The Maggots At sunset, on the river ban, KrishnaLoved her for the last time and left…That night in her husband’s arms, Radha feltSo dead that he asked, What is wrong,Do you mind my kisses, love? And she said,No, not at all, but thought, What isIt to the corpse if the maggots nip? – Kamala Das
No, I’ll not take half of the anything! Give me the whole sky! The far- flung earth! Seas and rivers and mountain avalanches- All these are mine!I w’ll accept no less! No, life, you cannot woo me with a part. Let it be all or nothing! I can shoulder that! I don’t want happiness in
પ્રશ્ન શું હશે ઉદ્વેગની ગતિ? કેટલા વેગે આગળ વધતો હશે નિસાસો? ધાર કે હું એક આંસુ સારું આજ સવારે તારા સાટું તો શું મળશે તને રાત સુધીમાં? જોઈ શકીશ તું નરી આંખે ઉલ્કાઓને જ્વાળાઓમાં ઘેરાતી પ્રવેશતી તારી રાતના આકાશમાં લઈ આંદોલનોના તેજ લિસોટા અનુભવી શકીશ તું એના ભીના સ્પર્શને એમાં સંતાયેલા મારા દર્દની સુવાસને મારી
‘I Am Not I’ I am not I. I am this one walking beside me whom I do not see, whom at times I manage to visit, and whom at other times I forget; who remains calm and silent while I talk, and forgives, gently, when I hate, who walks where I am not, who
Remembering Smita Patil Always on the runChasing our dreamsWe met each time – At baggage claimsVIP lounges Check- in counters Stood a while togetherAmong gaping crowdsSpoke, unspoken words Yearning to shareYet afraid, afraid Of ourselves All around usPeople cheering, leeringAnd we, like spectaclesAmidst all the madness Trying to live a moment Of truthA glance, a touchA
Virgin When I entered your bridal chamberI was not one but two persons.One’s marriage had consummated and completethe other had remained a chaste virgin.To fulfill our unionI had to kill the virgin.And kill her, I did.Such murders are sanctioned by the lawOnly the humiliation accompanying them is illegal.So I drank the poison of humiliation.Came the
I have got my leave.Bid me farewell, my brothers!I bow to you all and take my departure.Here I give back the keys of my door –and I give up all claims to my dwelling.I only ask for last kind words from you.We were neighbours for long,But I received more than I could give.Now the day
