I was walking down the pathway in the park.I felt I was walking on the mountain green. I had a vision of Wordsworth climbing the hills and meadows with his lamb by his side. It was indeed an overwhelming feeling. I still feel so. But as I left the park and started to reach home,…
Who was she? This struck me repeatedly. She was young and in the full bloom of her youth. She didn’t seem to be clever. Though she was not over thirty, she appeared to be over forty. She had dry, ragged hair, an unkempt appearance, and seemed to want hygiene and cleanliness. She seemed to have…
I’m not a painter. I only have words and phrases to paint the beauty of summer. What if we have rains in summer? Some time ago it did happen and I could not let the moment go without attempting a portrait of it. Summer has set in. With the onset of summer there is a…
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…
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…
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.”…
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.