by Bhavani Sundaram | Dec 14, 2025 | Poetry
Changing the Batteries When a flashlight grows dim or stops working,you don’t throw it away—you change the batteries. When a person stumblesand finds themselves in a dark place,you don’t cast them aside either—you help them change their batteries. Some need AA —...
by Bhavani Sundaram | Dec 14, 2025 | Poetry
THE TRAIN At birth we boarded the train and meet our parents and we believed that they would always be with us. As time goes by other people board the same train and will be important – siblings, friends, children…the love of our lives. However, at some...
by Bhavani Sundaram | Dec 13, 2025 | Book Reviews
There is seldom a chance that an Indian writer truly catches my eye and holds me captive through an entire book. I picked up Tuki’s Grand Salon Chase from the common library in the society where I live, hoping for something light, witty, and gentle. What drew me in...
by Bhavani Sundaram | Dec 10, 2025 | Poetry
Dust If You Must Dust if you must, but wouldn’t it be betterto paint a picture, write a letter, bake a cake, plant a tree—to ponder gently over what you truly need? Dust if you must, but there’s not much time,with rivers to cross and mountains to climb,music to hear,...
by Bhavani Sundaram | Dec 10, 2025 | Poetry
Some bonds in life don’t ask for everyday presence —they simply wait with quiet patience. 🌿✨ There are days when someone drifts into their own silence,days when the world feels too heavyand words refuse to come. But real care doesn’t leave on those days.It stays —...
