Shantam Sahai

LATEST ARTICLES ( 39 )

• Romeo’s a Teaser

  They haul to protect the veiled, Or are they imposing right-wing moralism, Or is it just an administrative error? First comes a misguided objective, then the... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Merge of Sangam and Himalayas

  I saw a short girl who was long enough to bathe in the 50ft deep waters of the Sangam. Her hair were Ganga, pure and serene, like the metaphor of salvation. The... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Socially Trained Minds

  “Dear heart, please don’t feel too much.” “Dear mind, please don’t think much.” These are thoughts, we all think about at one or another point of our lives. We... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Healing Madness

  It was at night in the garden of weed When I was anxiously searching for an OCB And my desperation explained my OCD When I saw you standing in front of my flaws... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Contention and Content

  You asked me “What difference did she make, what magic happened in 10 days?”     I used to smoke stars near the window from where the sky is not visible, from... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Flawless

  “I will not let anyone take away what’s standing in front of me.” It was my imperfect skin On yours that made it perfect. When you started completing My... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2017 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Forever in Fractions

  I have been in a dilemma after I decided to write about you. The reason for writing this are requests from readers, the reason for not writing this was a... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Explaining My Insecurities

  I used to sit beside a new half-built road, near a half-destructed well. I used to sit under a living tree, and sometimes on the dead tree, which lies near the... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Lies of a Cosmic Saint

  Sometimes few moments, Leave us Still.   So still, that there seems no reason Or purpose To move. Being still becomes Our truth. The truth, we always want To... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• This is Not a Love Poem

  There’s a piece of letter in my heart for you And I’m deeply sorry for I could never hand it to you When my heart was begging my mind To make a move, My heart... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hello, Friend

  . How are you? How is your day going? You have always kept me very close to you. It is about time my friends and I help you. You may not tell us but we know... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Devil’s Asymptote

  

  With a million paradigm shifts we go through, every waking moment of ours, we spawn a fragmented bond with each of those entities, and with every shudder of thi... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Covert Covets

  Perhaps it was, The emptiness Of a room That shrouded The callous body Or the posters That exhibited nudity Pasted With precise longing Or the secret stash Of... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Made Them Strive, for Me

  It was a bright night With thirsty clouds, When I smoked an Agarbatti Under a Tulsi tree. I gazed up north To see capitalist slums, Waiting to be ruined By a... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Together Forever

  We were surrounded. The walls of your ears Were filled with words And taunts. While mine, were barren And dry, filled with silence. You were barren too, Your... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• I Met Her, She Was Unknown to Me

  I was desperate to reveal myself. The massive hurricane residing within my empty soul was hungry. I had acid in my stomach which was burning me from inside.... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Are the Masks Hiding?

  The man on the stage the man in the front and the man at the back such was the system of the world. As they huddled together to learn but only one spoke and... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Balanced Void

  My head is paining. It is scattering piece by piece. My scalp melts, to expose my bare skull. You step on it, in pursuit of my brain. You seek to make me better... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION

• Midnight

  I walked down the lamp Lit streets in Midnight, I witnessed an unusual romance Between dimly lit streets and the magnificent sky. Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2016 DIARIES, SELF EXPRESSION