Latest posts by vishesh unni
Turning 35
One does not necessarily plan to reach 35 years. The teenage me would have, not so quietly, rebelled at the idea. Of course, the pre-teen me would have loved the idea of becoming older and not having to deal with every adult as a "smaller" person. Common sense isn't people's strongest suit, and bein...
Posted on 3 August 2026 | 10:39 am
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We weep
When sense, most common, evades all and sundry,When a modicum of chivalry, remains a strange need, When missiles and bombs from devils, orange and pink, blush painted for sordid cameras, pulverize all that we have built,When judges, wigged or otherwise, in their avarice, coffers lined with currency...
Posted on 30 March 2026 | 11:24 am
Read postDespair and Hope
Despair You stand still;Forever in movement,In a gridlock of systems, Of systems Of systems, Ad infinitum,Bound, wound and contrived to be, A clockwork, a sextant, Left to time and guide, On a path as rigid as religious dreams, In a network of minds that fail to perceive. A scuffle of people, Tightl...
Posted on 8 October 2025 | 1:04 pm
Read postHistories of this world
The histories of this world are beyond our comprehension. There are fossils where the river has cut deep and now ripples sedately, her secrets in time, hers to hold and give, not to all those who seek, but those who wait to perceive. There are forests which breathe, their trees holding grounds stron...
Posted on 25 January 2024 | 11:48 am
Read postThe Forever city
Suffocating, Struggling,Strutting along,Huffing and puffingIn the heat, and rain,A moment is too precious to lose,The now lasts forever,Lest the money dropsAnd the rents raise,The meters recalibrateTo tell, you aren't enough,And there's another to take your matchboxWith fire within, and a hunger bur...
Posted on 26 July 2023 | 6:58 pm
Read postLies, and damned lies
It is difficult to know you are living through an event significant enough that the generations after will look back to it and see it as important enough to be analysed and learnt. Also, it is difficult to know which version of our past is true. All the plagues we have known are little nuggets [...]...
Posted on 2 May 2021 | 1:04 pm
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