Well, did you know that Kapil Sibal was a poet in the making? One who recites poems looking at his mobile phone screen!? Listen on all ye fans of this bard!
Buffalaxed!
Buffalaxing is a concept where a song in a non English language is given subtitles based on what the foreign words SOUND like, not what it means. This word comes from a genius on YouTube whose username is Buffalax. He (or she) created the concept of Buffalaxing and is REALLY good at it. Watch this […]
I carry a torch in one hand….
I came across these powerful verses during my travails through the web (Poetry-chaikana), and I thought that these verses by 8th century Sufi mystic Rabia (Rabi’a Al-’Adawiyya) were great. Enjoy them.
English versions are by Charles Upton (Original Language: Persian)
I carry a torch in one hand
I carry a torch in one hand
And a bucket of water […]
Dawn at the Promenade at Pondicherry
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DAWN
I try to flee away from darkness
The leashes of propriety to free
To rush to the shores unbridled
And express my mirth and glee.
The waves reflect the turbulence within
A realization of my insignificance too-
A glimmer of crimson at the horizon
Lines the unending expanse of blue.
It’s a new morn, an awakening-
A promise of a bright new day
Wash away […]
Balancing Act
When you laughed me off today
The mere pebbles that you hurled
Came hurtling my way
Disguised as heavy boulders.
And then it dawned-
How much
Of an emotional crutch
You were to me.
I’ve been doing
A balancing act
With my clumsy naive self
And inevitably
I’ll stumble.
It is a bit too late for me
To wake up from my stupor and see
That never were you
My […]
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