London cabs, jams and kinship
London, once the centre of the empire where the sun never set, dates back to prehistory with evidence of structures from Mesolithic times.
2d ago
When fiction challenges communalism
A journey that shreds castes and creeds to heal the self-esteem of a woman.
Festival of Memories
Bulldozed brick by brick, my childhood was torn apart by tears streaming down the stone facade as my house collapsed.
“No Home or Land, No Country, No Earth”: Plight of the Refugees
“War is vast. It reaches across the horizon, loftier and older than peace. Killing came before war, but it might also be that refuge preceded war.
“In the sky of knowledge, there are no borders”
“Today it seems to me that every festival in Santiniketan offered homage to the seasons in some form or other… Much later I learnt that the festivals of Santhals and other Adivasis are the expressions of respect for farming and forest life. There are forms of nature worship based on an advantage of the earth as a primal mother.”
To Bahadur Shah Zafar
The Emperor wrote a lonely note. In exile, he wept for a grave in his Native land. Colonials
Anointing with Love
Listen to the swish of the waves. Feel the breeze whisper caresses. See the mangroves stretch
When?
The scents and colours of the morning arouse the wetness of the night. The dewdrop splendour awakens the dawning sunrise drenched in colours
Moving On
Flowers on Facebook — Violet, red, yellow, orange — splashed a welcome into a garden never visited
Different Worlds
The cloud saw the girl sitting in her balcony and reading. Peace and harmony -- thought the cloud and smiled.
June 26, 2021
Anointing with Love
Listen to the swish of the waves. Feel the breeze whisper caresses. See the mangroves stretch
June 26, 2021
A prayer
What is the sadness that with
June 26, 2021
To Bahadur Shah Zafar
The Emperor wrote a lonely note. In exile, he wept for a grave in his Native land. Colonials
April 24, 2021
Aubade
Each night, the sea with the moon croons a lullaby.
April 3, 2021
Unrest —
And then it rained flowers, then it rained flowers emptying the trees.
January 2, 2021
When?
The scents and colours of the morning arouse the wetness of the night. The dewdrop splendour awakens the dawning sunrise drenched in colours
October 17, 2020
Something missing
Something missing from this dish and that.
August 22, 2020
Moving On
Flowers on Facebook — Violet, red, yellow, orange — splashed a welcome into a garden never visited
April 11, 2020
Love, Love Again…
Perhaps, the time has come to Love, Love again
March 28, 2020
Oborodh Awake!
The keepers of law
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