Evening by Kuhu Joshi
“On the bridge, people are carried / in the body of a train, nodding like peonies.” — Kuhu Joshi
Still Life by A. K. Ramanujan
“I saw the half-eaten / sandwich, / bread, / lettuce and salami, / all carrying the shape / of her bite.” — A. K. Ramanujam
An Indian Girl’s Guide To Driving by Urvashi Bahuguna
"Nothing makes me forgive people / like learning I have something to teach them." – Urvashi Bahuguna
The Wolf’s Postcript to ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ by Agha Shahid Ali
"And you may call me the Big Bad Wolf, / now my only reputation." – Agha Shahid Ali
The Jogger on Riverside Drive, 5:00 A.M. by Agha Shahid Ali
"he, now suddenly free, // from the air, from himself," — Agha Shahid Ali
Postcard from Kashmir by Agha Shahid Ali
"This is home. And this the closest / I'll ever be to home." — Agha Shahid Ali
Beyond the Ash Rains by Agha Shahid Ali
"When you lit the fire / and poured the wine, "I am going," I murmured, / repeatedly, "going where no one has been / and no one will be
Even the Rain by Agha Shahid Ali
"After we died---That was it!---God left us in the dark. / And as we forgot the dark, we forgot even the rain." – Agha Shahid Ali