A Haiku

Stress of Smoke

Our right to breathe is at risk

Poetry by Tapan Avasthi
1 min readNov 4, 2019

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Photo by Jaroslav Devia on Unsplash

Yoga advocates
deep breathing to relieve stress
But smoke gives more strain

Author’s note:
We’re witnessing terrible air pollution in northern India, particularly Delhi NCR. Breathing is stressful for us — both to mind and lungs. We’re praying for rain to give us relief.

Read more by me to know what we’re going through:

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Poetry by Tapan Avasthi

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