Literature
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113Kahlil Gibran on the Courage to Weather the Uncertainties of Love
That is what the great Lebanese-American poet, painter, and philosopher Kahlil Gibran (January 6, 1883–April 10, 1931) explores in one of the...
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40The Path and I
(Originally written in Urdu) When I stop, the path raises itself a bit Looks at me and says: “Why did you stop?...
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66
Symbiosis
(Originally written in Urdu) Old, dry, and shriveled up Bereft now of new shoots and green leaves Bent almost double like a...
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79Part – II: I confess I was that woman
They redefined it and made sure that It had only one eternal standard, for both sexes, that all the virtues professed around...
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1258
Come My Slayer
Written when my first child was born. (Culled from my poetry collection A VAGRANT MIRROR) Come, my slayer Let me hold you...
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2415
Part – I: I confess I was that woman!
Meanwhile, using their right of beauty, women enjoyed the respect they received by degrading themselves in front of men, all the time...
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2273
Names, Nicknames & Pet-Names
Now as an Indian born in a metropolitan city like Delhi, Surinder had no idea of what a Daisy flower looked like....
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1536
Till Death Do Us Apart
TILL DEATH DO US APART A John Donne epigram retold (Written a decade ago, at my wife’s death) Poison the winds with...
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1516
Who Am I?
Who am I? Asks my hidden self Not one of the many who roam about here Different, yes… Distinctly different From those...
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2014
Eye of the Storm
How nice it would be if we too could be calm and serene in the midst of chaos – in the eye...
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1596The Eternal Clock
Whom do I ask? When I burn up like a shooting star And fall on the hard ground with a thud Will...
