Why was I madea synonym of perfidy? –Chandrika asked.River didn’t reply.Instead, stopping its flow,showed her in ither lovely face.That face came and hit herlike a lightning bolt.She fell, mumbling –Cheat! Again, you tricked me. Couldn’t you’ve spared my life? –From another ghat,Ramanan asked.River,without speakingbegan to flow fast.Once more he felttheContinue Reading
Poem translation by Manoharan V PAs we went down for a bathin the dark, murky watersat the ghat, where the canaljoined the river, Do you remember seeingtwo mates on the shoresitting under a coconut treebusy building a boat? There, the cascading waters’frothing speed …. here,the shadow of canal shutteron gloomyContinue Reading
The woman was born into a family that treated love like rationed kerosene: distributed sparingly, often with smoke. Her father believed affection was best expressed by raising his voice, and her siblings thought emotions were best handled like cricket balls, thrown hard and fast. Her first lover turned out toContinue Reading
Translated by Manoharan V P We.We live on two landswith deep sea betweenand devil behind us. We.What if we never met?We share the same night.What if curfewrules your nights?The dreams you inter and sendreach me safe,and when the east blushes roseour yards are full ofwhite orchids. We live on twoContinue Reading
Nila had long clocked that kindness in the 21st century looked a lot like a flash sale. Loud, time-bound, and deeply transactional. People didn’t care. When her mom took a fall in the bathroom, a minor slip, more bruise to pride than body. Nila did the bare minimum drilled intoContinue Reading
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