Twitter rhymesters in conversation
The world of twitter and its regiments of hashtags and handles has its share of runaway convicts called RTs. This tweeting world also has spammers sending inane tweets like unthinking bullets coming from some unstoppable LMG… and then there are the plagiarists who don’t have qualms about stealing even 140 character gems! Yes sir, the...
We can gift happiness
Yes, we can gift happiness by a mere smile Because a smile travels mile after mile Never getting tired or bored or losing interest A smile is indeed a gift that is best! But sometimes we need to go beyond And look at what creates a real bond And we’ll discover that fulfilled wishes Are...
My dream has been killed
What you may never have seen or heard That right above where you see that bird Ghosts from the past come, perch, and watch us. Yesterday one of them spoke a word: ‘Listen!’ And I shut all else and heard A few horrified ghost sounds say: ‘Yes! We know now that once dead we are...
Cleavage does a TOI-ng!
The furore because of Deepika’s cleavage Her stomping and screaming on the front page One paper in every list Is now also a rapist And lewd journalism is finally in a cage! Arvind Passey 22 September 2014
On Modi XI
That anchor, I’m sure, was talking of Modi Eleven And their dreams and day-dreams of a global heaven But critics, you see Say it was Xi And now DD’s credibility is down to minus seven Arvind Passey 22 September 2014
Bilawal’s rant — a limerick
Bilawal’s ridiculous rant means Pakistan has won The race to be the World’s Joke No. One So Rahul dear Need no longer fear As he is replaced by this next gen pun! Arvind Passey 20 September 2014
For my teacher
If I can read the books around me If I can write of all that I see If I now know how much is how much It’s all because some teacher taught me! So today and this day each year I sit and think with a mind that’s clear And remember my teachers from yore...
The smudged symbol of our togetherness
A blank sheet of paper Waiting for words Has the writer look up for inspiration The farmer sitting on the edge of his field Looks up and prays We look up in exasperation Or dismay Or to beseech Or put forth a point We look up and look into eyes To search To buy time...
When bcdfcddfgbea transforms life
You ask me now to challenge rhyme This is done by those who’re brave Who know that sanity is words And thoughts and how to make them one Without sending any to grave! Thoughts and words fly just like the birds, Unruly like unruly herds But always such heart-warming fun! Arvind Passey 14 June...
Hooked to technology
We’re all hooked to technology and even the biology of moments must have bits and bytes for survival of its ecology. We’re all hooked to technology! Technology isn’t just a habit. It’s a mind-set that, like a rabbit, hops along with you so much that with you it will cohabit! We’re all hooked to technology!...
Lines dedicated to the Delhi weather on 30 May 2014
Come, beat me to pulp.. I’ll still Stand and fight. I have the will! Arvind Passey 30 May 2014
To write, or not to right
‘Does a name on a form over-shadow an appearance in the heart?’ he asked and then went on, ‘Both are shadows but one pulsates forever and the other smudges and fades away in a few years.’ The feminists argued that the name on a piece of paper pulsates with life and demands more than just...
