Emotionally Speaking

Voted: Photos of Delhi Municipal Elections 15 April 2012 (Vasant Kunj, ward 171)

I voted in the Delhi Municipal elections at about 8.10 am, moments after the process started. Vasant Kunj (SC reserved seat for woman), ward no 171, Venue: Kendriya Vidyalala, opposite old jnu campus near the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Bersarai. Photos from my arriving at the polling station, police and security, polling room, polling staff, [...]

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दिल्ली की गर्मी: A Short Hindi Poem on Delhi Summer

This is a short Hindi poem on Delhi’s painful Summer season that was written before the monsoons arrived. Delhi is famous for both the summer and winter! MORE ON DELHI: You may click here for  my long poem on Delhi (English), click here for a comics on Delhi summer and here for a comics on [...]

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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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Dearest Delhi!

This love letter to Delhi was written  in mid January 2007. Dearest Delhi, This is Vikas – one from the millions who have been in your arms! I want to confess something very important and there is no recourse other than the confession. I must do it now, better late than never. I wanted to [...]

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