Shankari’s past and present are far removed from each other and she’d lived many lifetimes in between breaths. Today she’d completed her happy second year of city life. Shankari wasn’t equipped for so much happiness,...

The wafting aroma of honey cake from the nearby café triggered my nostalgia. ‘Twas the same café that had witnessed two souls falling in love. The mandatory tea, honey cake and shortbread cookies were her...

  Contemporary circus of hideous judgements Embrace all women, despite juggling with utmost finesse Akin to those highly skilled, self-reliant acrobats Balancing every arduous act with great panache. The bull whip of sky rocketing expectations Sabotages the flying trapeze of...

Shimmering icy serenade Adorns bare trees with crystal crowns Cold Nature in crystal white gowns Caressing eyes with pure white shade   Wintry willow wands pirouette In tandem with the drafty winds Stirring their wintry dreams They remain grounded on the frozen...

Since the time I was born, I was incarcerated within the morbid, chaotic prejudices. I yearned for a breather to break free the feigned passage of time. None seemed to approve of my ‘non-girlish’ dreams I...

To every impediment of life I express my heartfelt gratitude For succoring me to fend for myself And thrive commensurate with the existing conditions Oblivious to the “what people will say” jargon.   Every time I emotionally invested myself To the...

A jocund escapade into the realms of Utopia Scripting notes of freedom with my exuberant ink of hope Assassinating the morbid claustrophobia Celebrating my glee with the cerulean skies Scribbling a gazillion of illegible alphabets of positivity and...

Let her anklets sing the songs The songs of exuberance The songs of emancipation. May the mellifluous lyrics Usher in shimmering hope Smeared to equality and certitude. May her anklet bequeath a chasm Of undaunted femineity That tell tales of achievements, And stories...