Category: Literature

  • We Had So Much Faith In You

    This poem is dedicated to ICICI Bank; they disabled my mother’s Debit card and Netbanking ID for no fault of hers on Saturday and drove her mad for two days; as she had to keep calling Customer Care executives who kept diverting her from department to department. Today finally my mother’s Netbanking ID has been…

  • My Journey With Meat

    It has been six years Since the journey began Into an entirely new world A world full of food Food that I never thought I’d taste Even in my wildest dreams But, as the cliche goes The forbidden fruit is the sweetest Of course, the beginning was basic at best Just a bowl of chicken…

  • 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…

  • The army of rabbits

    When all hope seems lost When the world turns black When God turns his back on us And joins forces with the Devil When the roses have been replaced By the thorns beneath them When all the food in the world Turns into a pile of rotting moss And all the water Turns into sewage…

  • I deeply miss your music

    This poem is dedicated to my favourite music composer in India – Harris Jayaraj. Here goes the content: I deeply miss your music It has that charm It has that rhythm It has that symmetry Akin to the blades of a fan Whirring around, ever so smoothly Also like the gurgling of a stream Swiftly…

  • Oh, If only I were to love!

    My second love poem. Here goes the content; should be fairly self-explanatory: Oh, If only I were to love! Love, that rare commodity Your proverbial needle in the haystack Or a tiny drop of water In the vast mass of the mighty Pacific Ocean Or a tiny ember from a raging Mount Vesuvius It comes…

  • What does love mean to me?

    This is a rare love poem that I am writing. Here is the content: What does love mean to me? It means a lot of things It means understanding It means trust It means empathy It means affection It means give and take It means sharing But above all It means acceptance What does love…

  • We have watched and watched

    This is a poem on the ongoing farmer struggle in India; which has involved a lot of police brutality – including the arrest and sexual torture of young Trade Union activist Nodeep Kaur by the Haryana police; all because she showed support to the farmers and demanded the unpaid wages of 300 workers in Kundli.…

  • It has been a long wait

    This poem is dedicated to trains, especially Indian Railways; for I am deeply missing train travel since the COVID19 pandemic has struck. My last train trip was on February 15th 2020; between Mumbai and Pune. Here goes the content: It has been a long wait Days turning into weeks Weeks turning into months And now,…

  • You are a monster

    This poem is dedicated to the owner of the company where my best friend works. The management treats her like a slave; moreover they have not paid her the salary since June 2019 (except for January this year; that too after Loss of Pay for no reason!) !! Here is the content: You are a…