( 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…

In a dazzling display of fraternity and brimming with excitement, We have gathered today to bid farewell to a friend. It is a brief event vainly attempting to sum it…

In the beginning God created the dream,Later both God and man created the world. Eons later the dream has become the illusionAnd the mind-created world the reality.This confusion between illusion…

He mingles with people with adroit ease, Making the banter seem spontaneous and smooth. But little do people know that behind that lie A lifetime’s efforts to acquire wisdom His…

Amar Singh College was a big college lying on the south-west of Srinagar,It is close to Wazir Bagh and Amira Kadal and on one end and Jehlum river flood canal…

Why are they urging me to open the doors of my childhood, Which I had shut stiff a long time ago – To keep away my still smoldering pains, To…

Riding the unschooled dancing crest of desire, Life beckoned with nature’s demonic power, Painting cosmos with sanguine colors, Making breath gallop to a tune. Desire is the white horse waiting…