I have been driving long and hard,Over the tortuous, rugged terrain.The struggle was occasionally relievedBy splendid, seductive scenery on the way. During the journey many times I thought of quitting,As…
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A cup of tea is a balm to the stressed life,A replenishment of energy,A change of mood. What is the miracle in the marriageOf tea leaves and hot water?We only…
I just returned from Andover, Mass,Where I had gone to see my cousin, Surinder’s, wife, Billy,And participate in his first death anniversary.Surinder died suddenly in January of this year, at…
She came to the party like a princess, though without a crown,To win the hearts of people,But not to impress their egos. She moved around with deft grace,Working her fluid,…
Yesterday the sun shone bright in Rockland,After many a chilly gloomy day.The emergent but yet shaky spring danced over fragile but lithe new blossoming.There was a bounce in the air,…
A stunningly beautiful woman,Robed in ample, majestic mountains,Crowned with soaring peaks.A sublime mother, who for eons has nourished her children,A cosmic sanyasin, who has meditatedFor a few million years to…
Often in the heat of living I revisit the old question: Who am I? Through the beautiful and the ugly of life, Through the joyful and the painful of life,…
As far as we can look back in the recorded history of Kashmir,We see a river of Hindus flowing through thousands of years;Even beyond the recorded history they are thought…
I am only moments away from dying;The long journey of my life is ending with nature’s scintillating precision.Luckily I am still able to think. I want to know if I…
You came and lit up the evening With your gorgeous smile and sweet talk. Though our roof is small but your heart is large. We feel every friend is an…