Category Archives: musings

I wish along with my poems I had scribbled footnotes So that I could rediscover why I wrote The lines that I did, months and years ago What was I thinking at the time, I want to know Was I amused by something, was I angry or irked I would like to remember how IContinue reading “Footnotes”

As a child in the 80s and 90s it was a matter of prestige and pride To be up-to-date on current affairs worldwide To reading the newspaper daily, there was a snob value Learning about conflicts, regime changes and disasters was the smart thing to do The 24 hour news cycle was not yet theContinue reading “Daily News”

A heartwarming story of conservation I just came across In a world where biodiversity is facing accelerated loss A tribe from the Pacific Northwest is using their skills and ingenuity To save Chinook salmons from being lost in perpetuity * The Stillaguamish Tribe from the state of Washington Have been buying riverfront farmland on theirContinue reading “A Tale of Conservation”

I came across a piece of advice the other day- Do your work at half your normal speed- it did say I read this on a day when I had been propelled By a sense of urgency greater than usual, I felt compelled To give this strategy a try at work the following day IContinue reading “Slow Down”

An introvert, a dreamer and a reader I’ve always been The world through a lens of elegant similes and clever metaphors I have seen So it was perhaps a natural progression for me When I began to put my thoughts to paper, as poetry * I distinctly remember how it started over a decade agoContinue reading “My Poet Origin Story”

Quality over quantity-this dictum was emphasized Throughout my formative years, but I have realized That I find it difficult to improve the quality of my work without Increasing the quantity- therefore I go about Increasing the numerical value of things that I do By doing more of something, I improve its quality too * QuantityContinue reading “Quantity before Quality”

The worst thing about writing daily, I read somewhere Is that you find out what you really think, you become aware Of the thoughts that float frequently through your mind You understand why in certain directions you are inclined * On delving deeper into my writing, I realized that there are themes recurrent That featureContinue reading “My Thoughts in Words..”

Someone called me “decisive” and it led me down the memory lane To a time when I was indecisive to the point of being a pain In the neck for my family, back and forth I would go Before taking a decision, I never seemed to know What path to take, here I must acknowledgeContinue reading “Decisive”

You’ve written something that you think is pretty good But you’re human after all and you think you should Get it proof-read for errors inadvertent You think about getting help from AI in that moment Just to ensure that your writing appears A bit more polished, acquires a more professional veneer After running your pieceContinue reading “Do not cede your voice to AI”

In recent days the “Ikigai” framework has been applied In professional contexts, and I have tried To find the elusive intersection between The four tenets mentioned, but unsuccessful I have been In finding what I am good at, what I love, what I can be paid for and what the world needs- If figuring thisContinue reading “Ikigai”

The sky is hazy, the air quality dismal The fires rage, their spread abysmal Homes lost, lives disrupted Curfews enforced, plans interrupted The humidity generally considered oppressive Has evaporated, there has been drought progressive.. * “Flames are ripping across swamps and bays” This is what a news article says What should be an oxymoron isContinue reading “On wildfires in the south”

I stare at the journal article displayed on my screen Ostensibly reading it to keep learning something new, but my concentration has been Highly fragmented, and I can barely grasp the information presented there My mental faculties have deteriorated, I’m suddenly and acutely aware… * I remember a time, over a decade ago When IContinue reading “In the Middle”