Much Ado about Nothing

A closer inspection of the ‘Rally for Rivers’ fanfare

Recently, Dr Rajendra Singh, who has spend decades working on community involvement in water management, winner of the Magsaysay Award and the Stockholm Water Prize, nicknamed the ‘Waterman of India’ called…

The Case against Simultaneous Elections in India

During his address on National Law Day 2017, PM Narendra Modi reiterated the push for implementing simultaneous elections in India, where Lok Sabha elections and Assembly polls of all states will be synced to happen once in 5 years, citing…

Voices of a Forgotten Dream

Third somebody in the room
Like an impenetrable wall 
Between us.
The mind knits careful words
yearns for a…

An eventful dream

This is an account of a dream I had today:

It was set in the years of the freedom movement in India and World War 2. Agricultural production had failed due to drought, war, plunder and loot by the imperialists to aid war supplies. My grandmother and I, two patriots on…

Moods of Weather

Shedding leaves and pretenses
Dropping off, pieces of one’s soul
Carried in the wind, 
Passing on the living will
Leaving bare…

Bag of Thoughts

A bag of thoughts we are
a tiny little star
sweltering pot
a burning core at its heart 
likes and dislikes
ambitions and idiosyncracies
philosophies, glued together 
in a weak concoction of will
A sphere of influence around 
we hold close ones
As we journey through space, 
carrying our identities…

Keeeeeeee :)

Graduate Student Recipes: Quick and Easy Pasta