Category Archives: musings

The Amazon is burning, the story is great For headlines sensational, the actual state Of the rainforest concerns but few So many forest fires these days- what is new?   The Amazon is burning- at the hands Of human greed, those forested lands Being useless for business, needed to be cleared And fires are commonContinue reading “The Amazon is burning”

Traps are not easy to identify…. Once I earned enough money to buy A house, shiny car, some quality stuff I thought that would be enough That counted as success, and being perceived As successful in life was important, I believed It felt good to be able to afford things nice Satisfaction seemed to haveContinue reading “Trapped by stuff”

How do we, again and again Defy logic, simple and plain How do our brains, self-aggrandized Something so straightforward not realize- That the archaic second amendment Should not over human lives be precedent There is freedom to own any type of gun But living freely under the sun Is no longer a freedom we canContinue reading “Outrage”

Twenty-four hours I have in a day Surely they are plenty for work and play I need to work ten hours, anything less Might make me appear lazy, I confess But what is the point of working all day If work is not followed by evident display Of activities of leisure, that showcase My disposableContinue reading “Overscheduled”

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 questioned, without Knowledge of the situation, no doubt Because of her gender… As if being a woman, petite, slender Was enough for a man to discredit Her qualifications,Continue reading “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 condition, I cannot but offer it to you There is no guarantee it would work, could be harmful too It could give you some longevity, but simultaneously compromiseContinue reading “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 as vehicles of description- it did not occur To me that adjectives could serve as instruments Of bias, bigotry, and pronunciation of judgment Some adjectives were obvious, othersContinue reading “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 I recall the day when before you I stood My sterile gown caked with blood, giving news good In the operating room, I had passed a grueling nightContinue reading “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 a variation on these words- If you wanted something badly enough The world would conspire to get it on your turf- Yet I never found this to beContinue reading “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 forth love maternal Nights without sleep would have no adverse impact All her fatigue would be vanquished, in fact.. By  gazing lovingly at the countenance Of her bundleContinue reading “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 on Earth, deep in the high mountains, You concocted that I had from heavens descended I surged ahead, through hills, valleys, plains To the eastern sea- in theContinue reading “I, Ganga”

If  a passive observer were to observe in detail His life- I can tell you they would certainly fail To identify any source of unhappiness gross He had sailed through life without suffering a major loss Had checked all the boxes, fulfilled every expectation That one might have from someone  in his situation Found aContinue reading “Existential angst”