• 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,…

  • Remembering 9-11

    My memory of that day is vivid. Graduate school had pushed my nights very late and I had slept in. I was woken up with a call “go turn on the tv!!” Sometimes our bodies respond to such commands without a word, hearing the undertone of shock, terror and pain in it. The idiot box…

  • "In America, they haven't used it for years!"

    “Happiness starts with healthiness!!” crooned a lady extolling the virtues of a pet supplies shop. I was startled. My ears rang so loud, I thought I was in the bell tower of Notre Dame. The transformation of ‘health’ into ‘healthiness’ was akin to a bad dream. How in the world does one keep track of…

  • How do I love thee?

    For the February issue of Palki 6, I simply had to pen down my thoughts on the one of the most celebrated saints this part of the century: Valentine. How do I love thee? “Let me count the ways.” The world will soon gear up to welcome spring. The little city of Loveland in Colorado,…

  • Masks and such

    Winter ground is different. The white blanket masks everything. The earth peeks out merely through a web of pathways and black, tarred roads. I walk to the entrance of the grocers, ready for mundane tasks. Life doesn’t always give happy servings on a platter, bitter memories somehow seep in, always. My friend Barnali recently hosted…