Where was God then?

In the beginning, They say, God created the universe; In times of reckoning, To the former idea in reverse, Didn’t the universe and it’s people create God? They say that God is almighty,All powerful and all good;So when humans were…

Facade and Facade

“To feel like you’re being watched perhaps has the most profound effect when you’re alone; when indeed, you’re sure that no one can be watching you”, Vir read one such Instagram post, which was one of so many similar posts…

On Allahabad

Prayagraj, Allahabad, Purimtal, or Kosambi: it’s up to you, really, what your political orientation (or disorientation) allows you to call this city. I prefer Allahabad, because here I was born, and ‘tis here I call home.  Shakespeare might argue otherwise,…

What thereafter?

For even if ‘twas afterall, An eternal sufferer of intellectual and moral draught, A desert so desolate; ‘Tis here that our blinds of comfort fall, Yet ‘tis here that our thoughts resonate. But the clouds are roaring; Into our consciousness,…

On Kashmir

That this piece- closest to the real world, of all that I have ever produced- should be about Kashmir, or rather the recent Supreme Court judgment in regards to its status, is ironic. The issues in regards to the erstwhile…

Reflections

Is it the past’s reflections that I see, So distant yet so close to the present’s worries- Mere reminders of what could be, or maybe what the mind decrees, Remainders, perhaps, of suggestive memories. Are these memories that haunt me,…

On India

Error 2014: Truth (and Courage) Not Found (assuming the former needs to exists) The page you are looking for has been removed to avoid offending the sentiments of most people (what’s the word?) and not play with their fragility towards…