Gayatri Lakhiani Chawla is an award-winning poet, translator, healer and French teacher from Mumbai. She is the author of three poetry collections – Borders and Broken Hearts- shortlisted for the PVLF Author Excellence Awards 2023, Invisible Eye and The Em-press. She is the author of Healing Elixir The Hawakal Handbook of Angel Therapy, Numer-ology & Remedies. She is recipient of the Rahi Kadam Inspiration Award 2021.
A golden ring with a lion’s head etched on it a wife caught in the waves of hazard ‘Revive a little, I’m daughter of the wise sage Vishvamitra the birthplace of virtuosity the creator of the Gayatri mantra at least look for yourself in the eyes of your child, memory is a genetic disorder. Slice me not like an apple my love, but like the moon that sits outside your window sill every night nibble a little wedge from the corners savouring is key as said to Hiraman, the talking parrot. Come escape with me across the bridge of darkness O pretty one I claw the deer skin’s hide to entice you satan is a sorcerer. Apostrophe is a moment of reflection before stealing someone’s land someone’s woman someone’s dream. Period is the yarn of time and also, a full stop.
Bohag (Part 1) I should have put on the windcheater jacket before going out. A full-sleeve tee shirt wouldn’t have been bad either. The morning breeze in the…
Beside The New Mosque By success, I mean paradise. Dwellers of paradise find absolution from their daily sins on a daily basis. That is why, to me, the truly…
Mythical Goddesses of Bengal Mythical goddesses of Bengal’s folklores, legends and the vernacular narratives, have always fascinated me. They are rooted to Bengal’s traditional rural moorings. Despite their ownnpersonal…
Pancham: The Urban Timbre (Part 9) A few photographs to commemorate Rahul Dev Burman. In his short and rich career as a music director, Rahul has worked with almost all the…
Zarina Zarina was on the way to the shop where she worked; I was driving to my office; after much insistence, she stepped into my car…
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