Author Archives: Echoes of the soul

Mera dost Andhera

रात आयी तोअंधेरा भी साथ आया हैदिन के उजाले मेंकहाँ उससे मिलना हो पाया है दिन के उजाले मेंरोशनी के पीछेशर्मिला सा, सहमा साछुपा रहता है शायद दिन की तपती धूप से राहत कीचादर लाया है अंधेरादोस्तों से मिल बैठने कामाहौल भी लाया है ये अंधेरा चाँद को साथ लिएकुछ रोशनी भी लाया हैटिमटिमाते तारोंContinue reading “Mera dost Andhera”

Closer to Core

Spinning like a topConstantly in motionedges moving fasterSlowly moves the core If I would stopI would fallFearful of not spinningAfraid, of being ‘me’ no more On pointed endI hang in balanceForever in pursuitdrilling through the floor Force of the chordwould eventually expireinevitable would happenSpinning top would spin no more With the last wobbleThe top fallsItContinue reading “Closer to Core”

Trespassers will be prosecuted

The roads slashesthe jungle half,creating two sidesof one whole massdozers scrape brutallyTonsuring the soil Divide was clean and brutalmolten tar scorched the earththe sign postproclaims in triumphconquest of the civilisedover the wild Speeding iron beasts honkStriking fear in humble wild heartsUnseen crawlers are crushedspinning rubber show no remorseThe grazer were confinedSplit on either side theContinue reading “Trespassers will be prosecuted”

How Golf taught me the laws of Karma

The tee was placed at an appropriate height. The puckered ball propped just high enough above the blades of grass to align with the sweet spot of the driver club. I shuffled the feet and placed the tee in line with the heal of my left foot. The left arm was straight as the bodyContinue reading “How Golf taught me the laws of Karma”