A Farmer's Sin

*Note: Dedicated to all the farmers from India who lost their battle with life.* Under the eyes of gods in the heaven, Under the merciless clouds which mock me, I, a farmer with no education & debt I can't afford to pay back, Stand here, pleading, begging, the government… While the government,...

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Bleeding Woman

I rob everyday at home to please my master, I cook whenever you order, And while you eat, I serve you at your command, I eat alone whichever is left over like a slave, I look after our children, even when they disrespect me, I wet your bed whenever you wish, I look away when you enjoy pleasures with...

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The Glare Of Patriarchy

I walk all alone, looking down with an expressionless face, towards my school, while suspicious stare of my creator follows me… Suffocating in this world since 12 years, I always knew something was off about me, I was born a girl… As I walk towards my school, a drunkard stares at my body from top...

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Red Rose

I want you, oh my dear, I do, As you are the most beautiful creation of our lord, I want to see you often, oh my dear, I do, As my poor eyes have not seen anything like you, I want to kiss you, oh my dear, I do, As your lips are the most delicate thing I have ever seen, I want to smell you, oh...

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Love At First Sight

On a lazy Sunday afternoon, while silence was aloud, while the wind was playing with my hair, I saw her... She was sitting on a bench, lonely, quietly, restlessly, with eyes as red as ruby & with hands as soft as feathers… She was beautiful, like an angel in disguise, descended from the heavens,...

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Loving You Was Easy

Loving you was like rain in the summer, Loving you was like making a baby smile, Loving you was like sunshine at night, Loving you was like watching the sun at night, Loving you was like forgetting myself, Loving you was like trying to know a stranger, Loving you was like discovering myself, Loving...

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Pyar (Love)

Ankhen khuli ho ya ho baand, Humari nazaren aap hi ki ankhon pe marti hain, Dil dhadke ya na dhadke, Dil ki dhadkane awaaz aap hi ko deti hain, Sansen chale ya na chale, Anhen aap hi ko dekhke bharti hain, Hum kal ho na hoo, Yaad aaj aap hi ko karte hain, Hoth kuch bole ya na bole, Dua aap hi ke...

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I wonder...

I wonder what you're doing... I wonder if you're gonna write another one of your poetry, I wonder if you're thinking about the same thing as me, I wonder if you're breathing the same air as me, I wonder if you're laughing at the same jokes as I, I wonder if you're reading the same book as me, I wonder...

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Dead Poet's Society: My Verse Contribution

Note: I recently watched an amazing movie on recommendations from my friends, named, "Dead Poet's Society". It's one of the most inspiring movies, I have watched in 2014 so far. As Mr. John Keating recites Whitman in the movie, "that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse." Here,...

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An Artist In Making

Today, on 24 Feb 2014, a great thing happened to me. An incident which gave me a memory of a lifetime. Excited? You need a hint? This incident reminded me of a quote by Ted Mosby from How I Met Your Mother, which is,  "Great things are not necessarily the things which you do, they'll also...

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What’s wrong about our Environment?

Recently I read a gloomy news about India’s environment & I had to write about it. I came across 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), a report by Yale University of United States, which says India ranks 155th out of 176 countries, in its efforts to address environmental challenges. India...

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The name's 'Pande' not 'Pandey'

Recently a student named Nido Tania (19 years old) from Arunachal Pradesh died in the heart & soul of India, at Lajpat Nagar in south Delhi. And why? - because he had different hair colour than everybody else did. And I'm just getting started. Nido Tania, 19 It's shame that India and its...

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Why I write -- My Perspective

George Orwell, a name every bibliophile, literature fanatic would know about. He's considered as one of the best essayist of all time. I don't disagree. I don't consider myself an expert on Orwell but for me he is indeed one of the best essayist of all time. George Orwell, in his essay 'why I write',...

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