Poetry

Prats on September 1st, 2009

I have always respected Gulzaar as one of the best poets ever happened to Hindi language. His poems are so simple with so easy to use language and oceans of emotions and wisdom underlying those words. You listen the song once again you understand the depth of the words a level under. This song written [...]

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Prats on August 28th, 2009

Now this one is for a competition being organized by my friend. I had self-doubt if I should participate but then I thought I might as well give it a try. So the rules of the contests are as following- As many poems as possible on uniquely different themes, each beginning with the lines: ‘If [...]

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Prats on August 27th, 2009

I got a forwarded mail regarding a competition which appeared in Washington Post, the competition asked for a two-line rhyme with the most romantic first line, but the least romantic second line. I am not sure if this competition is genuine but it was a good challenge. So I thought it would be a great [...]

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Prats on August 1st, 2009

This is one of the best poems and a very relevant lesson in diplomacy. Written by Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. One of the most cherished poets in Hindi language. I read the above poem when I was a school kids and the thoughts of it lingered with me for a long long time. It has stayed [...]

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Prats on July 8th, 2009

Late evening when I went in the coffee shop, Spotted her sitting there; where I daily hogged, I stopped whistling and singing my song, Glued my eyes to her pants which were not so long. I sat on her backside, not literally you pervert I could hear her conversations in spurts, With bits I got, [...]

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