Puzzled

Puzzled
Collection: Subtlety
Penned By: Shalini
Concept & Design By: Sumaiya

Transcript

I have two fathers in the same man.

On one side, he is the man who has let his daughter fly,
On the other side, he is the one who makes his wife cry.
On one side, he has never shouted at his daughter,
On the other, he argued with his wife and eventually fought her.

On one side, he has never forced his daughter to marry,
On the other side, he tells his wife what to wear or carry.
I can’t call him a male chauvinist,
As he never forced his daughter to cook,
But I can’t call him a feminist either,
As he left his plate which later his wife took.
So now you tell me, what do I name him ?
Feminists for his daughter and misogynist for his wife,
Should I raise my voice or just continue with my life ?

Then tell me, do you face this dilemma too ?
Are you in the same boat as me ?
If yes, then let’s sort out this together,
Or else untangle this piece of puzzle for me !




Tell Me!

Tell Me!

Collection: Subtlety
Penned By: Harshit
Concept & Design By: Sumaiya

Transcript:

Tell me if It hurts you when you’re so quiet I can hear you breathing
when the last of sun rays go away
do you go about putting on lanterns
or do you embrace the dark that follows?

Tell me if it makes you sad when you burn photographs
when there’s no one else around you
do you hope for someone to come along
or do you talk to yourself in the quiet that surrounds?

Tell me if it makes you numb when you walk
when you can’t bring yourself to maintain an eye contact
do you feel ashamed
or do you feel protected?

Tell me if it makes you scared when youth lioness in the eyes that once
glimmered with life;
when you see someone giving up
do you feel sorry for them
or do you see yourself in their eyes?

Tell me if it brings you back to life when you see a bird taking flight:
when you see an airplane in the sky
do you wish to do the same
or do you feel the air surrounding you?

Tell me if it makes the pain a little bearable
when you hold someone close and feel warm inside:
do you hold onto that feeling
or do you live in that moment only?

Tell me if it makes you feel alive when you run through a field of sunflowers:
when you make bouquets of roses
do you steer clear of thorns
or do you understand the love?

Tell me if it makes the world a better place to live in when you see a child smiling:
when you do a good deed
do you think of satisfaction
or do you think of redemption?

Tell me if it makes this life a little more worthwhile when you light a beacon of hope
in someone’s journey.
When you see them braving through difficulties.
Do you wish to be like them?
Or bandage your wounds mercilessly.

Mother Screen

Mother Screen
Collection: Subtlety

Penned By: Roudrav
Concept By: Shalini
Design By: Sumaiya


I’ve seen on social media, writers in bunch,
Lamenting on technology over a quick lunch.
Quarreling and speculating in so many ways,
How people have become ‘tech-crazy’ these days.

And some time back, I used to be a part,
Of this topic that is this poem’s heart.
But today, I’m flying to celebrate a friend’s childbirth,
And IVF gave that mother a life and its mirth.

While flying for 3 hours I could only think,
Isn’t this all technology that keeps us in sync ?
They say that it destroys relations to the core,
Drifts people apart, abandonment and more.

But they don’t realise how a Mother feels within,
When she sees her child over a video call screen.
They don’t understand a Father’s relieved sigh,
When his child receives the money he sent in the blink of an eye.

They can’t comprehend that Brother’s utter bliss,
When he’s able to arrive in 2 hours to surprise his Sis.
Isn’t it all technology itself, but in different forms ?
But the writers won’t portray this, as it defies their norms.

They write how technology has broken more connections,
And publish it on social media to reach widespread nations.
The likes they get assures them, that talent is their pride,
And from the open truth, all they do is run away and hide.

Today I realized this and soon others will get the buzz,
Technology doesn’t madden, it’s the need of approval that does.
Their lack of acceptance does, be it big or small,
And their inner emptiness is the biggest reason of them all.

-Shalini & Roudrav