What do you say, when you meet someone after a long time? I am sure a plain hello is not enough. To anyone who has been with me for a while, or would like to know, I shifted over to another blog https://anandiroy.wordpress.com/. So if you want to check out my most recent works, please… Continue reading Catching up.
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I am Short
When I stand with my brother I look tiny. When we meet people, the first thing they ask us is, in which class do we study. When I say 12th class, people raise their eyebrows and then my brother adds that he is in 10th. Even he has learnt to pause for effect before replying.… Continue reading I am Short
Art Student’s Apology
I want to learn how to draw My heart yearns to render On paper what I see – The two worlds- outside and inside And so rise in my mind a Hundred phantoms, clamouring For space in my sketchbook For colour, texture and form And so set aflame by this commotion I hold… Continue reading Art Student’s Apology
An Acrostic
All that you’ll know about me Not that you’ll know too much All that I’ll ever tell you Not that I’ll tell too much Decrypt it, hereafter If my name is laughter Remaining to be said Or better left unsaid Yet important for those dead. This poem is an acrostic. which is a poem,… Continue reading An Acrostic
Familiar Stranger
The view isn’t so beautiful The day isn’t so clear But we both look out of the window Wishing the other would disappear I know you from two years ago But I don’t want to be the one to ask “Do you know me?” I don’t want to hear a no for the task… Continue reading Familiar Stranger
Calculus and Music at 2pm (and the new title )
The moment when you finish a math problem and look at your page, and it is full of senseless scribbles This is my last academic year at school. But due to the corona virus outbreak, all of March has been declared off. I am not sure if I should feel jubilant about it or morbid.… Continue reading Calculus and Music at 2pm (and the new title )
Woes of a Wannabe Lexicographer
I am back with a tiny post here. I had been traveling a few days ago so now I plan to post a travelogue here at some point in the near future. I was reading a book called word by word by Emily Kaye. It is about lexicographers, their lives and the process of writing… Continue reading Woes of a Wannabe Lexicographer
Fire in the Forest
Last month the news came out- the amazon is on fire. Fire raging for more than 24 hours. Armies sent to put it out, still unsuccessful, still raging, smoldering, burning. I woke up to a newspaper screaming the-lungs of the world are on fire! This news reminded me of a poem by Robert frost, called… Continue reading Fire in the Forest
Mathematics
I am just back from taking my mathematics exam today. So I am feeling very philosophic and sentimental about the subject. Especially so since in a few days when my results will be out I wouldn't have the same feelings about it/ I would hardly be able to say the same (a minute of silence… Continue reading Mathematics
Literary doppelganger
Sorry for the delay, didn't know editing took more time than actually writing something. Then there were technical issues. But finally here it is:- Literary doppelganger Literary Doppelganger is a phrase I have coined. Doppelganger is a German word, which means, somebody who looks exactly like you. Definition Sometimes you come across such characters in… Continue reading Literary doppelganger
Le Belle Laide 