Posts tagged "poems"
Four short poems on peace

Four short poems on peace

Four short poems on peace     Poem 01 A page A stage A gist A mist A herd A bird A still A thrill Stitch peace Piece by piece
To playfully giggle with my heart

To playfully giggle with my heart

To playfully giggle with my heart Review of ‘The Broken Boat’ by Nitin Soni Poetry isn’t poetry if it doesn’t ‘playfully giggle with my heart’… and the book of poems that Nitin Soni has published does just that. Now let me admit that my heart isn’t a professor of poetry at some university and cannot...
My darling Delhi

My darling Delhi

My darling Delhi A few rhyming lines on Delhi… #MyDarlingDelhi is smart-n-tech Even with a muffler around its neck! *** #MyDarlingDelhi with its pot-holes And mid-road shamiana poles Still will smile In style Despite its poor on doles! *** The city gives sleepless nights To the corrupt and the blights! *** #MyDarlingDelhi loves early morns...
The Timeless Beastly Tales by Vikram Seth - A Review

The Timeless Beastly Tales by Vikram Seth – A Review

I still remember that wet evening as I stood on the elegant staircase of CBT on Bahadurshah Zafar Marg and animatedly discussed the new book about to be released by Viking. The year was 1992 and I was talking to Urvashi Butalia, the known fiery writer and publisher and one of the owners of Kali...

Eight short poems in Hindi

<one> sab karvaan bhikhar jaate hain, pal dusre palon mein mil jaate hain parantu pal rehte hain woh jo kuch kaam ki baat keh jaate hain! <two> yeh silsila to yunhi chalta rahega har rah mein haan aur na ka aana jaana bhi unthak behta rahega arre, shabdon ko bhav ke bahaav mein daalo tabhi...