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Mitali Chakravarty Wishful… I will dance with the druids at Stonehenge, walk with  ghosts of the past  from British Raj in the cemetery a...

Mitali Chakravarty Ganga, Padma, Meghna,  Brahmputra, Dibang, Tsangpo  — each river has a distinct name. Yet out of the womb of the Earth...

Mitali Chakravarty As I watch the setting rays smear the sky with hues of gold, red and mauve, the orange sun moves towards the darkness ...

Mitali Chakravarty Looking at the clouds that float, changing contours through the day, I marvel as I imagine them waft across borders dr...

Mitali Chakravarty Snippets of history caught by the rays of the glinting sun— Did the sun also shine when past events transformed ...

Mitali Chakravarty ‘All time is unredeemable.’ — Burnt Norton, Four Quartet, TS Eliot   Changes   There was a time when we dreamt, Dream...

Mitali Chakravarty The old woman sat spinning her loom in the glittering light of the moon. The old woman sat spinning her loom weaving s...

Mitali Chakravarty The Phoenix-girl Each day I write,  I write— My heart bleeds, Bleeds with pity For the helpless child; Manipulated, be...

Mitali Chakravarty Roses in the Sky Roses entwine me in their embrace. Pink, red and white, they climb on the wall. Twirl. Twist. Stretch...

Mitali Chakravarty 1. Leaden Wings Sometimes,  Sometimes, you need to throw off leaden wings to fly. Fly — soar the skies. Reach up to ...

1 Against the monsoon Skies… from BhanusingherPadabali (from Shaongaganeghorghanaghata , BhanusingherPadabali)   Against the mons...

Mitali Chakravarty The sun streaked an orange-gold across the Himalayan range in Dehradun. There was a chill in the air. Bapu wrapped the...

Mitali Chakravarty Will he be reborn again? Nonviolent, tolerant, defiant of norms that lock people into boxes Searingly honest Who said ...

Mitali Chakravarty Mitali Chakravarty The spider was spinning its web. Sonya watched fascinated. The web grew bigger and bigger and wa...