Fiction & Poetry

Was it paradise? Heaven on earth? Bewildered by the magnificence of eternity counted on His creation of beauty mesmerized by lake's peaceful enormity embedded serenity in my life's proximity. High...

Glowworms flash In the remote spider webs Gathering an unknown emotion Waiting to be acknowledged. Quivering across the lanes They rush to the road Full of upheavals Rain pit-pattering on...

Eternal Flame Symbol of Hope, Fearless cosmic force Dancing in the wind With increasing intensity Blazing in fury untold, Crackling, smouldering Mysterious destinies of Life To destroy or unfold. Incandescent...

Plopped out of your pocket Steely and shiny, a solitary key. With a chuckle and a sigh, Through the corner of your eye You murmured, “Ah! My key.”   In...

Farewell my friend Into the silent night Forever… Out of hearing Out of sight Beyond… Life leaves us all A beggar’s broken bowl But a liberated soul That takes flight...

That was college time. And a fantasy-laden, violence-ridden time it was. Please don’t get me wrong. The violence was not so much out there in the street as it was...

When I close my eyes and think of you your song echoes in my ears though days have passed by it is still fresh in my mind and heart. Unfailingly...

If I were able to travel back in time to fix one thing, I would choose that night in Baripada forty years ago. It was on this night that I...

  Boredom breeds disdain for mindless chatter. I seek a diversion, adopt tactical manoeuvres, glide past the maddening soiree. Now, smiling softly, eyes a -twinkle, I shuffle daintily, as in...

I was covered in a patchwork quilt of a sari inside the confines of my home. The one who dragged me away and made me stand in the middle of...