Matryoshka Dolls: Tanka
Ever since my childhood, I have been fascinated towards Russia. It was my dream to visit Russia (USSR or Soviet Union at the then time). But despite being married to…
Subdued Sun: Tanka
This is my first attempt of writing a Tanka! The inspirations behind are the complexities and adversities of modern life. This picture was clicked by my daughter Anindhya through the…
Midnight Moon: Haiku
Life gets mundane sitting in front of T.V. and computer screens and it’s been months that I hadn’t seen clear sky in real. Yesterday, I encouraged my daughters to skip…
Muliebrity : Haiku
I received this rose as a gift, which was breathtakingly beautiful, but not smelling. It reminded me of the agony of a woman who is being praised for her beauty, not for her virtues.…
Rebuttal: Haiku
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Emptiness: Haiku
A haiku on a woman’s plight but how she wishes to fly high! Haiku …
Denounced : Haiku
The poet, the free-bird in me wants to fly high in the sky of hopes and opportunities. But, responsibilities and criticism chop her wings. Haiku …
अहम् — Hindi Haiku
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Paradise lost: Haiku
A Haiku on love, changing it’s meaning with changing times! It’s quite saddening when love becomes lewd, for transcendence turns transient. Haiku …
Intolerance: Haiku
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]ntolerance— the biggest hullabaloo of current times, be it in the political scenario or in the religious arena. Everyone is talking about it, either loving it or hating it, the…
Eternal Love: Haiku
A Haiku is a Japanese poem traditionally comprising of seventeen syllables, in three lines of ‘five’, ‘seven’, and ‘five’, which evokes natural images. The next morning, after that stormy night, I found…
Dipawali ? Haiku
A Haiku is a Japanese poem traditionally comprising of seventeen syllables, in three lines of ‘five’, ‘seven’, and ‘five’, which evokes natural images. On the eve of Dipawali, I have tried to…
Motherhood: Haiku
A Haiku is a Japanese poem traditionally comprising of seventeen syllables, in three lines of ‘five’, ‘seven’, and ‘five’, which evokes natural images. My Haiku is a new adaptation of the traditional…