
Human burden and debt for Nature
While the soil parched, and the land wept,
the workers continued their journey of plastic sorting with nimble hands
and yearning thoughts, day and night… Continue reading Human burden and debt for Nature
While the soil parched, and the land wept,
the workers continued their journey of plastic sorting with nimble hands
and yearning thoughts, day and night… Continue reading Human burden and debt for Nature
the lonesome clouds
and the black bird that perches on their windowsills
day after day Continue reading Of meetings and unsaid things
a tiny star manages to peek through
the thick blanket of dark clouds,
to guide the songbird that crosses the delsjön; Continue reading Musings from Göteborg – I
Birds come out of the nest and sing the most beautiful songs. Continue reading To the Sun
Marianetti Castanelli,
a man in his 70s, mustachioed,
sporting a big paunch,
and wearing shorts and
a shirt – with the top three buttons open,
big faced, with a gait as that of a dancing Buddha, Continue reading “Dois homens velhos”
[How does the yeast know.
When and where to close its boundary.
I shall always wonder.
Often nature is attributed
To a random process.
Yet, it functions.
As though it has a heart
Of its own.] Continue reading “Closing ones borders and other such things…”
this very green leaf too,
had to fall on the ground;
time dries it, wrinkles it… Continue reading Wrinkles
I wrote this for the student magazine at DTU, in Copenhagen, in 2004 when I was still a PhD student.
I
Mortal humans defy nature and
struggle to live longer. Rich become
richer, poor become poorer
and the economic disparity favors
the moneyed to thrive. To change
the ethics Mother Nature has nurtured.
Rain that lashed the roof of the office where Vijay and his fellow colleagues have their desks. It was frightening to hear the loud thunder as well as the merciless spill from the clouds, on to the corrugated iron sheet. Continue reading PE-2 and CEN.PK meeting 3: Deluge
My friend Ben made a presentation of Hermann Hesse’s text on Trees. (click on the picture to listen to the audio) For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. They are like lonely persons. Not like hermits who … Continue reading Trees are sanctuaries