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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,…
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O is for Overwhelmed Today’s post almost didn’t make it. It is strange how I feel this way today of all days. Sunk under the day’s work. Beleaguered by the requirements of customs and traditions Pounded on by a barrage of different obstacles that Life throws in the general direction of the living. A precariously…
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N All during our holiday last weekend, my mind was whirling about, swimming in the pool of emotions beginning with N. I had almost made up my mind, when on our return back home, my garden greeted me with the season’s first daffodils. I simply had to change my mind when my garden screamed out…
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M: There are, I’ve been informed, six basic emotions. Of these, one of the most commonly felt, even more than happiness is that of it’s very opposite: sadness. If not most common, it definitely is one of the most easily expressed emotion. Of course, sorrow is not what we ideally desire. What person would want…
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L: Today rightfully belongs to Love. It rules the alphabet of emotions, it rules everything. Though my physics training fights me, it is love that makes the world go round. But today is also Friday the thirteenth. So giving all due rights to the day, I should focus on the Dark side of Love. To an…