Ishani's Pen

It has been a long time.... Six months to be precise Cannot be reversed by a dime Said somebody very wise "Time and tide waits for none What isn't yours is forever gone". Yet, hope and belief lingers Like the sand between fingers When someone wants to leave Dont clutch and let him go If he comes back, he's yours If he doesn't, he never was! Once I tried too much To keep you in my clutch But you didn't utter a thing, kept mum Shaking my very core, making me numb I left things behind and looked for change Let my thoughts wander beyond range When... You suddenly returned That wasnt expected... You say significant nothing The year ends without any pact Is it a simple matter of fact? That... Despite everything We aren't able to part. We cannot see but bother An invisible thread continues To binds us together!!

“Man is a social animal” – something that I had learnt during my Moral Science classes in school. During that time (I am talking about the 1990s), this statement meant that we, as human beings, must dwell as a society; we are, each, the part of one human nation and we must cherish that love and compassion for each other. That was a time when fights were resolved by a handshake or rather a “thumbshake” which we used to call “ abba .” Cousins that time were our first friends and such friendship literally meant a single soul residing in two different bodies. And most importantly, we had experienced the strong bond called “Family”. Holidays meant seeing our cousins and having a lot of fun. My sister and our first cousin were called “ Pabho Jura ” because they were literally inseparable, when together. I still remember that my maternal cousins were more scared of my mother than their own. In short, there was no discrimination between my child and my brother’s child in terms of love, ...