Category Archives: musings

I shall remember for years to come How you shaped me, how I did become The grown-up person that I am today All words of encouragement and criticism tucked away In various recesses of my brain from where They get retrieved without my being aware Help me navigate through life in your measured tone IContinue reading “Memories…”

If there is something I have learnt In the last two years after being burnt Multiple times for my planning overzealous Is not to make plans, best not to discuss What we would do in six months or a year Many times the plans for the next week are unclear Depending on which way theContinue reading “The best laid (pandemic) plans”

When you deal with illness and death every day Imperceptibly, somewhere along the way Melancholy makes its way into your world view Sadness tints with darkness every hue Those around you notice it much before you do Your pessimist perception has become reality for you You go on, engulfed in subliminal depression Until your lifeContinue reading “A dose of creativity for depression”

The number of children hospitalized with Covid-19 is soaring nationwide, especially as the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads across the country, and children under 5 are not eligible for the vaccine yet. This variant on the other hand, may cause a milder illness like the cold in an adult fully vaccinated andContinue reading “My child is sick…”

Amid chaos the world has descended into Amid the vagaries of the pandemic that we cannot get through In the midst of losses, sorrows and angst everywhere In trying to protect things about which we care Finding happiness seems an unachievable goal In tumultuous times, restless remains the soul Where do I look for happiness,Continue reading “Camus’ summer”

She worked quietly and efficiently Assumed her work was there for everyone to see And admire, she put in hours beyond required She had a reputation of being a hard-worker acquired She did not talk much about her accomplishments though Small talk would interfere with efficiency and make her slow So she believed, besides sheContinue reading “Quiet at work?”

The world seemed calm but there was simmering discontent Then the pandemic happened- one we could not prevent The Pandora’s box of evils flung open, taking the world by storm Like an erupting volcano, lava shot up to cause unprecedented harm A shapeshifting virus has been holding us hostage for nearly two years We tryContinue reading “Pandora’s box of the pandemic”

There must be something wrong with me I am probably of selfishness an epitome Like women all around, able I should be To put my family’s needs at all times before me I try hard, but sometimes I need a break Some time for myself, for sanity’s sake But the cycle of household chores andContinue reading “The Myth of Self-Care”

In trying to analyze stress in my life I happened to find That a bell-shaped curve represents the effect of stress on the mind Between eustress (good) and distress (bad) you can see The optimal level of stress for a life of productivity I realized this to be true, at least for me If thereContinue reading “The bell curve of stress”

This poem is an attempt to give voice to millions grieving this year- where tragedy had struck as a result of the pandemic and other disasters. Lost in the meandering labyrinth of grief Trying hard not to lose faith, to restore belief In life, in luck, in hope that something would be Back to aContinue reading “Life after grief”

( it is solved by walking) I feel tense, a conundrum I face I am stuck between a rock and a hard place I sit in silence, rack my brain for ideas new The stillness is soporific, all I seem to do Is to fight drowsiness, my thoughts are unclear I would never get outContinue reading “Solvitur Ambulando”

So you want to be raised a princess? To be the cynosure of all eyes, no less To be the one that envy inspires To be the one little girls aspire To be- because that is what they are fed Why don’t you aspire to be a real woman instead? * A princess needs helpContinue reading “I am not a princess..”