My Shores – Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Home > Poems > My Shores My Shores Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Arriving again and again in gentle waves, your memory washes over softly and overwhelms the sand of thoughts tightly packed, trying to protect my shores. I surrender myself gleefully, watch the surf create art distinct, dramatic, … Read more
The Moon Multiplied & The Serpent of Reflected Light | Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar The Moon Multiplied & The Serpent of Reflected Light Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Not a single cloud, no stars were seen in that pitch-black unholy sky. The moon looked grotesque, swollen and glaring. Though offensive, it was striking and addictive too. … Read more
Constant Companion | Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Constant Companion Chaos is a cat comes in your life whenever it wants leaves on its own when it’s had enough Stress is a lap dog faithful to a fault follows every step, each moment of your life never letting you wander out of its sight © Shashikant … Read more
Fat is Pride, Skinny is Shame | Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Fat is Pride, Skinny is Shame Why are we getting fatter? Information Overload, Health Apathy There is such a deluge of information online about healthy eating. There are influencers, nutritionists and doctors dispensing knowledge about diet on various platforms and apps, that one would think Indians … Read more
Home » Poems » flame flame By Shashikant Dudhgaonkar • November 22, 2025 • English flame never thought I would dream again though now things have changed your presence today feels different unlike yesterday there certainly was static and ensuing sparks whenever paths, ours did cross even for a few moments. and I cradled my … Read more
Ferris Wheel of Sleep – Poem by Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Ferris Wheel of Sleep Night comes after days exalted, joyous, or routine and dull filled to the brim with reflexive work and the absence of thoughts that ask questions uncomfortable and difficult to answer. Though insomniac, night has its perks silence, solitude, and the luxury of … Read more
That Cloud in My Sky — Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Home › Poems › That Cloud in My Sky That Cloud in My Sky It’s not the clouds that pour, sprinkle their heavy load, their thunder and their lightning adding to my misery and cold, that stay etched in my memory for long. There’s that solitary one … Read more
The Long Night and the Cycles of Change | Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Home › Essays › Reflections The Long Night and the Cycles of Change By Shashikant Dudhgaonkar · November 9, 2025 Everything is cyclical. What goes up must come down. Even good times don’t last. We wish the bad times would run out of sand, … Read more
Home › English Poems › Civilisation on Autopilot Civilisation on Autopilot © Shashikant Dudhgaonkar For most of us, life has become a long commute between reaching office and leaving for home, between earning income and paying bills, between buying now and paying forever Between birth and death a sterile commute prolonged with care lies life, … Read more
Diwali Wishes | English–Marathi Poem – Shashikant Dudhgaonkar Home › Poems › Diwali Wishes (Bilingual) Diwali Wishes · दिवाळीच्या शुभेच्छा English Let this Diwali kindle fire and light to keep you warm and shining bright throughout the year. May it bring prosperity, and sow the seeds of joy that bloom unexpectedly, again and again, in … Read more