Mayank Chhaya
@mayankchhaya.bsky.social
Editor & Host, Mayank Chhaya Reports (MCR)
Author, 'Dalai Lama Man, Monk, Mystic', Soon of 'Gravity' and 'A Tangential Life', Writer-director 'Gandhi's Song'. 43 years as a journalist.
Journalist, Writer, Poet, Painter, Composer.
Author, 'Dalai Lama Man, Monk, Mystic', Soon of 'Gravity' and 'A Tangential Life', Writer-director 'Gandhi's Song'. 43 years as a journalist.
Journalist, Writer, Poet, Painter, Composer.
I have been writing poetry since the age of 13. Over the decades, I have had many favorite lines from what I have written.
This is the latest favorite written this morning. You may think it is morbid. I find it quite striking.
ज़हर है ज़िंदगी
चारा है मौत
--MC
This is the latest favorite written this morning. You may think it is morbid. I find it quite striking.
ज़हर है ज़िंदगी
चारा है मौत
--MC
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I have been writing poetry since the age of 13. Over the decades, I have had many favorite lines from what I have written.
This is the latest favorite written this morning. You may think it is morbid. I find it quite striking.
ज़हर है ज़िंदगी
चारा है मौत
--MC
This is the latest favorite written this morning. You may think it is morbid. I find it quite striking.
ज़हर है ज़िंदगी
चारा है मौत
--MC
Hey Lady. Out soon.
November 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Hey Lady. Out soon.
ग़म की बात कर दी तो मुस्कुरा दिए हम. Working on a new single.
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
ग़म की बात कर दी तो मुस्कुरा दिए हम. Working on a new single.
#ZohranMamdani invoking #JawaharlalNehru's independence day speech is a bit of an overkill.
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
#ZohranMamdani invoking #JawaharlalNehru's independence day speech is a bit of an overkill.
Just composed it.
जो बातें तुमने बताईं नहीं
वोह कैसे याद आ गईं
मयंक छाया
जो बातें तुमने बताईं नहीं
वोह कैसे याद आ गईं
मयंक छाया
November 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Just composed it.
जो बातें तुमने बताईं नहीं
वोह कैसे याद आ गईं
मयंक छाया
जो बातें तुमने बताईं नहीं
वोह कैसे याद आ गईं
मयंक छाया
Music, like painting, is a singular pursuit for me.
Finalizing my new single just now.
तेरे बिन जीना
तेरे बिन मरना
दोनों के है दरम्याँ
मेरा वजूद
--मयंक छाया
Finalizing my new single just now.
तेरे बिन जीना
तेरे बिन मरना
दोनों के है दरम्याँ
मेरा वजूद
--मयंक छाया
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Music, like painting, is a singular pursuit for me.
Finalizing my new single just now.
तेरे बिन जीना
तेरे बिन मरना
दोनों के है दरम्याँ
मेरा वजूद
--मयंक छाया
Finalizing my new single just now.
तेरे बिन जीना
तेरे बिन मरना
दोनों के है दरम्याँ
मेरा वजूद
--मयंक छाया
Music, like painting, is a singular pursuit for me.
Finalizing my new single just now.
तेरे बिन जीना
तेरे बिन मरना
दोनों के है दरम्याँ
मेरा वजूद
--मयंक छाया
Finalizing my new single just now.
तेरे बिन जीना
तेरे बिन मरना
दोनों के है दरम्याँ
मेरा वजूद
--मयंक छाया
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Music, like painting, is a singular pursuit for me.
Finalizing my new single just now.
तेरे बिन जीना
तेरे बिन मरना
दोनों के है दरम्याँ
मेरा वजूद
--मयंक छाया
Finalizing my new single just now.
तेरे बिन जीना
तेरे बिन मरना
दोनों के है दरम्याँ
मेरा वजूद
--मयंक छाया
Out soon.
Bhar Aain Tum.
Bhar Aain Tum.
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Out soon.
Bhar Aain Tum.
Bhar Aain Tum.
This morning, obsessing over #DiljitDosanjh's 'Heer Kufar Kare'.
October 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This morning, obsessing over #DiljitDosanjh's 'Heer Kufar Kare'.
From an early single of mine.
सितारों में तेरा बसर है
मेरा ज़मीं पे है गुज़ारा
तो कैसे हम मिल जाएँ
--मयंक छाया
सितारों में तेरा बसर है
मेरा ज़मीं पे है गुज़ारा
तो कैसे हम मिल जाएँ
--मयंक छाया
October 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
From an early single of mine.
सितारों में तेरा बसर है
मेरा ज़मीं पे है गुज़ारा
तो कैसे हम मिल जाएँ
--मयंक छाया
सितारों में तेरा बसर है
मेरा ज़मीं पे है गुज़ारा
तो कैसे हम मिल जाएँ
--मयंक छाया
2025 Nobel laureates in Physics and why they won.
October 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
2025 Nobel laureates in Physics and why they won.
#3IATLAS
"In conclusion, the stripe in the Navcam image must have resulted from stacking hundreds of Navcam images over a total time interval of about 10 minutes. 3I/ATLAS would have looked like a circular spot for an individual snapshot," says Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb.
"In conclusion, the stripe in the Navcam image must have resulted from stacking hundreds of Navcam images over a total time interval of about 10 minutes. 3I/ATLAS would have looked like a circular spot for an individual snapshot," says Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb.
October 6, 2025 at 1:15 AM
#3IATLAS
"In conclusion, the stripe in the Navcam image must have resulted from stacking hundreds of Navcam images over a total time interval of about 10 minutes. 3I/ATLAS would have looked like a circular spot for an individual snapshot," says Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb.
"In conclusion, the stripe in the Navcam image must have resulted from stacking hundreds of Navcam images over a total time interval of about 10 minutes. 3I/ATLAS would have looked like a circular spot for an individual snapshot," says Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb.
मेरा वजूद. जल्द ही आ रहा है.
October 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
मेरा वजूद. जल्द ही आ रहा है.
Sleep is a great eraser of misery while it lasts. What happens on waking up is a different story.
Photo copyright: Palashranjan Bhaumick
Photo copyright: Palashranjan Bhaumick
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Sleep is a great eraser of misery while it lasts. What happens on waking up is a different story.
Photo copyright: Palashranjan Bhaumick
Photo copyright: Palashranjan Bhaumick
Literally while looking at this painting of a fictional woman by me named Dri xi la, this song just took birth.
September 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Literally while looking at this painting of a fictional woman by me named Dri xi la, this song just took birth.
Is this a step towards AI eventually becoming our rival?
September 25, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Is this a step towards AI eventually becoming our rival?
From my latest single. येह हवाएँ हमारी बातें सुन रहीं हैं.
September 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
From my latest single. येह हवाएँ हमारी बातें सुन रहीं हैं.
September 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
September 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
MC Cosmic Disquiet
That is definitely me standing in the balcony against the backdrop of a cosmic disquiet.
Acrylic on a paper plate scratched up with an unwashed fan brush.
Just now.
That is definitely me standing in the balcony against the backdrop of a cosmic disquiet.
Acrylic on a paper plate scratched up with an unwashed fan brush.
Just now.
September 7, 2025 at 11:11 AM
MC Cosmic Disquiet
That is definitely me standing in the balcony against the backdrop of a cosmic disquiet.
Acrylic on a paper plate scratched up with an unwashed fan brush.
Just now.
That is definitely me standing in the balcony against the backdrop of a cosmic disquiet.
Acrylic on a paper plate scratched up with an unwashed fan brush.
Just now.
Just now. Out soon.
August 24, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Just now. Out soon.
During an interview on December 9, 2024 I had asked #JohnBolton whether he apprehended reprisal against him personally. This is what he had said.
August 22, 2025 at 5:07 PM
During an interview on December 9, 2024 I had asked #JohnBolton whether he apprehended reprisal against him personally. This is what he had said.