Home › Poems › Decay Decay by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Life struggles to barely survive in bright light the illumination it brings cannot hide life’s own convoluted designs Life thrives behind smoke screens of burning dead leaves Multiplies in dense fogs and impenetrable mists And richest are the muddy waters for they breed incessantly And yet … Read more
Roland Garros 2025 – A Reflection on Tennis and Flow Roland Garros 2025 June 9, 2025 Watched the epic French Open 2025 final yesterday night and was lucky to witness the beauty of tennis as well as sports on the whole. There was hardly much that separated both Jannik Sinner & Carlos Alcaraz, in the … Read more
The Impact of Headphones on Human Connection and Health The Impact of Headphones on Human Connection and Health By Shashikant Dudhgaonkar March 23, 2025 Q. What is worse than a phone? A. A headphone. When you connect your headphones to your phone, you disconnect from the world. And that is tragic, though giving many a … Read more
माय मराठी – कविता माय मराठी माय बोलते आणि बाळ ऐकते ती मराठी हाय ! कसा आहेस पासून सुरू होऊन निघतो आम्ही बाय म्हणत संपणारी ती सुध्दा मराठी कल्पनेत वावरणारी आणि स्वप्नात बोलणारी पुस्तकांतून बाहेर येऊन फळ्यांवर उमटणारी ती सुध्दा माय मराठी मायेने शिव्या देत सरळसोट चालणारी कोल्हापुरी वरून उग्र भासणारी पण आतून मृदू असलेली … Read more
Fear – A Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar I have taken my old poem about fear and changed its last few lines to change its meaning. It’s kind of a rambling poem that reflects my thoughts about the state of affairs in the world. Fear Fear lingers around us Even on our best days Waiting to … Read more
Healing – A Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar As an individual as well as a medical professional we see a lot of people crumbling down under the weight of their own suppressed thoughts. Sometimes we have extract information that’s troubling them though patients feel it has nothing to do with the malady they are suffering from. … Read more
Lion and Rat – Poetry by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Lion and Rat By Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Lion gives a roar It’s deafening to the lion Not to others The sound doesn’t escape far Gets trapped in its mane Echoing in its ears Making the lion proud Of itself Hiding behind some stones A rat closes its tiny … Read more
Wish you friends, A great evening of reflecting over the year gone by. May be nothing great happened or may be a lot happened in the days gone by. In the coming year, may be nothing won’t change. Except the calendar and how we write our dates on forms. Or may be a lot can … Read more
Tiny Cloud Hiding in plain sight In our mind’s sky Clouds are our dreams Though we rarely look above Skies don’t remain our skies for long Taken over by clouds One can hardly recognise For people keep on pushing their own Unto our open skies They don’t want to stop us from dreaming Rather want … Read more
Asking for forgiveness from women readers and apologising in advance, I post the following lines. There are many poems praising women. Very few written for the man. So decided to write a few lines about them. But then it grew very long and I realised, there’s much to be written about men. Dedicated to the … Read more