A Writing Flashback
selection of my most liked posts
Hi Guys !
If you are new here and are confused where to start or if you are an old reader but have missed a post or if you simply wish to read a piece again, here are my top 5 posts :
A Tear in My Eye - 07.02.2021
“ Should we not then just cherish ..
That small conversation.
That bond which transcends distance.
That companionship that transcends time.
With ones who live,
With ones who lived. ”
Where the Mind is Without Fear - 07.02.2021
“ …. Empowered by this fearlessness and knowledge, living in a country which is not broken up into ghettos, into narrow cells of gender, caste and religion. Living in an India for all - for men, women, transgenders, Thakurs, Shudras, Adivasis, Hindus, Muslims and non-believers. An India for Indians - united together in a beautiful diversity yet emancipated in mutual respect.
Rabindranath prays, at last, for a Heaven - an India that is not built upon fear, anarchy, divisions and inequality but an India based upon courage, unity, wisdom and a pursuit for that ever-evading FREEDOM. ”
Suffocated - 24.02.2021
“ Lady Justice today’s Panchali
Disrobed, blinds removed, scales broken
Newer, and taller statues to replace it
To sound the war bugles
To mete out ‘justice’ ”
An Atlas of Impossible Longing - 19.03.2021
“ Roy never fails to impress me - with her simple, yet beautiful expression, a pace which is neither rushed nor sluggish, a plot which is not too obvious, nor too complicated. As the title suggests, the book is about the one of the most intense and painful emotions that a human being can experience - longing.
I truly believe in the aphorism - ‘distance makes the heart grow fonder’ for I have experienced it myself and this book only reinforces that. Human beings, by their very nature perhaps need an anchor - a person to love and a place to embrace, and when they are separated from it, they experience an emotion that is too complex to be explained. But Roy succeeds in doing just that. ”
The Heart of a Protest - 07.04.2021
“The Heart of a Protest, according to me, is reclaiming democracy. As one of my teachers puts it - ‘Democracy is not a form of government. It is a way of life.’ It is not democracy to conduct elections every 5 years and then allow politicians to turn around and show us those results as a justification for their actions. It is not democracy for leaders to claim that they alone, as ‘elected representatives of the people’, have the right to decide the destiny of our nation. A protest, in my opinion, is the purest, the most original and the most spontaneous expression of democracy.”
And lastly, the voices of three very powerful, young women I had the privilege of giving a platform to :
Secrets of the Heart - 27.03.2021
with trembling hands, all I do is stare.
stare and stare and stare.
words, i hear words once again.
words are all there is. words are all that I don’t want.
the 13 year old girl finally understood
the 15 year old girl finally told someone
now she knows what had happened
and will never forget
she doesn’t want to forget.
would she be,
An unwritten poem, poisoning her heart, venom will be holy blood, the ichor in her art..
In her veins, would thrive, a divine poison, hoping for a rainy night,
Alike, a tranquil sea that awaits her might....