I have calmed myself and put on clean clothes to visit Cathy – A monthly pilgrimage I take with equal measure of passion and pain, joy and hesitation, Cathy lives…

Even before it was born, our story seemed stained with grayness. When I first met you you were at a stream collecting twigs, To make a montage to adorn our…

It was at the fall fair that I met her first: A tall, thin shaft of light, With a sprightly step and a haunting gleam in her eyes, My eyes…

Life is often kicked in the belly by the ways of the world, Which can be indifferent, insensitive, and inhuman, Stupendous invented-complexity reigns over human life, Making it a tortured…

Touching the ground on which I put the first shaky footsteps, Seeing the majestic contours of the undulating skyline, Which my eyes had never tired to range, Back in Kashmir,…

Cast against the blue skyA flower is a figure with an aura of presence;Its scintillating color wrapped in gentle contours,Sculptured with a spectrum of petals and a stem,Forming an enigmatic…

( Dedicated to my friend Roy Friedman, who left us before his time. A playwright, a family man, and a friend, who had yet to offer his best.) My grandmother…

Evening has assumed a serene yet exciting mood,Everything is pregnant with tranquil hopefulnessAfter day’s shattering struggle with survival;To make money men would stress themselves to death. I have worn the…

I am driving on George Washington Bridge on my way to home After a grueling workday. The traffic is torturous and my nerves are aching For the relief of my…

With what dexterity and logic did nature make the human body, It is created to do multitude of things, With precision , poise, and purpose. In some one hundred and…