acknowledgement
                 i would loathe not to mention the following friends who made
this site possible. suresh nambiar for prevailing upon me and initiating this site, candida menezes who laboriously digitised the poems, shanta rajappan for having the patience to carry out the innumerable edits, swati (for helping with the colours) and pradeep solanki for their splendid efforts in designing the site, kalyan baruah for his brilliance in composing the music and his charming wife mubina, for her hospitality and the unlimited coffees.

                 i thank them all for tolerating me.