Cascade of poems and Rivulets of fiction

Kalinga War Memorial: Stupa at Dhaulagiri                                              Orissa, (India) Wailing in agony,    Gashes wide and deep,    Blood oozing out.    Still warm,    Breathing with effort,    The eyes speak,    'I want to live',    The lashes speak    'I want to sleep'.   Emperor Ashoka,   Conqueror of Kalinga,   On a chariot; witnessing,   Elephants, humans, horses   Making mountains of dead,   A toddler trying to awaken,   A woman lying in silence,   Adorned with armour,   Fought with valour,   But in vain, in vain,   Crying aloud,   Hand towards heaven,   Tears question,   'Where is my mother',   'Where is she, oh! Lord?   Tresses in disarray,   Runni...

The rolling of wheels on rails, Slow and steady, I look through the window, History stares, Derelict buildings telling many a tale, Unknown freedom fighters' last drop of blood, Renditions that were immortalised, Yet lost in the narrow by lanes, Girish Mancho stand s tall, Noti Binodini's act in tandem with Girish Babu's dream, A pitch so high, Makes me rise, Busy are the babus, Bargaining to buy, Toll of bells and incense, Humming waves in the Ganges. I stand still; People im merse themselves to rejuvenate, Somewhere soliloquy,  Somewhere romanticism, Somewhere flowers, To be gathered, Before leaving the world. Amazed when I see the boys embracing the Ganges; fearless with a spirit of adventurous optimism. Features: A journey through the by lanes of North Kolkata. Girish Mancho is an auditorium in the memory of theatrical exponent Girish Chandra Ghosh. Noti Binodini is a famous actress whom Girish Babu had directed in many plays.