Ink
Three Poems. The Departure (June 19, 2016), Frozen (October 3, 2016) and Lightning (August 19, 2026).
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Devotion
Monsoon has had us in a split state. On one side we celebrate the arrival of Śrāvaṇa (श्रावण) by putting on beautiful clothes, getting ready for Tīj (तीज) with henna on the palms and green bangles on the arms, adorning our hair with blossoming jasmine that has a fragrance so heavenly that it takes you to some other dimension….
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Ṭhaṇḍak
I was trying to summon a word in my mind to describe how I felt in a Pune temple… what I needed was a word for “ṭhaṇḍak” (ठंडक) but I couldn’t quite place it in English. Even though I didn’t step on a word that did justice to the word “ṭhaṇḍak“, there is a group…
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The Guru Who Refused to Help
The first time I participated in a debate, it was a total disaster. You would think of stage fright, anxiety, or simply blanking out as the usual suspects that led to the catastrophe. All of that was there, but the mayhem started long before the actual day of the competition. It started, as it always…
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Phases
Four poems. Her Sun (July 8, 2016), Tough Love (May 30, 2018), Sunshine (December 20, 2018) and प्रकाश (November 29, 2025).
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On Writing and the Block
I have gotten to a point where I sit down and note thoughts in bullet points. Random thoughts, no structure, no punctuation, no caring about flow. I dealt with the writing block by deciding these were notes and not real writing. That freed the flow. Now the project is asking me to write-write. And I’m…