Vrindāvan

By Monica KakkarIndia and United States of America wind without colorhues widows of Vrindāvan—forsaken in droves Further reading: https://www.policycircle.org/ground-report/widows-in-india-unseen-problems/ Prompt: Stone of the Month - January 2024 "Intersection"|Gallery of Poems, Prose and Paintings, at the Viewing Stone Association of North America (VSANA), February 01, 2024. https://www.vsana.org/ppp-17-feb-1--24

Closet to Landfill

By Monica Kakkar (she/her/hers)India and United States of America closet to landfill . . .as far as the eye can seeend of summer sales First Published: Asahi Shimbun's Asahi Haikuist Network, September 01, 2023 https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14993322 Reference: NBC Chicago - Your donated clothes probably end up abroad in landfills.Green America - Unraveling fashion industry - what really happens to unwanted clothes.EPA.GOV - Facts and figures about materials waste and recycling/textiles material specific data.The Atlantic - where does discarded clothing go?