I dance in joy for a fleeting moment's eternity.

The poor animal, the weak animal

in the wild wide steppes

trees blowing river flowing

the clouds tell thousand stories

and vivid is all

and harsh is all

and blood courses through its veins

what for, why, what for !

fly fly fly fly fly fly fly

the urban jungle welcomes no one

dull white brown and smoke

and ant I become in this anthill

of shady sides and rowdy cries

I drink it all and beer

drown my thoughts in motion

and fatigue rescues me like

Alladin's carpet ...

I fly I fly over the city
The beautiful city, beautiful streets

terraces lines spikes and gardens

churches dogs parks cars

and people walking talking,

selling crying helping lying ...

Swoosh swoosh swoosh down

in to this room small,

four guys singing a song,

a desk, papers and poem,

and a book and Newton

and love and imagination.

I dance in joy for a fleeting moment's eternity.

Sermon on Loneliness and Sharing

Loneliness is a tough diamond-serrated grinder that can, for the lens-maker's eye, shape the mundane into a flawless lens - through which, more often than not, the lens-maker sees a beautiful diamond shining radiantly. It's called Sharing.

In Praise of MacLaughlin

Flitting about

the notes

on a sensuous neck,

hither and thither

like a snake,

glistening and possessed.

Whence it calms down,

becomes a seductress,

meditates a little,

now becoming a spell

now a poet -

mesmerizes them.

Harmony - all made one,

instrument, maker and creation.

Recipes using unripe mangoes

These recipes were inspired after eating sweet radish cubes served before the main meal at a Korean Restaurant. The main ingredient is mango at a stage in its ripening when it's neither sweet nor unripe and sour. Its colour is light green and the flesh would yield slightly to force.

1) A Salad consisting of mango, cucumber, mint and kala namak or black salt. The mango and cucumber can be cut into small cubes. The mango provides the matrix of the taste with cucumber serving as a secondary filler. The mint adds to the freshness and salt makes for a chatpata beginning.

2) The mango is cut into eight pieces and polka dotted with milk chocolate on the darker side. To make the polka dots, one would have to melt the chocolate and pour it through a sieve which has small circular holes.

These recipes may serve as refreshing appetizers before the main course.