Diamond droplets descend from the delirious dome that revels in pompous pageantry, celestial drums beat in joy, the music of ecstasy, and a lightning bolt flashes out in a streak, quickly, like a mischievous wink. Below, her eager soul receives the long-awaited gift in silence, like a shy sylph. A fragrance emanates from her wet skinContinue reading “Gratitude”
Category Archives: Creative Writing
Ambition
Ambition swells like a tide within, I mull and moan before giving in… Happiness is not what it wants. It wants only sorrow, blooming black, Like a lovely flower meant to attack. I wish I was just a thorn That lives defeated ever. Torn and thrown away it is, Yet better than aContinue reading “Ambition”
Fall
The sky remains silent: A witness to the winds growing wild. Rain beats the suspended particles of dust to ground. Leaves on tree tops get drenched. Life seems to come back As if with a sudden throb of the heart. And two broken twigs, each in their own world, Lie miles apart. ** The endContinue reading “Fall”
To Daddy
Dad, do you remember That creamy yellow t-shirt, which I wore As a baby, with these words, “I love Daddy” inscribed on it? Look here is the picture of it! I still love you, dad, Twenty years later, from that day When this picture was taken, I still love you, for the way in whichContinue reading “To Daddy”
Calcutta Sojourn – following the trails of the past
[This is a republished version of an old blog I wrote in 2005 as a five-part series] Before the gulf between Calcutta experienced and Calcutta remembered widens, I’d like to ink down whatever my heart longs to say with regards to my recent visit to the city. This particular piece of writing is less anContinue reading “Calcutta Sojourn – following the trails of the past”
An anthropologist among the journalists 