The world knows how bad are the conditions in India due to the second wave of the pandemic. Today India reported 3.6 lakh cases. On Tuesday it reported over 3000 deaths. The crematoriums are flooded with dead bodies and people have to wait for their turn to get their loved ones cremated. People don’t evenContinue reading “India and pandemic.”
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We’ve been born in a time..
We’ve been born in a timewhere heartbreaks are fanciedand true love seems like a myth,poems of betrayal and heartbreaks are admiredover the poems of love and nature,the celebrity news catches our attention more oftenthen the real issues ever do,feminism is being used by some to play the victim card,mental health has become just a topicContinue reading “We’ve been born in a time..”
Poem: I want to tell my parents.
Sometimes I want to tell my parentsabout how life hit me hardat an age as young as 21,how I got my heart brokennot just once,not just twicebut innumerable times.I want to tell themhow lonely I feel at times,how I spend my sleepless nights cryinguntil my eyes swell upand close unknowinglywithout even trying.I want to tellContinue reading “Poem: I want to tell my parents.”
The stars
What if the stars in the sky abovesee us every nightand mumble to each other about us?What if they look down at broken usand think of helping us heal?What if they just see us broken, hurt,discouraged, devastated, cryingand then they break themselvesand fall so that we can make a wish, believe in hope and theContinue reading “The stars”
Open letter to the one who moved on
To the one who moved on. It was not the time to. It was not the time to let go of me so soon. Maybe it seems too soon to me but too late to you. I just want to know how did you forget the love you wanted to last forever, how did youContinue reading “Open letter to the one who moved on”
An open letter to 2020
Dear 2020 You took so much from me. You took away the most important person from me, you took away my dreams, my aspirations and myself. I just felt lost every time. You made me feel so lonely that I was bound to stay in a room for days. I’m not grateful to you forContinue reading “An open letter to 2020”
Caged.
It was a new morning but everything seemed different. The darkness faded away with the night but not from my life. I stood in front of the mirror draping a saree, wearing bangles and applying a bindi and sindoor. Like a newlywed bride, was what I was expected to look like today. A modest smileContinue reading “Caged.”
You are gone.
I checked the calendar. 28th June, it showed. 3 years back, this day became the best day of my life. But today, instead of holding onto you, I’m holding onto your memories. I peeped through the window and it seemed as if even the sky was crying looking at my fate. The morning which should’veContinue reading “You are gone.”
Love sees no religion.
He performed namaz five times a day and she was a follower of Lord Krishna, the god of love. They believed in their religions but in humanity was what they believed more in. Their eyes matched and hearts pondered. Her eyes reminded him of the shine of the crescent moon that showed up at theContinue reading “Love sees no religion.”
Rape and death of humanity.
A father couldn’t get a last glance of his daughter,A mother couldn’t kiss her daughter for the last time and bid her adieuAnd a brother couldn’t hold his sister’s hand for the last time and promise her to get the perverts who brutally raped her punished.She was cremated and burnt down into ashes in theContinue reading “Rape and death of humanity.”
