The Day Curiosity Learned to Whisper St. Martin’s Institute of Applied Science and Technology in Mumbai was known as a quiet, disciplined place. It was not flashy. It did not appear often in newspapers. But among students and teachers, it had a reputation for seriousness and order. People believed that good work happened there, slowly […]
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The River Watching the Bank Life is not counted in years, but in moments that turn and see us,Like a lamp in a shrine aware of the one who bows. Time does not march; it settles like dew on a lotus leaf,Bright for a breath, then slipping away without regret. Some days vanish like footprints at the
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Honey in the Eyes I find the world the way a lamp finds oil – by looking.My eyes are bees; they return only with honey. What I speak is not the earth, but the mirror inside me.Words rise like birds from the weather of my seeing. The world holds thorns and roses on the same stem.I walk
On a Christmas Morning, Somewhere Near Tirur It was a Christmas Day journey. I was travelling by train from Thalassery to Thiruvananthapuram. Actually, I was returning from a funeral for one of my close relatives the previous day. Because it was Christmas, the train was unusually calm. Many had reached home the night before. The
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The Day She Thought I Was the Thief About thirty years ago, when I was in my forties, I was travelling from Trivandrum to Chennai on official work.It was meant to be an ordinary journey, one of many that had already begun to blur into routine. I reached the international airport early and settled into
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“Both Chickens, Please” Christmas was nearing, and the house was already preparing itself, even before the guests arrived. Our daughter was coming from Bangalore with her husband and the children. That meant early mornings, unplanned snacks, and meals that stretched beyond the table’s capacity. So one evening, my wife and I went to the butcher
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A Whisper, From a Mother I did not expect the night to feel like this.So cold.So quiet. As if the world had stopped breathingthe moment my body betrayed me. The wind moves through the trees above me,And their branches bend and sway,Like they know somethingI am afraid to say aloud. I stand alone,looking up at
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The Road Within Some journeys happen without moving feet,Like incense climbing while the shrine stands still;The lamp travels far where shadows meet,By holding flame, obedient to will. The mind begins its road when noise grows thin,It walks through thought the way night walks through breath;Old walls dissolve, new inner skies begin,And habits loosen their long
The Sentence That Became a Heartbeat Age had slowed us down. A routine medical consultation had brought us to a reputed multi-speciality hospital in Kochi. The place carried a strange mix of warmth and restraint – soft lighting, polished stone floors, quiet footsteps, and the steady hum of air-conditioning. Nurses moved calmly, tablets in hand.
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Where Love Learned To Wait I was never taught the art of hiding.Not love –it flowed from me like oil from a lit lamp,meant only to give light. Not sorrow-it settled in me like morning mist,thin, patient, and faithful. And never your name,which rose within methe way temple bells rise at dawn –not to announce,not
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