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Poetry
1 min read
likhati hun
यह एक कविता है. जब उलझन में उलझ हो तब कुछ शब्द निकल कर आते हैं वही एक कविता बन जाती है।
Poetry
5 min read
Syllables of Slate and Deodar
A quiet, sharp-edged poem and accompanying essay capturing the physical weight of cold and silence in a high-altitude Uttarakhand stone hut.
Poetry
1 min read
Terrace Clay After the First Cloudburst
Verses on petrichor, cooling brickwork, and the quiet arrival of evening rain across north Indian rooftops.
Poetry
2 min read
The Ink-Stained Border
A cartographer of memory attempts to map a lost home through the mechanical precision of drafting tools, only to find the medium resisting the weight of exile.
Poetry
5 min read
The Weight of Brass and Silt
A winter ghazal from a courtyard in Jalandhar, where the rhythm of the spinning wheel meets the cold weight of memory.
Poetry
3 min read
When a River Has to Wait
Near Darchula, a landslide in the gorge forced the Chaulani River to halt for an afternoon. In Fort Kochi, a poet watches tidal water leave and return on schedule, observing the difference between water that flows predictably and mountain hydrology stopped in its tracks.
Poetry
3 min read
Rain on Southern Avenue
A quiet observation of Kolkata's rain-soaked municipal blue-and-white paint, captured through balcony vignettes, a shared glance across a minibus, and monsoon surfaces on Southern Avenue.
Poetry
5 min read
The Geometry of Two Cups
A bilingual reflection on the quiet rituals of waiting, the slow simmer of cardamom tea, and the distance between a delayed train and a promised return.
Poetry
2 min read
Ghazal-e-Dahliz: The Threshold at Dusk
A classical five-sher Urdu ghazal on the thresholds (dahlīz) of Old Lucknow, reflecting on dusk, restraint, and spatial memory.
Poetry
3 min read
Sruthi in the Salt Air: Notes on a Chennai Dawn
A sensory meditation on the sacred winter month of Margazhi, where the geometric symmetry of kolams meets the lingering ragas of Mylapore's temples.
Poetry
3 min read
The Seventh Groove of Thumri
In an old courtyard overlooking Bhopal’s Bada Talab, a listener lowers a tonearm onto a weathered 1958 vinyl pressing, reflecting in verse and prose on the human dignity of surface noise.
Poetry
3 min read
The Night-Watch at the Sluice Gate
A midnight vigil beside a diesel tubewell in the Punjab winter, measuring the human cost of irrigation against the mystic verses of Baba Farid.
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