The eventide azure of late Autumn Enveloped those sparkling waves of the Bay of Bengal. Tides that advanced the Marina with a ruthless celerity Mutating my sand house to grains of sand So nonchalantly it departed ! As I went searching for the destination of the departed tide, A pristine one approached to play and wet my feet. Without a voice of grievance, I whimsically participated in the game. Now my gaze shifted to the wooden basket Carried by the beautiful dark manus. That contained their traditional ‘Gajra’ Wreathed with the fragrance of ‘Rajnigandha’. I bought one in exchange of a twenty rupee note Knowing not how to adorn them in my lock of hair! Palming the fair florets, my mind reverted to the memory lane, To reminisce the bygone intoxicating commemorations. Splintering my chain of thoughts, A lassie proceeded and blended my hair with the…
There are some things in Hawai’i that just don’t make sense. A benign way to describe Hawai’i in light of the following mysteries is…
Sometimes he sits in a field beside a well-traveled road, oftentimes he is in the park, and occasionally he can be found camped out…
The approach of the hurricane taking aim at Florida this year, its storm clouds muddying the sky, made me think of him again. He…
Urban myths abound in today’s society. We have all heard the ones about leaving a tooth in a glass of Diet Coke overnight and…
The songs you sing, the languages you speak, the dresses you wear, the food you eat, this is your culture. And from whence is…
The first time it happened, I was in complete and defensive denial. The second time, I still claimed innocence but now had recurring, vague…
(“Ice optro phobia”). Just off the top of your head, does anyone know what this is? Well, I do, and I suffer from it. …
I watched as the Sun threw bolts of heat onto the dry Earth turning whatever small fragments of moisture it had managed to hold…
For weeks now it’s been building. Something so important which is needful that I address it. I realize in doing so some are going…
