When I boarded a taxi in the capital and came face-to-face with the ambiguity of my religion.
Tag: poem
While You Lasted
The poem is dedicated to the poet's friend who committed suicide last year.
On Moving Out
A personal poem about the fears and aspirations of a young woman when she moved from Chandigarh to Delhi.
A Dirge For Democracy
A metaphorical poem on Kashmir – the land which continues to be under siege.
Hope for a Generation
A poem on the stories and connections that bind us.
I Live
A poem about dealing with society's expectations and the chaos within.
Two Poems on a Broken World: Today’s Children, Tomorrow’s World
'Why should I multiply when in the end, I'll just be divided?'
The Revolution That Will Never Come to Us
A poem about the limits of our intellectual pontification.
The Confused Grace of the Heart: A Poem about First Love
But hope is what’s fuelling the heart. The hope that maybe we don’t have to be so far apart.
Death by Saffron Ink
Our pens, our truths, our voices are all being stifled under saffron rule.