Hold Your Tongue and Let me Love!
Love is no more a taboo thing meant to be talked of in whispers, in dark corners or hidden nooks. The defiant rays of it are more than visible in...
Why a Daughter gets Complaints and Comparisons instead of Love?
The mother-daughter relationship is complex. In this fictionalised account, Maya shows how a mother-daughter duo, who danced and laughed like best of friends, suddenly became distant. Trisha, the daughter feels, that...
I Wanna
A soulful love poem by Maya, for Different Truths. I wanna kick up the heels! I wanna have full moon nights with You my love. I wanna have some...
My World
As a poet, Maya, has the capacity to create a world that’s her own – away from the divisions and dissensions, the mundane existence. Here’s an evocative verse, in Different...
Philomel
A poetic dialogue by Maya about the clandestine life in the post-social site world. The kiss-and-tell truth of the now generation, where lust is not only lived but flaunted...
Ma Durga
Maya prays to the Mother Goddess, the one who had slain the powerful demon kings, Shumbha and Nishumbha. Here’s a poem for the Durga Puja special feature, in Different Truths. Spurred...
The Teacher Whispers Within…
A tribute to the ‘Teacher’ within each of us, on the occasion of Teacher’s Day, in India, by Maya. It’s the birthday of a great teacher, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (5 September,...
Three Women and Their Passion to Excel: Women as Engines of Social Change – II
Fired by fierce passion and never-say- die attitude made simple next-door girls, achievers. They are gutsy and spunky. Maya profiles three such women, a dog trainer who broke the glass ceiling...
Ordinary Women with Extraordinary Dreams: The Engine of Social Change
The fire in the belly and an ardent wish to do something worthwhile became the driving force for three women, our next door neighbour kind of girls, to step out...
Nastanirh: A Lyrical Love Story of Tagore in Translation
Maya reviews a translation of Tagore’s love story, Nastanirh, into English by Lopa Banerjee. It is one of the most lyrical love story, which was made into a film, Charulata,...