Names
Some names have so much in it Unwanted meanings stuffed into it Fragments of history filled in it Faces of people attached to it A story to be told every time someone calls out Some names have so much in it Bearing them itself can be a burden Continue reading Names
For Failed Lovers
What I have left in my memories is an abstract obscenity of you… and what I gained by trying to forget you is a clear conscience Continue reading For Failed Lovers
Amused
I was amused by a thought But they said don’t think much because some amusements can turn tragic and before you know the world rejoices on your tragedy Continue reading Amused
Untitled Poem
Life is not dead within the smothered moment…. It is born… and you can feel it as every moment dies… Continue reading Untitled Poem
Childhoods
There are childhoods snatched and flung into unknown futures And there are men and women still searching for them.. Continue reading Childhoods
Stories
Behind every bud that failed to blossom there are untold stories Not stories of failure but of painful innocence blended in moments of anguish stories of struggles that faded before victories stories of survival that could not journey into life even stories where cuteness murdered purity before it could turn into beauty… There are stories behind every bud that failed to blossom… Continue reading Stories
Open Cages
From open cages some birds don’t fly out they fear… they fear the cages closing behind them… they fear getting left out… The question is How many of us are caged in open cages, fearing freedoms unknown to us till now… Continue reading Open Cages
The Wait
On that busy station I have waited years and years missing the same train over and over again… Finally when I board nothing is new… it is filled with the same people who were beside me in the station platform waiting… the people in the train had all got down when I boarded… Was it the train I was waiting or someone in it… Someone … Continue reading The Wait
Smiles timed between clock ticks and camera clicks
A few months back on a picture of my son that I posted on Facebook a friend of mine asked “Why do only children smile genuinely?” And at that time I replied saying “Probably because they don’t keep worrying about what they don’t have, can enjoy a moment and are often devoid of any fear.” But when I thought more about it I had one … Continue reading Smiles timed between clock ticks and camera clicks
Prabhuvinte Makkal – The Film that did not Thank God
You will get left out when you decide to go on the right path…. because some journeys are like that you need to travel alone…. Being an atheist for many is a journey of constant questioning that at times leaves oneself alone, left out by even their own well wishers whom they love… Taking a controversial theme like atheism and making a full fledged movie out of it was … Continue reading Prabhuvinte Makkal – The Film that did not Thank God
Vinod Narayan 