Category: Ballads

  • Fowl Play #inktober 16

    Fowl Play #inktober 16

    It is foul manners to miss a fowl and labor a neighbor with careless accusation.” ― Vincent Okay Nwachukwu, Weighty ‘n’ Worthy African Proverbs – Volume 1 t

  • I’m Crabby

    I’m Crabby

    when a crab skitters across it is time to change course and head in a new direction.

  • Guardian Goddess Of Parashuramakshetra.

    Visiting Kota or rather Handattu, from where my grandmother hails, I noticed the image of Rakteshwari for the first time. I was aware that Rakteshwari was Karavali, Tulu Nādu entity as I had heard of her in the various Paddaana’s or folk oral renderings.  Since time permitted, I did look into Devi Bhagavata a more…

  • …And The Ice breaks.

    …And The Ice breaks.

    She sat before me, eyes expressionless… breathe coming short and rapid. Mouth agape, and she seemed to be gulping air. The eyes were expressionless for labeling intense feeling she felt was opening a putrid can. As for me… I was totally confused I didn’t know what brought this blankness and what the daze. I knew…

  • Restoring the Oceans

    Restoring the Oceans

    On World Ocean Day there is nothing more beautiful than the way the ocean refuses to stop kissing the shore line, no matter how many times it is sent awaay

  • center stage #22

    center stage #22

    “Suicide is a form of murder – premeditated murder. It isn’t something you do the first time you think of doing it. It takes getting used to. And you need the means, the opportunity, the motive. A successful suicide demands good organization and a cool head, both of which are usually incompatible with the suicidal…