Perks of Being Alone: A Poem by Amrita Mallik
The slanting rays of the setting sun, Cast long shadows on the ground, As a welcome lull in the fine opera, The evening arrives in...
The slanting rays of the setting sun, Cast long shadows on the ground, As a welcome lull in the fine opera, The evening arrives in...
It’s the season of love, everybody rejoicing in the gaiety and ecstasy all around There is love in the air, in every color, sight, and...
मदहोश निगाहें और चेहरा गुलाब सा सिलें लब मगर,वार शब्दों के प्रहार सा ये बेमिसाल ख़ूबसूरती!विरले ही नज़र आती तारीफ़ करे ग़र कोई,कहीं ख़ता ना...
चेहरा खिला-खिला मानो गुलाब जैसा रंग भी आफ़ताब सा। शब्दों का अकाल है यारा कैसे तारीफ करूँ मैं तुम्हारी। लगती हो तुम, हसीन हर पल...
हजार मन्नतों के बाद, जब कुबूल हुई उनकी दुआ, खुशियों की बरसात हुई, जिस दिन जन्म उसका हुआ, खिल उठे माँ- बाप, देख उसका चेहरा...
Crossing junctions and intersections of life, My cargo loaded with invaluable caskets, Yet slipping through finger gaps in unfathomable depths Of trenches and ditches, Worth...
As though a bonded slave, River Hay, a Tundra Beauty, gets subjugated, In a semester-long forced hibernation, she awaits him, to be united. Mighty, weighty,...
Eternal love has no reason or season to celebrate In Its lure and longings lovers perennially meditate Always he looks into her beautiful eyes Deer...
If I were granted the boon to visit yesterday, Into its fading shadows, I’d slink back. And I’d begin to capture faint memories, That time...
The perfect selfie doesn’t seem Instagram-worthy today. An old yellowed album tumbled out of the almirah today. I pick it up. Years of neglect heaped...
As I close my eyes, I dredge up a memory from the deep recesses of my mind. The aroma of fresh fafda and jalebi fills...
Through star-studded swirling galaxies And constellations celestine, You chose me when you floated down Merrily on gossamer wings The heavens celebrated your arrival In a...