A mythological story with a take on the current modern day .This was a submission for an anthology competetion in 2019 and got selected to be published. A story and a conversation in Author’s mind when Sita and Draupadi wanted to meet each other and they have the conversations in the author’s mind.************************************************************************************************************* Yakshi in…
“The other side of the shore!”
Everything stands still,The river,The boat and my feetI am still looking in that direction,Hoping that someday the river willbring back,Not just the memories,But, “Them,” who were washed…I am wishing, it’s just,“The other side of the shore!” I am waiting to row this boat! But here’s someone’s little bundle,looking at the other side of the shore…
“The other side of the shore!”
Everything stands still,The river,The boat and my feetI am still looking in that direction,Hoping that someday the river willbring back,Not just the memories,But, “Them,” who were washed…I am wishing, it’s just,“The other side of the shore!” I am waiting to row this boat! But here’s someone’s little bundle,looking at the other side of the shore…
Yakshi, you are not alone!
Yakshi, you are not alone! Yakshi, you are not aloneMay be you have those unwashed vessels,or the unkempt mane,you forgot the time,or you woke up two hours latewhen the Solar King was a Fireball already!Or your child is not listening to youWhen the, “He-Man,” just remains a, “He,”on a sofaor when you have been cooking…
Demon loves to read too
🦋🦋🦋🦋Every child is uniqueSome might read at 4Some might enjoy the pictures and create their own storyAnd some might just hold a book Whatever it isThey are putting an effortLet’s support our children’s journey with booksIt not only helps them gain knowledgeIt makes them independent too It’s a step by step processIf we are unable…
Spilled colours speak
The spilled coloursWith a broken paint brush,Nothing was working towards the outcome I pictured in my mind, Left the work midwayovernight I was thinking should I continue or just burn it to cinders What I only did was,Keep staring at the spilled colors They started,No!They were speaking to me and showing me an outcome that…
Someone silently spoke
I searched in a terraceTerrace said,“Look up!”And I created a v-lookup,Like in a data sheet,I kept feeding them intiny boxes,Pivoted them at times!Nothing brought a connect,Smiled my mind, when I got that wireless for free,As I walked away,the distance thought me reality.That, though the data is gone,My heart still continues Humming,Oh! I thought it’s a…
am a Flood too.. #NaPoWriMo -1st April
To some I am the reasonTo some I am the causeFor some am a motivation And am also,Not, a Oh Dear!Because am a Bear,A grizzly one! I am just flowingLet me flowHold me not with your wordsBecause am a flood too!
Chummed thoughts…
“They asked,Some labelledFew branded with a preconditioned mindset” “You are a stay-at-home mom (come join this Battalion)You just have to cook and take care of the family!(Well Stomach doesn’t sleep you see.)And you just have to write (yeah, when Moon and sun sleeps)You have loads of time (Yes I do, oops I wish. Wait did…
Sanity in Sanitary pad
I always looked for that damn word, “Sanity”My mind went chumming few days in a month.I always wondered, is it me or my mind that goes on a chumming spree? My Appa used to say,Careful with this Dino, she might eat you alive!Well I thought I can invent some magical powers to digest people just…
Yaksha, book review
“What is” or “who is” Yaksha?This was the question Archana Mohan had asked on the #KahaaniBox library inauguration day. Loads of answers poured in and we realised how we missed the Superhero from our own soil, which has the soul of traditions and today left only in the library books and hearsays.. This book can…
Oh! Furnitures
Here’s an Ode to the Furnitures(Which move only in the nights) Oh! FurnituresWhy is that you moveWe know you have legs tooBut why is it you moveOnly in the middle of night!I thought you would rest tooBut why are you moving..I am sick of telling anyone,So this time am speaking to you directly, Oh Furniture!Though…
MeeraMayaakatha 