SNIGDHA AGRAWAL

 

 

Ballot Season

 

They arrived with cracked phone screens,

thumbs stained by endless scrolls

Yet one quiet tap

and it turned viral

 

Old slogans wilted

Fresh questions bloomed.

The ‘Know All’ went apoplectic.

Gen Z had upset the apple cart.

Without raising a single fist

© Snigdha Agrawal

 

The Inheritance

 

You handed us a map

drawn in fading ink,

expecting us to walk

in the same tired circles.

 

Instead, we folded it

into paper birds

and watched them fly over walls,

built by yesterday's polymaths

 

Politics blinked,

furrowing a new channel

of thinking

Questioning established norms

© Snigdha Agrawal

 

SNIGDHA AGRAWAL

 

SNIGDHA AGRAWAL (née Banerjee) brings over two decades of corporate experience to her multifaceted writing career. A versatile author, she writes across genres, including poetry, short stories, prose, and travelogues. Raised in a cosmopolitan environment and educated in a convent school and college run by Irish nuns, she blends Eastern depth with Western sensibility in her work. She is the author of five published books, spanning poetry and short fiction. Her most recent release, Fragments of Time, a deeply personal memoir, is available worldwide on Amazon. Her writings have appeared in numerous domestic and international anthologies and literary journals. In recognition of her poetic craft, she was recently nominated for the 2024 Pushcart Prize. Now in her seventies, Snigdha’s passion for writing and travel remains as vibrant as ever.