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A View To A Fall
If only he had read the signs, if only he had made that telephone call that night, things might have turned out differently. But he had failed to read the signs. He little suspected,…
Sunday Poem: A Lament
No, I have no words for YOU.
thirteen months, no longer beside me.
singed my soul,
cheated me out of unresolved debates
on Mankind, its cruelty, its joys.
Cheated me of many…
Full Circle Before A Fall
Half Circle Full Circle Half Circle A
Half Circle Full Circle Right-angle A
He had first heard the magic formula for the magical drink in the home of his Asansol-based uncle several…
Sunday Poem: Waves
Waves touch the
sombre shore
sometimes sober
fierce at times
a relentless journey
of fathomless
oceans!
They speak in
silence
few understand
their language
and the saga
of…
Anger And After
The other day at school their fifth class English Sir was giving a lesson on anger. He recited a verse before writing it down on the blackboard.
Anger is an evil thing that spoils the…
Sunday Poem: Lip Rouse
The hill never thought
It will happen.
On a knoll, deserted and desolate,
There will ever be mist and fog.
All along
The hill was called horrid, muddled and…
The Good Fight
Ever since the two baddies walked into our after-school hours-life a year or so ago, each humdrum school day was transformed. Late afternoons in the school playground were splashed with…
Sunday Poem: Bou’s Saree
Bou’s saree is pure magic.
Have you not seen this magic?
From a box emerge
a kaleidoscope of butterflies,
kites with tails, balloons,
fingers cut fresh from the palm,
shards of glass,…
Hare And Hound
The commotion on the main arterial road that cuts the town of Baripada in two made us boys suspend our game in the empty patch of grassy field below. An extraordinary scene was unfolding…
Sunday Poem: Lost Sunsets
Will you miss me when I am gone?
The soft curve of my wrinkled cheek,
My fragrance at dawn?
Will you recall all the moments
Of our family,
Travel, laughter and song,
Listening to…