Yamini

LATEST ARTICLES ( 203 )

• In Conversation with Walter Benjamin

  Chaos. That is when my brain works, when there are a hundred other things running in the background, when the world is just about to collapse, that's the blesse... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• The Art of Walking

  I walklistening to the rhythm of my footstepsI walkas my mind talksAbout the fear engulfing the worldI see hopein the fact that it can still talkOne day the tal... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 SOCIETY

• The Unfinished Poem

  I like my poems completeWhile the thoughts remain incompleteI like my poems completeatleast themThere lies a poemActually not a poemwordsProbably I can call it... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 SOCIETY

• My Muse Died!

  My muse diedyesterdayWe were in a deep conversationand suddenly she diedShe was manipulativeShe made me cough upwhatever she wantedShe was sitting ona... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• My Muse Died!

  My muse diedyesterdayWe were in a deep conversationand suddenly she diedShe was manipulativeShe made me cough upwhatever she wantedShe was sitting ona... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Playing God

  Some stories are bornto end that wayand you know itbut you resistYou can almost seewhere it is headedbutyou hope it wouldn't come trueAfter allIt is the story... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Hijra

  Coyly she entered into that world of glam and glitterWhere voyeurism took shape of artIt is all the game of contextAah how happy she wasto see her pictures on... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Conversations

  I know you must be waiting For me to come downAnd absolve you of all the blameFor me to tell you that it is alrightThat stars could still twinkle and not twinkl... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Tuesday Forever!

  Amu hated TuesdaysThere was something sinister about themMondays were alright because the weekend had just goneThey were the days to reminisce the silence , whe... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Death of a Mad Woman

  Amu heard of a death in the neighborhood"It must have been that woman, that mad woman. Finally her suffering has come to an end", her mother saidThe earliest... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2014 SOCIETY

• In Our Times

  I live in the timesWhen liberty and equality are out of fashionWhen the centuries of struggles are forgottenFrom the fight against being exploitedThe battle is... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Mirror to the Society

  Fearing the dawn of the rise of communal forces, when I look into myself and look around me, it has already happened.Advertising reflects the society, if not th... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2014 SOCIETY

• Pickling the Mangoes

  It was one of those daysWhen Ajji waited for Amu excitedlyFor the yearly ritualOf pickling the mangoesSlowly and carefullytaking each step at onceShe would go... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Birth/Death of a Memory

  It all starts with that being, what we call an incidentIt pokes and pricksDrills and jabsThen you try to dissect itlearn what it is made ofBut all seems... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Democracy

  "Who will you vote for?", Granny asked Ashima"Will you vote for that bureaucrat's party?""No, I won't. I thought I would give a NOTA, I checked the candidates. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Identity?

  I am penisI am VaginaI am shade of the skinI am color of the hairI am tint of the eyeballI am size of the bodyI am the noun ascribed to meI am hair styleI am th... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 SOCIETY

• Hope!

  There she wasabsorbed in herselfoblivious of the worldfree some called herlost the others saidThen came the invadersthey called themselves emotionsfriendly as... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Silence

  I like the silenceNo no dont break itIt is prematureStill needs a little more nutureBefore it is let out into the openTo be valued, negated To be evaluatedLet i... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 SELF EXPRESSION

• Fence Sitting

  I sit on the fencewatching the world play on either sideswatching them live watching them lovemissing all the action missing all the fun, that's what they all... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 SOCIETY

• Glass House

  There it hit again breaking one more part into pieces Into hundreds of unidentifiable partsAnd you continue to aim carefully to break it all apartMy invincible... Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2014 SOCIETY