Walking up the stairs,The same stairs I’ve hopped, skipped, andPondered over, most of the vacations of my life,My mind flashed to the happy scenes of pre-marital bliss,Those first co-vacations,The occasions When photographs could not hide my joy,My happiness, myGratitude—Now bereft ofThat source,Who must be scattered far and wide even if self-contained,Deep and vast and across dimensions,As […]

Grateful this Thanksgiving week for the Athens community, a special place in my heart that feels hard to part with, when Athens has taught me so much thru schoolyards, classrooms, bar patios, and the most blessed days when I could write and draw on my father's collegiate blackboards anything in chalk, easily eraseable with a […]

 The Best Days of my Life:"some lessons are learnt too late"some customs are burnt by fatesome immigrants are usually latesome locals share the exact same fatemet my Sita at the circle Kagua linda, la montana, light and gayCaliNTitos and fine museumshistorically a part of my dreams"death is a part of life" you saidAs an MPH, […]

This pie we share, ever expanding,Could be more gracious, less demandingMore generous and kindOn our neighbour's porchesMore responsible and justLike Polaris Northest'Cause the value of a chartIs not in its appearanceIt's how it leads our wayAs we think about experienceAnd as we think about ourselvesAnd the gifts we want to openMade by Santa's elvesOr by […]

Stairway to stairwell Enjoyed the Athens porchfest festival is dupehar aur sham. Caught the whimsical early wisps of the hair at the nape of my sky friend in the form of a pinkish blue sunsetting, not on the phone but in my arbitrary access memory. Chose wisely today after starting a quibble with my source, that was […]

Tabalchi, Yours TrulyThrowback to the last time I had the great honour to meet Anindo Chatterjee in-person, touch his feet, with my guru Masterji (Amitabha Buddha), a disciple of Anindo Chatterjee. Through learning tabla and doing my best to return to it no matter how many hours, days, weeks, and even years I may have […]

Reflecting on the days events, so far. Today was a good day. A young man and woman of our community got married in peace (I stayed home to watch the Dawgs beat up on Ole Miss- Rebels? that's a little archaic of a mascot, don't you think? Are they talking Confederates or Luke Skywalker? Definitely […]

If I free myself today, how will you? Hearing and seeing from close and far, We remember, forget, and remember more, But I wouldn’t dare assume,  I’ve been in your shoes News reaches my ears and eyes, A child’s crying, A Mother’s wailing, A Father’s derailing, An elder statesman’s heart failing, News reaches my body […]

 Friday 5 September 10:56 PM – 11:59 PM (Midnight’s grandparents) How can we on Earth bring ourselves closer together, or at whatever distance is most necessary to maintain an established harmony of our own, individual freedom, in a way in which we all personally find the happiness we may so easily reset and rest in? […]

I used to write in images- now I just speak my mind. Have I lost my footing in the world that wraps around? Wind sweeping on a cold fall day, slapping my face and bellowing through soft clothes, reminding me of my fragile bones chilling, convulsing in a shiver.  I used to feel the rhythm […]

 My Tribute to Azhar Kya baat, kya koshish Kitne soch ko nikaldiye aap Kitna jukh jukh ho ke focus   Litakthe hue Quran Apne kande par nahi, Lekin sir ki bilkul samne   Woh savaal hi puchte rehti Pakistan bhi me   Ki yeh Aadmi hai ya kilhadi? Yeh killhadi hai ya toh jihadi?   […]

  Son to Mother, 2023 (two days belated) Dear Ammaji This year has been a process Of learning to let go Of grudges, animosities And of course, ego To settle into a comfortable relation with you Where we are not at each others’ throats Not taking up a challenge of Putting down the others’ arguments […]

Plato’s Apologies:Dear Dad,I’m sorry for not being completely Truthful with you. In fact, there were secrets hidden from me, which I did not realise until being told many moons later.To put it lighty, I am (not) your father, however amniotic fluids do concern me. As they ought to concern anyone.I dream to go back to […]

Wednesday, May 21 12:33 PM (Completion Time) (New York – Atlanta) Time Zone – Athenian We walked, and walked, and walked, and walked, like the Native Indians on their trails of Tears, and yet, thru all of these museums, all of these galleries, trying to read, trying to understand, trying to appreciate Art, and yet, […]

What happened to Carl? He was looking for Samadhi! Then he was like, "Does anyone know what the Conscience is"? lol. What? You don't know what a conscience is? Conscientious, sure, but amazingly unconscionable! Then he moved to Colorado and started telling me, priorly, "Never feel bad about a good th[a]ng" after changing his last […]

 Portico Gharana "For how much longer will those retributive, distributive, vindictive, and malicious bad actors continue to fornicate with the Truth. For, I announce now as I always have tried to tell you, The Truth is not an easy road, nor is it straight and narrow, nor will you get there with blinders on your […]

 be careful/wary of giftsbc nothing is for freeBefore people had to watch the pain that they inflicted on others. Now we are all interconnected, across the globe, and we don't have to see what we destroy.http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/cameristas/?hpPlease show me the picturesworth 1000 wordsof our lashed-back slaves, kepton other sides of the world?The "progress" of our modern age:well […]

 be careful/wary of giftsbc nothing is for freeBefore people had to watch the pain that they inflicted on others. Now we are all interconnected, across the globe, and we don't have to see what we destroy.http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/02/cameristas/?hpPlease show me the picturesworth 1000 wordsof our lashed-back slaves, kepton other sides of the world?The "progress" of our modern age:well […]

Beef Street – A Lipogram Meet me here: beef street Never see me sleep free Where Tweet fleets serve beef stew Where men send letters effervescent Where geeks erect self-respect When feet, replete, Deeds ended, When sweetness depleted, Peter's gentleness, Decent Clemence, Kellee's genteel feel, Repressed. Never remembered here: Beef street. Me, we Reverse Thee, […]

 Epithets, Couplets, Sher, and Shayri What I thought I had was never mine, What I thought was gold was never mined Realists see the world, pessimists can feel it Idealists see it, feel it, change it,  and that’s why they’re the realest I’ve got a gold mine I’ve got a bold mind (Rewrite (Tuesday, Sept […]