Two years ago, on 11 October 2023, I was interviewed by author David T. Applegate about my journey and mission as a poet. We connected again on 27 October 2025, where I continued my story. Read about it in this
Telling my story as a poet – II
Lay Me Down to Sleep, Oh Love
I wrote this poem in 1983, 16 years old. It captures the deep suffering in a painful and impossible love, where the soul finally wishes to be set free of the karmic bond. Compare this poem to Verse to a
Peace
My mother, the late poet and artist Kusum Shukla, passed away in January 2025 after a brief and serious illness. I wrote this poem while she was still alive, and I dedicate it to her memory. She was a role