Devika Todi Books & Quotes

“Newspapers are printing blank. White ink on white paper. Gospel truths of humanity spilled. But no one can read. No one cares to read. We switch to blue screens for meaning.”

Truth Humanity Honesty Screens Newspaper

Book:Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

Source: Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

“These silences have killed words on my tongue. I gulp down a bloodbath each time I'm left alone. Yet, I crave these moments of honesty.”

Life Truth Silence Struggle Honesty Thoughts Words

Author:Devika Todi

“What lies beneath the surface? Of an ocean? Life. Mystery. Fish with eyes. Of the floor? A ceiling of a floor. Or earth that has not seen sunshine in a while. Of the skin? Organs. Veins. Blood. Disorders. Of the mind? Thoughts. Dreams. Wisps of memories. Of a leaf? Cells. Sunshine. Life. Of the sky? You. Me. And the only world we have ever known.”

World Imagination Sky Ocean Beneath

Author:Devika Todi

“I can taste the staleness of a lie As I chew your words and make them mine.”

Life Lies Words Promises

Author:Devika Todi

“Each night, silence spreads like wild fire Across my city of millions Over the houses and lanes Sleepy heads and still trains.”

Life Silence Urban City

Book:Dreaming in A Fish Bowl

Source: Dreaming in A Fish Bowl

“Last I remember a beat in my body My heart felt warm Lazy, and yellow Maybe that was love.”

Love Heart Warm Lazy Yellow

Book:Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

Source: Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

“Hands that have known love How can they be so cold to touch? Maybe, they are in a frosty layer of loneliness. Can you offer them a cup of hot tea?”

Loneliness Cold Tea

Author:Devika Todi

“Through phones, And eyes I live this life. Everything is fine. Suddenly, it cracked My screen. Pixels gave way to colours unseen. Distorted vision, a blur of emotions. I felt unseen. Now I can’t see.”

Life Reality Of Life Screen

Author:Devika Todi

“In tough moments when I feel myself paralyse Scared to move, move on I remind myself that We don’t know what lies ahead. The only thing that we can do, Is, well Move, move on.”

Life Growth Experiences

Author:Devika Todi

“In a gush, In a rush Stories flow from One generation to another. Hands of power hold Fist tight Hopes of a different world.”

Family Power Generations

Author:Devika Todi

“Grief is a small cup of tea in the evening I come back to it everyday.”

Life Poetry Grief Everyday Prose

Book:Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

Source: Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

“Having almonds never saved me as I Now forget capital cities, equations, language. Lost to algorithm, brain rot, world rot I remember my last thought all too well: Do you know what is happening?”

World Remember Thoughts Almonds

Author:Devika Todi

“I have been devoured whole By mouths that open to scream. Canines push into a tender mind, Blood rushes in where thoughts are born.”

Blood Thoughts Scream

Book:Dreaming in A Fish Bowl

Source: Dreaming in A Fish Bowl

“Bodies of labour. Organs of effort. Put together. Sometimes I wonder if the insides of me are as dark as the universe.”

Universe Capitalism Labour Worker

Author:Devika Todi

“Hours of the past melt away Burning in a middle night. Cyclones of solitude dance on my head- I am an atmosphere in whole.”

Night Solitude

Author:Devika Todi

“Memories have a strange way Of interrupting your day.”

Life Memories Nostalgia

Author:Devika Todi

“The sky is swelling with clouds And colours. It is a white day today.”

Sun Sky Rain Clouds

Book:Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

Source: Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

“We never tire to move on Even if the world falls. The sky is falling right in front of my window. Everything begins and ends right here. A point.”

Sky Window Beginning

Book:Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

Source: Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

“Sun spreads like wild fire across Continents and I feel the heat. Parched and cracked on the ground. Roots are formed and deepened. Where no one can see and know. Hazy memories, fossil formed Touch my toes. It is a new day.”

Today Sun Moment

Author:Devika Todi

“Imagine a room With six walls and a ceiling Two full of windows Two full of mirrors And two cream walls that could easily be mistaken as being painted by light. Each morning, the scorching sun enters the room And fills each corner till it is overflowing- The windows give and take sunlight (There is no escape door or breather). The mirrors burn and blind All the walls are fires of their own. In that choking space, you have a small table fan to your name. Calcutta summer for you.”

Summer Intense Heat Calcutta

Author:Devika Todi

“A sip of cold syrup from Ice cream between my lips My tongue is the colour of Pinks and artificial purples”

Summer Hot Memory Heat Ice Cream

Book:Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

Source: Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

“Once, a nightmare that wouldn’t end Ate daily at my teeth. Holes. Fractures. Yet, life went on.”

Life Childhood Trauma

Author:Devika Todi

“Parallel lives in the fabric of time Muted existence in a pixelated lifestyle.”

Life Lost Time Quotes Pixels Screen Digital Nomad

Book:Dreaming in A Fish Bowl

Source: Dreaming in A Fish Bowl

“My plants have started growing brains, too. They ask me questions I don’t know the answers to. Maybe it is time for them to attend school. And get used to the existence and dimensions of time.”

Time Capitalism Plants

Author:Devika Todi

“Past, present, is discussed in a way that feels new. The future is uncertain, as it has always been. Roles have shifted. Creases of worry line pass. So what remains? Love, I guess.”

Love Life Time Family Roles

Author:Devika Todi

“I have always loved the thought Of my art blooming like petals In someone’s mind, Till they too Are plucked and wither With time.”

Art Inspiration Artist Time Flower Spring Thought

Book:Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

Source: Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

“I think about how time changes everything It brings out the villian in all of us. But things happen for the best, in the end.”

Love Life Time Grief Lessons

Book:Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

Source: Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

“Days form an endless ocean, there is no track of time (My parents stole my wall clock).”

Time Wall Ocean Parents Day Wall Clock

Book:Dreaming in A Fish Bowl

Source: Dreaming in A Fish Bowl

“My grip on reality has changed. It is no longer in my hands, but floating right through my fingers. If you ask me what I did yesterday. I will be able to recount it in the same way as I can recount a page I had read in a book 3 weeks ago.”

Life Reality

Author:Devika Todi

“My papa tells me and my sister, Out of all the days in life- we enjoy only a few. The rest? They go in sorting out life.”

Life Reality Lessons Parents Days Papa

Book:Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

Source: Sun On My Hands: A Poetry and Prose Collection

“Dreaming in light and wings, I float through the day hours. Wherever this tide takes me. I am home.”

Life Home Light Dark Flow

Author:Devika Todi

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