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Tag: poetry
‘Priye Laal Qila’ : The Selling of Our History
This poem is dedicated to India's Red Fort, that stood by and was a part of our history, only to be sold to the highest bidder today
Fantastic Breasts and Where to Find Them
Gender roles seep into our childhoods, and one girl tries to take on the ominous 'Society'
Spring Arrives, in Full Gloom, For Kathua and Unnao
This poem uses the metaphor of the rapeseed plant to describe the atrocities in Unnao and Kathua.
Love is a Swimming Pool
Love is a swimming pool, and I’m only a fool who still hasn’t learnt how to swim.
‘Are You Talking to Someone Else, Tonight?’
A poem about the end of millennial relationships.
‘Main Khud Sey Ek Ladai Hoon’: Life in Kashmir
This poem describes the experience of trying to live a 'normal' life in Kashmir while caught between natural beauty and political violence.
Gathering Fragments: My Struggles with Anxiety
Written in the immediate aftermath of an anxiety attack, this poem is my frantic attempt to give words to the indescribable feeling that anxiety really is.
VIBGYOR: The Seven Stages of Love
Each stage of love imagined as a colour in the rainbow.
‘I Wish to Be Able to Tell You What Manhood Is NOT’: A Poem for My Son
In this poem, a young woman imagines writing to her son about the constraints of masculinity.