Poems

In our hyper-convoluted, super-charged, and un-symbolic lifeThere is not much respite from the perversity of the world. When the spirit sags the world prescribes a set of fixes:The most popular…

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,…

Rahul and Anjali were born and lived in two different worlds: One in San Francisco and the other in Miami. Though progeny of the same Kashmiri Pandit community They grew…

Existence seems to know the value of its existence, When experiencing beauty, It has power, order, and logic in it. Life is transformed into something indescribable when apprehending beauty, All…

Defeat seems a jolt to smooth motion of life, A confrontation with destiny, An insult to the spirit. Worldly life is a long series of defeats, ( Where, at times,…

It was yesterday that my friend Alan told me casuallyThat his wife Lana had decided to retire. Though Lana’s retirement has been a conversationBetween us for the last few years,Yesterday’s…

Up on the top of a fall colors decked tree a solitary leaf holds itself in serene majesty.The riotous colors dressing the entire maple tree are shocking and seductive.Little did…

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,…

She sits in immense grandeur in the Tulmul nag island temple, Presiding over the protection and well being of Kashmiris: She is Maharajni Khir Bhavani, Kashmir’s supreme and the newest…

Man comes from eternal silence and goes back to it in the end, In between is the noisy gamut of experience called life. Our deepest urge is to be silent…