1. Amore

An early poem and a wakeup for us all to see the beauty in life, overcome worry and live infused with love.

2. Thank You

Inspired to write again after 3 years, this one simply shows gratitude to the Lord for things we behold.

3. Sara

Thought of in November, I wrote this to 4 women I loved greatly as if as one.

4. Wishes

Birthday wishes for a good friend of mine. I usually send this out on birthdays along with a fresh poem.

5. Sandra

Another early romantic poem (they get better with time).

6. Mother

A tribute to mothers, especially mine - "lights that guide us through the dark".

7. Son

On myself, this tells a personal tale of my youth.

8. Sasha

Dedicated to 5 of my school teachers, the poem ends with me yearning to join them behind the blackboard someday.

9. Ebbs and Flows

A plea to one and all to have enthusiasm in life to "flow through our niggles" and be "full of joy" despite the ups and downs.

10. Infants

About babies and how they can soothe our hearts. For my mother Uma.

11. Hope

A message that Hope shalt spring, eternal in the human breast - and that we "live eternal in God's light of love".

12. Brother

For my dearest friend whom I see like a brother.

13. Cousins

A plea to cousins to treat each other well and accumulate good memories of "mischievous deeds and healthy fun".

14. Mentors

For mentors who "push the boundaries of our abilities", a "chain of nurturers showing us the way".

15. Nature

Beginning with romantic thoughts like "standing under a waterfall beside one you love", this poem ends with a call to have "deep wells of love, for the plants and animals that share this planet".

16. Muse Male

Love, from a woman's eyes, for her man "whose graceful nature and toil, kept us in abundance and comfort".

17. Doing

About seeing life as a constant effort to Serve God through benevolence to his creatures.

18. Friends

For a dear friend who I "thank for being steadfast in love for those are the very things - that makes us feel not like paupers but as kings".

19. Love

An earnest plea to love one another "for it is only when we express love that we become closer to our true self".

20. Teeming With Life

How the world can be if Builders (Change Agents) were all given a chance to "reshape that stream of activity around us until the possibility of greatness is achieved".

21. The Path to God

Describes God and the divinity within. A path to "guide the traveller to his journey's end".

22. Dauntless

For Bethany Nikka Ferret, character in Curious Lives, a bold, young and dashing adventurer - captain of the sea rescue boat - Resolute.

23. Perfection

Another poem in the Spirit series, Perfection tells us how life can be when we are inspired - "deep seated in our mind it liberates".

24. Acres Wild

Named for the Jethro Tull song, this poem tells of forests that "give a weary traveller rest", - those of us who "see acres wild, filled with the wonder of a child".

25. A Friendly Nod

America - On looking back to my time in Bellevue in Nov 2013 and how I was touched by so many people - receiving both positivity and encouragement.

26. Wistfulness

Introducing Tracey (future imagined lover) - a character from Wilbur Smith's Diamond Hunters.

27. Touched

One more of those devotional poems that talks of life, with "experiences so engraved in our minds - emotions that linger in all shapes and kinds".

28. Cycle

Begins with a mention of the Indian God of Death - Yama, this one talks of the cycles of life and death - each one ending with a rebirth

29. Inspire

For my mother - "with her at my side, the battle of life to fight, saves me from danger, my anchor in any plight"

30. Eros

For Tracey again, this one ends with - "soaring on cupids wings, the couple would reflect - years later, on that love - so pristine and perfect".

31. Mademoiselle

A romantic poem in French about how "my days are incomplete without you - the nights without colour and alone".

32. Tether

Another fun romantic poem. This one sung by a friend while the ink was still drying.

33. Sivam

Devotional - For Mahakala and Mahakali (the Primal Aspects) - Lord and Queen of TIME. "reveal themselves they do to a few - seers and saints in every hue - to instill in us a sense of direction - to stay the course".

34. Once

Now the memories are a tad painful... Here's to the love that never was! "spent in spirit but not wistful - for the next time I shall savour with care - every moment that two lovers can share" Did I even savour the next one?

35. Light

I think of those days I was rapt - "so deep the bond we lovingly forged - feel you beside me our lips engorged".

36. Glimmer

For a girl I met that evening, sitting quiet and not talking much - "It gets lonely sometimes as one waits - For love to come and flood the gates"

37. Friends2

For a dear old friend, in memory of good times and a imperative to "raise our glasses we did in toast - to a life from which we would wrest the most".

38. Notables

For Tolkien et alii - a tribute to books, movies and songs - hence the category Medley. "to rediscover the Flame Imperishable - set in the heart of every man able".

39. Striving

As the poem ends, it makes you ponder "in striving we find we've grown, our hearts widening, - our minds reaching to the far galaxies glimmering".

40. Dwell

Ah, to be young and in love again... "methinks a partner is the best thing to keep - in sickness and in health, a spirit so deep - entrenched in your soul"

41. Maa

On the death of my grandmother Vasantha whom we used to call Maa.

42. Music

For my grandmother again - that carnatic vocalist of yester year. "music was in you its what gave your life soul - soul that rang true as a melody in a bowl".

43. Toi

For my teachers Sri Aurobindo and Mirra Alfassa, written at their ashram in Pondicherry. "We seem on the brink - of total annihilation our pilot extinguished with no time to pause and think - to follow our highest right as dictated by that voice from within".

44. Fate

Lost in time... "a love that engulfed us - through storm and rain that love animated me and was - a bulwark against the harsh world, cozy and secure".

45. Stormy

Dedicated to Richard Bach, ispired by his character Stormy, who with her partner Strobe work to teach children by "Open[ing] their hearts to the glee of boundless flight - Supporting them so dearly with all of our might"

46. For AFT

9 things I learned by loving 9 different women :). Written with a hope to leave the past in the past and look to the future...

47. To Hold

Wedding Vows (as to be expected - there wasnt even a girl on the horizon when I wrote this :p)

48. Nos Animaux

A poem in French about the animals and animal characters in my (younger) life.

49. Go Back

I was thinking about my father and how often we'd like to "Go Back" in time, especially when as we grow, we find relationships with loved ones strained.

50. Prayer Rebirth

At every death, there is cause to pause and reflect on these, it helps put living in perspective and to celebrate the time we have (left).

51. Boy

For Bharath's son Tejas as I saw him when he turned a year old. "Strewn with moments sublime - An act of love, scented with caring - For all whom you meet and enliven".

52. Field of Truth

For people to explore and embrace their religious identity and "Do not sink to the level of the stereotype - Rather rise higher than the clouds above - Reach heaven, and touch God's face".

53. Dear Lady

A medley - Dear Lady [Can you hear the wind blow] [Led Zeppelin]. A tribute to the [many] love songs quoted from below.

54. Killing Time

Another medley (a few love songs). "Hold me in your arms for just another day - I promise this one will go slow - Ah memory, guess you'll have to do"

55. What Time Remains

A somber reflection on death. "Precious is each minute and content he - Who fills each one with sixty seconds - Worth of distance run".

56. Friends Oughtnt Fight

When I fought with a dear friend and asked "[Is there] No setting aside our cloak of bitterness?- Can you find it in your heart to forgive? - This madness that is my despair confounded".

57. First Touch

Based on a weird dream I had... For that passing ship that brought me Sleep Eros.

58. Lord Scamp

For animals and their power to intervene for us. "A grace from above that warms deep within - And touches to our marrow - a life truly blessed - To live on this Earth and on verdant greens run".

59. Teach Us You Did

For my Teacher - "Love me you did for all of mine upto now - My turn to spread the love I learnt from Thou".

60. Teakliness

For a girl I used to be fond of. "Like two ships passing solemn in the night - What happened to our love that gently faded from sight".

61. The Bhaktas

For a friend's mother, on her birthday. A lady with unshakeable faith (Bhakta).

62. In My Life

For the Beatles Song "In My Life" and a short reflection on an early love of mine. "in love for the first time - A woman to ride beside in any sort of clime - Who looked at me to the depths of my very soul".

63. No More Cloudy Days

For a friend from days past. Romanticized version "My inmost mind only you can read - As I find a joy that you can relight".

64. Angels

On the strain in relationships. "Why do we lose so consistently - When there's angels among us - Seems everything weve ever known is here - I never wanted it to die". That last bit from GnR

65. Turn That Page

On Peace! - for Gene Rodenberry, creator of Star Trek - an imaginary future where we have conquered the lower tendencies and lead the Life Divine, beig kid and consisderate to one another.

66. Well

A well of love - "What of thou and I? where on Earth shall we begin? - To continue some connect, discover love amidst the din".

67. All My Loving

Begins by addressing Tracey, a future love, but becomes an address for this friend I fell out with.

68. Babble

Rather Disjointed... Like the title says, its babble. If you ask, I can explain all the references. "A void thats no void at all but throbs in wonder - Creation, all of it - such cosmological splendour".

69. When To Dream

This ones awkward. I gotta stop writing romance for people I know!

70. Fudge

Too much romance for one night. But the flow is coming better. Wait till you reach 2020 :)

71. Cosmic Shiva

For the Indian Trinity - shivA, vishnU, Maheshwara (AUM). "To love our neighbours and set all lower tendencies aside - Burn our ignorance with the awakening of the Guru inside".

72. Miscreants

On Rape (not the excessively brutal kind). After we are done judging each other, gouging the others eye out and breaking their spirit, there I stand, waiting with loving arms to embrace all of humanity. As Rumi said... Beyond the rightness and wrongness of things...

73. Us not Them

Me telling the tale of a couple - "Rebirth they found together, a baptism in holy rivers - Fair they made this world showing God's work amidst the diverse".

74. Promise

Am slowly getting used to writing with words from other people. "Passion drives us - it's what makes the journey worth the while... Belief in oneself, trusting the outcome - even when we stumble".

75. Resilience

Paraphrasing Bryan Adams' Star in this line "Dont give up, dont look back, theres a silver lining, its out there somewhere - We need a shining star to depend on, so shine forth and find the star in there".

76. 2018

2018 and it's 5 preceding years - for Sahlan, Imran, Biraja & Simon

77. Sculpting

Jointly on Brotherly Love

78. Joy

Too bad it was all imaginary. "And in that winter, beside a warm ember - That hearth of ours where we make love - Meld our bodies till all our worries dissolve".

79. Starburst

"Heart to heart, body to body. A torch - To bear testament to the love we share - In all the seasons with us without a care".

80. Taken

Romance, too much time on my hands late at night. "still they wanted to be - Finding a bliss like grace from our maker above".

81. NARMI

Imran (written backwards). "Queer his friends regarded him - a nutcase but good hearted - Who dreamt to change the world lest his dreams be thwarted".

82. Sadness

Fiction, for a couple in love. "A surety that his love would stay on target, unerring as a dart - As close as two friends could get, there from the very start".

83. Love Our Nature

For Simon of GoodCountry.org, a poem on unity. "I saw the world as one one night - No more wars, no waking in fright - Long and hard we had dreamed - Wake up and unite, we screamed".

84. Woman

Woman of yester dreams. "And how that love runs true in every fibre of our being - A being that echoes the fragrance of the cosmic scene".

85. Beaten

A different perspective on domestic abuse. "I saw the boy behind the monster crying out desperate - To be held in someone's regard, again by life to be tested".

86. Light2

About the indian festival of light - Diwali from the epic the Ramayana. In the end, I mention Tolkien and his own epic, oft read and deeply moving.

87. Wonder

Wonder, for a very special woman. "hear an old clock chime - As it turns midnight with the promise of turning dreams true - Dreams you held on to for a long time, that reach out and touch you".

88. Tarun

For a friend. "Watch as yon fledgeling finds some heaven in the sky - Straps to pull us up when life boots us in the backside".

89. Time travelling

Jointly, Outside Auroville. "Come back and let's build that tomorrow - A vision so fierce as to fill our marrow - Remember our true path as once we were led - Blood sweat and tears, so easily shed".

90. Wake Up

Jointly, Sons of God - wake up and life the Life Divine. "Why does none fight for the very principle of right - Sons of God wake up, live the good life and in might".

91. Plug Away

Filled with positivity and an impelling towards action. "The man of purpose never falls from the virility of youth - Builds a life that exemplifies virtue, nixes the uncouth".

92. Nymphs and Angels

So much romance, so little remains... "Caricatures of nymphs and angels you bring to my mind - Making my inmost fantasy of you in every shape and kind".

93. Still Loving You

About Agape (The Love for all that Consumes). "Things desired for all creatures great and small - That reflect the spirit of the God who made them all"

94. Wie Lieben Dich

On finding a higher purpose than war. "We've always killed the very best of humanity... Where men gather together to teach Love's gospel - Come let's unite now, cast together our own spell"

95. Captured Heart

Think again Imran! "Methinks we're destined to be utterly entwined - A love that engulfs us both, holding us enshrined".

96. Woven

About Agape again. Love for all of creation. "Father, lover, friend, teacher daily your face changes - As we find new expressions to simply love in all hues".

97. Fight

Live Valiant! "Guess I should, if I could go out and fight - For the victory of Good - fight with all might".

98. Louise

Written together by 8 healers who follow Louise Hay. "I experience the beauty of the universe with love and joy - I set out to win it all with a loud yell of ahoy".

99. Tonight

Inspired by the Kenny Roger's song We've got tonight. "Lend your love to me tonight for love we want to share - Make every minute count as into your eyes I stare".

100. Joyland

With members of Lodge Mt Charity - a very special poem written with some very elevated friends.

101. Soul

About the soul in us all - title inspired by the Clarkson book "I know you got soul". = "Our creator asks us only to be mindful of his majesty - Which is without and exceeds the universe so let him be - Chained to us"

102. Beacon

Short Romantic Poem. "... That makes my heart flutter ever so soft as at dawn - When a million buttercups open and birds begin their song".

103. Grief

A cause to reflect on another's pain. "But in my heart I think I'll always know strife - As it ruins loved ones, cuts like a knife".

104. Superman

Wondering if I can ever be as cool as my father. "As time and again I realise he is the best of us - What can I say except papa I'll do my best in life".

105. Sweetest Heart

Another Romantic Poem that caught me by surprise. "A fount of blessings from which to divine - My way forward, oh you like summer wine"

106. Mon Dieu

About that cosmic divine. "As Kala and Bhairava does He make ours - A place of surpassing beauty, enter our nests - And reveal Himself at the Kernel of Bliss" (Anandamayakosha).

107. Heal Your Heart

Poem to a loved one. "feel sweet and smooth - And complete as we set out to hew a way - Be sure to learn fast as music we do play".

108. Dear Lover

Introducing a [then] current interest to a dear old friend. "Whose smile could lift my mood, make me go around - Any obstacle that life threw at me, peace pervaded me".

109. Maia

Full of feelings, this one after accepting that we could just be friends. Maia (divine race) of Tolkien. "When do we get back to when our lives had art - As on afternoons we spoke happily with nary a care"

110. Choose Life

For a friend who was feeling low and despondent

111. Enough

First (planned) poem of the Imagine Series

112. Fight2

Another poem on Societal Liberation (Imagine)

113. Truth Beauty

For my friend and founder of the Build India Group

114. Energy Healing

Written with 2 teachers and 2 students at a healing workshop

115. Flamingoes

About 4 women in my (recent) life.

116. Thirsty

The romance continues

117. You

The romance continues

118. Rhythm

Title and opening line inspired by Air Supply

119. Sunlight

With every waking moment, I ache for you.

120. Listen

Romantic poem for a girl I was never interested in :)

121. Healed

Looking back to the past and letting go

122. Madly

Opening lines from the Savage Garden song

123. Distance

For that platonic friend of mine who suffered distance too

124. Sorrow

For my teacher's son, shortly before losing my own father

125. Friendship

A friend I've written on friendship about before

126. Planetary Healing

Another poem in the Imagine series

127. Humanity

On building a peaceful world as we find our “humanity”

128. Mark and Mandy

About 2 children, named after Enid Blyton's characters

129. Healers Creed

To find healing in this world

130. Charmaine

For a friend's mother - griefstruck her family was when she passed away in 2011

131. Kiss And Make Up

Small bit of prose written on my father's last birthday

132. Raji

For a friend's mother (2 days before her birthday)

133. Mystic River

THRK - For a friend who was abused at a tender age

134. Fresh Air

Another poem from the Imagine series

135. Advaith

For my cousin, on his birthday

136. Neelu

For my friend's son, on his 3rd birthday

137. Niha

For a friend's daughter that I used to know well 2 years ago

138. Vichu

Hope time heals

139. Thanksgiving

Thanking my father for being my beacon of hope and source of refuge

140. Inspire2

Ah, to be in love again!

141. Memory

For a past love - Yesterday I remembered you [memory]

142. Smile

It's time to get the mix right, then explode like dynamite!

143. Blood Warriors

for Charmaine, Tahereh, Patricia and Hema

144. Hugs

wishing a friend a new chapter,to make her life splendid and super

145. Oh Father

After losing my father

146. Weaverbirds

For a couple I know. Begins with some random stuff

147. Super You

DL - There it is, right on my sleeve!

148. Friend in Thee

For a newmade friend and mentor

149. A house blessing

For that couple again

150. Loss

For my friend who lost his father

151. Cretins

About people we shouldn't wanna emulate

152. Adamantine

Romance again

153. Stormbringer

When requested by a friend to make a poem on death

154. Lifes Mission

When requested by a friend to make a poem on death

155. Waves

Choosing between lover and my paper children

156. Anger

On anger

157. Return

Not returned, return (to me)

158. Longing

For a past love

159. Wet

This ones kinda graphic and has an R rating

160. Krishna

Krishna - for a trainer I met - condensing his 10-point philosophy

161. IMU

Opportunities may not always come again

162. Ark

Let's work to build a lifeof plenty.

163. Pains

Learn fast before it is too late

164. Lord

Grace my heart with the power of your feet

165. Father

Heaven knows I try to make you proud of me.

166. Promise2

I wonder if we will see the splendour of friendship forged strong enough to ride the storms of any weather.

167. Cest la vie

In French

168. Yesterday

I hate to have to bid adieu

169. Castles

OUR HEARTS MELTED TH GRANDEUR OF LOVE FILLED US WITH AWE.

170. Roll

wILL WE FIND A LOVE STRONG AND TALL.

171. Mend

wonder when beside me you will once again run.

172. Life

Short it is

173. Heal

A long note on not caring about the world or feeling down but to let go the thoughts and HEAL.

174. Kiss Kiss

Dance for me baby.

175. No More Sadness

What wonder its been to have your love shine on me.

176. Almost Paradise

A note to heal for a friend

177. Song of Life

Grace my heart with the power of your feet

178. Mountains

On International Mountain Day. A quick reference to Tolkien too.

179. Niyat

What we get with the right Niyat or Intention

180. Stillness

Remember that in silence lies the potential of the morrow

181. Boyo

So much romance, so little remains... "Caricatures of nymphs and angels you bring to my mind - Making my inmost fantasy of you in every shape and kind".

182. Dregs

Its time to let go of the pastand come back to life

183. Edible

Lift me,take this battered heart of mine and make it sing

184. Lonely

When beside me you will once again run.

185. Non Duality

For Pranav - "Advaita I wish will reveal its secrets to he who holds the primal sound... And see the other side as Ananda leaves us spell bound"

186. Forever

A girl to be with forever,who'll weave magic till eternity.

187. America

Let's flush out the negative toxins and exercise our collective will

188. Hills

I constantly think of you,my pulse begins to race.

189. Dawn

On this pristine world your blessings send,O lord

190. Pliable

All i have to beis pliable at a well-wishers touch.

191. Sway

You were my dawn,come back and see if you can resurect what little is left of me.

192. Perfection2

Of standing tall no matter th worry or ordeal.

193. New Dreams

Looking forward to making new dreams last.

194. Heaven

Family unit is the building block of the future - For Suzie

195. Tracey

Thank you for a lifetime,come and lets have fun.

196. Mothers Love

Me the apple of her eye,she certainly my tether.

197. Victory

Time to up the ante and do justice to life.

198. Ace

Has a year passed since from our midst you bid adieu.

199. Warriors

Wake up and live ecstatic, Life can be fantastic.

200. Bliss

This poem is about a friend's brother, a boy who had a heart of gold.

201. Bless Me

Bless me father for i purport to build a field of dreams,i wish to srve with arms wide,so grant me your grace.

202. Hurt

Fill our hearts with peace and warmth - lord lead the way - help quell the turmoil, release us from the bitter fray.

203. Gizmo

I cry now when I think of those fifteen years, how you showed how deeply you cared.

204. The power is yours

With Abigail S

205. Let go

I feel tender loving care for every last of earth creatureslet us all join togetherand be the world's teachers.

206. Someone to watch over me

"I'm glad you won me over as you stood the test of years... I now let go of my fears and grow up, enriched by my tears"

207. Connected

So verdant they are that my heart is set a tingling... I feel a love emanating for all of God's creation... The night sky and silvery moon sets me singing... With the smell of Earth and Nature, I feel an elation...

208. Chained

Romance again

209. My Will

About corrupt politicians

210. Holy Night

In Ramzan

211. Maya

for Maya and Shabana

212. Jukebox

Some people sleep alonenot taking a lover to bed - when will I stop this jukebox,find someone to wd.

213. Friends3

I thank her for her words of wisdom from which I keep remembering that life is best lived with utmost feeling.

214. Lament

Another loss i cannot bear,my eyes go moist and teary,but he 's lived a full life-brought comfort to the weary.

215. Namazi Senior

It wasn't till the last four yearsthat i spoke of being broken upon the rocks of life,was when i sensed your strength.

216. Dawn2

The poet and his loved one together discover their inner selvesand set an example to others what to treasure in humanity.

217. Get Going

The best way to lead is by example, so remember to intervene with kindness and patience tiill the lessons are clear in the wrongdoer's mind.

218. One

One day I hope to understandwhat it is to be a father and also to take the loss of your near and dear ones and not be devastated.

219. Work with us

Show them how to constantly drive

220. My Papa Never Said

There's things I never learnt to say or see but papa, I am grateful for all that I got from Thee.

221. Sweet

with Longing

222. Haafiz Prays

Saakhib - Rules abound that bring out the best social order,guided by an inner peace,there's rarely disorder.

223. Perfect Again

some friends make life something to look forward to,don't evergo again.

224. Goodness

You do help people walk boldlywhen they falter,your goodness shines bright 'helping them alter.

225. Changing Times

Jointly with Meggha

226. Spent

I am more mindfulof my thoughtsnow,I pray all the time that things will become better.

227. Help Me

You fill the role of an honest ,insightful well-wisher,you 've helped me rethink my ideas so thy can last.

228. Closer

Will WE FIND A LOVE STRONG AND TALL.

229. Bleed

for Countries torn apart

230. Boy Interrupted

I sem to falterlord,do show me grace and the strength to go on,fight a little every day.

231. Jump

Incidents like these give us pause to rflect on thingsand remember how precious life is to one and all.

232. Cat

I saw a cat on th e terrace ,i wanted to shoutwith delightfor i love animalswith all my heart.

233. Canada

Canada, help us take a giant leap forward, and dream, until in delight we scream.

234. Going the distance

let your dreams hold sway,be prepared to go the distancefor then will life have deep resonance.

235. Time

Touch and tasteeach feeling and I promise you'll find that life is worth living.

236. My Love

Going down memory lane I recall my happy moments with my loved one,and knowing now that she will not come back,move on and not despair.

237. Pep

On friendship, making the most of life and the disappointment of unfulfilled dreams

238. Dance

the Dancer within

239. Rainbow

Written as a friend and I set out to build a company and "let's boldly set out to see just what it is we can do, to leave this world better, like a whiff of mountain dew"

240. Redford

A medley written for Robert Redford telling his story from the point of view of his movie titles and characters

241. Candles in the wind

Ramesh Jagtiani - A moving poem written when a friend's father passed away - a caring gentleman who was a source of delight to his friends and community

242. Soul2

Written on All Soul's Day after a visit to my father's grave. For grieving families everywhere.

243. The Conjurer

For a friend, now turned healer - "I say join her even if your body and will are broken, with healing hands necessary to make you whole - she'll strive non stop"

244. Strength

Written for a friend whose mother is suffering with cancer.

245. Wish On

Various wishes as I think of the big blue world and beg it to "wish on"

246. Warm

One of the last romantic poems I would write for a girl that filled my weaking moments for a long while, thought we were never together as the poem suggests

247. Niggle

Inspired by a Tolkien story about a painter Niggle and how his art transformed the afterlife

248. Footsteps

A touching poem about my mother and how I ask her to "Grant a poet his place in dreaming of tomorrow"

249. Dear Brothers

For four very dear friends who wished the best for me and how its time for me to stop playing the victim and instead come into my own

250. Regaining Faith2

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1. Religious Appeal

Leter on Harmony

2. Tripping

India in 2005

3. Reminders to Advance the Soul

When I first started to expand my thoughts

4. Dear Brother

Fictionalized Furure (The YM Mandate)

5. Reconciling Quality

Thoughts on Quality in Religion - rtying to integrate the static (dogman) from the dynamic (individual)

6. Charter

Fictionalized Furure (The YM Charter)

7. Harmony

The author appeals to God to give man the understanding that all paths lead to him. Let man embrace his brethren, accepting his limitations as he has his, and walk together towards a world filled with love and peace with the understanding that all paths lead to the one same God.

8. For Queen and Country

9. A New Age

Random jottings on a New Age and the thoughts it inspires

10. God et Alii

11. Are good people good enough

12. Religion and Islam

13. Our Values

Truth Alone Triumphs

14. Feeling for Others

15. Dear Fellow Human

16. Fantastic Four

17. Disruptive Republic

18. The Neverending Story

19. Dear Modern Religious Critic

20. Inextricably Linked

21. God Again

Who is God? He is the all loving all-pervading spirit who watches over us and is there in our sad and happy moments. At times we feel abandoned by Him when we really do not understand and accept life with all its ups and downs. In this transient world let's accept and embrace change, let's evolve bearing in mind that his Divine Spark is within each of us in body, mind and spirit.

22. God In India

23. Jump with Faith

Religion is the one area where we clash rather aggressively and furiously with our fellow beings. We are taught to believe that only our faith is right and that all others are wrong or flawed. We are all but swimmers in this vast ocean of spirituality, learning to dive, standing on the diving board, yet reluctant to take the plunge lest our faith and beliefs be ridiculed and condemned. The author implores us to take the plunge and face the future - one which stands for Liberty Brotherhood and Harmony - so let's help create an orchestra out of this battlefield is his plea to mankind.

24. Wall of Love

Here the author ruefully examines the causes for man's failure to be happy viz. bad examples, past hurts, our complexes, our fixation on wealth and power and of course stress. All these trivial pursuits rob us of a rich and contented life. There is still hope for mankind to recover from these maladies of division and dissimilarities and establish a "religion of love" where we can love and live as brothers and sisters.

25. Implore

All religions have from time to time produced great men, prophets, saints, seers and mystics whom we have venerated and worshipped. All of them have come with messages for us and these messages all have commonalities and whatever path we choose to take, in the end all paths are not dissimilar and lead us to the same Truth.

1. Love Letter

Written for a woman I wanted to marry and couldnt because too many notions got in the way.

2. Gratitude

Written for John's wedding in 2011, this remains my standard wish for any couple and forms a part of other writings like Valima and Fray

3. Brittle

Why do we have to be so brittle with our religions and ideologies? Lets be more tolerant and loving esp towards ourselves.

4. Love Thy Self

Imploring the reader to love him/herself as I beg myself the same

5. Musings

Musings Interrupted (thoughts on the way to Pondicherry in 2013 - spiritual pilgrimage)

6. Love Again

On the rebound from love and questioning everything.

7. Islam

Short essay on Islam (not Atheism) as inspired by my own teacher.

8. Writer Tick

"What makes a writer tick" - All my sources of Inspiration over the years

9. Church

Notes for HCLC in Bellevue and read over 2 Sundays - this includes Cliff Rihcard's Sing a Song and Kansas' Wall

10. Copyfight

Written in America, a CURATOR imploring Authors to make their more profound works free

11. Valima

Naazesh - At a cousins wedding - a reading out of Gratitude mixed with a few other thoughts and quotes.

12. Let There Be Love

Random trip on love and caring for our fellow human.

13. Sleep Eros

Fictionalized Romance where it takes a couple a whole year of bonding before igniting the sexual spark.

14. Quality

A plea not to judge other on religious grounds, but to let a true spirit of harmony reign

15. Divine

128 atributes of the Divine - Mahakala and Mahashakti (Lords of Time)

16. Unspoken

Planned selection of prayers and my own "Harmony" prayer - unspoken at Hussain Day, Bangalore

17. Partners

Puja - Few thoughts on romance and partners, ends with a note to my cousin on her wedding day.

18. Linger Near

Thoughts on death - for the Jim Reeves song

19. Letters Jun2017

3 separate essays for 3 people (at the hospital)

20. Grace

Another random trip on a day at the hospital

21. Affirmation

Imran's personal affirmation in 2017

22. Expectation

The 3 types of expectation (essay written at Veena's request)

23. Good Enough

A plea to everyone strive to be deemed good enough

24. Inspired Teaching

Written for Edlusion, my former employer, this underscores the need for inpired teaching - seeing it as a calling rather than yet another profession.

25. Particle Physics

Kinda cryptic love note, this one inspired by "Will and Lyra" in Philip Pullman's Dark Materials

26. Intangibles

Written for Edlusion, my former employer, this talks of the Intangibles in Teaching Frameworks.

27. Join Us

The YM Join Us Video of 2018

28. Feeling For Others

Short appeal to people not to be indifferent to each other's pain.

29. Keep Smiling

Long message to students about "never losing that fire" and making life spectacular.

30. Devalaya

Some random trip on "Devalaya" - the Abode of the Gods

31. ID 2018

Imran's message / video of Independance Day 2018

32. The Fray

For a friend when her cousin got married - a mix of various essays and prayers for partners.

33. Bless Us Father

A short prayer as we "undertake to manifest our very Heaven on Earth".

34. Taminders Legacy

A barrage of questions based on characters of the book of Richard Bach ie: Curious Lives

35. Messages 2020

Messages on Independance day and 2020 Eid

1. Cry Liberty

2. Joyland Welcome

3. Catalyst

4. Software Making

5. Dreams

Theres a powerful character Avedoi Merek that brought Peace and Love to Ferra (The Ferret Home World) by changing himself. Having already establised ourselves in love since 1958, perhaps now, its time we (humankind) thought of "Those Good old Dreams". I still dream, standing on the shoulders of giants.

6. Harmonizing Quality

251. My Maker

Dhala Sr - Written from the viewpoint of the dear departed, comforting us that death was just a passing. "Know life as wondrous, full of it's ups and downs - Be inspired to live in the memory of loved ones - Our Maker you will join one day, so try and find - Your rhythm in this life - just quieten the mind"

252. Embrace the Morrow

A poem that begs us to brood not in the past (when we were in love). "I know its not easy but on letting go, we're choosing life - And not dwelling unnecessarily on highs from our past - Letting go is healing, the past cut away as by a knife - Instead we focus on the now and build a future to last"

253. Sprout Please

A poem for my co-founder Sundaram and the company we hope to build

254. Troubled

For 3 friends who are all finding themselves in difficult / estranged relationsships

255. Dear John

On the occasion of my friend John's birthday

256. Cry Peace

A loud rallying call to establish peace, dedicated to my pastor Gary

257. Adesh

Requesting the Lord to command us to be good and amicable to one another.

258. Joy2

On the occasion of my friend Reggie's wedding

259. Dear Mother

For the Mother Foundation and how Mother Earth would want us to be.

260. Dear Teacher

In gratitude for Teachers, with the hope that ill make a good one some day.

261. Dear Friend

On the occasion of my friend Melissa's birthday.

262. Careworn

About a man whose spent and feeling a little careworn.

263. Black and White

For a dear friend on the occasion of his book launch.

264. Gibran and I

About how a poet can listen, evoke feelings and help cure the maladies of the world.

265. Unification

Underscores the need for warming to each other's troubles and dissolving boundaries. Dedicated to the Father of the Indian Nation.

266. Adept at Soulstuff

About a kid who wants to be a teacher and joins the fray - the fray to yieldmore.

267. Power Supreme

A prayer for the power to go out and do good in this world.

268. The Van

If evolving is a struggle, this poem sees me coming to terms with my part as an observer, not a doer. The vanguard or fountainhead of human progress.

269. Sensitives

On how a brighter future is possible if we let breathe the sensitive side inside us.

270. Sun and Sea

A mashup poem on the joy we can all face as I write snippets on different friend's walls.

271. This Man's Best Friend

Incomplete poem about my best friend and his wish to be reborn a puppy.

272. Desiderata

When a friend (Mustafa) caught me at an emotional moment.

273. Carte Blanche

Jointly written as an engagement gift for my cousin Shoaib. They both very sweetly wrote their own poems with the words we chose to write with that night.

274. The Teacher Within

In gratitude for teachers and they joy they must feel watching their wards grow.

275. Bittersweet

A song of grief written for a friend who just lost her mother.

276. Again

A poem that touches raw on the feelings spouses go through when theyre rejected and have little chance to reflect on their own feelings.

277. Fluid

Written for a friend who had just given a presentation on the Bhagaavd Gita, that vehicle of Old Indian Wisdom.

278. Covid Times

2020 with its pandemic in perspective - "We're done with the old ways of utter callousness and unfeeling... Being cooped at home, we've gotten past crazy and begun healing... It's a little rough but we're now starting to appreciate family... There's been friction but we learn to enjoy the other's gaiety"

279. December

On the Occasion of my cousin Shoaib's wife's birthday.

280. Rock Bottom

For a friend who was feeling low, in the hope that he will cause a change in the trend.

281. Do Well

Written the day we performed special prayers, our spirit is to: "We stand apart in our promise to deliver a high standard... Of quality, we work hard to give what we said we would... We're quick to support a colleague, we're never wayward... Instead our concern for living beings touches as it should."