Poetry

  Translated from the Malayalam by Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker)   When I love a woman How do I love a woman? Swaying her like the wind on the sea...

  Translated from the Malayalam by Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker)   Falaz Falaz, honey, how old are you? Five. What are the names of your Abba and Ummi? Shahid Rizwan, Shahid Jamiha. Honey, do...

  Translated from the Malayalam by Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker)   Rule Octagonal land; Olive trees grow thick on the borders! Triangular lake with daffodils hedging it! An octagonal...

 A letter to end things Dear phantom ExThese days you come like a spectre. You are a double-barrelled creature.I've loved you for several years now....

    A room of my own Once, I had a room With glass walls. Sitting there I painted my life Dreaming About oceans. For those who saw me I was a fish...

    Urban Sight The creaky, old homeless woman, ravaged by unmet demands pulls her cart of broken dreams as she trudges unkind streets that do not welcome outcasts, concrete without compassion for...

    Recipes I inscribe recipes In an anthology of poems In most pages Chilli Turmeric Coriander Curry leaves Scribbled in a language Only known to me Different poets Diverse languages Combined with taste In a...

  Translated from the Malayalam by Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker)   Menagerie Township of a variety of prisons. The distance between the iron bars their length. Through them we can...

    Translated from the Malayalam by Ra Sh (Ravi Shanker)   The Gods in the straw hut The night I had my first periods, the Messiah and Krishna in...

    Breath of a Flower  in a Broken Bassoon As a baby I had no head, just an open window to peer through into my self. See, back...