The child all of four,
Was assaulted by one and more.
Poor soul bled to death,
Is humanity under dearth ?
A girl in her early teens,
Was crumpled by boys so mean.
The scar that they left,
Was more than...
With her crumpled dress and bruised body,
She wondered aloud,
If dad had waited till the bus came,
I could have been saved.
If mom had allowed me to learn karate,
I would have defended myself.
If the boys were...
Oft I wonder,
How do children manage to be happy?
They cry and weep,
But that's short lived.
They smile and laugh their hearts out,
Oblivious of their surroundings.
What's the secret mantra I thought,
And slowly drifted to sleep.
Heard a...
In this bustling life,
Where we join the rat race,
And run like a deer
There are days,
When I just feel,
To be dolce far niente,
Like the hare during the race.
The joy of being idle,
Is equal to bliss.
Oh!...
In the sleepy winter morn,
Like a glisk of warmth,
Creeped in the dawn.
The song of the cuckoo,
Chimed in tandem,
As the sun played peek a boo.
The sprouting greens,
On the snow clad branches,
Looked so calm and serene.
The...
Just as I thought I was done for the day,
My phone rang, scaring me away.
Guests were on their way,
Unannounced, but in gay.
All I had were some chapatis and onions,
And I got my companion.
Sliced them...
I was called a pusthakapuzhu,
As I slept and woke up with books.
Books were my lifelines
And my best friends too.
As days passed, I joined the rat race
And the pusthakapuzhu in me went into hibernation.
The lockdown...
She was thirsty and parched,
The heat cracked her skin open.
All she yearned for,
Was a drop of water to soothe herself.
Her weary eyes, were in search,
Of that one speck of dark cloud,
Through which a drop...