Sep 14 2008
With the completion of the withdrawal of 28,500 US troops posted in the recent military build up in Iraq, the country for now is taking in a gasp of fresh but temporary calm. According to Pentagon only 490 deaths have been reported in the month of...
Sep 14 2008
It seems that Paris Hilton doesn’t like free publicity. At least, that is what her reaction to John McCain using her image alongside Barack Obama, in an ad, makes us believe. It is true that McCain did not ask for her permission before committing the...
Aug 9 2008
Back then, I was a naive little fool. A child at heart and in body. Didn’t know when time started and the clock moved. I had a dream and it went on for days. There were no ends and no ends to meet. I would look back at the stars and the stars...
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Aug 8 2008
(This is the most personal poem I have ever written and a tribute to that which I consider most productive in man/woman...hehe) they asked me of the stars… the marooned island… the thirsty road down the beach… and along came the well...
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Aug 7 2008
She would sit there, in the corner, on the stool, imploring the walls, like a rock raped by the sea. Her countenance betrayed nothing of the storm inside. You could have sketched a gentle smile of those lips or even a pool of blood. A salwar kurta...
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Aug 6 2008
By day, the tiny rebel capital of South Ossetia and the villages nearby are often quiet. But, by night, they crackle with gun and mortar fire. The old men who pause under shady trees in Tskhinvali look like pensioners anywhere, passing time and...
Aug 6 2008
This small plot in obscure Yedapadavu in Karnataka is an unusual man made forest. It’s so thickly populated with plants, that to plant one more, you have to uproot an existing one. Ten years ago, this was barren laterite land that grew only grass....
Aug 6 2008
With these Bush guys, you’ve got to read the fine print. On July 31, they published in the Federal Register a proposed change to Title 28, Section 23, of the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the section that governs domestic spying. The...
Aug 6 2008
Truth is the notion of existence. The girl who bled when the male organ was forced into her knows the truth. The man left stranded in the pool of blood in the aftermath of a bomb blast knows the truth. The hindu who’s parent were butchered because...
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Aug 4 2008
…and here I stand on your shoulders my fathers. The brick smells of your sweat, the roads trace your journey, the bread breathes your fire, the mountain stands as your challenge, the spirit sings your song. ….and they ask me to forgo all that is...
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