Our little home,our small abode Not too far,not too near To the blazing Star Full of life,joy and strife Ever generating,ever perishing in the cycle of creation Alive to all our needs Air,water,food and shelter All given from your side But we asked for more For ever demanding, for ever encroaching Every place, every space…
తొలి పూతకై చిగురుటాకు వణికింది. చల్లచల్లని సాయంత్రం సందెదాకా వచ్చింది మల్లెపూల సువాసనలు మంచుముద్ద కప్పింది. తమలపాకు చిగురుపూత లేలేత నునుపుగా సౌరభాల మామిడి మొగ్గ వన్నెలన్నీ చిందగా ఈ ఏడాది ఉగాదికై ఉదయభానుడు వేచగా ప్రకృతికే కొత్త వలపు పులకరింత మాటున వయ్యారపు సింగారాల వన్నెలే విచ్చుకొని ఆమని పాటలు ఏటి నీటిలో ముంచుకొని వగరు వగరు మావి కొమ్మ వీనుల విందుగా మీటెనే పచ్చపచ్చని ఉగాదికి పల్లెటూరి పాటనే
A medley of melodies recreates a scene. Amidst the green coconut grove,Iam seated opposite a small water body.Verdant green shoots have sprung all around the pool.White garden roses are waving at me.All around it is calm and quiet.I want that moment frozen .I want to believe that,that moment will reveal something to me.Some everlasting truth,some…
Deepika’s Mother was not keeping well. Deepika had been asking her mother to see a Doctor. It was the same today. “Mummy, please go to the Doctor. You are not well”. “No Deepika, I will be fine. It is just a headache. You get ready for college. Pack something for your evening. You have your…
“The rains are here at last “ said Grandmother. ‘Yes the weather forecast yesterday said there would be heavy rain for a few days’ I said setting aside all my books to look at the rain drops falling on the garden roses. It had been a very hot summer. We knew it very well. Our…
Have you seen the music room? No- not in the day When it is agog with people as the court demands its share of fun Not when the Sunlight is bright and clear When the roses in the vase are young and fresh The birds come to visit Through the open windows Not when a…
In the film Ben-Hur Judah Ben-Hur who is on a torture trip along with the other prisoners and criminals is denied water. As he pleads “Oh God” Christ comes with a pitcher of water, washes his face and gives him more water to drink. The guard notices this and says, “I said-no water for him.”…
World Cup football becomes a thread through memory: Maradona, Brazil, a football-loving father, changing styles of play and the enduring drama of the beautiful game.
An interruption in my explorations into the Novel occurred mainly because I delved into criticism and metafiction. As an interlude it helped me to understand the art of writing fiction. The classifications and ramifications are so vast that I started to long for a comforting novel and tumbled into 3 books that I haven’t read….
The airport is a big surprise. It is not the ram shackled, worn-out airport in which I landed 10 years ago. Then Hyderabad had no direct flight to Patna. I had to change flights in New Delhi. Now the flying experience is smooth and coordinated.