The only hearts alive
are the one's throbbing in love.

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I stood, head low,
arid and cracked.
As I slowly looked above
my eyes pleaded
to the sky
It took mercy
and dropped
a few drops of nectar on me.
I got drenched.
The cracks filled.
The petrichor breathed life.
I was green again.

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You gave life
and taught
how to live.

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Come hither September.
The ninth month of the calendar.
The first 'ember' before November and December.

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बारिश की हर बूंद में एक याद छुपी है
किसीसे अनकही कोई बात छुपी है
इन बूंदों को संजो कर मैं रख लेती हूँ
जब याद आती है, एक बूंद रो लेती हूं।

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The mountains teach you to be humble.
The sea teaches you to show nothing on the surface.
When you travel, you are a student.

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Their heads...bled.
Their lives...lost.
The freedom...mine?

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ज़िन्दगी, बुरी नहीं गुज़री
हाँ, मुश्किल गुज़री है
कोई ख़ास कमी नहीं थी
पर ज़रा तंग गुज़री है

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The in'Aug'uration of festivals:
avataar takes birth,
elephant-God visits,
a 'gust' of devotion
sweeps everyone.

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First love yourself,
fill every pore,
then let it pour.
And yet feel full,
without any restitute.

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