एक शहर वो भी होते हैं जहाँ प्रेमी फिर से मिलने का वादा करते हैं जो गवाह होते हैं आखिरी वक्त तक इंतजार करने की बातों के रीत जाने का और शहर फिर हँसता है धीरे से एक शहर वो भी होता है जहाँ सूरज छिपता है लड़की के बालों में लगे फूलों के पीछे […]
Love
Act your age
वह: क्या हर बारिश में इतना खुश होना जरूरी है ? काले बादल आये नहीं कि नाचने लगना ? थोड़ा तो act your age. तुम क्या बच्ची हो जो चक्करघिन्नी की तरह नाचने लगो बारिश को देख कर। वो : क्योंकि बारिश सब कुछ धो देती है, हर उस धूल को जो समय की गर्त […]
I am not the woman you would desire
Desire……A strange word no? the dictionary says it’s an act of want an act of badly needing something and hey i am none of it your eyes ask why i am the woman who would never dress up for the date i won’t dance with you on your favorite song rather laugh with you when […]
Postcard From P: I don’t want to be Mrs Dsouza
Hi everyone. This postcard comes from hospital bed, so ignore the typos. It’s been two days i am admitted here with complaints of dizziness, unconsciousness and general lethargy. So here i share my ward with another occupant, one Mrs Dsouza who is here since a week. I sat down to write my journal, a habit […]
I have become a sunset in love
I have been watching the sunset again. Observing how it takes a dip in the sea coloring the sky orange. I’m waiting for you Waiting to walk into the darkness together As the sun bids me goodbye it reminded me of you that even though you were leaving I still watched. Hoping, maybe this time […]
इंतज़ार……..#OctoberMovie
इंतज़ार तुम्हारे कुछ कहने का कह कर भूल जाने का इंतज़ार सर्दियों में तुम्हारी उँगलियों के ठिठुरने का और काफी के भाप में तुम्हारा अलाव ढूँढने का इंतज़ार पहाड़ के अंतिम छोर पर टिके चाँद का और उसके साथ चलने वाले अकेलेपन का इंतज़ार लहरों के जाने के बाद लौट आने का यूँ जाते वक़्त […]
I don’t look like “married”…….but how does that bother you?
Few days back a woman came to me for treatment who had encountered multiple fractures because of domestic violence. After crying for half an hour about his alcoholic husband, she asked me “You are married recently na? Why don’t you look like one?” I asked her “Why do you apply this thick sindoor”. “For security,” […]
P.S. I Love You #WorldBookDay
Someday there will be a notebook A notebook with tattered pages A notebook with Eiffel on the cover A notebook picked up from an old bookseller Because picking notebook was a habit A habit he happily obliged Because she thought she will write She will write love songs Love songs not about tall promises Love […]
Those Moments
Those Moments Like ordering everything on the menu Just to watch you try to make me eat it all Forgetting everything that shouldn’t be And getting your call to get s reminder Those Moments of endless talks Trying unsuccessfully to flirt my way So that you get the clue Those moments Like finally having the […]