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Can Poetry Heal Collective Trauma?

August 25, 2021 — 4 Comments

Unfair

What do we do when we feel that life is being unfair? Or when our choices might be contributing to the unfair experiences of others? Sometimes life puts us in the paradox of fair-unfair, inclusion-exclusion, right-wrong. The ego-mind struggles to take sides, like holding on to the slippery banks of a fast-flowing river. However, the…

by Manish Srivastava May 11, 2023

Life Lessons from the Ocean

There will be times When all that you held close For sanity and stability Will be taken away You will soon learn that Any struggle to claim that back Will only throw you off The little float you have got Hopefully then You may return to your breath And let it sync you with life…

by Manish Srivastava April 24, 2023May 11, 2023

नए साल की पहली चाय

(Scroll below for English translation– The First Cup of the New Year Tea) फ़र्क़ सिर्फ़ इतना था कि बाक़ी सब प्रियजन पुराने साल में अभी तक सो रहे थे और मैं जल्दी उठ कर नये साल की पहली चाय बना रहा था देखा जाए तो नए साल की पहली चाय में कुछ नया नहीं है…

by Manish Srivastava January 1, 2023January 1, 2023