• New pub news!

    On the occasion of National Poetry Month 2026, poet Vidya Shankar and I bring to you, our book which has been almost two years in the making: Light and Line Drawings! This book is a dual-voice poetry collection exploring lives on completely different continents. Light and Line Drawings is a dialog between two poets who,…

  • Lessons from the garden – 1

    This year I’ve been out in the garden the moment spring peeked out through the snow after the long, weary cold. By the end of winter, its wonderful standing out in the crisp breezes. If you listened carefully, you could hear the earth stretching and stirring slowly, waking up after the long cold sleep. Then…

  • Liebster

    This morning, I got a message from Anjali that she’s passed me the Liebster Award. I accept thankfully. I  do have less than 200 followers for my blog. I’ll take any appreciation that I can get. The Leibster Award is for those interesting blogs with less than 200 followers. The rules of the Liebster are…

  • On motivation…

    I have often wondered what external stimulus has to do with writing. Last week was mostly spent in a lull and total block and moping around. Every word that came out of my head took immense time and effort. It was a total verbal constipation. Then I got a letter in my mail. My story…

  • Z: Zym

    I started this April A to Z challenge with an introduction to the protagonist of my novel The Healer. So I decided that I would end with the the world I’ve created. This is the world of Ariana and Farai. Of the evil Sephiroth with his unquenchable thirst for the ultimate power. Zym is one…