Category: Experiences

  • Remembering Kalyani Patti

    All of us suffer a loss of a loved one at some stage or the other. After all, we are all mortals and death is inevitable. However, some deaths can affect us more than others; depending on the closeness of the relationship, age of the person, circumstances etc. So it was in the case of…

  • A Day Where Nothing Has Gone Right

    Every day need not be good As we all know There is no rose without a thorn So, if you want good days You have to take in the bad days as well However, today is an exception That has proved the rule So far, nothing has gone right Everything I have touched Has turned…

  • How Low Can You Sink?

    Poem dedicated to the owners of the organisation where my best friend worked till yesterday; they treated her like a slave and didn’t pay her the salary for most of the time that she worked. They even made her exit painful and denied her the full and final settlement. Here’s the content: How low can…

  • Still Looking For A Break

    What a whirlwind the last one month or so has been A gargantuan project Which nearly blew us out of our minds And gave us a few sleepless nights Followed by another project Albeit a smaller one But no less challenging And yet again It was something Which required us to break our heads over…

  • Will I Ever Get A Break?

    As a massive project finally ended After hours and hours Days and days And weeks and weeks Of burning the midnight oil And sacrificing a lot of things Including some precious sleep I had a normal weekend For the first time In what seemed to be light years However, it was as ephemeral As a…

  • A rollercoaster ride finally ends

    Poem about a massive research project that has finally ended. Here is the content; there are some Harry Potter and Julius Caesar references: Ever since this project began I have been on my toes Working day and night Sacrificing a truckload of things I hold dear Including even some much-needed sleep It has been one…

  • Project Blues

    Poem dedicated to my struggles with one of the biggest projects of my life. Here is the content: Work, work, work That’s all I do these days No time to relax No time to unwind No time to watch TV No time to read books No time to play games No time to exercise And…

  • My Latest Poem on Recruitment

    Every minute, every hour Every day, every week You put in the hard yards Searching for the right candidate In every portal possible Scanning tons of resumes Knowing that, by hook or crook You’ve got to find that perfect fit However, after a few hours You hit a dead end Gritting and gnashing your teeth…

  • Just Imagine Your Luck

    Just imagine your luck It is barely an hour Since you began work for the day And it is a mountain of work That needs to be completed Faster than the speed of sound That too with the accuracy of a bullet Fired from a loaded AK47 And Ting! With a beep Your laptop goes…

  • Oh Love, Why Do You Do This?

    Oh Love, why do you do this?Why do you evade me?I have waited and waitedFor more than 30 yearsCrushes came, crushes wentAnd then I fell in loveHead over heelsI was just 21 thenAnd doing my MBAAlas, it was one-sidedI never had the courageTo tell her the three magic wordsBy the time I finally did itI…