Well, its not everyday that you hear the frog & the Princess’ kiss alluded to. And hearing it twice from a damsel in traffic distress and a lad in croaking financial agony in one single day, …

I could have sworn
that a tear had run down
I knew she was strong
but how long could she
hold on?
A mother of two
a boy & a girl
a wife so devoted
a woman who cared.
Now,she remains all
alone
her womb is …

Chennai had been a mere touch & go place for me all these years. Random visits seldom prolonged. A place etched in memory in vague imprints of dust, soot and heat. So then when I …

He just died
I knew it from the winds
they were harsh and my flowers
flew into dust
I knew it from the trees
who refused to let me in to
their shade
For I had a fight
and he had walked out
I …

I closed my eyes
pinched my lips
held my breath
let the world go by
I wouldn’t cry
I wouldn’t fail
myself  for them to play
I watched the sky
and saw clouds form a smile
I got the meaning
the world never goes by
It …

I had a dream
yesterday night
when the stars looked
charred and the world in
restless slumber.
I had blue wings
shiny electric blue wings
with black borders and hazy pink
I was flying, amidst clouds of blue
again.
I looked down and saw no …

In the aftermath of a series of tragedies that have struck Japan recently; what perhaps will linger for generations to come would be the recent outcome of a possible nuclear disaster. Nations like our own, …

Men laughed
when the goats were slaughtered
chickens butchered
and she was being raped.
Men laughed when the earth
grew silent
when the green-less pastures
wailed like an infant.
Men laughed when her bangles
got broken
when she was begging,when
her insides were being plundered
And those who …

Every woman will go through the ” what is happening to me ” phase in her life, more than once. Women tend to internalize trauma lot more effectively than men and thus implosions are very …

The door is shut
windows closed
I lost the key
in a furore
now,I”m alone
I look out
I shout
“lemme out”
“somebody”
and I get my calls back.
Corners beckon me
I sit on all four
each corner giving me
thoughts
I’m alone,cornered and alone
“lemme out”
“somebody”!

Tickling toes
cracking laughter
now that I’m alone
I’m alive
so please don’t knock again
I won’t let you in
to wreck me again.
Sweet memories are nil
and smiles never left me
so don’t knock at my door
for I’m through you
once and forever!

We could have had it all
the life, the love and the laughter
We could have smelt the first roses
in our lawns of life
We could have walked on the rainbows
in our dreams
When the world sleeps, with us
thrown …

He used to smile at me often, from his window seat where everyday he perched himself with a book. A hard bound green book which he seldom read. Maybe it is the daily fellow-traveler acquaintance  that …

Any professional or self-proclaimed writer ( like myself) would have disclosed of having reached a dead wall,or what is known as writer’s block,at some point in their career. It’s a scary situation where either the …

The salt in your tears
powder my wounds
The blur in your eyes
makes my ways unclear.
I know those wounds
that you hide beneath
scratched with my nails
scars that run deep,
and yet I never stopped!
I should have known
the love that …

Each drop of tear
as salty as blood
running into my mouth
filling me with despair
I try to flush it out
yet,it needs to be in my insides
I blink a few times,yet
the salt tastes saltier.
Lines on my palms
seemed to …

Salt and pepper
sugar & spice
all for his delight
her hands in love
pinched tenderly
all for a dish, for his relish.
A man’s love is through
his mouth,
so she would feed him
all she can.
Love needs to be found
through the morsels …

The dawn never ceased to awe her. She raised the hot cup, caressing its rim with a tenderness that made her shiver.That’s how he left her feeling every time, with a cold shiver that’s exciting …

I never looked back
I never saw his smirk
I never felt his smile
I walked away, towards light.
I have been in the sun since
with my tears dying in shadows
until none flowed, none left
but smiles..never had to see …

I heard a call
a faint laughter
from the ground beneath
echoed into my womb
tingled my heart
and flashed through my eyes.
A whisper, a tickle
a corny secret, all blushes
the call of the Woman
to sway herself  to the tunes
of life.
To …