RAMESH Manvati “Time and Tide,Wait for none”They say,It is time for us to run,Running could be a ‘mission’,For some, merely a fun.Euphoria may have begun,Beware of any hidden gun;Check your steps, emotion. Centuries’ old suffering,Not to be undone,Ground realities can’t be shun;Remember the resolution,The ‘Margdarshan’!Of December, Ninety One,Our own place under the sun! Protect thy illustrious roots,O, … Read more
Sacrificing her siesta and hours, nearly three,Mother, hand stitches a cloth mask for my safety,After hearing Prime Minister of the country,Address the nation, 14th of April, twenty-twenty. Not that, I didn’t use any *face mask, earlier,But, then, how can a mother be surer.The mask, a piece-unique in design and quality,Another specimen of her skills and … Read more
Fell asleep, reportedly,In a New York crematory,A worker, exhausted, on a ‘bed’ –Meant to carry the dead. Reduce the increasing line,Quickly shifts, fellow worker,The ‘dead’ into chamber,For victims of Covid -19. Switches are put on,Screams the ‘dead’,Woken from slumber, deep.Within seconds, just fifteen,Reduced to ashes, shining red;The worker put to eternal sleep ? ( Dedicated … Read more
Face Book vs Life’s Look Have been inactive on ‘face’ book,Trying to understand the life’s look.A period of nearly three years,For nothing special to add, toAny one’s intellectual layers. Come, they insist, ‘out in open’, dear,It is a “good past time” of the year,Under lockdown, due to corona fear;My thoughts, many would like to hear. … Read more
Amidst the corona global scare,Morning, Durga Ashtami– the day,On a fresh hand towel, faaka-chai, waiting in a tray,Comes another news of fear,From a friend, so dear,Just eight kilometres away. ‘Mother, serious, on ventilator,Not able to resist any further, Doctors advise,Be prepared for the eventuality;Leaving for home…..,Pandit Ji of ……Vihar , Not willing to perform the … Read more
Yesterday, tested ‘positive’, Another high ranking minister, Like some royal princes, earlier. Half a million plus, infected globally, So far, from every strata of society. In China, America, Spain, Germany, France, Japan, every other country, More than one hundred and fifty. Deaths, twenty eight thousand, the tally, One thousand, in a day, in Italy, The … Read more
Maintain distance, From a body,Not from the soul;From social activity,Not from the society.Fathom the gravity,As a whole!Stem over the tide,Play your role. ‘Covid -19’ is on the rise;Resolve, cut it to size. ‘Social distance’ is the key,Now, lest late it will be.Tire, under lockdown, we may,Be, complacent, no way; Delve inside, seek a ray. Here … Read more
Time to reflect,Situation perfect,Wander not,Here or there,Take self-care,Delve deep inside,Put everything aside.Under lockdown,But not down.Enjoy Navreh,Inside your Grha.Navreh Poe’shte !
Covid -19, the virus of Corona, Originating from Wuhan in China, Has created an unusual scare, Crossing borders, on earth’s sphere. From America to Zambia, Everyone, whether, rich or poor; Of any nationality and religiosity, Is hit by the fear on their persona. Till now in months, nearly, four, Over eleven thousand lives are … Read more
This time, I arrived even much early,with the hope to embrace you very tightly;but, yet again, nowhere could you be seen.Day in and day out, to meet you, I remain so keen.I am calling you, O Pandit, again and again,don’t you realise my incessant pain?The winter has set in, yet again. How long have I to continue to bear the pain?I have called you number of times in … Read more