Prof Ram’s haiku captures the interplay of sunrise, nature, and human devotion against the backdrop of a changing season, exclusively for Different Truths.

Sun rising late
slow arrival of winter
feverish warmth 
 
awaits the sunrise
in the chilly Ganges
a nude worshipper 
 
sunrise
behind the temple:
cloud’s edge 
 
flowers turn
to the rising sun:
greeting 
 
a dense fog
hides the sunrise—
waning winter 
 
her day begins
before dawn with the lantern
worshipping lingam 
 
aged with seasons
now seeks sojourn in the west—
no more sunrise 
 
welcoming sunrise
dew drops on dry leaves—
an epitaph

Picture design by Anumita Roy

Ram Krishna Sinha

Ram Krishna Sinha is a former General Manager at Bank of India, and lives in Mumbai. After three and half decades of distinguished career in the Bank, he is presently invested in talent mapping, management education and writing for newspapers and magazines on contemporary issues. An author of the motivational book “X-Factor @Workplace” published by Tata McGraw Hill, he is an Opinion Columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine.