Fed on a steady visual diet Of facebook, instagram and pinterest Watching photographs of jaw-dropping scenery Of amazing places in far-flung countries I thought that everything worth exploring Needed an air-ticket, places around me were boring My city, after all, could not compete With a volcano in Hawaii spewing heat So every weekend I wouldContinue reading “The Road Well Traveled..”
Category Archives: musings
The Novelist
I wondered what would happen if a novelist tried to make her stories come alive in her own life…the result is this poem Born with a natural inclination To tell stories, mixing facts with imagination From the time she could sentences write Pen and paper made her jump in delight Soon she started jotting downContinue reading “The Novelist”
Women in charge
Through sheer hard work and industry She climbed the organizational ladder steadily As she reached the top echelons she had a vision Of a smoothly running ship, the picture of perfection She had high standards to which she conformed Difficult to achieve, they made people squirm She could not withstand distress of other employees She thoughtContinue reading “Women in charge”
Guilt and apology
There is something I wish to say To you, it has gnawed at me every day Since that incident when I had been Blatantly wrong, inconsiderate and mean I had ended up hurting you in my Anger- since then each day I wonder why My folly soon after I failed to recognize Why did it takeContinue reading “Guilt and apology”
Create something beautiful
To find some meaning in every single day To keep the creeping blues at bay There is something that I have found Not a mantra earth-shattering or profound It is to create something beautiful each day With your hands and your mind, in your own way We all have talents, evident, or waiting to beContinue reading “Create something beautiful”
Queue
Nothing can beat the annoyance Of waiting in a queue with simmering impatience Forming and waiting in an orderly line can be A reminder of school life and its tyranny- The tedium of enforced discipline Where breaking rules was considered a sin That’s where my thoughts wander to While squirming in my place, I waitContinue reading “Queue”
Tourist destination
There was a place of beauty virginal An island unmarred by activities industrial Inhabited by people content with being Contained in their world and seldom seeing The outside world, they did not care For interaction with people beyond their sphere The bounty bestowed by nature they respected Quite self-sufficient, there was not much they expectedContinue reading “Tourist destination”
Inquisitive
Questions from my child never seem to cease His curiosity is as vast as the seas Sometimes appropriate, at times awkward Often asking me to explain difficult words He bombards me with questions invariably When I am preoccupied, and irritably I try to brush him off by saying I don’t know He does not getContinue reading “Inquisitive”
To be a story-teller
As long as I can remember A secret wish have I harbored To be a story-teller in some way Reach out to people every day Tell tales built on pure imagination Or recount true stories of different nations Somewhere in my heart I want a vocation Which would let me indulge in this passion AContinue reading “To be a story-teller”
Rumor
It started as a statement quite innocuous A bored mind with nothing worthwhile to discuss Concocted a story loosely based on A conversation that had been eavesdropped upon Assumptions were many, because what was heard Was not a full conversation, just a smattering of words Strung together with an imagination fertile Those words formed aContinue reading “Rumor”
How she gained freedom
“If society fits you comfortably enough, you call it freedom.”- Robert Frost On the occasion of Indian Independence Day (August 15th), here is a version of freedom for a typical Indian woman. In a staunchly patriarchal society Her actions were always governed by propriety She had freedom to choose- or so she was explained As longContinue reading “How she gained freedom”
Food glorious food
(This poem strictly reflects my opinion on food fads with no intent to criticize individual food preferences.) I notice there is a growing trend Among my acquaintances and friends Of believing in food fads that are mushrooming Leading to crazy new diets, each one assuming That adding or subtracting one ingredient Can solve all yourContinue reading “Food glorious food”
Passion...unbridled 