As a poet of panchtattva,

The most bad fellow.On reading books none could be a man of lettersOne who reads a few letters of loveCan really be a man to be reckoned with.Where do you search Me,I am by you, all around you,Search you in your heart and soulAnd presume it as the temple of Mine.Having got a cottage thatchedKeep…

If you are ever thoughtful and imaginative,Sentimental and sensitive,Want to put down on paperWith what to write and what not,You have the substance of becoming a poet,But forget it not write and writeYour feelings, emotions,Images and pictures, dreams and desiresLest they my run outUnless and until catch you them.The hamlets dotted against the hills,The dark…

At some nook and corner?Kali on the mind,In the heartAnd the soul.The Dark Divine,The SupernaturalAnd the Nocturnal She.

On hearing the sweet, but unknown voice,Asked I,Who, who?I am a modern girl,A city girl,One from the towns and cities.No doubt excellent was the voiceWith tonal intonationAnd a nasal sound,She speaking in a sweet voice of her own,A language so modern and polished.Modern, up-to-date and cute,Frank and bold and daringAppeared she to be,Mod, stylish and…

Had we born then,You would have protested againstThe keeping of slaves,The facts of history exhume you it notTo be reburied,To dig up the olden gravesWill not be so much goodAs think youIt will engage you moreIn reburying the dead.

An English teacherIn Marathi,A Marathi journal editor,A translator,A short film man,A globe trotter,A fellow of writing programs,A writer on visits and tours,A modernist,A Baroda man,A Bombayan,A poet regional,Cosmopolitan,Global,A modernistDevotional.