DEFINITION OF FRIENDSHIP

It was on the month of August

Way back in 1998

A few teenagers

Met at a class room

Named PDC 2 A

Within months they became

Good friends.

The campus life 

Had all the ingredients

Politics, romance

Comedy and tragedy.

After two years 

They said goodbye

To each other 

And to the cypress trees

In the absence of 

SMS and e-mail

Letters and greeting cards

Bridged the gap

Their friendship remained the same.

Now they are in their 30's

Married and lives in different cities

Chicago, Dubai, New Delhi, Hyderabad

And Kollam 

The magical friendship 

Still stands tall

Fifteen years and counting.....

ISHRAT=TERRORIST?

Her name is Ishrat
Died in an incident
She never heard before
"Fake Encounter".
Api- fondly called by her siblings
Had lot of dreams
None of those dreams blossomed
But were pierced by bullets
Although her death raised
Many questions
She was declared
"A Terrorist"
Even her soul may have shocked
It came out from the graveyard
In pursuit of truth
It took nine years
To prove her innocence
And to prove
What Fake Encounter is.