To sit on a stone and six other shorts

1.
Oh, how many smiles
Did she not smile, today


2.
Is there anything more tragic than a man
Who chews paan
Instead of swallowing the betel juice
Spits on himself in the mirror


3.
What happens to an unfinished story ...


4.
My dad is better than yours
Since he can put his ears to the sand
And predict the exact moment
Low tide becomes high tide


5.
The tree is dead
Do we burn it
Along with the other dead trees
On the funeral pyre


6.
The way mother
Wraps a saree around her hips
Reminds him of an algebra sum
Unsolved

7.
To sit on a stone
Watch the grass grow