Posted on December 23, 2019
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Just when I almost gave up. Although, that’s a terribly arrogant statement to make, who was I to give up anyway. What did I ever do. I grew up thinking the country belonged to everyone, people who didn’t think so were in a minority… Continue Reading “Indians are alive”
Category: Environment, I think.., Philosophy, Politics, Science, World CultureTags: Activism, Amit Shah, Assam, BJP, Citizenship amendment act, Divisiveness, heritage, Hindu Rashtra, Hindutva, Human rights, Incarceration, India, Jamia Milia, JNU, Modi, Nazi, NRC, Protests, Students
Posted on August 22, 2019
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The magpie’s cult When a playful magpie takes a bath Seeing that magic, makes wine of wrath It takes the wondrous joy of a child Adds carefree zest of a teen gone wild Shakes them together into a cult That of a free, inventive… Continue Reading “The magpie’s cult- a poem and art”
Category: Entertainment, I think.., Philosophy, Phlog, Photography, Poetry, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Acrylic painting, artist, Artwork, bird bath, bird bathing, bird painitng, birding, frolicking, India, inspiration, inspiration for art, inspiration for drawing, inspirational, Magpie, nature art, original art, poet, Poetry, Sattal, transformation, Travel, Wildlife art, Wildlife photography, Writer
Posted on August 10, 2019
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This are the words that came to me when the Indian government decided to do something for the benefit of Kashmiris by announcing they longer have a state, but now are under the central government with little or no say in their own governance(relegated… Continue Reading “Kashmir”
Category: Cinema, I think.., Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, World CultureTags: Article 370, Colonizer, Coup, Curfew, Haider, Human rights, India, India army, Indian Government, IOK, Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmir, Kashmiri, LOC, Plebiscite, Poetry, POK, Policies, politics, Seige, Shakespeare, Terrorism, UN, World affairs
People you have never met, can be portrayed a dire threat
Fleeing the war cries, they hear a voice, that can be yours, but its not clear
Or maybe it IS a drone, you let,
your votes sell, to pay a debt
If you looked at past letters, their lives can be, as yours Is.
Category: Entertainment, I think.., Philosophy, Poetry, Politics, Science, World CultureTags: cricket, cricket world cup, Equal pay, fake news, far right, Humans of hindutva, India, Kaepernick, Leonard Cohen, Megan Rapinoe, News, Poetry, politics, real news, refugees, Right, soccer, Sports, Statistics, USWNT, war, Women's issues, world cup
Posted on November 8, 2017
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These lilies are mainly all I photographed in my last trip to India. A small digression: I took the train from Delhi to Kolkata (HIGHLY recommend: Rajdhani Delhi- Howrah AC 1st class over any flights). As we entered West Bengal I saw… Continue Reading “Lily pond”
Category: Photography, TravelogueTags: black and white, Dragonfly, Fauna, Flora, flowers, Green, Horticulture, India, iPhone 6, iPhone images, iPhone photography, Kolkata, Lily Pond, Nature photography, Photo-editing, Photography, Pink, Travel, water-lilies, Weekly photo challenge, west bengal
Implicit Self 