Category Archives: musings

I read in disbelief that my profession Is one of the loneliest, in truthful admission My first instinct was to say it could not be Physicians deal with people constantly Listening to their lives’ details intimate Being empathetic to them in their most vulnerable state Our lives’ rewards and punishments we measure In the mostContinue reading “I am a lonely doc…”

You learn to shrug your shoulders and move on When you sense a whiff of discrimination You justify to yourself that since you belong to a minority group Your behavior has to be above reproach, you cannot stoop To a level lower than ideal even for a brief moment (And the standard applies to yourContinue reading “The Apologetic Immigrant”

“Live life as if it were your last day” The duality of this statement blows my mind away On one hand, it tells you not to wait For tomorrow, because that may be too late On the other, it forces you to think Morbid thoughts, to exist at the brink Of catastrophe waiting to takeContinue reading “I live every day…”

I had troubles in my life that made It difficult for me to wade Through life’s stormy oceans Worry was my predominant emotion Unfortunately in retrospect I now see How annoying I used to be Talking compulsively about my woes To family and friends, anyone who was close I don’t know if I was lookingContinue reading “Thou Shalt Not Share Your Troubles…”

It is time that I confess And ask for forgiveness For having judged not infrequently Other women by standards of patriarchy I shout from the rooftops that I believe In equality for women, that I perceive Women to be no less than men I thought I sincerely believed it… but then I am guilty asContinue reading “Women judging women..”

Exhausted, famished, but feeling accomplished anyway I returned home after a brutally busy workday Still riding high on the wave of adrenaline That had through the day my companion been I felt exhilarated to have finished it all At work, I felt more than ready to heed the call Of domestic affairs, I was completelyContinue reading “Let me drop what I am doing…”

If you are lost in the world around you Maybe there are cues that you can use to Find your way back to the path you were on But what do you do when you feel lost and forlorn From within, when the routes in your heart and mind Run in different directions and youContinue reading “Finding my way- from my heart into the world”

I said yes when I meant no…. From there I didn’t know where to go Reluctance clouded my affirmation I was annoyed with the situation I didn’t want to do what I was asked But I had given my word to complete the task I was angry, both with myself and with the one WhoContinue reading “I said yes, but I meant no”

Those who had their sovereignty taken away Those who were told they were inferior every day Less capable, less intelligent, less human too The message leached into their bones through and through The sense of inferiority changed their DNA somehow This deep-seated conviction would not allow Generations later, their progeny born in nations free ToContinue reading “I am not as good as you..”

Did she do something wrong when she ate Before filling up her family’s plates She was famished after a long day at work It’s not that any responsibility she had shirked She had missed lunch, others had not So she ate dinner without much thought Until she was made aware in a snarky comment EatingContinue reading “Let me serve myself first..”

Would I be weak if I forgave? Or to the grudge should I hold on In the end what should I try to save- My peace of mind that has gone Away from me from the day that I Exploded in anger and made the resolve That the mistake was egregious, I didn’t see whyContinue reading “I forgave”

Let me dream outrageous dreams today.. Let flights of fantasy carry me away To the mythical land that in future exists Why should I audacious dreams resist They are not in my grasp at present, I know But if I don’t envision how far I can go How would I find the line of demarcationContinue reading “Dream”