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Triumphant tumbler

truly adored its innocuous silhouette as it beautifully floated in
near vicinity in the majestically cemented tub ; without the tiniest of
apprehension or disdainful malice ,

was fantastically touched by
its magnanimous and efficacious cost free service ; as it befriended
people of all religion ; caste ; creed ; tribe with altruistically
unparalleled aplomb ,

admired its inimitably uncelebrated identity amidst a plethora of
myriad contraptions ; gaudy towel ; aristocratically embroidered cloth ;
ravishing shampoo ; fanciful broom; opulent jewelry strewn haphazardly
around - as it overtook them in terms of its quintessential and
astounding utility ,

praised its rustically simpleton yet unbelievably tenacious demeanor
; as it fearlessly served its master to cleanse the most sordidly fetid
pores of his body - irrespective of the abominably dirty gutter pipe
that deposited its decayed garbage just alongside ,

tried my earnest best to grandiloquently beautify its ingredients of
simplicity and impeccable charisma via poetry ; so that it relished its
handsomely cherished position at the world centerstage and adulatory
celebrityhood ,

veritably enamored ; when the ecstatically versatile artist filled
it with gargantuan proportions of paint and triumphant color - and then
dipped paintbrush into its wonderfully replenishing interiors - to
glorify the barrenness of the canvas with the colors of unfettered
optimism,

honored - as its mere presence was a compassionately comforting
factor amidst the bizarre solitariness of the forlorn walls ; with not a
person around in vicinity as the night exuberantly galloped towards
early dawn ,

saluted its altruistically victorious streak - wherein it so
gorgeously nourished the recipient using it ; and irrefutably ensured a
profoundly fresh start to withstand the devastatingly torrid rat race
for survival ,

joyfully caressed its fabulously roughened exteriors which
delectably lead the way to a protuberant handle - that I took the
liberty of efficaciously placing upon the artistically extruding nail
from the door ,

positively deliberated upon its superbly reinvigorating benefits ;
silencing critics who wanted it dismissed from the abode instantaneously
; on the spurious pretext of it dirtying the otherwise lavishly
contemporary and royal ambiance ,

unabashedly attracted towards its immaculately white and pearly
complexion ; which triggered me to rush from my seat and uninhibitedly
embrace its philanthropic form ; accept it in the wonderful fabric of
camaraderie ; as my friend ,

used it as a robustly firm support to stand up to my full and humble
height ; after I had collapsed in a dismally disheveled heap ;
accidentally treading upon the stealthily orphaned banana skin strewn on
the floor ,

acquired it from the pallidly stagnating marketshelf and then
pampered and scrubbed it with sensuously soft sponge ; before it
pompously adorned the tantalizingly dainty ledge beside the lavatory
seat ,

put my fists deep into its unpretentiously cozy recesses
amidst the frozen chill that had descended around ; impromptu - that
gave me solace and meaningful substance to fantasize; dance ; gallop and
philosophize for goodness ,

informally stored paraphernalia of various sizes and proportions in
its robustly glorious hollowness ; where they were safe and handsomely
protected from the acrimoniously venomous pollution that vehicles were
responsible for ; outside ,

consumed my juice ; milk ; lunch and dinner in it - when
pugnaciously terrorizing war lambasted the fabric of truthfully inspired
existence and the savage missiles fired didn’t provide an opportunity
for mesmerizing family meal ,

savored its incredulous use – when the man on the street
spontaneously penned his myriad of righteous thoughts upon its jaggedly
princely periphery ; in absence of that sheet of paper that was
obviously thrown into wilderness ,

but I fell in love with the Tumbler when I dipped into the pail -
filled it with water and then let the jubilantly exhilarating and mortal
elixir cascade down my impoverished and unkempt form - making me
wholesomely oblivious to the delinquently stabbing loneliness ; around .

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By Nikhil Parekh – March 6, 2011


earnest hanger

Lifeless chunks of grey metal adroitly
sculptured to form a delectably curved hook at the absolute end ; that
imperiously dominated the fabric of emptiness ,

altruistically hosting the cumbersome weight of clothes of myriad shapes
; proportions ; textures ; and exhilarating embroidery - with
mesmerizing aplomb and without the tiniest of respite ,

a lucky mascot for some humans as they meticulously carried it on
plethora of their overseas trips and fantabulous expeditions ; neatly
tucked in their snobbishly corporate travel cases - where it
majestically crafted the outlines of their designer suits and somber
trouser,

a harmlessly joyous toy for children of different caste ; creed ; color
and tribe - as they exuberantly hoisted and galloped with it  - feeling
compassionate and safe with it tightly clenched in their dexterously
nimble palms ,

nestled silent and demure in some dilapidated corner of the cupboard ;
wholesomely neglected  - and then all of a sudden escalating as the most
cherished celebrity - when the owner was in a hurricane of a rush to
beautifully stack his clothes away and retire for the day ,

enabling that wondrously replenishing contentment to a lavish wardrobe ;
which would be terribly incomplete without it ; as it had its own
inimitable silhouette amidst a motley array of cloth ; drawers ; shelves
; handles ; paper ; paint and mosquito ,

serving as the most precocious substitute for a missing stick when its
master most needed it - to tackle the notorious thieves that had barged
in impromptu into the silken interiors of the house ; brutally
distorting and shattering the safety grill ,

the unparalleled darling of shopping malls of incredulous varieties and
proportions - where it rather pompously protruded in its full and
unabashed glory from the rustic wall of the trial changing room ,

gregarious in disposition as it virtually and veritably adapted garment
of any texture with all their fancifully embodied accessories -
wonderfully acclimatizing to the weather prevailing upon any continent
of planet earth ,

not exactly an artists or poet’s marvel to gorgeously fantasize about
and tantalizingly crave for - but yet a quintessential item of utility
for goodness - fabulously pampering a human’s most intricately exquisite
clothes ,

an astounding exemplification of unfettered camaraderie between humans
of different religions and richness - as it never discriminated even an
insouciant trifle whilst accomodating the mesmerizing robes of the
princes and queens - or the disdainfully fetid rags of the beggar on the
street ; in miserably threadbare shambles and deplorably tattered ,

magnificently substituting as the most handsomely delectable pulley to
extricate new born babies ; who had accidentally tumbled into the bottom
of the listless pit originally meant to store salubrious food grain for
the impoverished family ,

an unbelievably stupendous geometrical combination of a rectangle and a
triangle juxtaposed harmoniously together - the ramification of which ;
led to an object of amazingly ravishing utility and convivial charisma ,

a beautifully philanthropic marvel who selflessly served persons of
various ages and professions without expecting any kudos - at occasions
even lambasted for nothing - as man wretchedly vented his frustration
upon its fearless demeanor ,

triumphantly majestic and romantically contemporary - as it  inhabited
the most pristine environs of the garlanded castle - and was also
ironically the most orphaned chunk of steel on the solitary rods of the
versatile marketplace ,

a daintily privileged accompaniment that arrived alongwith the
marvelously voluptuous dresses that true lovers gave each other ; and
then skillfully assisted them to assemble their variety of aristocratic
paraphernalia ,

stunningly used to stir spectacular assortments of various foods in the
bohemian pan ; resulting in rhapsodic victory of scrumptiously enriching
meal prepared and unadulterated fun ,

used by people to strengthen their arms ; as they stretched its
differently sculptured top and bottom ends in as far opposite directions
as feasible in their mortal capacity ; and then felt their muscles
fantastically reinvigorated ,

was the earnest hanger .

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By Nikhil Parekh – March 2, 2011


simplistic quilt

Amidst the freezing chill that descended impromptu upon the planet ; as
human being stacked himself with woolens of myriad shapes and
proportions and yet groaned in indecipherable disdain ,

amidst
the pathetically abysmal solitariness of the night ; where unabashed
wolves majestically philandered and danced ; before vindictively hunting
for the meat of their nocturnal prowl ,

amidst the cacophonic sound of motorized traffic which was
interspersed with pugnacious smoke ; meaningless horn ; impetuous
youngsters hurling abuse as they overtook innocuous pedestrians -
lambasting the spirit of their freshly acquired adulthood ,

amidst the unruly heaps of garbage piled rampantly on the streets ;
carried intermittently by the storm to a multitude of corners of the
society ; culminating into obnoxiously rotten frigidity ,

amidst
the savagely acrimonious and commercial establishment of offices - where
plethora of cash transactions were executed ; without due respect to
the integrity of an earnest human and his ideals of  philanthropic
goodness ,

amidst the ruthlessly indiscriminate felling of enamoring trees -
which builders undertook surreptitiously after dusk had fallen ; to
articulately evade public fury and yet construct their fancifully
towering edifices - of nonchalantly dead mortar and concrete ,

amidst the scuffles and squabbles that sporadically plagued living
beings - as they deliberately found fault with each other ; even as
marvelous romance could easily have been the flavor to uninhibitedly
cherish and relish ,

amidst the abominably hostile firing of missiles and declaration of
terrorizing war - which nations on different sides of the border
indulged into - in a worthless display of feckless might and power -
instead of rejoicing in the religion of humanity ,

amidst the treacherously salacious rat race to achieve
unchallengeable success - trespassing and massacring the closest of
blood relations including parents - incase their set of benevolent
ideals impeded the path even an insouciant trifle,

amidst deplorably parasitic political practices ; where it didn’t
matter the slightest as to which party came to power - since none of
them responded to the voice of the impoverished citizen - the same
common man who’d triumphantly elected them ,

amidst the dreadfully hideous paucity of quintessential amenities
like food grain and fruit ; which had ridiculously manifested due to
inflation and dastardly corruption - even as the soil yielded its
absolute best ,

amidst the lugubriously stretched spurious parties that flowed with
venomous cigarette smoke and sinful liquor - with the corporate pedigree
of the society flaunting the most expensive showrooms of different
designer revelry - whilst the orphan , maimed , wounded and famished
slavered without a roof on their scalp ,

amidst the today’s teacher who unnecessarily loaded the talented
child with ominously large assignments - in frivolous attempt to improve
the reputation of the best academically oriented school in town ,

amidst
the fiercely savage growl of the panther which had escaped the forest
since that had more human  than animals - in its quest for finding a new
symbiotic habitat ; gloriously unfettered ,

amidst the preposterously fetid gutter that had developed cracks in
the trajectory of its pipe - from which crawled out ants and worms of
every conceivable and incongruous shape ; to irascibly creep into the
beautiful serenity of the magnificently embellished dwelling ,

amidst the ludicrously artificial formality that members of
different households followed at occasions - sonorously holding hands
like the most cultured entities of this planet seated beside each other -
but actually wanting to slap in their envious animosity ; soon after ,

amidst the tempestuously scorching lava that rolled down at
lightening speeds from the volcanic mountain - having the tenacious
potential of charring near and surrounding vicinity to sheer and dismal
nothingness ,

amidst the parched land of the wholesomely evaporated lake that had
become so ; as officials had extricated it completely to erect the most
spectacularly royal complex ; fostering all fraternities of contemporary
sport ,

If I found solace and peace inside a mesmerizing object ; then it was my delightfully cozy and simplistic quilt .

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By Nikhil Parekh – January 9, 2011


Dehradun and Mussoorie ( India ) .

A garland of formidably handsome mountains ; royally decked up in
beautifully unparalleled tufts of emerald green vegetation ,

Dense and astoundingly profound clusters of clouds floating in
unfettered abandon ; kissing the farthermost epitomes of the hills
with untold stories of enamoring benevolence ,

Delightfully robust creeks weaving their way in an unabashed freshness
through the rocky swirl ; as they eventually melanged with sobriety at
the rock bottom of the river bed ,

Tantalizing waterfalls of immaculate white froth cascading
majestically into a mist triumphant optimism ; that thoroughly charmed
the spirit of a commercially depraved and impoverished existence ,

Exuberant and curved lanes through the gigantic slopes that
rhapsodically led a beleaguered traveler to one of his most cherished
destinations ; in an adventure towards exhilarating righteousness ,

Fiercely mischievous monkeys gnawing at fruits of myriad shapes and
proportions – feasting at those occasional succulent crumbs hurled by
children – without giving a trifle damn to vehicles that whizzed past
at whirlwind speeds ,

Sporadic thunderstorms accompanied with indomitably passionate streaks
of silver lightening ; that triggered unmatched infernos of desire
through the solitariness of untainted valley ,

An instantaneous spell of torrential rain whilst sipping marvelous hot
tea in the garden ; which to the utter and incredulous amazement
yielded impeccable white pearls of the seasons virgin snow ,

An entire Herculean maze of tall trees that constituted the royal
approach to the spectacular city ; an entrenchment so thickly foliated
; that it was here that wildlife existed to its unhesitatingly
glorious best ,

An unprecedented chill in the atmosphere as the night romantically
descended in the pristine gorge ; and the woolens which had become so
obsolete in the sweltering city now snatched impromptu from the
innermost corners of the suitcase,

Unbelievably tall peaks clad in frosty coats of ice ; looming large
and phlegmatically into the distant horizons as the car entered and
swerved sharply towards the last motorable patch on the
extraordinarily tenacious rock ,

A gloriously golden dawn which brought alongwith it an optimistic
desire to excel for the cause of goodness and truth - as the
invincible fireball of Sun brilliantly empowered the surface of earth
with the light of love and friendship,

Gregarious grass buds sensuously draped in dew ; with frogs joyously
scampering through the plush lawns – as nimble feet indisputably
relished their compassionate stroll on the ground after ages ; early
morning ,

Tourists flocking from different parts of the globe ; at their
vibrantly colorful best ; cherishing the verdant landscapes and that
steeped to incomprehensibly surreal heights – ultimately ending into
bits of ebullient open space,

A veritable treat for true lovers who philandered and flirted in
compassionate desire ; on a land which was replete with sumptuously
ecstatic adventure and a serenity that befitted perfect camaraderie ,

Poets , writers - described the town’s imperious beauty in verses,
essays,  that stupendously enthralled - and artists ; sculptors ;
delivered their fantabulous best - amidst the awe-inspiring natural
environment which mollified the tiniest of apprehension,

A panoramically adorable facilitator of peace – making the most
spitefully vengeful wholesomely shunt war and abominable hatred –
embrace the fellow living being in the essence of true brotherhood ,

The palatial house of my wonderfully impressive grandparents where I
spent some of the most victorious moment of my childhood – without
worrying or contemplating an ounce on the vagaries of the pompously
spurious society,

I salute my revered and sacrosanct birthplace – ‘ Dehradun ’ and the
imposingly towering queen hills of Mussorrie .

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By Nikhil Parekh – November 17, 2010


Watermelon .

A delightfully rounded ball of wondrous green exterior ; that rolled
with unparalleled fervor upon any frictionless surface ; with the
tiniest of thrust ,

A shell so spectacularly enamoring and
impeccable ; that it left even the most charmed of maidens to envy with
its smooth periphery and robustly exuberant texture ,  

Fecund brown seeds adorning it unabashedly in the inside ;
disseminating fresh hope for existence if they were planted in
unassailably bountiful earth ,

Royally salubrious aroma drifting
from its succulent demeanor ; mesmerizing people of all religions,
caste, creed and color with the profound charm of a fulfilled existence -
which thrilled in myriad proportions ,

Sporadically , a rejuvenating substitute for a nonchalantly mundane
pillow ; as you cuddled it up close to your ears ; wrapping it with
jagged pieces of cloth asymmetrically strewn around ; as if for
transient support ,

A beautifully convivial ball of smoothness ; magnificently
illustrated as kids kissed it and nudged it with their chin - then ran
around with a squeal of bewilderment as it reached the other corner of
the house ; rollicking on the floor within lightening seconds of time ,

A marvelously tantalizing delicacy served to befit a crowned prince -
mollifying you with motley fantasies of good grace as you snuggled in
the royal armchair without the tiniest of apprehension on the glorious
roof top terrace ,

Profoundly ecstatic sponge of majestic red embodied within ;
incredibly enthralling and bringing about a cheer to the wisps of
lackadaisical disenchantment , in the impoverished existence of a human
being ,

A fantabulously satisfying meal at occasions for the
penniless pocket ; in the absence of that quintessential platter blended
with myriad spices and some of the most charismatic delicacies of the
seasonal celebration ,

A fabulously intriguing topic of intelligent discussion - as elders
of the family expounded upon its plethora of amazing health benefits -
for the younger generation to assimilate and incorporate at various
stages of their life ,

Resembled a big zero ; but harmoniously providing the fabric of
humanity a wondrous opportunity to relish one of the most sumptuously
delicious and gorgeously sweet ; fruit on this earth ,

The most
perfectly robust fruit on mortal earth to be squelched into liquid form ;
thereby rendering the opulently carved glass with the finesse of
ebulliently scarlet juice ,

One of the heaviest things to exasperatingly carry under the
dynamically triumphant afternoon Sun - but an adorable darling to the
taste - as a person absolved even the tiniest trace of his apprehension
after consuming its natural richness ,

An earnest favorite in the appetizingly varied menu list of the most
stellar restaurants and found scribbled with bohemian chalk on the wall
of the neighborhood highway cafeteria - with individuals cutting across
barriers of caste and color ; whilst savoring its ravishingly
enchanting flavor ,

A proud inhabitant found with predominant contingency in the deeper
recesses of the refrigerator ; peacefully nestled amongst an array of
other vegetable ; salad ; cream ; sauce ; pizza and chocolate - but
enjoying its its own inimitably imposing presence and preference as the
hands affably reached out for it first ; after the successful completion
of a meal ,

Written about with aplomb ; in poetry and prose by bestseller
authors and those in their nascent stages of penning something
substantial ; praising its astoundingly simpleton demeanor ; which
empowers the living race towards unbiased friendship ,

A privilege for talented artists to incorporate within their
paintings of the unfettered forest , depicting the trajectory of the
earth on barren canvas - in its multitudes of hues and color ; with one
of the largest of princely fruits occupying heroic center stage ,

One of the most adulated fruits at the vendor’s imperiously embellished establishment ,

Was the relished watermelon .  

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By Nikhil Parekh – October 17, 2010


Good thoughts need to rightly implemented .

For them to blossom into fields of uninhibited prosperity ; as the
mid-day Sun flamboyantly shone and royally enriched dreary patches of
moroseness and malice ,

For them to permeate the planet with
earnest feelings of nicety and humanitarian friendship ; bonding the
multi - cultural fabric of existence under one roof ; into the religion
of invincibly bountiful humanity ,

For them to make the human kind more amicable towards each other ;
optimistically endeavoring to delete the fangs of hostility and
disseminate compassionate brotherhood ,

For them to clamber the
ladder of benevolent success ; sow the seed of philanthropy which would
eventually grow up to flower into the fruit of a tomorrow effusively
sprinkled with love,

For them to wondrously assimilate the true potential from an
eclectically varied group of individuals ; who had the inimitable power
to evolve their own unduplicated forms of spell-binding creativity ,

For
them to empower people to collectively work in their mortal capacities
to bring about a renaissance in the deplorable administration ; so that
humans replenished the privileges of an honestly inspired existence ;
alongwith their counterpart mate across the fence ; at the other side ,

For them to witness the spectacularly original inventions of
constructive science shape fresh dimensions of triumph ; a sweetness
that was unparalleled amongst mortals for the betterment of earth and
its marvelously beautiful living beings ,

For them to uncannily bewilder the most seasoned campaigner in his /
her respective field ; with the unabashed artistry of imagination that
handsomely embedded barren canvas with truthful colors of victory ,

For
them to uninhibitedly carve a distinguished path in the chapter of
existence ; witness it garlanded and felicitated with the highest honors
of the civilian world ; for its jubilant contribution to various
spheres of ingenious society ,

For them to eradicate grotesquely penalizing methods of anarchy ;
bring about the onset of enthralling democracy where the most
deservingly sincere representatives were chosen by the spirit of
unbridled camaraderie and the right to fearlessly vote ,

For them to craft some of the most astonishingly unchallengeable
success stories in the ordinary household chores that women execute ;
those anecdotes which became mesmerizing as they were nourished with
selflessness and unbiased commitment ,

For them to try their charismatic best to change parental perception
towards their children ; treat them as one of tomorrow’s best
humanitarian gift ; replete with the power to fantasize correctness and
unleash into stupefying artistry - rather than obnoxiously subjecting
them with the unceremonious pressure of having the best study grades in
school ,

For them to alleviate the common man’s woes due to shoddily gruesome
loopholes in the system of governance and jurisdiction - devising
innovative schemes to make the man on the street heard for the causes he
passionately supports ,

For them to enlighten kids in the most obsolete rural areas with the
power of education ; reach sacredly motivational textbooks in their
poignant tender palms - which sadly held grisly haired broomsticks and
dustpans ; instead ,

For them to compose books of poetry or prose which supported and
brought to the fore a plethora of fascinating humanitarian causes - some
of the titles which further went ahead to win the most coveted
privilege for literature - the Nobel Prize ,

For them to campaign for saving trees and thereby the majestic
environment ; exhorting people of all ages and religions to come forward
and plant multitudes of different saplings ; to convivially exist
thereby - in an unfettered environment of freshness and vitality,

For them to solemnly resolve sordidly lambasting war and terrorism ;
initiate talks of peace between acrimoniously fighting enemies with the
balm of friendship , love , goodwill and brotherhood ,

For them
to bond into threads of fortuitously mollifying matrimony - relish the
tantalizingly beautiful moments of life as they unfurled ; and
handsomely embrace the fabric of joyous victory ,

Your good thoughts need to be rightly implemented .

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By Nikhil Parekh – September 30, 2010


Love Poem - because she had made my food with love .

It definitely wasn’t because of the tantalizingly appetizing aroma that
graciously wafted through mundane wisps of nothingness - fomenting a new
found hunger to greedily gobble till the very last non - existent bit ,

It irrefutably wasn’t because of the ravishingly royal appearance
that engulfed it with a princely charm to swoon for - the succulent
layers of nutrition that made the tongue salivate longingly in
anticipation of the tiniest of contact ,

It intransigently wasn’t because of the fact that the day had been
overwhelmingly exhausted and famished - prompting an ecstatic push for
the dining table as soon as the footsteps reached the threshold of
gregariously sweet home ,

It dogmatically wasn’t because of the sumptuous fillings of
delicately dribbling curry that painstakingly cascaded from the main
course - suddenly empowering the desire to symbiotically exist with
counterpart man on earth ,

It irretrievably wasn’t because of the multitude of culinary
embellishments that adorned its periphery - making it resemble a platter
served in the choicest of castles and to the most magnificently
invincible of Kings and Queens on planet earth ,

It certainly wasn’t because it triggered an optimistically artistic
desire of sketching unparalleled beauty around you - with its lavishly
grand helpings sensitively strewn and blended raw with rustic fruit ,

It intractably wasn’t because of its astoundingly rich nutritious
value highly recommended by the best in their respective fields - that
could wonderfully replenish and gorgeously harness the deteriorating
bones of aged existence ,

It truly wasn’t because its enamoring recipe had won virtually every
conceivable International award and felicitation - before pompously
filling in the barren recesses of the famished plates laid rather
nonchalantly on the dinner table ,

It irrevocably wasn’t because of hype and mystery enshrouding it
that had culminated perseveringly as the day had unveiled - with
inconspicuous tid - bits and chatter from family members of what was in
store for supper adding exorbitantly to the already charged up
atmosphere , 

It earnestly wasn’t because it had thrown monotonous strictness out
of the window - as the most sonorously disciplined of adults -
ravenously indulged into tearing it apart into minuscule pieces of
digestion - before eventually swallowing it with unabashed glee ,

It simply wasn’t because it profoundly inspired you to become a poet
- interweave and embody verse of the highest perceivable imagination in
praise of its compassionate aura ;dainty structure ; texture and
transiently adorable charm ,

It sagaciously wasn’t because of the impromptu occasion that
transpired because of it being gloriously laid - as members of the
family rejoiced and reveled in each other’s company sitting across the
table - as the night unfurled in its majestically voluptuous color ,

It obstinately wasn’t because of the uninhibited feast that it
provided to fantasizing entities around - as they experienced sheer
tranquility after having consumed it - pacifying the most ethereal of
their apprehensions with the enrichment of taste ,

It solidly wasn’t because of the spectacular vitality that it
permeated the lividly exasperated body with - the same physical form
which had decayed into a disheveled heap a little while ago - out of
sheer agony and hunger triggered by the parasitic meanness of the mortal
world ,

It undoubtedly wasn’t because of the goodwill and extraordinary
hospitality that it successfully generated - even as the uncalled for
neighborhood urchins were fantastically drawn towards it and ate it ; as
if there wasn’t going to be a meal in near future ,

It incorrigibly wasn’t because of the flattery and the untainted
adoration that diligently admired my hard work - to be able to earn such
a succulent princely spread of eatery at the fag end of the assiduously
hard earned day ,

It promisingly wasn’t because of that contented handshake that came
from the other side as soon as the meal got over - rendering me in
indescribable rhapsody as all measly past differences with my friend
were now resolved - and this is exactly what a thoroughly reinvigorating
meal had the power to do ,

It really wasn’t because it was a part of that sporadic celebration
that happened in moment of joyous triumph - bringing distant family and
outsiders irrespective of caste , creed , color and tribe - to relish
the marvelously salubrious chunks of home cooked delicacy ,

But I merrily had it , relished it , romanticized about it ,
savored it to absolute glory - because she had made my food with love .

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By Nikhil Parekh – August 18, 2010


My daughter’s fascinating pillow

She hugged it tight to her adorably tiny chest - as fierce thunderstorms
and lightening announced the onset of the profoundly vivacious monsoon,

She carried it like the most invincibly cherished of her toys -
fantastically bemused by its spongy texture and compassionate
friendship - kissing its rotund periphery with her nimble lips,

She unabashedly chided it for being transiently lost - as she found
it after an excruciating search from amongst her plethora of toys of
multitudinal shapes and fraternities - immediately hiding it in her
cup-board - so that none could inadvertently venture it out again,

She cuddled close to it like it was the best of her friends -
joyously assimilating her daily dose of several varied colorful cartoon
characters and films - alongwith her favorite platter of wondrously
tantalizing snacks ; ofcourse ,

She uninhibitedly tossed it high up in the air and then darted at
electric speeds to catch it safely in her impeccably dainty arms ; at
times also allowing it have a free fall and then burst into laughter as
it timidly bounced,

She used it as one of her most creative hotspot’s - scribbling and
embodying its surface with every conceivable graffiti that her innocuous
brain could conceive - letting her ingenious kid fingers vividly sketch
upon it with color; paint; gratitude and inimitable charm,

She sporadically involved it in her impetuously playful fights - 
hurling it an incongruous left ; right and center to differentiate her
own little toy territory in her room from the rest ; eventually
collapsing on the floor in sheer and exuberant exhaustion ,

She proudly brandished it criss-crossed in open space - as if she
was a fearless soldier marching towards the corridors of victory - her
very own fantasy triumph which was amiably frolicking with her parents
and savoring her reinvigorating dollops of lime candy ice - cream ;
towards the end of the blissful day ,

She mischievously patted it with all her minuscule might - to tease
her pet dog as he patiently knelt on his hind legs as a mark of
distinguished respect to her - and then she caressed him on his
convivial ears and merrily gallivanted of to play with him on the open
terrace ,

She nonchalantly kicked it to express her frustration as the
electricity went out - more so ; since she knew that neither would it
experience even the most insouciant of pain - nor would she harm herself
in anyway ,

She used it as her most unfettered and darling punching bag -
childishly pummeling those prized fists of hers into royal cotton fabric
- as she relished her earthly freedom to its natural and unfettered
best ,

She intermittently took it alongwith her in the car - as she leaned her
full weight upon it to perch like a princess and fantasize goodness - as
the vehicle majestically sped through the wilderness of the intrepid
streets ; interspersed with motley traffic ,

She made it the most fantabulously decorated roof of her playhouse -
with the walls made of rustic straw, stick, lace, plastic, cap, paper
and whatever worthily intriguing object that she could lay her hands
upon - as she entered her thrilling abode with her impeccably loved
friend,

She sank deep within its cozily empowering recesses when tired after
the evening’s play - and then beautifully shrugged herself to complete
her school work with utmost sincerity -  greet the new tomorrow with
philanthropy and astounding creativity,

She deliberately plucked at its stitching and ripped apart its cover
to threadbare junk - to roll upon it ; in its gloriously bohemian
baldness - and then beautify it with a richly embroidered cloth of her
very own stellar choice ,

She narrated her different stories about her experience with it with
mortally unmatched aplomb - which could almost be published as a book
by some of the best publishers in the world ; as she happily jostled on
the tree on the absolute edge of the magnificently plush lawn ,

She languished in its unparalleled serenity in her moments of
silence - then came up with some of the most comic anecdotes of her
trysts with existence - spontaneously rushing to hug those cherished to
her as she felt earnestly versatile ,

I , her father, simply adored her benevolent feelings towards it ,

But
she, my cute daughter,  truly loved her fascinating Pillow .

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By Nikhil Parekh – July 8, 2010


Love Poetry - Poem for true romance - She really loved you .

She irrefutably loved it when you lavishly admired her toes ; adroitly
fitted them with the most tantalizingly silver amulets – that lent
sensuous charm to her impoverished existence,

She unbelievably
loved it when you gently held her palms – eclectically traced her
destiny lines on her velvety skin – added unparalleled meaning to her
life with your ecstatic charisma,

She wondrously loved it when you snuggled close to her during when
the earthquake struck – were her invincible pillar of support and
royally replenished her desire with friendship,

She profoundly
loved it when you admired the artistry that unfolded as she descended
the rustic steps – and more so because you said that infront of several
of your other girlfriends – magnanimously deserving ,

She unhesitatingly loved it when you ran your fingers through her
ravishing hair just moistened by fresh first thundershowers of the
monsoon – and which ignited her to feel the ecstasy in the wind blowing
gustily around ,

She truly loved it when you exhorted her to sit down amidst the
bountifully green environs – and then sketched the most immaculately
bewildering portrait of her - that all your talent could ever muster,

She

uninhibitedly loved it when you shared meal with her in the same plate –
which though disintegrated and bohemian – enthralled with the variedly
ebullient ingredients of companionship,

She unabashedly loved it when you audaciously shouted at any human
who acted deplorably with her – took her far away from the pandemonium
of the congested streets – within the fantabulous wilderness of the
hills,

She innocuously loved it when you embraced her unassailably close to
your chest – humming her most favorite song as your pristine lips grazed
her astoundingly gregarious ears,

She compassionately loved it
when you mischievously pecked her on the cheek and ran away – soon
returned back to dance with her - breaking barriers of caste; creed;
color and tribe – to revel in the flames of seductive romance,

She indisputably loved it when you called her amazingly versatile
for those inconspicuous toys of different shapes and sizes ; that she’d
crafted of clay – empowering the lives of disastrously abandoned
children with mellifluous triumph ,

She joyously loved it when you penned an impromptu poem on her –
emanating like the natural currents of the frostily virgin waterfall –
as she placidly perched herself on the meadow of desire and fantasized
for goodness,

She effulgently loved it when you wholesomely shrugged off all your
stringent societal formalities infront of her ; divulging your true and
unrestricted self to her – which was infact her greatest richness to
cherish on this beautiful planet,

She brilliantly loved it when you instantaneously tore a part of
your expensive shirt to wrap around her fresh wound – informally carried
her on your philanthropic shoulders to her dwelling as she amiably
wrapped her arms around you ,

She splendidly loved it when you proposed her out for the best date
of her life – and then instead of presenting her with spuriously costly
and feckless jewelry – gifted her a letter conveying your truest
feelings for her – just as the Sun royally set and the magnificently
phlegmatic night arrived,

She adorably loved it when you sincerely applauded her inimitably
melodious voice - which won over prejudice with its naturally articulate
tune of love – mesmerized the fabric of humanity towards an
optimistically benevolent tomorrow,

She fabulously loved it when you fearlessly and most gladly
traversed with her to the places she wanted – rendering her the most
vibrantly faithful company that she could ever perceive of – and your
artistic wittiness ensuring that she merrily jostled towards undefeated
positivity,

She unquestionably loved it when you kissed her – and the enamoring
sweetness of your togetherness – which then propounded a unique proposal
infront of the world – that which was of the ‘Religion of humanity’ ,

But inspite of all this – she would still hate you if you didn’t say
the real thing pretty soon – those majestically unconquerable words to
solemnize your sincerity and truthful relationship – those unmatched
pearls of joy which were one of the most ultimate mortal gifts in a
girl’s existence – those blissfully bonding words that so gloriously
resuscitated the various desolate pathways of life – those alphabets
which were ofcourse – “ I Love you ” .

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By Nikhil Parekh – June 7, 2010


Save your love . Save water .

You profoundly relished it when it struck the brutally emaciated pores
of your impoverished skin – as you uninhibitedly rolled under the
cistern that cascaded down the mountain slope,

You saluted it as
it unabashedly stormed your lavatory seat – making every trace of
filthiness entirely disappear in lightening traces of time – and then
quietly fade as you closed the flush ,

You were poignantly enamored when it fell ecstatically f    rom the
fantabulous sky – mollifying you from the tyrannically lambasting
man-made adulteration; smoke ; pollution and industrial heat ,

You
wondrously adored it whilst sprinkling it on the dust laden leaves and
scorched trees – and then experience an unparalleled contentment of
surviving in symbiotic glory with the royal natural habitat,

You felt modestly philanthropic as you poured it into empty glasses
desperately held by orphans on the street – as serving humanity was one
of the most quintessential reasons of your blessed existence ,

You
rhapsodically danced as you blended it with a gargantuan cube of ice
and left it in a tub - for birds to bathe and feast  - as the Sun
flamboyantly ignited a most piously brilliant afternoon,

You felt sensuously fantastic and jubilant to strive towards success
after bathing in it – as the rays of a brand new effulgent dawn ushered
you to find your own benevolently inimitable identity on the planet ,

You suddenly and spontaneously felt beautiful after washing your face
with it – for when the tawdrily spurious layers of deplorable cream ;
powder ; scent and lipstick peeled out – there you lay in your
ravishingly unscathed charm – under the cover of a nakedly seductive
night ,

You ebulliently liked it - when it granted your siblings that much
needed reprieve in swelteringly burning summer – as they thoroughly
splashed themselves with it – and then welcomed the torching heat in
invincible friendship,

You felt genuinely intrigued when you sprayed it with compassionate
fury across the freshly ploughed fields – as the seasoned hosepipe in
your palms exposed you to newer dimensions of kindness – and the seed
inside the mud became your best friend ,

You were endearingly mesmerized at the ripples that were formed on
its surface – as you joyously hurled a harmless pebble on it
horizontally and then witnessed it skid with artistic grace – before
eventually sinking to the rock bottom,

You were magnetically enthralled when you kissed it – as it became
your sincerest companion when you needed to celebrate triumph for
goodness – and you hugged it in amiable brotherhood – though it
inevitably slipped ,

You felt an unparalleled desire to be closer to your rudiments - as
you envisaged a house by its side –  which though was threadbare and
bohemian - but which befriended and nourished you amidst the natural
wilderness with tantalizing calm,

You emphatically admired it for so tranquilly dousing the
hideous flames – and becoming an instant hero amongst the  hapless
people assembled by their woefully burning building – and as the fire –
extinguisher had despicably failed ,

You victoriously applauded it for bringing about undefeated
friendship – as people of all religions ; castes ; creed ; color ;
faiths and tribes – unhesitatingly proceeded to dip in it – and get rid
of inconsequential difference ,  

You gratefully cherished the awe-inspiringly varied sounds it made
as it filled your barren overhead tank – replacing the worthless
emptiness within the lifeless walls – with one of the most indispensable
mortal elixir to nourish life ,

But you loved it the most when you drank it and suckled at it like a
freshly born child – whether it be after your meal or before it – as it
revitalized you to pursue the path of righteousness and charismatic
brotherhood ,

Therefore won’t you protect your true lover from being destroyed
; rebuked ; slapped and unnecessarily spilled .

Do your
naturally unfettered and earnest best . Do something good when you truly
feel for it .

Save your love . Save Water .

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By Nikhil Parekh – May 28, 2010