Emotionally Speaking

An excerpt from my favourite poem on the woman I love(d)

The following excerpts are from one of my favourite poem (on my unrequited love; ‘labour of love’ so to speak, March 2005). A few corrections have been made in the original before republishing it here. You may have seen many women around Tall, short, fair, dark, thin or sound! But the woman who is the most beautiful Is [...]

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Hindi Poem on would-be wife: पत्नी की बाँहों में आकर

This is a short, sweet Hindi poem, pure imagination. Image from the web. मैं अपनी पत्नी की बाँहों में आकर खूब सुकून पाता हूँ सारे दुःख गम टेंशन परेशानियां पल में भूल जाता हूँ! गोरी-गोरी उन बाँहों में दिखती है मुझको जन्नत हर जनम में मेरी ही रहना मांगू रब से यही मन्नत! उसकी बाँहों की जकड़न हर दर्द निचोड़ देती है थक रही सी जिन्दगी [...]

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Musings: on the Female Nose!

Many years ago, I fell in love at the proverbial first sight. In the first sight, believe me or not, I did not see the woman! So, what did I see? I saw her nose! She was standing beside me (thanks to the haphazard queue) and my glance from the corner of my glasses landed on [...]

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Ahem! Ahem! Valentine’s Day!

Today is 14 February! This lovelorn soul will do a lot of writing today. See you later. Meanwhile, I have something that will truly delight you. You can read a story that won the Sulekha Valentine Contest. It is by my friend Heartcrossings who, among other things, is  “semigeek, maxed out singlemom, desi, booklover and blogger” [...]

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Poem: Dreaming of a girlfriend

This poem on dreaming about a girlfriend was written in 2004-05.   I know dreaming is not a futile exercise Especially when one is wise and not otherwise All dream their dreamgirl, don’t speak lies Adolescent ,teen, adult, senile – whatever their size!!   So many girls around and all are beautiful And I must like them for I am beauty-fool Some make [...]

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I LOVE the CYCLE!

(Bi)cycle is a great utility for human beings. I have never lived without a bicycle (and what is more can not think of my future without it). I had a plastic cycle in my childhood,  a simple small size Atlas cycle and a  stylish BSA SLR Street Cat in my adolescence and the model  I own [...]

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