Poems
The Magic of Fireflies: A Call to Conserve
I visited the village of Kone in Nashik district yesterday where we are doing conservation and ecological restoration. I had a magical experience of...
The Way of Light
What is darkness
but the absence of knowing?
A pause between thoughts,
a canvas stretched too wide
for certainty to cling.
Yet even then,
light insists.
Not in thunder,
not in blaze—
but...
A Place Apart: Forest Trees of My Village
A Place Apart Portrays the sense of dislocation and erosion of identity that the Kodava people have felt over the past decades. The magnificent landscape...
Crimson Whisper
In shadows deep where silence grows,
There blooms a fire— A crimson rose.
With velvet lips and petals bold,
A story in its heart remains untold.
Each drop...
The Wanderer’s lull
The evening spills in molten gold,
Clouds like silk in heavens rolled.
A hush of warmth, a whispered tune,
As daylight fades from the setting sun.
Amidst the...