A Day – A Date
A day of gratitude soon to Commemorate, On to Independence – August 15 The Date, A moment’s due without a snag,
Never Belief to ever sag,
To stand below our Tricolour Flag,
In Faith true, give the Land all that’s due
Salute Freedom now, still in view.
A new brief
Med-time has brought a relief, Grief, Old-time friend,
Belief Reigned-in, strained, Wise saw ingrain, Rhyming brief, New brief to reign.
Right and / Wrong
Right action for wrong, Rights the wrong,
With ease, in easy song
Truth’s own sight
Gives the mite a mite
Beckons the beacon’s
Blinding beam of light
Compelling in its mighty might
Quitipin Quirk
It is not in the realms of previous psychotic speeds that are dared,
Nor primordial fears of snakes and other psychic allusions not to be shared
But rather in pharmaceutical interventions that now ensnare,
That the being is slowed down and judgement impaired.
(The writer has a Masters in Adult Education from Jamia Millia Islamia. She has many years of teaching experience at the school level as well as ten years of experience in the book publishing industry. Her work has been published in newspapers and a few syllabus books as well. Lakshmi has retired and now lives in Hyderabad.)
Muhammad Bin Tughlaq: The Scholarly Sultan of Delhi
Nurturing Creativity – Keekli Charitable Trust, Shimla
