Madhya Pradesh, a state in the middle of the colourful country of India, is as beautiful as it is unexplored. On our weekend trip to Rishikesh this summer, we (my…
“Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together.” Mark Twain There's a beautiful story that…
From afar, Sufism may look like a mystery ball that is complicated to open and engage with, but Elif Shafak’s The 40 Rules of Love locks you in a closed…
Chandrabhaga River, one of the major rivers of Western India, takes the shape of a crescent moon as it encircles the small and beautiful village of Pandharpur. The holy town…
Being a Delhiite, born in West Bengal, who lived in Uttar Pradesh and whose family is from Bihar, I have always had a sense of the rich diversity of India…
Since it is July, it is not scandalous that it rained today and it's been less than a week since I resigned from a workplace that had started killing me.…
How difficult it isTo be what you wanna be I want to be a birdWith rainbow wingsThat also has glitterA burrow in an ash treeMy home's wooden wallsDark brownish and…
You may look as soft as feathers-Feathers that are white and flying untouched.But only now I know-of your heaviness similar to that of a huge stone.You're possibly as cruel as…
Take me to your ruins-Where your heart's heaviness flows,In the form of syringes, plastic, clothes, broken bricks, and mud.But statues stand tall-At the expense of someone's back, and someone's spine.While…
So many things incomplete - My stories, my flight, my thoughts, And the words on my tongue. Pens scattered on the floor, Blank pages in several diaries, While my mind…
I have risen with the sunReached for it on paths made of its beamsNo fear of failure or broken wingsThe sea a bottomless cup beneath meSalt drops kissing the blood…
I remember all the times I sawThe Red Swans danceThousands of beribboned swords –Whirling like restless birdsTrapped in too small a cageThat bends their feathers like a bow,Ringing like the…
Blue and Green. According to color experts, they are not supposed to go well together. But in nature, they are so light on the eyes. If I was the bird…
Who are you?Yes you,who has taken all the controls.Where are you from?If you are me,who taught you all this?About putting boundaries,and wanting more.Why don't I see'submit' and 'compromise'In your dictionary.Why…
It's only fair that on my blogsite, the first story that I ever publish, is the one I’ve been most scared about, the one that still haunts my dream and…
Slim and attractiveWith those curves so fine,But repressed smilesExpanded now butNot really a view for your eyes. 5.45 in the world where perfection is quantifiable,Absence of dark circles won't matter…