Mansooba (मंसूबा)

  हुआ करे लाख़ मुख़ातिब, हमसे लोग ज़माने में करें ख़ैरियत - ख़्याल बेशक़, दिन-रात, आने-जाने में दरकार सबकी अपनी है, अदब-सलाम बजाने में यूँ ही नही...

The Rescue…

An earthquake struck Nepal at 11:56 NST on 25 April, 2015 with a moment magnitude (M w ) of 7.8 or 8.1M s and a maximum Mercalli Intensity...

The Wait (Weight) is Good….

I was as confused as one could be. I hadn’t known these feelings before. My mind was playing dirty games. I looked around and it took me an ...

Intersecting Monologues…

“There is no such thing as a conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all." - Dame Rebecca West Y...

Dying?

‘I’m dying’ she said. “Who isn’t? We all are.” He replied. “It’s just a matter of time”. ----------------------------------------------...

Let’s Pawn The Silence…

I spent all my words today. The bag of words gaped at me with its wide, quizzing eyes. I guess, even it did not believe that I will be so wa...

The Respite Lies in the Journey…

Resting is tiresome. My respite begins with the travel. The social obligations are obliterated when the final goodbyes are said. The journey...

Let’s Just Flow…

Let us not use any more words. I guess we have known each other well enough all these years to know that the more we discuss our situation n...

Tethered

The dreams lead on, like a bunch of helium balloons raring to go. They soar and take my being away, make me a superhero who could fly and ...

Things You Learn at Work – 2

All that you need to know about documentation.

One Man’s Sorrow…

Clicked the set below at a cremation ground recently, right after the pyre was cleared and the offerings (usually some food and sugar and mi...

Things You Learn at Work – 1

Need I say more...

Between Dreams, Life and Memories…

The shades of winters fade as spring takes over declawing the cold wind and forcing the Sun to take over the reigns of the days once again. ...

Degeneration

The Sun impishly played with the clouds outside the window. I looked around and saw the leafless trees set in motion by the unforgiving wind...

Aur Nahi Hota (और नहीं होता)

नज़रों से ज़्यादा आज़ाद-गुफ़्तार नहीं कोई यह वो कहती है जो ज़बान से बयान नहीं होता होगा कौन और दर्द सा वफादार इस ज़माने में साथ यह निभाता है जब ...

Abstractions Visualized

Clicked the following set of three posters at Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery AL on a recent visit to US of A. I can’t tell what the artist ...

The Next Day…

She woke up with a heavy head, her mind reeling from the evening before. Maybe it was all a dream, she thought. Wishful thinking – her subc...

Holiday Hues…

I clicked the picture above at Delhi Haat in December last year and it won a photography contest at work recently. Here is the link to the...

The Wedlock

The grey and wet morning led to a hapless afternoon and a bitter, nonchalant evening. She prepared herself for the night ahead. She knew it ...

Concluding 2014

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come whispering, ‘It will be happier’ - Alfred Lord Tennyson 2014 has been a mixed bag. Ap...

Yun Hi Sahi (यूँ ही सही)

ना सही मेरा ईमान काबे कलीसा में हुआ मैं गर तो क्या, क़ाफ़िर ही सही मेरे हर दिन, हर पल में शामिल तू तेरे लिए चाहे मैं रहा अजनबी ही सही किसी ...

Save Your Tears…

Prolonged water stagnation softens the soil and moisture seeps in through the walls. The paint cracks and peels off and the pillars lose the...

Liberi, Liberi…

True freedom can only exist in one’s mind. In your head, you are free to be the king of the world, rule the human race, have absolute ruthle...

The Marina Chronicle

Marina Beach is a natural urban beach in the city of Chennai, India which runs from near Fort St. George in the north to Besant Nagar in...

Foodie Files – Platters from South

If you relish good food and happen to be visiting Chennai, here are a couple of things to do - # Try out one of Anjappar Restaurants. Here...

Foodie Files – Nandu Chettinad (Crab Masala Chettinad Style)

Chettinad is actually a region of the Sivaganga district of southern Tamil Nadu and Chettinad cuisine is the cuisine of the Chettiar communi...

The Bride…

I sketched this on my phone and am calling it ‘The Bride’. To those, who see marriages as only a social celebration for a license to procre...

A Cage Called Hope

It is funny how people around you see the silence you are engulfed in and fail to hear the noise inside. The mind works overtime, echoing sh...

Toys...

He played with keen interest, unmindful of the world around, sitting less than 10 feet away from my car. The halt on the red light was longe...

Street Cries…

I clicked the picture below along the roadside near Kalka Ji Metro Station, New Delhi during the Diwali week. The following verse from Saroj...

Rafoogar (रफ़ूगर)

कुछ स्याह और हो यह शब तो सुकून मिले तेरी हसरतों से फिर मुझे नया जूनून मिले मेरी दीवानगी, मेरी तिश्नगी की नज़र हुई कहूँ तुम से भी अब क्या, कि...

The Sand…

This heart is but an empty space – even with you filling all its corners. The apathy in this relationship is seeping in through the holes in...

Disgusted…

How old is a two and half year old? - Old enough to recognize one’s parents and family - Old enough to call out to the parents - Old eno...

The Dreamwalker

She was there sitting next to me on the same bench overlooking the lake. The blue sky was flanked by puffy white clouds. A few birds chirped...

The Desert…

There comes a time when you realize that you will not last the distance; that your lungs will explode before the last lap; that you will go ...