there’s this little hut at the point where the gates move with the tide allowing the river into the fields and the fish come in and go out…

I remember the wind conducting a soothing symphony rustling leaves of huge mango trees as we waited with breath bated coconut frond torches…

the earth their friend flowers that bloomed in the trees it nourished the swings they tied to mighty branches their dreams taking flight in that cool shade they have not forgotten they lie down today unafraid they protect their friend with body & soul

this project needs to be stopped before Konkan becomes just another sepia tinted memory. Everyone who has visited this beautiful place, paused for a while, soaked in its fantastic views and relished some fabulous food, needs to support the agitation. united they stand, their voice needs to be amplified, this…

a notion of development which is not acceptable to the people it purports to be for, should be discarded. any idea which is not in synch with nature should be let go of. …

the administration says no: to congregate to listen to admit a mistake to take side of the people to reason the brave mothers of democracy say no: to giving up their trees their land their oneness with nature their way of life

A mother sat on the floor, her teenage daughter’s head on her lap; the kid was exhausted and it was the mother getting treated. A couple sat on the floor and shared a meal. A grown man broke down talking to someone on the phone, while his attendant desperately tried…

like a friend who promises many a time to call and then simply drops out of sight after an age your phone rings just like that the conversation picks up from where you left it feels just like yesterday met my good friend the sun today who said, doing well mate just a little hot under the collar a few flares here and there and then warned you ain’t seen nothing yet the sky blue as it can get seemed to sigh in agreement

a year away now they will inaugurate roads unfinished invoke graves ignore promises made make more grandiose ones  like someone who has…