the senior bureaucratsThanks to inflated ego and arroganceWith all time-brewing tensionsAre capable of providing freeAnd a far better entertainmentWith a high comical contentThrough their antics, angularitiesAnd […]
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As the enemy carriesMisadventure to violateThe Indian air spaceVital military installationsAnd identity of the proud nation… The BraveheartShowing exemplary courageResolve and missionary zealChases and engages enemy in airEquipped with a far superiorMachine, technology and firepower. With a firm determinationAnd an absolute precisionHe shoots down enemy planeBefore his own ill-fated oneCrashes down in the enemy land. […]

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​Heart-shaped leaves catch the passing breezeA gentle whisper stirs the emperor of treesEach pointed tip channels the raindrop’s traceWhile quiet shadows fill the peaceful space. Underneath its vast and fine-textured canopyA quiet, soothing shelter spreads out completelyIt offers a vibrant sanctuary, green and wideWhere both birds and weary travellers can abide. For generations past, its […]
This Australian salt-lake tiger beetleCicindela hudsoni in sun-bleached plainsAn insect of pale, tan or dull-metallic hueEndemic in arid salt lakes of Australian southIs the fastest bug with speed record crownWhile many other beetles’ species are slowerWearing iridescent emerald or rainbow armour. The speedster is flightless with vestigial wingsIt relies entirely on sheer sprinting speedRather than […]

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​Heart-shaped leaves catch the passing breezeA gentle whisper stirs the emperor of treesEach pointed tip channels the raindrop’s traceWhile quiet shadows fill the peaceful space. Underneath its vast and fine-textured canopyA quiet, soothing shelter spreads out completelyIt offers a vibrant sanctuary, green and wideWhere both birds and weary travellers can abide. For generations past, its […]

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Pilgrimage-I Nearly all communities and religions in the world attach significance to places which have some connection with any worldly or supernatural act(s) or event(s) of the divine (God) or His messenger(s); the birth, enlightenment or death of founder and saints; sites of the spiritual calling or awakening; supposedly a dwelling or living place of […]

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