Walking side by side in a long roadit seems like they knew each other for a long timeLike they grew up walking like this since they were bornAnd then the question arisesWhat happens when one person is no more Who will go first?No one wants to win, to be first.Being alone is scarier than being dead One of them looked at me and said“The walk … Continue reading 25/365 The Walk
Sometimes I feel I have created nothingThen I wonder if that is even the purpose of life.I mean why should we even create… anythingIsn’t survival the only ask of life As human beings we understand mortalityAnd yet we act as if we are immortalAnimals, we are the sameBut we hold a responsibility We hold the power to destroy the planetthe planet we live…the only one … Continue reading 24/365 Fake Humancy
I see a burdened sunrisesparkling in your eyes –I hear a song of sorrowyour lips never expressed to the world. I don’t know what is right or wrongI am just trying to feel what you have experienced In a busy street walking next to a strangerI forget that I existas the pavements end and my feet touch the soilas my muddy feet decide it is … Continue reading 23/365 – The idea of existence
Another year for you, Rahi. Wishing you a wonderful year ahead. Happy Birthday! You may not know this, but today also happens to be the day India won the T-20 World Cup against New Zealand. One of the standout performers in the series was Sanju Samson, who comes from the same state in Kerala that your mom and I are from. That’s just a little … Continue reading Happy 19th Birthday Rahi !
I can tellBut there is no guarantee it will happenThere are things we don’t understand No one understands;but they won’t tell us that But one thing we can be sureNone of these will matter to you or me We are living on a petaland the flower has decided to wilt There are no petals left except this oneOne petal holding us both Where do we … Continue reading 22/365 I Can Tell – Poetry
They tell today is not the dayThey are not sure about tomorrowSome day they say ‘so what do I do’ I ask‘wait’ they say‘wait.. wait.. wait’they repeat ‘wait for what’ I askthey are silent…‘wait for life’ or ‘wait for death‘I ask them and they say nothing By now I am frustratedI can’t wait no moreI tell them I am humanthat I have emotions They screen … Continue reading 21/365 – Some Day
Today the world feels brokenIt was always brokenand it will remain broken The fact is…There is no unbroken worldit is always evolving… Everything that evolvesis both perfect and imperfect all the time Then what is the challenge? The challenge is hoperather the lack of itpeople who can make a differencetoday feel….beaten…arm twisted.. lost.. afraid.. But there is something ww forgetsomething we need to keep in … Continue reading 20/365 The lone fighter
Sometimes the world just spinsand says you are on the wrong side.. And then you realizethe world is so confusedthere are no sides afterall… You are finally left with three choices One – stay where you areTwo – go where the world goesThree – explore another world ! And you all knowwhich choice makes the difference… Continue reading 19/365 Sometimes – Poetry
Sometimes we decide to leavethen we remember certain things We can’t leave yet…even if we want to..,where do we go? There are so many peopleWho want to go but can’t..who want to leave but can’t Freedom is used so muchby people who even have them… And most of them don’t knowwhat it means to be in captivity We always define freedomas something we don‘t have… … Continue reading 18/365 Who is Free…?
I met Sheeba Ameer for the first time in 2019. Since then, every time she is in the U.S, I make it a point to meet her. And whenever I travel to Kerala, I always visit her at Solace Global in Thrissur. I ask myself why I visit Solace. What do I contribute by going there? Honestly, I don’t know. It’s not Sheeba who makes … Continue reading On this Thanksgiving 2025
Vinod Narayan 