Triveni Journal

1927 | 11,233,916 words

Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....

Dog-Experience

Jayanta Bhattacharya

I stand at the window
and look outside…….
There are no leaves on the trees
and no waters in the soil
It’s a bleak and cheerless atmosphere
wherefrom I hear in the distance
a dog beginning to bark...
It barks and barks
and nothing can stop it barking...

I try to catch the scene
and in a flash of mind
get the ultimate phrasal signal:
The dog is protesting against
the limitations of dog-life
and saying in its barking:
Go to the edges and push -
the universe is waiting for you
to open a little more…

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