Stop, Look and Listen
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutesAs an old year ends and a new one begins, many of us go through the "three words" exercise. My three words for 2013 are stop, look and listen.
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Mirror, Mirror, On My Mind
Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes
Friday’s probably a good day to Wax Lyrical for a change. So,with some trepidation, I share with you the first poem I ever wrote; or, at least, the first poem I ever thought was halfway decent.
The Background
I wrote this in 1992, when India was just starting to experience a loosening up of the airwaves, with access to things like American soap operas and MTV (though MTV India wasn’t launched until a few years later). Doordarshan – Indian public television – was suddenly no longer the only entertainment option […]