After a long and unbearably hot summer, the rainclouds arrived in large numbers. I wondered if they provided respite to the Sun as much as promising to slake the Earth’s thirst..I tried to craft a poem that would capture the beauty of nature and the idea that memories can be a source of comfort and…
The sun rose in clear, essentially cloudless skies. The sky at dawn had turned red before its arrival. It took on a brighter red hue as the sun started its daily trudge across the skies. I was inspired to string a few words together to capture my interaction..Morning musings.Summer’s dawn, the sky is ablazeWith fiery…
The end of a journey, the eternal truth. From the moment of birth, that is the only certainty for every living being in the universe. Every plant, every animal must end the journey at some point in time. The nature of the path and the companions and experience in the journey between the two points…
Wordless silence has always beckoned me, made me curious about what lies in its folds and layers and has not just slaked my curiosity but also been extremely rewarding..For starters, it has been an extremely repetitive and fruitful exercise. Suspended in a wordless void, bereft of external stimuli, the mind explores a much larger universe,…
The storm clouds gathered in the skies, crowding around in a melee of sorts, blotting out almost all light. Late after sunset, any trace of twilight had disappeared. The skies and the countryside took on a ghostly, eerie appearance; an ideal backdrop for a typical horror/spooky/suspense sequence in a movie. The three lights at the…
One of my most favourite songs of all time is Simon and Garfunkel’s Sounds of Silence. Early today morning I thought of this song while humming Sounds of Silence. A wonderful song, one that speaks of the effects of silence and thinking. A very short verse of a handful of (just four) ash’aar by Nazir…
Sunsets are very pleasant, even in summers when away from the city. The hullabaloo and activity of the day (whatever there is of it) comes to an end. Birds, beasts and humans retire for the night. In these moments of quietude, some random thoughts crowded my mind..They expressed themselves in verse. I love the serene…
Choco, our resident Capo, is aware he is not allowed on beds once the bedcovers are off and the beds are prepared for the night. As a result he utilizes whatever opportunity he gets in the daytime to lay claim to the territory. Dark clouds and considerable rainfall shortened the day yesterday. He seemed lost…
The hottest of summer days are, in Pune, followed by clouds gathering late in the afternoons out of nowhere and a lifesaving precipitation that makes the mercury plummet..This happened yesterday as well and we were treated to a summer shower for well nigh over three quarters of an hour with full accompaniment of thunder and…
On a warm summer morning, the harsh Sun halted and rested behind some dark clouds for a moment. The sight set off a chain of thoughts in my mind. I have attempted to string together these. Check them out..The cyclical nature of life and death is emphasized in Sanatan dharma, highlighting the interconnectedness of opposites…