Contents: Poems: 1. On a summer noon. 2. The noontime sun. 3. Noon. 4. The chain of being. 5. Man. 6. A mini poem. 7. Shadows. 8. Asides 1. 9. Asides 2. 10. Asides 3. 11. Asides 4. 12. Blind fortune. 13. Spread vast I. 14. The Other side of my portrait. 15. Tough times. 16. Who to blame? 17. Naught to naught. 18. The Sky's going to fall...! 19. A dream of death. 20. On the death of Sun. 22. Whither to, man? 23. Fax to Kalki. 24. After nineteen forty-seven. 25. Scene in a local bus. 26. Interest. 27. Anxiety. 28. Visions. 29. Pacific Ocean. 30. To a watch. 31. Myopia. 32. Cedars. 33. They and I. 34. On my friends. 35. Freedom. 36. Up in arms. 37. The colours of colours. 38. When you're before me. 39. Proximate to you. 40. How can I forget you, My love? 41. The face of yours! 42. Poets. 43. Together: a poem. Ghazals: Ghazal 1-25. Hymns: Hymns 1-5. In critics' view.