Issue: Vol. V, No. 2, August-October, 2026

In love of a picture
(In fond memory of Sushant Singh Rajput)

Sushant
The many times
I look at you
That many times
I feel mesmerized
at
The smile
and
a pair of simple eyes
What was there
in your eyes
Am getting lost in its depth
The much I get to know you
The much I am fascinated
The ones that were jealous of you
Must still be burning in envy
Noticing the countless hearts
That loves you
I hope
Their burning never to end
It is only the luckiest few
That may command so much of love
I am certain
People make no mistake
To pick up a piece of diamond

Instinctively
I have caressed your smile
Planted a kiss
Whether you are there physically or not
That does not matter for me
For me
You had always been a picture
Still
I feel very much heartbroken today
Thinking that
You no longer exist
In this corporal world

Translated by Bibekananda Choudhury

Gayatri Phukan is an Assamese poet based in Moran, Dibrugarh. She has published three collections of poems.

Bibekananda Choudhury is a writer and translator based in Guwahati, Assam.

Original Assamese poem.