There goes my hero...

Friends, family and acquaintances have always teased me about, what they call, my school-girl crush. I do not have a crush on Rahul Dravid. I have never had one. What I have is a deep admiration – for the gentleman he has shown he is and for the epitome of sportsmanship he has emerged to be. This...

The Crucifixion of Innocence

Inspiration can catch you at the oddest, most unexpected places. So, for someone as irreligious (is that even a word?!) as me, it was a wonder to have found my next muse in spiritual text! The Bible recounts that before his death on the cross, Jesus said 7 things - he mourned to his Father (why have you forsaken Me?), spoke to his mother (Mother, behold, your son!), lamented his thirst and pain...

The story of a psychedelic night

Psychedelic night a city lit by dancing lights Crazed, crystal eyes Acid veins and untamed highs The sinister glint and unaware hand Charting an unfocussed track Trippin' But the wheels kept turning As he drove into the psychedelic night Starry night a city lit by dancing lights Wistful, unseeing...

The Ultimate Time Traveler's Machine

You close your eyes & let the music wash over you Like waves As warm as The sun's rays on a dark, chilly morn The desert sand by dusk Or a lover's arms at the break of dawn As gentle as A light breeze in summer The touch of a flower in spring Or the raindrops' light pitter-patter As soothing as A child's caress Your mother's knowing gaze Or a partner's kiss You could...

Our Life could be full of music...

... A continuous background score to the story of our lives together. A lyrical alarm to awaken us from a night spent wrapped in the cover of our limbs; a peppy number that eggs us on to get through the day, like breakfast for our souls. Our favourite songs will play on the car stereo as...