Travel musings – Dehradun

It ain’t a photograph if it isn’t photo bombed by unexpected items. In my case, they had to be pet dogs.  

Travel musings – Kempty Falls

There are those moments when you can’t overcome your surroundings, you can make it all go away Put my head back, close my eyes and wade into the quiet of stream. Caption credits: #hannibal Spotted the clear waters at the origin of the Kempty Falls at Mussoorie.

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Young maiden so full of life Why bother about that Man in strife Give him positive vibes And let him go And he will come to you When you are least aware Staring at the whites of the fluffy skies Dispersing in the blues Stop yourself from caring too much His life belongs to him…

Beauty called life

The filtering sunlight Waking every cell of yours And the gushing waters Quenching your thirst So do not throw away This thing called life An unexpected hailstorm In an unlikely place Enjoy it while it lasts Before the sun scorches them away So remember to experience This beauty called life The mad twittering of magpies…

Your smile – II

Blushing away anxiously Tripping on my coffee On our first date You made me smile Laughing hysterically On my lame puns While teasing me About my eccentricities You made me smile Quietly watching you Playing with the parrots Swirling your stole Around the bougainvilleas My heart smiled Flaring with life You made me smile Your…

Travel musings – Shillong

Was lost in someone else’s world Wading through those dreary doldrums Yet you always held my hand Your heart never forgot my essence.

Your smile – I

Tripping on your coffee On our first date I hid my smirk Behind a nervous gait And yet you smiled Day by day Night by night My tantrums grew Your enchanting smile Extinguished them away Lighting up my world You smiled On my burnt cookies You beamed In sickness and in health We twinkled Watching…

Will you?

You and I We have seen enough sun rises alone Welcoming the days with our Solitariness So will you see the sun sets with me? When the orange ball Turns a glorious red And fades away a lovely day. My cloister equals yours My mind is in you heart And your heart in my mind…

Departing conversations

Dear old home, The first time I saw you, I was not much impressed. You were slightly bigger than our previous abode and a tad not too welcoming because the sunlight only shone over my parents’ room, hall and kitchen. My room, the living room and the closed balcony were left at the mercy of…

Maids of honour

Statutory warning: This is not yet another post on my wishes about my wedding and mother in law. I would rather call it an emotional one and I usually prefer to stay away from such poignant rants. After thirteen long years, my family will be shifting from a plush south Delhi home to another lavish…