Appearing in 1987 in The Conch, a literary magazine at St Stephen’s College, which Amol edited, was a poem titled Thirst, inspired by reports of a widespread drought at that time.
To a Rain God unknown
From a pained womb unsown
A frantic shrill, spiraling lament
Knocking at the nebulous ferment
For few soft drops, pristine pure
A soaked swab-sop, comfort cure
To awaken a startled hiss of life
On this speck singed with blisters rife
Unsteady in her feeble, wobbly swoon
This your, uncared for, parched spittoon(Thirst appearing in The Conch, 1987)