evening walk

They float down from the vine;
I paint hastily taking the blue
from the flowers, that time drains
as they wilt in my palms.

confluence

Two rivers flow to the sea, they drain the estuary
with deposits from different landscapes –
one carries a rubble of stones
weathered smooth by the journey downstream;
another bears a rich biomass, like clumps of hair,
from marshland upstream.

attention

peering under the filament lamp
to create a chain of stitches from colors
threaded through the needle

repose

breeze blows the pages of the book
the scene from the car window
the wisp of dream –
no discord in the train of thought

Roop Nivas Palace, Nawalgarh

Roop Nivas palace was built by Thakur Roop Singh in the early 1900s. This palace comprises of two sprawling havelis built in a combination of Rajput and European styles of architecture. Both the havelis are heritage hotels now. They go by the names Roop Vilas Palace and Roop Nivas Koti.

Roop Vilas Palace

Roop Nivas Koti

serenity

serenity resides
not in deepest recess of mind,
but in bunches of trumpet flowers
that surrender to the gentle breeze,
in the bee that cannot drink nectar
from the yellow flowers
that dance and tease –
surrender is serene

Mauve Sea

Monthly Archives: January 2013

Road trip to Rameshwaram

Road trip to Kanya Kumari

Rajasthan: A Glimpse