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Tiny Green Bird

June 21, 2022Leave a comment

Tiny green bird who flew into my room fascinated by the fan, ran circles around it and took joyrides on it like it was a carousel. Tiny green bird who refused to leave, was it the rain or were the indoors too cosy? This is not your life, little bird. Fly out, live in the … Continue reading Tiny Green Bird

Revisit

August 31, 2020December 31, 2020Leave a comment

So here's another collab with Swati Singh. You can check out the earlier collaboration here, and do check out her Instagram page. I'm also open to collaborate with other forms of art. If you have some visual art - a photograph / illustration / sketch / painting or anything else you like - and would … Continue reading Revisit

Volatile

April 6, 2020April 6, 2020Leave a comment

Day 13 of the lockdown. I only know days by numbers now. Weeks have merged into each other and I don’t remember what happened when. When did I last hear the soft thud of the shuttle as the kids played badminton on the street below? When did I last see the balding portly man on … Continue reading Volatile

Mumbai!

April 13, 2017June 28, 2018Leave a comment

Seas of stars greet me as the airplane tilts its nose, Mumbai spreads its arms. NaPoWriMo 2017, Poem 10

Origins

April 12, 2017June 28, 2018Leave a comment

I come from a city where you don’t have to work too hard to break a sweat. Okay, jokes aside, I come from a city where, depending on how you look at it, hope is flattened when metal wheels clang on railroads, stepped on, smashed by armies of sweat or zips forward aboard the train … Continue reading Origins

Turning lyrical

June 19, 2016Leave a comment

Sometime in the recent past, I had penned lyrics for a Bangalore band Inmates. The song - Where is home is out now. Do check it out on SoundCloud here. Glad with how the song has turned out. Here are the lyrics: Where is home I have walked Chained to the ground, Searching for a moment To … Continue reading Turning lyrical

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