People. Time tests everyone. It has its own tactics. Making us alone in a crowd of friends, Engulfing us in a fog of deafening silence and making us hate the things we once adored. Every passing second, Every Second that is passing by, In every second... what is...that passes? Entombed…

5 am. I found myself on the floor, covered in dust and sweat. Next to me is a Broken coffee mug having yesterdays left over espresso that I start sipping while staring from the balcony of my 5th floor apartment. Silence everywhere, or an illusion of silence, as all of…

Penance for a memory tree Kashmir 2022 Bags wet and body soaked with snow, that’s how we reached our final stay. The MET had forcasted light showers on the day of our arrival but it seemed nature was in no mood for anything “light”. Somehow we reached our rooms and…

Half a dozen memories I don’t know. I don’t remember. Actually I do. Why did I?. Madness right? Actually worse. I pray the lord to make me a mad man so I can blabber in peace with no conscience to tangle me. I jump between tasks in the day and…

Rose in the dark Nothing matters most than the void. The void before flesh and fantasies, before water and wails, before thoughts and trails. And yet we run around things that aren’t important at all. That’s what makes us human. We seek truth even if it doesn’t exist at all…

अ शांत अशांति कि शायद शोर सही नही अभी या शांति हो गलत कभी नही? मैं शांत न हूं तो क्या हूं? एक शांत मूरत जिसे पूजो शोर के आंगन मैं। किसी की याद मैं लिखते हुए खत का शोर ढूंढ ही लेगा कोई इन शांत बागानों मैं। मैं दरखत नही जो…

Anything But A Prayer I meditate. When long breaths turn into heavy gasps I meditate. With pain and fear comes the real nectar, moksha. But I don’t meditate like you. The pen kisses the paper and pays obeisance. I simply took the devotee to its temple, but where is god…

अनजान/अमर कलम काकज़ और किताब यहां कलाकार की कला के दीदार यहां उन जिनाब से पूछो जो हे दूर अकेले कि मुर्दों के दस्तख़त क्या मिलेंगे यहां? जिस्म को न मिला कोई सहारा न हुए तन को दो जोड़ी नसीब बस एक सूखे फूलों की माला जो रह गई इस टूटे दिल…