sultry afternoon
little mirages
above the tar

2002-04-2

rice-green pond
dark herons stand
in an arc

2002-04-2

clacking rails
five languages
in the compartment

2002-06-1

petrol fumes
smell of fresh bread
from the bakery

2002-06-2

small talk
sixteen ants on the wall...
seventeen...

2002-07-1

a bullock cart
loaded high with shoe boxes
the driver’s cracked feet

2002-08-2

gust of wind
a woman’s face lights up
by the cooking fire

2002-08-2

empty street
the For Sale sign
overgrown with weeds

2002-09-1

moonrise
a woman croons
to her baby

2002-09-2

harsh sunlight
faces peep through the bars
of the police van

2002-09-2

waiting for moonrise
the moving red dot
becomes a plane

2002-09-2

burnt-down house
yellow elders bloom
in the garden

Gujarat anti-muslims riots

2002-10-2

midnight
the moon dances
in my teacup

2002-10-2

crystal morning
dried puke
on the car door

2002-11-1

last station
the king of hearts on the floor
of the compartment

2002-11-1

flight of egrets
a boy stands with his ear
to a telephone pole

2002-11-2

cool morning
a fog of insecticide
in the red truck's wake

2002-11-2

home again
even the ants
seem familiar

2003-01-2

day moon -
the girl brushing her hair
smiles suddenly

2003-06-1

soft rain
the sound of hammering
from the construction site

2003-07-1