Woman

The sweat of her body,

The worries in her brain,

Eva Joosten and Shaista Dhanda (PC- Sumiran Caprihan)

The tightness in her back,

The anxiety in her mane;

The light of her soul,

The warmth of her heart,

The fire in the belly,

The power in her stance;

She’s a fragile flower,

Softness is her charm,

Strengthening the dark room,

With the warmth of her heart.

Bibliophile

24.4.2018

Bibliophile

Colourful book covers,

Lifesaving quotes 

The cupboard is a magic dose.

The books peep out emotional journeys,

The successes and the failures,

The complex characters and soulful poetry.

I breathe,

the smell of ink imprinted on the pages of the new;

The dust settled in between the pages of a few.

Cleaning the cupboard is like unfolding the pages of life,

The images of reading a book flash in my mind.

While travelling or embracing the silence of the nights 

I have read many in my life.

Sitting in the high school library,

Gazing at the books as a child,

Touching the pages of flap books

The bright colours and soft fingers 

Run in my mind.

I read and borrow them 

to the old and the young,

The list never ends of buying a few;

Books are like moving images 

And the eyes are a camera for the few.

On the Move

April 12, 2018

Somewhere near Jhansi (on the train)

On the Move

The speed of the train 

The noise of the fan

The light coming between the gaps in the door

Do not let me sleep.

I close my eyes

The myriad happy memories glide into my thoughts 

The roads, landscapes, people passing by,

The deep conversations, the soul connections cross by,

The dive into the river, moments of just gazing at the mountain, 

having a cup of warm cappuccino on a rainy day,

the people at the desert, a cup of chai at their little hut,

the warmth of the touch, the music at the beach, 

the sunburn, the eclectic music at the cafe, 

the barefoot walk at the ghats, the silent moments of listening to the river waves, 

the pitter- patter of the rain, the shapes of the moon, glimmering stars and the white clouds of the sky, 

The sunsets and the few sunrises I have watched by,

I travel to seek the infinite surprises the life has to shower in my life. 

P.S- I took this picture on 1.3.2018 from (rooftop cafe) Laura’s Cafe, Pushkar, Rajasthan.

Kanatal

26 November 2017

Kanatal, Uttarakhand 

Memories remain fresh in the brain but a picture reminds us of the moment and captures the beauty. The magnanimous mountains cover themselves daily with a huge white blanket. Slowly, as the sun rises, the valley becomes clear as the warmth of the sun kisses the human beings, animals, plants and trees who become bright and active to begin their day. 

I am not a morning person as I don’t like to wake up to the morning chaos of school vans, vegetable hawkers passing by in the cities. I love the silence of the breezy and dark nights when the moon shines brightly upon us. 

Living Kanatal is one of the camps in Kodia forest where I stayed for a night in the month of November 2017. It’s an untouched beauty, a haven of peace and the forest breeze.

The morning view of the sunrise is spectacular and a life-changing moment as one realises the power of the Sun when it gulps down the darkness and brings out a new day of brightness and light. 

One must witness the experience of the rising Sun from this spot to make a memory forever.

Picture Courtesy- Sumiran Caprihan