If you keep company of them,
The yogis and fakir,
The Sufis and wandering mendicants,
You will turn into a Sufi,
...
The Necklace Wild by H.S.Bhatia,
Put under a bracket as
Burning Petals Vol.II,
Appeared in 1994,
...
Even though you are not a poet,
You call yourself an Indian writing in English,
An Indian English poet,
None,
...
A literary evening
In the memory of Burquawalli,
In the nakab, the hijab.
...
Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson,
Said I
And it reverberated again,
Jackson, Jackson musically,
...
Sufiana Andaz Mein
Tum to ek jaalti hui diya
Aur mein baati,
...
Ek Yogan She Pyaar; Ek Prem-Pujaran She Dillagi
Prayon she dil laga ke,
Muhabbat mein dokha kha,
...
I see the media,
The men in journalism and media
Dealing in,
Dispensing with
...
With a start from in 1986,
A poem Eliotesque,
After crossing over the dry rivulet bed
One scorching, parching summer
...
Give me, give me, my golden statue of Radha and Krishna
Found from the pillars, columns and foundation walls
Of the fallen temples,
Small-small, centuries-old, lime and brick-built broken temples
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