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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Apr 5, 20181 min read
#45 - Jokes
People talk. Here and there, Him and her, They all do, It's normal, I hear. They joke, Point fingers, They stand around and laugh. Very...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Feb 23, 20181 min read
#44 - Lost and Confused
Where are the words I’m looking Connecting Searching Cannot find them I had my head above All the time Losing them was never an option...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Jan 18, 20186 min read
Jargon Jargon Jargon
A case for more inclusive academic writing I have a couple of questions for writers in academia. Do you want me to zone out a dozen times...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Dec 19, 20171 min read
#43 - Young Birds
How do you come up with questions so fast? Don't you need to think Plan Anticipate Preempt Assume Guess Second guess Reject Filter Censor...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Aug 10, 20171 min read
#42 - Late Grief
There is an expiry date on grief, Especially a while after an expiry date. Nobody asks after you after a while, So what do you do if the...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Sep 1, 20161 min read
#39 - Dive
Do I dare dive off? Standing on the edge, That is the question facing me on this ledge. Do I dare dive off? And face free fall Or back...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
May 16, 20161 min read
#36 - The Lights on the Hill
The lights on the hill, They're all I see. Ever blinking and never still, They call out to me. They twinkle like the stars in the sky,...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Mar 16, 20161 min read
#35 - Through the eyes of a child
Look, see, watch, and learn As your candle continues to burn. The shorter it gets, the longer the shadows, And only darkness once the...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Sep 28, 20151 min read
#33 - To not have fun
It doesn’t matter if you’re alone, Or in a crowd. Whether it’s a still silence, Or the music’s blaring loud. Whether you’re standing...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Sep 9, 20152 min read
#32 - Blur
It’s amazing what even a blur can inspire, I realised it as I looked at a window, A window I looked at and not just through. I saw the...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Jul 9, 20151 min read
#28 - Old winter blues and new springtime hues
Beyond the numbness and the bitter cold Lies a story of winter often untold, Of change and a new beginning. Up and down, around and...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
May 30, 20151 min read
#24 - There I Stood
Others made me what I am. Piece by piece, Put me together, Till I was one piece. There I stood, in someone’s spot. Strong and solid, or...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
May 6, 20151 min read
#23 - The Death of Hope
Here it is, the end of an age. The long avoided but overdue turning of the page. The demise of a two-faced hope— A lifeline and noose,...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Mar 20, 20151 min read
#22 - The Muse's Heart
O heart. What do you see at the heart of art? Is it a gaping hole or the whole in a part? What is it that moves you so and how? So much...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Dec 27, 20141 min read
#20 - Next?
Whatever I ever had to say Has now been said in heaps of text. And let the chips fall where they may, But now, I wonder what comes next?...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Sep 12, 20141 min read
#19 - Words
When I want to say something, I want to say it well, With well-chosen words Like a wizard’s spell. I want them to work magic While at...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Jun 17, 20141 min read
#17 - Game of Thrones
What is trust and what is faith, When honour is weakness and every truth a lie? Does it matter whether it is the first or the eighth?...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Nov 13, 20131 min read
#14 - Still Night
It’s a rare and still night out there, With hardly a star seen through the clouds. Humidity and heat lie heavy in the air, And not even a...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Mar 12, 20131 min read
#12 - Doubts
Why does the ink only flow In times of petty anguish? But times of broader rawness Seem so easy to extinguish? Why must I push myself to...
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Keshav Suryanarayanan
Sep 19, 20121 min read
#10 - Questions in the air
Do you always choose what you do? Or is it sometimes programmed into you? What does making decisions even mean? Especially when things...
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