Shail’s Nest

I am always impressed by the concern the stalwarts of society seem to have for women/girls and the innovative approach they take to prevent eve-teasing and sexual harassment. Never mind if that innovative approach is one that has been playing for centuries like a broken record, ‘Girls! Dress modestly!” which in the present contest means [...]

Tonight when the clock strikes the midnight hour and the seconds needle sails past in too much of a hurry if you ask me, to usher in the new day, moi steps delicately and one hopes with the right foot forward to the wrong side of half a century. Egad! Did I just say, [...]

Your actions so predictably unpredictable

Following patterns you believe are random

You mistake mine for the obvious

Your eyes are weak; they miss the intricate weave.

- Shail Mohan (May 2009)

She frantically punches buttons on her cell phone and impatiently waits for the phone to be picked up at the other end. And when it is, the following conversation ensues.

She: (anxiously) Where are you??
He: On my way home…
She: I know that. Where have you reached??!
He: (names a place 7-8 kms away from home)
She: (with [...]

Jealously guarded behind masks I wear
Feelings I don’t want to share
Transformed when alone into precious pearls
Scattered and lost I know not where.

- Shail Mohan (May 2009)

Reposted from shail-mohan blogs @sulekha.com

The year was 1988 and the place, Secunderabad, or rather Alwal, where the army quarters are. The previous year, the Lord and Master had to dump the one and only (the Aspiring Animator having not yet entered the scene) son, the future Programmer/Geek and moi unceremoniously in the quarters allotted, and hurry off to the [...]

I lied
I cried
I did hide
Behind smiles dyed

You always decide
I abide
The dreams inside
I have freeze-dried

How do I confide
What is inside
When my feelings undyed
Are denied

As passions collide
And we divide
Do not deride
I am no bride

Something died
Though I tried
With my pride
I now reside.

- Shail Mohan (Jan 2009)