Crickets forgot to sing

I am thrown into a frenzy with nature prompts for haikus and haibuns, owing to a shameful disconnect with nature. The fact that I live in a tropical climate (where seasonal sensibilities are different) does not help much. This also reminds me of the natural disasters we have faced this year, due to heavy rainfall … Continue reading Crickets forgot to sing

Agony of being Me

“Well… you are different” is an oft-repeated phrase I have heard since childhood. I did not bother about the truth in the statement. But I did think what was ‘different’ that was visible to them, but not me. And what did I read in those statements? Ridicule                    I do not belong. And all those … Continue reading Agony of being Me

Grand design

 I read somewhere that wildfires occur to destroy the weeds in the forest, and the existing trees become manure to emergence of new life.  The same cannot be said about the impact of natural disasters on civilisation. We have no system to differentiate between the weeds and trees, or accept the reduction of a tree to … Continue reading Grand design