Thoughts of Color

The audacity of red

Spluttering thoughts

Like furious seeds of mustard

Anxiously tread.

A riot of knots

Lurching in my head.

Overriding the boundless blue skies

Valor, pride and celebrations

Colour red emphasize.

Beyond these cultural connotations

Red also implies

Pain and transformations.

Thoughts of solitude above the lake flew

The ocean wrapped in aquamarine blue

The vast sky engulfed in bluish hue

When the conspicuous drops unite to form a milieu

Whispering in lieu

An enigmatic adieu.

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Soummya Prakash

Soummya Prakash is an ICSSR Fellow at TISS, Mumbai, whose doctoral research study focuses on land and identity issues among the Paniya indigenous people of the South Indian state of Kerala. Born into a Malayali family but raised in Mumbai, she describes her life as a fusion of different cultures and food habits. Inspired by ‘Resilience’ demonstrated by ordinary people in their everyday life and believing in the slow philosophy of life, she seeks refuge in expressing through writing, gardening and photography.