Winter Woods

About the Book

Winter woods, silent, and undisturbed, empty of birds and leaves, flowers, icicles of pearls for miles. A path I traverse every morning in search of the robin to build musical melodies for an early spring. Winter, a time I reminisce and note season's memories. A time to carve season's changes, of customs, traditions, and rituals, observed through season's festivals and note differences, any. Winter colors, a difference of summer, I see in winter vegetables and fruits, a color I need for an art to carve. Winter—a summer I need, a plea for rest of an illness every winter. Winter lark, I searched for a message, a search only futile. A winter melody, I listen to every evening, and watch, the stars, a dance of the melody, of a winter night. Winter woods, an encounter different every winter . . . only worthy!

About the Author

I was born in Hyderabad, India and live in USA. My father was a doctor and retired as a chief medical officer in South Central Railway, and my mother a housewife. I have a brother and four sisters. I am married to Srinivas Madiraju, who is very encouraging and supportive. He is a Senior Software Engineer. I have a daughter, Anika, who is very loving and supportive of me. I am a Senior Software Engineer working for a Fortune 500 company. I have MA in economics from University of Hyderabad, India. I have MBA from Eastern Michigan University, USA, and MS in information systems from the same university. I am a Certified Scrum Master, and lead scrum teams, and also a developer/manager in IT. I am a certified six sigma green belt professional. I have published 3 volumes of poems, a collection of short stories and a business book.