Palghar: the dead Sadhus – a poem
Unshaken, calm and hopeful the old saint, a sadhu as we say, looked hopeful with the guard by his side before he lay unconscious on the ground, pushed to death untimely by the savage beasts dancing and shouting to…
The World’s Oldest, Most Powerful Secret Society | Book Review
Anand Arungundram is one of those authors who seem to understand what he exactly needs to do in order to deliver to his reader base the best piece of literature they want. His novel The World's Oldest, Most Powerful Secret…
Collected Poems by Jeet Thayil: Book Review
Jeet Thayil's poetry collection, Collected Poems, published by Aleph Books in 2015, was on my reading desk last week. Though I remember purchasing this collection the previous year, perhaps in December. However, my busy schedule and encounters with other poets…
We all have the same path… poem
iPhone 11? I got that. Latest MacBook Air? I got that too. Costly suits? I have many. Can I peep into tomorrow? Do I have any tools to alter what is to happen to me or you? I am…
The Tailor’s Needle by Lakshmi Raj Sharma: Book Review
Novel: The Tailor’s Needle Author: Lakshmi Raj Sharma Publication: 2012, Penguin India (Indian Edition) Number of Pages: 336 Genre: Raj Novel, Pre-Independence Novel Style: Traditional In the journey of Indian English literature, there have been many occasions when the…
To the women in my life… Women’s day 2020 poem
No matter you have stayed a moment or two, a week or month or a year or two, for a decade or lifelong – you made me who I am, a kind and soft man and when needed, too…
The Penthouse by Niraj Sharma – Book Review
Book: The Penthouse Author: Niraj Sharma Publication: Ashvamegh Publication, 2019 Pages: 255 Genre: Crime Thriller Niraj Sharma's crime imagination travels to various dimensions and eventually reaches the destination where a criminal begins to think about his past, present and…
Sisyphus is Happy and Selected Poems by Sanjana Saksena – Book Review
I accept that writing poetry does mar my objectivity as a poetry critic. However, I will also maintain that it is not a usual business and it only happens at times. As a reader who reads my critical opinions on…
Hold it before it falls and shatters – A poem
Where is my water? Drinking water that my grandmother carried home in pitcher from the well not far of our house made of woods and earth. (Mother Earth! You have seen enough, haven't you, yet?) Cold drink, wine, whiskey,…
Truth or lie – a short poem
the idea of truth is a lie if you find it in a rush. sushhh... just pass by. alok mishra 7 January 2020