Every woman nurtures in her womb, a dream. The surge of raging hormones, fuel her need for love, for child, for man seed. Those tears that she sheds at that time of the month Are not without reason. It is nature’s design to make her grieve. A requiem for a dream. As that monthlyContinue reading “Period”
Monthly Archives: May 2020
A divided bench
Taking up ten forgotten cases, a writer explains how the judiciary in India has at times been ‘more executive-minded than the executive’ [Book Review first published in The Hindu ] At a time when faith in the independence of the judiciary in India has diminished, Chintan Chandrachud provides us with a historical perspective on theContinue reading “A divided bench”
Eavesdropping
The sparrows twitter; A private conversation is on. The crows eavesdrop. © Vidya Venkat (2007) [This haiku was first published in DNA newspaper’s poetry page in 2007.]
Pining
A Sarus in separation pines for its mate in vain. And then, the torment of the rain… © Vidya Venkat (2020)
Testament of a hopelessly hopeful dreamer
I have left those paths behind. Those paths redolent of dreamy mornings When a half-awakened consciousness precluded hope. There were times when I turned to them, To where once a story that had begun in innocence Was sheathed in autumn leaves and slowly frozen to death. On one of those early mornings WhenContinue reading “Testament of a hopelessly hopeful dreamer”
An anthropologist among the journalists 