The taste of her lips still lingers long past she is gone The short span of apartness; evanescence; a swan song. Her laughter a promise of a secret she will reveal Her eyes a canvas of a summer holiday I need. The usual drag of 9-5 is a myth, the reality is her smile The […]

Tapas: kab aankh kholega tu? Maun: kab bolega tu? Sukoon thikaana nahi, manzil hai Khoti milti ranjish hai Ab ek durse ko aankh bhar dekh le hum? Thoda theher le, ro le? Araam ki chaadar odh ke so le? Jo keh nahi paye the keh le? Ek dusre ki panah me reh le? Gun-guna le […]

The King is no more. Long live the King. A cascade of hazy memories & falling things, If the dawn was the allotted time for rendezvous I have been sitting on the curb waiting since dusk, A container of stories of struggle, passion, revolt and luck Tomorrow comes back again as the promise for today […]

you feel inspired you have words you want to encapsulate a whole life into a few lines where to begin? i write this in the middle dreams, thoughts, women, childhood, verb, dawn, nights, coffee, a woman that lies beside me, lies? no lies: she is the truth. a future that excites me, a home that […]

Clots & plaques in a rotten society’s arterial path, Do the tarnished memories of a good time revert back? The rails go beyond the horizon; punching a hole like Mike Tyson, Toughen up, little soldier, I got your back. Tears so perpetual she does not need glycerine, Can speak a thousand words but, alas, no […]

Don’t do it. To the citizen of the nation, I say: If you can lend a hand, don’t do it. If you can continue to pretend, don’t do it. If you can comprehend, don’t do it. If you have any empathy left, don’t do it. If each vote of yours is for the dictator, don’t […]

Dragging the other down to climb that ladder Conscience fading; clinging on to heavy death metal Listening to fables about broken bodies on broken tables How are we even supposed to act stable? We are all believing the lies coming via cable Lines are blurred between the messenger and the machine We are busy watching […]

Yes, the surreptitious fade away They come back on rare nights but you ain’t there Not an ounce of care Rejoice: for you are free from the noise The power that they once possessed ain’t there The final form on the perfect timeline The canvas filled with candles & love bites Truth or dare? I […]

In the times of my confession And the smoke of cigarettes When the coffee is an outer body experience And I am riding a bike of no regrets Each moment of mine will sing out loud The melody, lyrics & quotes Wasn’t life a backdrop? A backdrop for memories & thoughts The vessel to feel […]

Finally, the birds fly away Towards the Northern skies for their homes All together, yet apart, Whole; yet alone. The winds carry messages and memories On the travelling smoke lies our demons & struggles What am I if I am not for another? Who am I if I am not there for someone else’s struggle? […]

On a garrulous, endless trip On a train that has no destination I had a company of faceless persons That revealed no names, region & religion A few did, but chose to not reveal; a few had, but I forget. My priority was to save my love My priority was to retain us. To not […]

The involuntary pursuit for that final lunge at the unknown Thoughts, body & shrouds of soul sprayed all over the floor The tapestry that is the unseen and undrawn masterpiece The trials, tribulations, tears and defeats. Broken days move forwards to meet and respawn into more brokenness The journey of the serious acted in jest […]

It is time we have to kill. Cool, either we make out or talk? Either ways, I penetrate your penetralium. My confessions are varied and contain contradictions. I will not be able to explain it all in one go: I contain multitudes. If you distill me to my confessions, it is unjust. If you see […]

Burn in one’s own flame Rise from your own ashes The Camel, The Lion, The Child. The Apprentice, The Creative, The Sublime. Reliving all mistakes, all feelings, all passions. Resisting, fighting, sharpening, growing. Kissing, breaking, dancing, hating. Over and over again. The nature is me. I am you. We are cut from the same cloth. […]

God is dead: We killed her/him/it With violence, with our conformity, with our silence With rationality, arguments, and reasons, With our turning coats and changing with seasons. Even an atheist has his hell It is the love for those he cares for; and not receiving it in return. It is memories that he buys and […]

I understand. I know why we are here. To share our solitude, hold our embrace, kiss that smile. In the still of the night. To make mistakes, to dance underneath the moonlight, to lose our minds, In the thrill of the night. To share stories, to understand and be understood, to explain our times, In […]

*Crash* Eyes blurry, weary, tired. Do not remember how I got here but some transient moments of clarity do come. I do remember the backdrop; I just forget the context. Where am I again? It is complex. There was a dinner planned and what was her name again? Gotta get up fast. Remember. Her condition […]

Again, away from the darkness as we drink, There are thoughts relived in the songs my mother sings And I believe; in all the shades of you I see The stars in the sky tonight exist for thee. In the forever and beyond As I stare into her eyes I realise they are my reason […]

Drinking from broken glass  Living on hardened stones  Ignited by the fascist fires  Burning bodies, souls & bones  Times they change yet stay the same  Oppressor & oppressed  A debt that shall be paid with interest  Breaking the King’s chest  Mother, I’ll be late for dinner  Will just chew on broken thorns  Drinking the ocean’s […]

paint me red. consume me like red wine. every master is a guardian of death. all liars believe in the divine. yes, i am a liar too, though. when i say i can take the pain away. but i can take you higher. higher than any drug ever will. make you the smoke in the […]

when we reach the end it will not matter whether we were right or wrong the birds do not judge, they just sing the swan song and the righteous still cling on to their flags of inconsequence while the hurricane it sweeps all off the same it is the story of that putrid, ghastly rain […]

there was a bourbon called “enigma in a glass” made from the most magical, even sized, pure, golden, maize seeded in the magnificent mountain ranges, hand picked by the mountain workers that worship the grounds processed in those large wooden canisters that had the scent of an un-lived childhood memory liquid gold. which once poured, […]

maine dekhe hai vo sapne uski aankhon me jinme maine bachpan me ek kaagaz ki naav chalai thi jab mera dil ek dhadkan bhul betha tha jinme me bina piye chuur betha tha maine dekhi hai vo hakiqat uski aankhon me jinme me yaadein bhul jaata hun jinme mujhe apne ateet ke chehre saaf nahi […]

killing in the names of my god are no different from the killings in yours we have become so numb we don’t even count bullets anymore when was the last time we sat together and sang songs? hugged and told each other that it will be okay. hold each others’ hands through the new day […]

i just stuck by mine. through the thick and thin of it you distill the essence of me and all you will find is the reality of always me being me when i found the shoe that fit i stuck to it even when it was worn out and old the people that did not […]

lights. camera. action. baby steps. tantrums. laughter. books. basketball. beach. private. personal. unknown. a ploy. a plot. a charade. a ventriloquist. a zeitgeist. a masquarade. a speech. a conversation. a debate. a vibe. a zone. a culture. trials. tribulations. triumphs. sweat. blood. tears. strengths. passion. fears. a few days. a few months. a few years. […]

obstentatioxsly conscious an aware subterfuge a state of nirvana in a trance, a fugue huge; if the world is mine but nothing if i lose myself a victory if i conquer everything a bigger defeat if i lose a friend yes, the applause will be loud and the accolades justified but will it be worth […]

the dying light in broad daylight the rainless clouds and the smog filled nights “how do we now fly kites?”, ask the kids and their innocent eyes the parents take no notice. busy with misinformation on news hate filled & forwarding messages “do you know how wrong the other religion/caste/community/political party is?!”, having no time […]

“i was discriminated against for being from my caste”-1 upper caste in 10,000 “i was discriminated against for being from my caste”-9,999 reserved citizens in 10,000 “i do not care about the system”-privileged “i live on minimum wage because of the system”-oppressed “i hate to vote”-priviliged “i only exist because of my vote”-oppressed “i only […]