The Tweeting Haijin

 drinking up a mountain of ice tea — summer heat Holi advent… all the colours of the water guns neighbour’s plants — Amma’s acrobatics to water them potted plants — we redirect or neighbour’s A/C drip after last rites resealing the pot of gangajal summer forenoon sparrows turn our dog’s bowl into a bath (Published in Cafe Haiku on 04/04/2021 for the theme of "Water")

 cliffhanger I hope for yesterday’s dream again in the window what do you dream of mynah eyes evening breeze stooping to pick up yellowed dreams winter solstice do androids dream of electric sheep last post — those dreams that never became memories avoiding traffic the back alleys of a self I’ve never explored divorce court all that that never was glass facade all the blue skies trapped within (Published in Cafe Haiku on 14/04/2022 as part of the theme "Dreams") Author

 dusk light looking for fairytales that don't end (Published in Cafe Haiku on 19/11/2022 as a haiga)

 velvet lining my blank canvas blank still (Published in Cafe Haiku on 22/11/2022 as a haiga)

Our e-book, the taste of sea breeze , was published as a celebration of two years of IN haiku Mumbai . This anthology contains haiku, tanka, senryu, haibun and renku, alongside a form which we think we invented - the renbun (haibun linked to each other on the lines of renku). Available on Amazon.in , it is edited by Rohini Gupta ( who also did the cover ), with contributions from Paresh Tiwari, Mahrukh Bulsara, Brijesh Raj, Gautam Nadkarni, Sandra Martyres, Kasturi Jadhav, Rochelle Potkar and yours truly. Here are a few reviews so far on the Amazon page : A Lovely Tasting! (Kashmira Raj on 16 July 2016) For Haiku lovers, this book packs a punch. There are some pleasant surprises here and I found several 'aha' moments. Some verses have touched the heart bringing to mind visions from my past. The beauty of this is that it sometimes evokes an entire thought process, different from what the writer may have meant to convey, thereby leaving an indelible mark. Not only th...

graveyard shift the nodding taxi driver keeps me awake (Published in Whispers August 2016)

zucchini... this ratatouille of emotions (Published in failed haiku  May 2016)

saltless soup I grow a day older without you (Published in failed haiku  May 2016)

листья жёлтые бабушка подметает вчерашнюю бурю yellow leaves grandma sweeps up yesterday's storm (Published in  Ershik  July 2015 )

финальная сцена... зрители хлопают с облегчением finale... the audience claps with relief (Published in  Ershik  July 2015 )

жаркие слова – а затем холод осенний hot words _ and then the autumn chill (Published in Ershik  July 2015)

searching on my old college's wall - entwined initials (Published in World Haiku Review )

is it normal to fall for one's own divorce lawyer? (Published in World Haiku Review )