Category Archives: musings

(Image source: http://quoteszilla.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/woman-empowered-quotes-26.jpg) You think you’re the boss, you are mistaken Brace yourself for the truth, you might be shaken The one you have euphemistically labeled “The weaker sex” is the one who has enabled You to stand on your feet in your arrogant posture Dare underestimate her, and though she is softer On the outside,Continue reading “Woman”

For years I looked for a yardstick around To measure my worth against, certain that once found Steps I could take to bring myself higher Up to the standards to which I did aspire As a woman I was expected to be Invested in my outer beauty Growing up steeped in the collective conscious OfContinue reading “I am”

In this world where everyone tries to be perfect One certain way to gather universal respect Seems to be to spend long hours at work Leave the office early, and even if you don’t shirk Any responsibility, you would still be perceived As irresponsible and lazy, since it’s widely believed Staying late is tantamount to being industrious It portraysContinue reading “Workaholism”

We have been taught from childhood days That the early bird catches the worm always So faced with an assignment we try to Get cracking on it right away, without ado We try to finish it and think no further Once the task is completed we don’t have to bother Success comes to those whoContinue reading “Merit in procrastination”

My mind often wanders restlessly Tangled thoughts stretch endlessly While I find it difficult to define What actually rankles this soul of mine- Whatever I do never seems enough I feel impoverished in the midst of stuff I long to journey into lands distant Challenge everything to which society is resistant Create something beautiful and exquisite Carve anContinue reading “Restless..”

If I could go back in time and be an advisor To my younger self, now that I am wiser I know the first thing I would do Is teach her that she is beautiful too For this is how myself I now perceive But it would be hard to make her believe That theContinue reading “To my younger self”

It seems to me that nowadays Most of us on most days Deal with excess in many ways Shuffling through a meaningless maze Of stuff- material goods of wide variety, Information on things affecting our society Food and wine to challenge sobriety- Excess everywhere-provoking anxiety.. ** While paradoxically, mostly everywhere There is a shortage of timeContinue reading “Drowning in excess”

You contradict everything I say You use logic to demonstrate your way Where I come from, you may not know I have no tangible evidence to show But my gut instinct guides me always My intuition with me always stays So I can sense when things are not right This uncanny ability prepares me forContinue reading “Intuition”

Memories are the architecture of our identity- Unknown Memories seared on the inside of my brain Recalled like a dormant pain, time and again Layered with the dust of distorted perception They play tricks on my mind, in clever deception Make me reminisce over past experiences In a new light, rekindle my quiescent senses Embellished enoughContinue reading “Memory, the trickster”

He was a planner, what he wanted he knew He would never venture into something new Without planning for every predictable consequence Every outcome was preceded by events in a sequence That could be logically predicted, he would say He could not tell you when he last had an unplanned day Be it work, play, travel- hisContinue reading “The best laid plans”

The trouble is, you think you have time.- Buddha At the risk of being considered out of my mind- Let me tell you the treasure I’d like to find Of course it’s not money, that’s too obvious It’s not true love, though that would be a plus At the pinnacle of luxury sits in my opinionContinue reading “The luxury I long for”