Cooking up Crazy (A)maze

It was yet another day. Deepa sighed wondering why did the sun ever come up? Does he not get tired shrouded and decimated and gobbled up by the darkness every single night? ………. Read more at this link…...

Coming out? Not so Easy

Shepherd1: Come, take my hand and lead me, sweets Like I lead the trusting sheep, with love Your sheep and mine sheep will be witness To our union, amidst nature Do you see these rolling mountains, The verdant greens and the soothing flowers? Do you hear their nectar...

THE HUG

You wake up one golden morning to realize you have fallen in love with the most perfect of men, your college friend. And when you were proposed with a red rose and the gorgeous man on one knee, you were surprised, overwhelmed and grateful. You accepted him and thought...

Second Chance

Here is my story titled ‘Second Chance’ Diwali dawned bright and promising, but for Sumangali, it was just another day. She woke before the sun, as she always did, tending to her completely paralyzed husband. She never complained, nor did she entertain...

Hour Twenty Three Jun 16

  Tender, tender, tread slowly, my little girl Tender, tender is your heart, little girl You are twelve going on thirteen A big new phase, a new you Your eyes are large with excitement and anticipation I wish I could meet all of them And let not even a tiny point...

 Hour Nine Jun 16

  “O these humans, they have no sense at all! “O don’t even get me started brother They have no sense, of course but neither do they have grace” “O forget grace, they don’t have patience Which I think is The most important...

 Hour Eight Jun 16

    Under the night sky, when everything’s dark ,Pull over by the river Let your eyes roam all over Inhale deeply, closing your eyes Feel the miracle That is in being alive Many a time, it seems things are at an End when it is only your beginning and...

WISHES Hour Twenty Four Jun 16

Wishes are like dreams When they get fulfilled, they no longer feel important How easily you forget the feverish nights and the hopeful days You spent nurturing and nursing them Setting every grey cell, every muscle in your body to slog So you could achieve what you...

HOUR seven HAIKU

Swan’s silent farewell, Echoes of a final song, Graceful dance in dusk….

THE MAGIC PRINCE

The gentle crown prince wanted a pet so badly that He could call his own and pour in to it, all his love He accepted politely the most fantastical of them that His father, the king and scoured for him From all around the world But his heart wanted something more As he...