The Promise

  They laid him on the stretcher and wheeled it. His eyes were closed and he was being dripped on his left side. There were people on both sides of the stretcher. She also ran after them disregarding everything around her and only with her eyes riveted on him....

Your Superiority

Yes, you are superior, Because you have to feed and clothe her, And never allow your money to booze with, And squander on your other nameless passions, And let her toil at people’s house, day and night, Half- fed and half- clothed. Yes, you are superior, Because you...

Gift for You

When I slipped into the pitfalls of indiscretion,                    And broke my ankle,...

Power

 It is the panorama of mad rush of people to grab power viewed in today’s world has urged me to focus on the word, ‘power’ and scribble a few lines regarding it here. The word when unfurled with the aid of dictionary meaning suggests one’s ability or capability...

Alms-giving

I drove my Mercedes-Benz car  Through the grimy street, That reverberated with the jingling bowls, And I selected her, the poorest of the poor, A shriveled form, a live corpse,   And I gave her ten rupees as alms,   And entreated God to bless me in...

Sakina’s Tears

Sakina sees through her tears, Sweat trickling down her mother’s temples, As she puts meat on hissing grill, Sakina sees through her tears, Her mother’s submissive slumber Being torched under the dishes, Cooked overnight in large vessels, Sakina sees through her...