She screamed silently, yet again At the sexist allusion to her brain Spoken in a tone of condescension Quite clear was the insinuation Her competence was being… Read more “Silent rage”

I know the situation is grim, the prognosis not good at all- There is yet another procedure, which gives a chance, albeit small For improvement in your… Read more “Dilemma and decision”

As a child, to me adjectives were just words Used to qualify people and objects in the world I thought adjectives had a purpose singular To serve… Read more “Mind your adjectives”

This verse is in light of recent events in India regarding violence towards doctors. You placed me on a pedestal, but God I was not.. *** Yes… Read more “Demonized, demoralized”

“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live” Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone Time and again I had heard Some sort of… Read more “Detached from desire”

This is a poem about postpartum depression- an underrecognized and undertreated illness. Time and again she was told, it would be natural From within her would spring… Read more “Love at the end of the tunnel..”

Ganga is the life-blood of India, venerated as a goddess, but shares the dubious distinction of being the sixth most polluted river in the world). I originated… Read more “I, Ganga”