Travelling to Seek God | Finding the Divine Through Nature and Human Experience Travelling to Seek God Perhaps the greatest pilgrimage is not towards a shrine, but towards the world that God created. “See, feel and experience the world created by God for you.” Travel. Travel as much as you can. Go to Kashmir and … Read more
Precious and Rare | Shashi’s Verse Home › Poems › Precious and Rare Precious and Rare Walking alone in the hills, I watched the sky herd clouds toward some distant thirsty place. The hills tried to hide, their emerald crowns. Inside the moving clouds Though in vain Rains had turned to a trickle, and as … Read more
Woods Wait in Silence | Shashi’s Verse Woods wait in silence In this piece, I explore the hushed patience and rich scents of untouched woodland. If you enjoy this, you might also like Rain Over Hills, another nature poem with vivid imagery. leaves rustle with the wind, breaking the monotony of a patient stillness the … Read more
Dying Stream Parting the green undulating hills Through a gully that was one man deep Haltingly flowed a dying stream That had seen many better days Slowing on flats that had gathered moss Rushed in through crevices in rocks Scraping through a drying bed Where exposed silt was filled up with grass Rocks and soil … Read more
Karma Her wrinkled face smiled through tears Had struggled hard to hold them back Narrating her story of a miserable past As she ended it with a wistful thought They will face their destiny, she said Karma will hit them back Her face lit up, voice rose a few bars She was having her revenge … Read more
One beautiful morning in these COVID 19 days. Today early in morning after waking up at the usual time of 5.45 am, I opened the doors to the terrace and all the other windows to let the fresh air in. Kept water on the stove to make some hot tea and went and stood in … Read more