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I’m Not Kidding

While being a kidOr a school studentI had a strong desireTo quickly grow bigLike my own parentsAnd other elders around!Today when I look backAt life in retrospection… I increasingly realizeThose innocent daysOf incomplete homeworkAnd broken toys of childhoodWere far better than theHaunting memories ofBroken relationships,Unfulfilled wishes andDreams in life.  32,060 total views,  19 views today
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Gender Bias

A self proclaimed activistAnd a strong proponent herselfOf gender equalityOnly the other dayWas caughtIn cameraAborting a female foetus. What are the compulsionsOf the woman involvedWell educated herselfHailing from a familyWell to doLeave aside manyWho willy-nilly doAnd for the lady doctorIs this only moneyOr some other motivation too? Like elephantine teethSome for the eatsAnd others for […]
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Elephantine Tusks

She is a well knownWomen rights activistAnd a strong proponentOf women’s liberty and equality. Her teenage daughterIs an aspiring fashion modelThanks to mama’s status and contactsShe gets enough media attention and publicity. Her docile daughter-in-lawThough a qualified nutrition expertAnd a skin care specialistRemains away from the media glare,Is a proclaimed happy housewife and nanny. Tuskers […]
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Dance of Democracy

What is expected of citizensIn a civilized societyAnd a mature democracy? Parliamentarians debate over issuesIntellectuals share common concernsPeople avoid disputes on roadsCourts expected to deliver justiceWith Idiot-box to play entertainment But look at the ironyIn the Indian insinuationBoasting the largest democracy! Parliamentarians entertainIntellectuals take sidesPeople fight for justice on roadsCourts are the site of compromiseAnd […]
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Colours of Life

Colours vanished after you like whispers in the windLeaving behind only monochrome’s time-worn rindPink and blue’s marvel fancy turned misty and murkyLife’s canvas became grayscale, weary and dreary. Ever Since on each Holi eve, I wish colours’ jolly playFor you, rainbow’s dazzling in a vibrant cosmic arrayMay you shine forever in colours, a masterpiece divineThen, […]
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Rajnigandha Revisited

Rajnigandha, night’s sultry whispererUnfolding like an endless esoteric prayerA green stalk, greenish buds and white petalsTo love’s velvety addiction, its fragrance unfurls. For many, it’s a bloom in night’s dark masqueradeBut for him, an egress to memories’ moonlit shadeA symbol of emotions wrapped tight in ivory petalsEchoes of love’s whispers in night’s euphoric surge. In […]
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Atoning Forever

Memories haunt him, like autumn’s stealthy creepWhispers in the nights of what way back did seepAlone in a shipwreck, he on nostalgia’s tidal waveShadows drowning in the blues like a lonely grave. Many faded photographs, letters like fallen leavesEchoes of bygone days, rustling what he believesHe keeps brooding in twilight, shadows intertwineDrowned in nostalgic labyrinth, […]
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Colours of Life

Colours vanished after you like whispers in the windLeaving behind only monochrome’s time-worn rindPink and blue’s marvel fancy turned misty and murkyLife’s canvas became grayscale, weary and dreary. Ever Since on each Holi eve, I wish colours’ jolly playFor you, rainbow’s dazzling in a vibrant cosmic arrayMay you shine forever in colours, a masterpiece divineThen, […]
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Rajnigandha Revisited

Rajnigandha, night’s sultry whispererUnfolding like an endless esoteric prayerA green stalk, greenish buds and white petalsTo love’s velvety addiction, its fragrance unfurls. For many, it’s a bloom in night’s dark masqueradeBut for him, an egress to memories’ moonlit shadeA symbol of emotions wrapped tight in ivory petalsEchoes of love’s whispers in night’s euphoric surge. In […]
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Atoning Forever

Memories haunt him, like autumn’s stealthy creepWhispers in the nights of what way back did seepAlone in a shipwreck, he on nostalgia’s tidal waveShadows drowning in the blues like a lonely grave. Many faded photographs, letters like fallen leavesEchoes of bygone days, rustling what he believesHe keeps brooding in twilight, shadows intertwineDrowned in nostalgic labyrinth, […]
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