• June 25, 2016
  • Sushmita Gupta

Staying Alive

A lyrical love poem by Sushmita. My falling in love again and again, With the wizardry of words, With the romance of paints, With the fragrance of lilies, And...

Playing with Pain

The saddest songs are the sweetest ones. Lily quotes Charlie Chaplin and says that the ability to play with pain is rare. In pain, we cry. In a sense of...
  • June 24, 2016
  • Saheli Mitra

I Still Love you Daddy

A verse from an abused daughter to her father, how she still yearns for the father, who crushed her dreams of being a father’s daughter. A poignant verse by Blue...
  • June 23, 2016
  • Lopamudra Banerjee

The Scab

An intense love poem by Lopamudra. Crush me like old dust between your palms, Let me burn in sulphur flames amid those burning grains. I want to die, the...

The Fireflies Festival

Ever imagined what it would be like to watch a million twinkling stars in the open sky above your head? Add a dash of a spectacular light show orchestrated by...
  • June 22, 2016
  • Lily Swarn

Another Time in Life

Lily describes the break of a day in this poignant verse. As the day breaks in another era in time As the cocks crow the rising of another sunshine...
  • June 21, 2016
  • Neelam Saxena Chandra

Shedding Skins

A tongue-in- cheek poem of hope by Neelam. Snakes, Salamanders and Souls Shed their skin To rejuvenate themselves And let go the memories Which haunt them Making them floppy...
  • June 21, 2016
  • Sarika Sarkar Das

How Green is my Platter!

Mother’s recipe is the ultimate comfort food. Sarika shares an ethnic Bengali dish, the secret of making Kachu saag – just the way her mother does. It is time consuming...
  • June 20, 2016
  • Lopamudra Banerjee

Sleep

An evocative verse for her muse by Lopamudra. Let my muse hide in his blanketed darkness. There are slumbers to attend to, Nourishment to tend to, Tastes to be...