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Shashi Mahajan

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27 Mar 2025 · 1 min read

Dizygotic brothers

Dizygotic brothers

I am a thought From fire to rocket Gilgamesh to Shakespeare Zeus to Socrate Balimiki to Tulsidas It has been my journey I wither and rediscover myself I thrive on...

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25 Mar 2025 · 3 min read

Simple Solutions

Simple Solutions

Once upon a time, Mir was sitting under the tree, hungry, thirsty, desperate for help. One angel passed by, Mir looked at him and laughed, ” Why do you laugh...

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24 Mar 2025 · 1 min read

Trappings

More technology More institutions More words More thoughts Will bind me down Can I be a minstrel Who begs for alms And wanders in the dawn! —-Shashi Mahajan

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7 Mar 2025 · 3 min read

The chains of the ocean

The chains of the ocean

( This is a story about trans Atlantic slave trade . ) Year - 1757 Abu Bakar was working in the fields when he suddenly heard the screams of men,...

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3 Mar 2025 · 5 min read

Between the two worlds - 8,000 B.C

Between the two worlds - 8,000 B.C

It was cold. The stars were still up when I woke up from the commotion outside. My grandfather had come from the forest, and he was looking at the sky,...

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2 Mar 2025 · 1 min read

Age of Cassandra

Age of Cassandra

( Cassandra was a princess of Troy who had a boon that she could tell future , but also curse at the same time that no one would believe her...

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27 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Homo sapient

Deep down There is no trust for each other Law, religion, ethics, festivities Just help us to keep That devil in check Oh..why do we pretend to be What we...

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26 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Fire within

When Icarus flies too high His wings get melted And they call it hubris But Dealous chooses the middle path Comes back home Safe and sound And we call it...

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25 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Life

As the sun rises in the east With that rise my hopes Physical fitness And peace of mind... Rest everything else False in between. -Shashi’s Mahajan

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24 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Empty power

My DNA sequence Can touch the sky Atoms in my body Have journeyed through universe You and I Resemble a lot But You make choices And I suffer a lot....

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23 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Words

Words... It was a journey of words With words We played hide and seek Mother told fairy tales We invoked the sky to rain Our farms to yield us grain...

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22 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Dreams

One Hannibal dreams of a victory And thousands follow In the open market When get sold Blame the destiny And hate Romans Why didn't they follow their own dreams When...

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21 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Joie de vivre

Up in the sky Stars are calling me To be a part of them Dark in the deeper space Where life and death Lose their meaning I shall find my...

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20 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Snowball

It is a nice shiny day With a sense of lull in the nature not a day to dream big Or to engage one's mind in vigorous thoughts But the...

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19 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Mother’s limitations

Mother’s limitations

I have A few thoughts Experiences And dreams To pass on to you My little one But While doing so My heart Quivers with apprehensions What if On attaining adulthood...

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18 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

I Know a Man

I know a man Who wandered in the forest Chirping songs Friends with the animals Drank from the streams Ran on the mountains Chased the clouds Slept under the sky...

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17 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Nostalgia

I wandered The streets and highways Of towns and cities Smitten by the giggles of the past Little did I know Wherever I sit Happy and relaxed New island of...

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16 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Elegant rules

If mathematics Is the highest form of logic And the understanding of universe Can be brought down To a few simple principles Then simplicity and honesty Are simple rules For...

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15 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Move on

Move on, my friend Mistakes articulate One milestone to another Confusion is indispensable Be kind to yourself It is nature's way To help you grow. Shashi Mahajan

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14 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

God

In this lonely night When darkness has enveloped everything I have suddenly found myself It is a music of my land The words of my ancestors Poetry unbound Which has...

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12 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Rain

As the first rain Tumbles down my lane I caper and sing Mind is liberated like water All the traditions and pretensions Are left behind Only me and rain Are...

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11 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Leap of faith

Eons have lapsed But the internal strength Of the fish Who crawled on the land For the first time Still resonates with me She had no extra Gills or fins...

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5 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Sensibilities

Sensibilities were not built in a day Nor are they result of one individual's brainwave They emerged with we settling down And interacting with an environment They help us to...

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4 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Primordial connection

Primordial connection

Full moon After the rain Is whispering again Our primordial connection Is making me dazed Bless this moment Of serenity again —-Shashi Mahajan

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4 Feb 2025 · 1 min read

Eternal courage

Eternal courage

Eons have lapsed But the internal strength Of the fish Who crawled on the land For the first time Still resonates with me She had no extra Gills or fins...

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31 Jan 2025 · 1 min read

Right to select

Right to select

Misty emotions Plunder my heart My logic and experience Stand alone The waves of time Consuming it all Nevertheless I shall stand erect Use my right To think and select....

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26 Jan 2025 · 1 min read

Continuous song

Continuous song

Mother I may not remember you In a physical sense of the word But you are there In my every decision In my sickness And happiness In my solitude I...

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17 Jan 2025 · 5 min read

Under the full moon

Under the full moon

Winter was setting in, and it was time for us to move to the other side of the forest. We were a group of twelve people—seven adults and five children....

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4 Jan 2025 · 1 min read

Rain

As the first rain Tumbles down my lane I caper and sing Mind is liberated like water All the traditions and pretensions Are left behind Only me and rain Are...

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19 Dec 2024 · 1 min read

Raising a child

Raising a child

When the night is deep And sleep is not nigh There is no thought No prayer Only some weight on the chest They call it anxiety Which every parent is...

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16 Dec 2024 · 1 min read

Love

Love Which comes With expectations And definitions Suffocates me You be you And me be me In our love circuit Let there be room For dislikes and disquiet My love...

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13 Dec 2024 · 5 min read

My days

It is the year 2055 , and I am ten-year-old. Last night my grandfather was telling me the story of his times. He told me that he used to leave...

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2 Dec 2024 · 1 min read

Contradiction

I am a thought From fire to rocket Gilgamesh to Shakespeare Zeus to Socrate Balimiki to Tulsidas It has been my journey I wither and rediscover myself I thrive on...

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8 Nov 2024 · 1 min read

Character building

Character building

Poverty may be a relative term But character is not ! Values which build character Are the biggest creation Of human brain More elegant than E=MC^2 They are simple and...

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7 Nov 2024 · 1 min read

Love

Love Which comes With expectations And definitions Suffocates me You be you And me be me In our love circuit Let there be room For dislikes and disquiet My love...

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18 Oct 2024 · 1 min read

Story of homo sapient

Story of homo sapient

He was trudging the mountains Drinking from the streams Plucking the fruits Hunting the games He marveled at the stars Craved for the security And lived in small bands His...

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6 Sep 2024 · 1 min read

Beauty

When birds fly high And my mind soars with them All the trivialities of life Are left behind That is the beauty My mind seeks all the time. …. Shashi...

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5 Sep 2024 · 1 min read

Universal

In the wee hours of the morning When the birds were still in their nests Some of the stars had begun to fade Somewhere far away In some unknown nebula...

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