Tag: poem

Maybe this exam wasn’t meant For you to score a hundred percent Maybe not an eighty, nor a fifty That’s how they’d made this to be. Maybe this wasn’t meant to be easy or fair But to see, my child, if you would hang in there; Till the last bell rang, till the fat lady…

Imperfect are the songs I sing, Imperfect, the gifts you bring. Dented lay our pride, On life’s roller-coaster ride. Yet perfectly do our movies end, Braving many an imperfect bend! Broken lie our hopes and dreams On the shore of life; Broken lies our promised land With greed and strife. Flawed is the light that…

My freedom fighter’s your terrorist And your refugee, my burdensome beast. It’s autumn in my skies, so could you just let me be – Not bother ’bout the hungry, the thirsty, The homeless on the roads, babes dying on the sea? Fires in villages where I’ve never been, Are those what you’d rather have me…

Does humour have gender? Does politics? Is it wrong to stereotype? Is it okay being opportunistic? Playing with my heart is exploitation too, Pitting me against my fellow man makes me a gladiator, true. When does my habit start hurting you? And at what point your beliefs stifle me? My truth could well be different…

Debotar Gras (The Divine Seize) by Rabindranath Tagore Across the lands, the news spread like rage To the confluence shall the priest go on his voyage. To undertake the sacred bath. Companions joined him from lands far and wide The young, the old, men and women – all gathered at his side. Two boats lay…

Translation: Chhatradhara by Kalidas Roy   Year after year, class after class They troop in, en masse The leaves juvenile bloom into flowers merry Radiant in youth’s green glory   You care for them, learn the names of them all Keep meeting them, through summer and fall Discipline them, ensure they finish their lessons on…

Book Reviews, Fiction and miscellaneous musings on literature.. This section contains my book reviews, short stories, a few translations and miscellaneous ruminations on literature and its associated personalities, real and fictional. My 10 Books Book Reviews: Those Days (Shei Somoy) The First Light (Prothom Alo) Tungabhadra’r Teere The Chess Machine Man Eaters of Kumaon The…