Emotionally Speaking

A Poem on Food

This poem on food was written for a competition. The plan was to make it 2500 words but then I did not participate. It was written in 2004. What is food? What is food? Is it bad or enormously good. Is it what we eat @ our mood [...]

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Poem on Sonia, Slogans on Atal (Hindi/हिन्दी )!

From my archives; mid- 2004. I was happy about the probability that the country was going to  have a female PM . I was upset over the hullabaloo over her Italian origins. I don’t have any special liking for her or the Congress party; I just wanted a ‘woman’ at the helm. So, I [...]

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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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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 shows [...]

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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 most, she is your [...]

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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 why I love [...]

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