Ripples in the still water … Some stone I threw in playfully when the calmness created boredom, The refulgent rays of the sun dances … as the waves spiral… But the movement disturbs the arrangement… And I lose the oasis of serenity … Fading are the Patterns I am used to… this dichotomy baffles me… […]
I don’t know what it is about a new year that makes us all so optimistic. It is just another year, like the many others that have gone by, leaving behind dreams, aspirations and resolutions that never really took off. And yet every year is vividly different from the one before and the one after […]
A few days before Om Puri passed away, I shuddered past a YouTube video (obviously fake) that speculated if he had converted to Islam. No prizes at all for guessing why the video had been created. To fan the hate that his support for Pakistani artists had kindled amid patriots whose claim to nationalism is trashing […]
Sometime last year I went for a late night show with my 18-year-old and forgot one cardinal rule I have always followed while going out after dusk though it is a rare occurrence. Dress down. Wear a big shawl that hides the fact that though 47, I am a woman still. No flashy neck or […]
I am sitting in a cab that rushes at 80 kms an hour. My gaze is fixed on the clear azure sky, but my mind is muddy; the noise in my head is deafening. The driver sings along to a retro song that is on the radio. On any other day, I would have smiled the […]
Don’t begin to meditate with an objective in mind because this is against the very spirit of meditation. Meditation is non-doing. Most actions are goal directed and a goal implies a desire. A desire to achieve something through meditation works as an obstacle in attaining the state of meditation. In fact, liberation which is the […]
The opening scene of Nitesh Tiwari’s Dangal has a young Mahavir Singh Phogat priming himself up for an office brawl. He has left wrestling but we are told, wrestling has not left him. And so like a fighter in an akhada, he crouches, his eyes focused and unblinking and makes a little gesture to pull […]
From the cold, clear waters of Norway, the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) brought the salmon to the Indian table to showcase just how easily the fish can be adapted to the Indian way of cooking. To demonstrate that, Yogi Shergill, Vice Consul, Royal Norwegian Consulate General – Mumbai & Director (India), Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) held a […]
When the soul remains shrouded In the dead silence of a few past days, When the heart lies curled up Too heavy to move; When the sky remains overcast With smoking clouds of pain and agony When words lose their meanings And protests their fire; When things remain As they had been; I look vacantly […]
Tell me the story of a prince, Of a man good at heart, Of a gentle soul. Tell me they exist, Tell me there are men Who are genuinely sweet And who won’t break you whole. Tell me it’s a possibility To encounter this magic Called kindness In this world. Tell me it’s not a […]
I dreamt of blue flowers Growing out of snow In a mountain field Bathed by a warm sun. They were majestic Impetuous With their deep indigo blue They pierced winter In a wild and beautiful manner And colonized the field with their radiant truth. You could only feel taken in By their magnificent will To show […]
I had a dream where someone gave me a kiss. So sweet and gentle. Purely unconditional. Unartful. He simply looked at me, and kindly offered me this moment of intimacy to convey a message. Like a fairy tale prince, he woke me from my state of lethargy to make me understand that there’s still hope. […]