Barriers

When I saw it, I couldn’t believe my eyes.  It was all true. I had returned from Ahmedabad, after completing my premium IIT-IIM education, with a plum job offer in hand. This is the same garden, where Ritu and I had played our childhood games. It was unofficially official between the families that we would … Continue reading Barriers

Silent tears

"Take my two cents on this. There is something shady about those friends of yours." "Dad, you know nothing. They are a creative lot, and soon, we are going to be in the news." They sure were. Police dogs on a scent trail had reached their house. The musical band was banned forever. It was … Continue reading Silent tears

Personalization

I found myself in the ruins once again following shadows of imagination   wishful thinking elevates then I fall with a thud of disappointment creating reverberations   an era turns inside me creating space to renew and rebuild rephrase creation   beliefs flipping over sprouting again Personalization   First Line Friday at MLMM

Dimensions

Occult occurrences outside conscious realms outside scientific logic draw me inextricably   Life was a search for the third dimension creating  two-dimensional shadows on my wall impalpably   The fourth dimension of time getting outdated quick with the fifth of imagination scares me unimaginably   What lies between thought and response, fifth and beyond drives … Continue reading Dimensions

It hurts….

The young soldier’s wife broke down on seeing her husband with an amputated leg. He had suffered frostbite while serving in the Siachen Glacier at temperatures well below zero. Touching metal with bare hands could cause bites. Six of them would share a tiny igloo made of fiber at night, to keep themselves warm. Her … Continue reading It hurts….