Emotionally Speaking

A farewell party invitation!

This was written during my M.A. I found it in my archives yesterday and thought it would be nice to stick it in the cyberspace. It was a farewell invitation for the senior batch of M.A. Political Science in my university, JNU. This is one of the most active post on this blog because it [...]

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Poem for a Husband

This was written for the husband of a friend while she was going home to meet him in vacations (May, 2004). I have changed their names because I am publishing it without their permission. HELLO Mr JOHN Sheetal is my friend, take her care Or I will scold you when I am there. Love her [...]

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I Love Delhi: A Poem

This rhyming poem on Delhi was written for Hindustan Times ‘I Love Delhi’ contest in mid January 2007. HT did not declare any prizes (writing, painting or any other category) and kept quiet about it! This is to tell you about Delhi city the sum and substance, the real nitty-gritty. And of course you’ll know [...]

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Prof. Madhavan Palat: An introduction

The following was written in mid-March 2004. I was impressed by his no-nonsense disposition while conducting a seminar in which Martha Nussbaum was the lead speaker. He was the SSS dean and I had met him only once earlier for some paper work. He had suggested some grammatical corrections to it which unfortunately I forgot [...]

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Professor Gurpreet Mahajan [CPS, JNU]

The poem on the professor was written on 06 April, 2004. She is a professor with the Centre for Political Studies (CPS), JNU, New Delhi. This is being published without her permission. Photo Courtesy: JNU website. Click here for her faculty profile (JNU). Note: the poem may have grammatical errors/typos. 1 I think we should [...]

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